MSE Parents Club Part 11

MadDogWoman_2

Tara - that sounds like the start of a plan - we're there from 4th June for a week.

Natalie when are you planning on going? We've picked and booked.

Katie loves Rory and the swimming pool.

Mel - we're off to Carmathen in September with the Sun.

got-it-spend-it

Evansangel wrote: »

FR- Lily takes abot 30/40mins with her bottle feed.
Nappy change if she is really wet/pooped.
Drink 2/3ozs.
Winding.
Tiny nap/resting eyes.
Drink rest of bottle.
Winding again.
Finished

What age did everyone start introducing a routine? I was thinking maybe about 1month old??

We started a bedtime routine at about 4 weeks old. Up until then he would stay downstairs with us 'till we went to bed. At about 4 weeks we started putting H upstairs in his moses basket after his 7pm feed. He still goes to bed at about 7 now.

We kind of fell into the naptime routine, but it's still quite fluid to be honest. Since about 10 weeks or so we've done nap about 11 then another at 1 then a short nap about 4.

Feeding is still on demand, so every 2-3 hours.

kindofagilr wrote: »

Argh I am in pain my stitches are hurting me, they kinda feel like they are being pulled OWW

Ohhh I think I will try the vari flow ones then, we had some size 2's in already which was good and he does seem to be drinking more, but will look into the vari flow ones now

Elliot is currently laying on OH on the sofa, he's just fed him a bottle, so hoping he will nod off soon, I am dying for bed myself lol

Oh another question, any news mums finding they sweat to death in bed? I wake up covered in sweat and I mean covered, I sound lovely dont I lol

Yep, I sweated a lot! It's the excess fluid leaving your body after the pregnancy and it does stop after a few weeks. Ditto swollen ankles.

jennynoo wrote: »

Yeah, I did the sweaty things for a few weeks, now I'm onto major hair loss :eek:

Ditto. My hair has never been so thin .

Tara- not actually in Exeter. I can't remember where it is, exactly! Friends have booked it and we are tagging along. I will find out more details and let you know.

Elle- I love that FB video of Rhys in a box. It is so precious and he looks so big!

tiamai_d

Vaseline I wish I had known about that with DS1. I was sore for 2 weeks, but I think I had a urine infection too.

Natalie85

MadDogWoman wrote: »

Tara - that sounds like the start of a plan - we're there from 4th June for a week.

Natalie when are you planning on going? We've picked and booked.

Katie loves Rory and the swimming pool.

Mel - we're off to Carmathen in September with the Sun.

19th june i think

how often do the sun do there offers? so i know for next year

Fishcake_Random

EA - I can't even imagine having stitchs down there. C-section stitchs are bad enough lol.

i'm off for some sleepys night all
x x x

tiamai_d

feelinggood wrote: »

I suppose it depends how you wean, we did full BLW and found it no more difficult being away from home now than when he was EBF.

It's not the actual feeding that I found difficult, it was just that they were a bit older and expected to be in their cot asleep at 7pm When they were younger they didn't mind so much where they slept, or being moved about when sleeping.

MadDogWoman_2

Routine - the only thing I introduced when Katie came home was all feeds etc were done upstairs after 7pm.

Even now she knows 7pm is bed time (helped by the Bedtime Hour), tonight she was tired so as soon as the bedtime story was finished she asked to go to bed!

SusanC_2

Evansangel wrote: »

I was looking up Holidays earlier. Was looking at Sands resorts in Cornwall and Butlins.
Dont know when would be the best time to go though, i mean age wise for Lily??
Before or after i start weaning her?

We went on holiday at three months and nine months and went to stay with family at six months. The nine months one was harder both from a sleep point of view (because we couldn't tuck her in as strongly in the travel cot as at home and she started sitting up and then crying because she couldn't work out how to lie down) and from a mobility point of view (although she was fairly easy to contain because she cruised rather than crawled) but was easier from the point of view that she wasn't having so many naps or feeding as much so we had more flexibility in terms of going out and about. Can't comment on the weaning bit because we did BLW so it didn't matter where we were for that.

Evansangel wrote: »

What age did everyone start introducing a routine? I was thinking maybe about 1month old??

*whispers* ten days

kindofagilr wrote: »

Oh another question, any news mums finding they sweat to death in bed? I wake up covered in sweat and I mean covered, I sound lovely dont I lol

Yes! (And they don't tell you about it beforehand - it was in the newborn book which I didn't get for a few days anyway.) I was putting paper hankies in my bra to soak it up and changing them whenever I woke up because it was so bad.

tiamai_d

Do I want to go to Ribby Hall again? We went 2 years ago and it was great. Has a new kids pool too. But, we have been there... and blackpool is expensive....

Evansangel

Night FR!

I need to sterilise Lily's bottles ready for tonight and then enjoy some Ben & Jerrys!
But she's asleep on my chest at the moment and its soo warm and nice