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Snaggles

SB, don't feel bad, the weights are only a guide, and it will depend on how wide/narrow she is too. Natasha is still fitting into size 2 nappies and she's well over 6 months old!

Js_Other_Half

DS was 14lb before I realised his motherease wraps were only supposed to go up to 10lbs...rofl

Snaggles

When their legs start going blue, then it's probably time to change to a bigger size...:rotfl:

Agutka

My poor Joseph had to swim around in size 3 pampers I had lying around, as I had ran out of anything smaller. The nappies nearly reached up to his armpits...
What is he now, 6 weeks nearly, 10lb4 and definitely smiling now and cooing, which is sooooo cute. It's nice to see these little changes, so you know you're on the right track. He is still sleeping 6-8 hours every night, with one recent exception, and people have told me not to get used to it, but after a month, it's hard to see when this might change... Just as well though, as I'm being monitored for post natal depression :eek:. Scary.

Slapps

right i'm getting desperate here so need advice.....................
my ds1 (i'm 33 weeks with ds2 @ the mo) is still having trouble switching his body clock over since BST ended. he wakes up @ 5:30 every morning and won't go back to sleep, sometime plays in his room for a little while but most mornings i end up getting up @ around 6ish. my mum is having a mastectomy on friday and is coming to stay with me for the 2 weeks recovery that she will be needing, i'm suffering from pelvic pain and my ds1 waking up @ this silly hour is really not helping me. ds1 has just caught the cold that i'm still trying to shake off so nights are not good anyway. my mum normally helps me with getting rest but due to the colds i've had to tell her she can't come over as i don't want her catching it and putting her op @ risk. my OH lives in essex and is trying his hardest to work money out so that he can come and stay over xmas, new year and for when baby arrives.
sorry for the rant but i just feel like everything is getting on top of me right now. i know my mum will get better and my OH will be here as soon as he can but it's hard trying to cope meanwhile.
my ds1 (he's 3 in feb) normally goes to bed @ about 7:30 - 8:00pm but is still waking up @ these silly times. he has been in my bed for the last 4 nights due to him being unwell and this is a very rare thing.
once again sorry for the rant

Becles

jenpoptab wrote: »

Can anyone advise on how quickly I should introduce him to two then three meals a day?

I've sort of followed this chart from Hipp:
http://www.hipp.co.uk/WeaningChart/index.htm

It says feed Hipp foods at every meal, but obviously ignore that and feed whatever you like! Charlotte has mainly had home made food, but I buy jars/fruit pots of out of season or exotic fruit purees as it works out cheaper than making your own.

daphne_descends

Agutka wrote: »

My poor Joseph had to swim around in size 3 pampers I had lying around, as I had ran out of anything smaller. The nappies nearly reached up to his armpits...
What is he now, 6 weeks nearly, 10lb4 and definitely smiling now and cooing, which is sooooo cute. It's nice to see these little changes, so you know you're on the right track. He is still sleeping 6-8 hours every night, with one recent exception, and people have told me not to get used to it, but after a month, it's hard to see when this might change... Just as well though, as I'm being monitored for post natal depression :eek:. Scary.

:grouphug:

Can I be nosy and ask who decided you need to be monitored? I'm not going into detail but things are so incredibly !!!! here yet no one is interested and I feel expected to just 'deal with it'. My health visitor saw my twice and I think that's it, and the women in the baby clinic didn't even manage to make eye contact with me!

Claire_Jones_3

Just to let you all know Sainsburys have a sale on toys at the moment, mostly half price. So stock up while its on!!

Dormouse

Any more Jens and we'll have to rename this club the Jen club! :rotfl:

Jenpoptab, glad to hear Hayden liked the baby rice. Sounds like this was the right timing to start his weaning. :T

I'm going with the flow regarding the weaning, but I'm expecting to start at some point between 16-20 weeks. Got Alex weighed last week and he's up to 18lb (fatty! ), so don't think he'll last until 6 months on just milk.

We've all got the sniffles at the moment, so rubbish sleeps for the last few nights. It's hard enough trying to sleep with my nose all blocked and not being able to take anything useful like Sudafed for it, but I'm also being woken up every couple of hours by a snuffly baby who's finding it hard to settle. I hate colds. :mad:

Slapps - hope things improve soon. I know how annoying it is when toddlers wake up at stupid times... Would a reward chart help, maybe? Like a sticker for staying in his bed (or in his room playing quietly) until a certain time?

I'm sort of grateful for these dark nights and mornings as it usually means my DS1 stays in bed until daylight. :T Although we have ended up with two kids in our bed on a couple of occasions recently, but only after 6am!

Fac, sorry to hear things are not great. :grouphug: Unfortunately most new mums are just left to deal with it by themselves :mad: and it can be so overwhelming. I remember it so well, just being left on my own as a first time mum - for some reason, I got more support second time round than first, even though I don't really need it. I think it depends a lot on your surgery and the way NHS do things in your area.

You do know that you can call the HV whenever, right? It's the old cliche, they are there for us and our babies, and you're not wasting their time if you have a concern that you want to chat to them about. (Obviously, some HVs are better than others. I've been lucky both times and have quite sensible nice women for my boys.)

The one thing I've found most helpful for getting support is joining groups. I've found a great breastfeeding group this time and it's so nice to be able to chat to other people who are going through the same thing. It is a bit awkward meeting new people at first, but babies are a great topic of conversation. And if anyone ignores me, we're obviously not on the same wavelength anyway so no great loss. :cool:

And Fac, we are here to listen too, if you want. Internet can be very therapeutic (she says, having writtten a blooming essay ).

cha97michelle

I'd agree with the joining groups as well. I find the 1st 3 months so lonely being at home with this small thing that kept crying and i didn't know why, and nothing i would do would stop it. It was easier at the groups as he was often less upset because he was nosying at other things, and there was someone to talk to to stop me just focussing all that energy on him.

It all passes far too quickly, and whatever stage you are on it passes within weeks, and a new thing comes along to stress you out.

and none of us are 'bad' parents, just in the same way as we are not perfect parents. We are just human beings/doings who are trying our best, and our babies will know that and appreciate it.