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heather38

Snaggles wrote: »

Heather - Natasha has the V Tech baby walker that is in your avatar too - one of the bits on it (possibly the bit that looks like gears) makes a noise that sounds like a kiss, and when she hears it, she stands up and gives the dog (at the top left) a kiss!

lol! she got 2 of them for her birthday. one is here and 1 at grandmas house. her fav toy atm is a dog stuffed toy, it goes everywhere and if she can't find it she shouts 'where doggy where doggy' bless her.

Shelley84

I didn't know there was a MSE Parenting thread!! How cool!

Not sure what to post on here though!

I am 23 and have a 2 year old DS. I work Full Time, split between office and home.

heather38

we usually chat about whats going on with the kids and give advice to those that need it

destiny_star2006

i have a daughter of 4 and pregnant 5 and half month with a baby boy over the moon one of each flavour !! so need not have sex ever again lmao}
dont tell dh that part!
Looking forward to the arrival but am so unorganised have only bought a few bits and bobs and im thinking maybe the bird will deliver cot etc etc lmao if only!

Mazcabs

Hi there

HF finally asleep for a nap but not sure for how long. Does anyone else's baby cat nap alot. Can't seem to get HF to nap for longer than 20 minutes at a time and then he gets overtired at night. He then only sleeps for about 4-5 hours before wanting a feed and then wakes up again after 2 hours and is wide awake. How can he survive on such small amounts sleep? Any tips ?

Also he's 3 months old so should i change onto medium flow teats ? Anyone else done this ?

rach!_3

HIYA NOT POSTED ON HERE AS I DIDNT KNOW IT EXISTED.
ooops sorry excuse caps lock.
i am 27 nd have 3 children 2 DD's aged 9 and 6 and a DS aged 4.
i'm sure this thread will come in quite handy.

Lu_T

Hello & welcome all newbies! Feel free to ask or contribute as you want.

Re teats - I would move on to a faster flow teat and look at how much babe is having. There's no such thing as an 'average' baby (as per the guidelines on the tin) so if LO is finishing every bottle just offer some more and see if that helps. You can always go back to the slower flow teats if medium is too much. HTH

Imogen's new words are Daddy (for me and Hubby!) and dooby - not sure about what that means yet! Also cat - for Cat In The Hat. She just never stops babbling! Wish I knew what she was trying to say...

Agutka

Mazcabs wrote: »

Hi there

HF finally asleep for a nap but not sure for how long. Does anyone else's baby cat nap alot. Can't seem to get HF to nap for longer than 20 minutes at a time and then he gets overtired at night. He then only sleeps for about 4-5 hours before wanting a feed and then wakes up again after 2 hours and is wide awake. How can he survive on such small amounts sleep? Any tips ?

Also he's 3 months old so should i change onto medium flow teats ? Anyone else done this ?

I had a flick through the 'contented baby' book recently and discovered that Joseph was kind of following the easy technique (eat play sleep or eat sleep play, with proper night sleep). Yes I am very lucky. But he has gone through catnap stages before. You put them down and they're back up before you've even managed to leave the room:rolleyes:

On his third month 'birthday' I gave him a bottle with the '3' teat and proceeded to choke him with the milk. It was too much, HV suggested leaving him be, until he's struggling to get milk out. Have a go yourself.

Js_Other_Half

Mazcabs wrote: »

Hi there

HF finally asleep for a nap but not sure for how long. Does anyone else's baby cat nap alot. Can't seem to get HF to nap for longer than 20 minutes at a time and then he gets overtired at night. He then only sleeps for about 4-5 hours before wanting a feed and then wakes up again after 2 hours and is wide awake. How can he survive on such small amounts sleep? Any tips ?

Also he's 3 months old so should i change onto medium flow teats ? Anyone else done this ?

God bless the fisherprice cradle swing - it was the only reason we got any sleep for a good part of the first 3 months of DS's life...lol. I found he got better as he got older - probably because was was putting on weight and able to last longer sleeping. By 5 months he was sleeping through from 11pm - 7pm. Fingers crossed the same happens for your DS.

As for the teats - no harm in trying them?

MadDogWoman_2

Hi Everyone,

Sorry not been around for a while I'm trying to work out an evening routine out for me now that I'm back at work (Boo!).

Katie is cruising like a professional and has been for a couple of weeks, actually she hates sitting on the floor and wants to be on her feet all the time. This week she finally started to figure out crawling too!

Tonight she was shouting me instead of being asleep, and she was sat up in her cot with her legs through the bars! First job on DH's list this weekend is to lower the base on her cot as she can pull herself up.