MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

morocha

HV is not here yet, almost 1 hs late, i have a crying baby and a grumpy mummy... DD did not sleep from 12 till 7 am ! i am shatered.

turtlemoose

Welcome newbie!

Nutella what a night

Fluff good god how are you even still alive?

For those suffering multiple wake ups, Reuben (8 months) now sleeps 7:30pm-5am then feed and sleep til 8, and then up for the day. This took a lot of hard work to get to this point though! I can barely remember what it was like before....maybe I'll have another...

My boy is very please with himself today, he has figured out he can get up on hands and knees and walk his hands backwards until he is sitting! Keeps doing it constantly with a big grin on his face!

Gillyx

Hugs to everyone suffering sleep deprivation atm, it's not used as a method of torture for nothing I don't know how you all cope, I had 6.5 months of it and I was like a zombie. Well done Mummas x

morocha

hv said she cant see anything wrong with baby, that if she was in so much pain, she wouldnt feed and she has gained good weight, try to feed her for longer to shut her- her words- give her a dummy.

Candlewax

For others whose little ones are suffering from wind/colic a friend of mine suggested "Colief". It isn't cheap (approx £10 at boots but lasts a while). I have heard really good reviews. You add it to a little expressed milk and give it to baby before breastfeeding as normal. Or it can be added to bottles if bottle feeding. It helps to break down the lactose in the milk to make it easier to digest. I have bought some but not tried it yet as infacol appears to be working today.

Candlewax

Forgot to say it can be used from birth up to 4 months old.

savageHK

morocha wrote: »

hv said she cant see anything wrong with baby, that if she was in so much pain, she wouldnt feed and she has gained good weight, try to feed her for longer to shut her- her words- give her a dummy.

well :j to the good weight gain but boo to no solutions.

Gillyx

Silent refluxers often gain the best of all as they comfort feed.

morocha

i told oh to but gripe water, will trie colief if it does not work.
baby has benn throwing up when given gaviscon so hv said it is not working, it is not that then.

fluffnutter

moneypenny21 wrote: »

Fluff - how come you aren't exhausted ? I feel terrible getting up st the second night feed!!

turtlemoose wrote: »

Fluff good god how are you even still alive?

I have very low expectations as to what's a good amount to achieve each day. If Freddie and I are both dressed, then that's a success

It's a serious point actually. You're not the only people to comment on how broken my sleep is and why I don't feel worse about it. The thing is.. there are things I could do. I could be more aggressive in weaning him so that he needed fewer night feeds. I could do controlled crying so that he stopped seeing the night as a time for feeds. There are all sorts of things I could do to try to encourage him to eat more during the day and sleep more at night.

But I don't mind. I'm choosing to just get my knockers out. I feel in control because it's my choice and once you know you've chosen the life you've got, all the little niggles fall away. I waited for 8 years to have my baby. I'm in no rush for him to grow up.