MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

fosters1

hugs to all the babies (and mums/dads) that have had or are due injections. Aydon was meant to have his 2nd lot yesturday but the appointment hadnt been made on the computer just a letter sent out with a date and time, now has an apppointment for Thursday instead, so now i have another 2 days to work myself up even more than i am already. Grrrr!.
We are now combining breast and formula feeding so keeps the tips about making up bottles coming.

little_angel_2

not posted on here in ages!

i'm having a !!!!py day/night of it hence posting at stupid o'clock. i've only had 3 hours sleep and i don't think i'm going to get anymore, usually when lily is up at this time that's it for the night

haven't seen the husband since sunday night as his disabled mother is ill, she's now in hospital and he's gone with her. lily decided yesterday would be a good day to start a growth spurt and fed all day, during which i had to try and feed myself, have a bath, walk the dog and stay hydrated all while having the life sucked out of me, with no help. not easy when lily starts crying 10/20 mins after finishing a feed because she's hungry.

the husband will come home at some point, say he's tired and go to bed, a luxury i don't have as lily will only sleep in the carrier during the day, but if it's anything like yesterday, she won't sleep at all.

funny how his tiredness always trumps mine. he often asks if i can leave hm to sleep as he's got xyz to do, as if looking after lily doesn't require any sleep at all and isn't as important as his xyz!

sorry for the rant, i'm tired and i know i've got to do it all again with no help.

jenjade

oh i just put the breastpad round the wrong way. sticky side to my breast. boy did that hurt!! made me laugh though so thought i would share it

Winnie_in_Pooh

Haha thanks for sharing that Jenjade lol its funny what tiredness does to you, it just took me 4 attempts to put the right pin number in at the petrol station - couldn't remember it for the life of me!

So yesterday was day 1 of bath feed bed routine for Finn, didn't go well... chucked him in the bath at 8pm with the Johnsons sleepy time bath stuff, pj's on the radiator nice and warm for afterwards - that all went fine, into his grobag for a feed, fed him lying down for a good 20 mins and then he dozed off (cue me almost jumping for joy it had gone so well) so I went to pick him up to put him in his cot. Which is where it went wrong. He woke up and then screamed for the next two hours, fed another two times before he finally gave in at about 10.30pm (which is the time pre-routine he would normally sleep *roll eyes*) all in all I think the whole process upset him so much that caused him to have a really carp night, up at 1am, 3am, 4.15am and 6am. I'm expecting him to be absolutely shattered today because he was awake all day yesterday - even in the car on the school runs, he didn't even dose off until 8pm!

Anyway, I'm determined to persevere and try to reclaim a bit of the evening for me time! If anyone has any input or ideas on what I've been doing that would be great

Jenjade - did you speak to OH about things?

Little Angel - sending hugs your way xxx

Missymoo - hope Roo settled ok and you got your shower this morning

Mirror - thanks for the cluster feeding link! That explains loads!!

I know it sounds cruel, but I'm sort of looking forward to Finn's next lot of injections so I can give him a dose of calpol and get a bit of sleep! Feel very selfish for even thinking it, but I'm knackered!

Winnie_in_Pooh

Oh I've been meaning to ask if anyone has done mother and baby yoga?

Kira000

birth list

:female: Hunnybugs1 - 22nd Feb 2011 - Chloe Ann - 3rd baby
:female: Sammy_Girl - 19th March 2011 - Esme Rose - 1st baby
:female: Wendz86 - 19th April 2011 - Poppy Summer - 1st baby
:female: Liley9- 4th June 2011 - Daisy May- 3rd baby
:female: Tsstss7 - 7th June 2011 - name tbc - 3rd baby (14, 4, 7mths)
:male: SmlSave - 23rd June 2011 - Jacob - 1st baby
:male: Claireloo - 26th August 2011 - Leo - 1st baby
:female: *Dee* - 4th September 2011 - Niamh - 1st baby
:male: Alison2020 - 15th September 2011 - Daniel - 2nd baby
:female: little angel -19th September 2011 - Lily - 1st baby
:male: Fosters1 - 4th October 2011 - Aydon- 1st Baby
:male: Winnie in Pooh - 8th October 2011 - Finn- 2nd baby
:male: mirrorimage - 10th October 2011- samuel - 3rd baby (12, 9yrs,13 weeks)
:male: Mancbird- 19th October 2011 - Finlay - 1st Baby
:male: Kandboys - 27th October 2011 - Jacob - 3rdbaby (7yrs, 3, 9 weeks)
:male: TinyTink - 7th November 2011 - Theodore - 1st baby
:male: Lynn11 - 4th December 2011 - Ryan Iain -
:female: Corncob82 - 5th December 2011 - Eva Lily - 1st baby
:female: mr_knight - 5th December 2011 - details tbc
:male: MoneySavingMamma - 6th December 2011 - Name Tba -
:female: Wonder Womble - 7th December 2011 - Katie -
:female: chucknorris69 - 9th December 2011 - Name Tba -
:female: Blue Monkey - 11th December 2011 - Betsy -
:female: yummymummy79 - 13th December 2011 - Eleanor Victoria -
:male: seafarers_wife - 13th December 2011 - Benjamin -
:female: Lirin - 19th December 2011 - Rose Lira -
:male: phoenix dragon - 19th December 2011 - name tba -
:female: Sammy85 - 22nd December 2011 - Cora Rose -
:male: KeelyKat - 24th December 2011- Lewis - 2nd Baby
:female: Jenjade - 25th December 2011 - Ellie Harrison -
:male: KimmyMarky - 27th December 2011 - Henry -
:female: Mrs Giggly - 28 December - Evangeline -
:female: Mimi Arc en ciel - 31st December 2011 - Amy
:female: LauraLou - 3rd Jan 2012 - Erinna - first baby


Of course Hunnybugs, welcome to the club! I've redone the list with you in order- top of the list now!

Sorry ladies, i'm still officially an interloper. Trying desperately to belong here properly but this damn baby wont vacate! Still, this time tomorrow (+12!) i'll be on the way to the hospital for hopeful eviction!

wendz86

Winnie in pooh - Poppy didn't start going to bed at a reasonable time till she was about 5 months. I definately think its worth persevering with the bedtime routine though. We didn't start this till later and think we should have started earlier and would have helped.

You could try the baby whisperer shh pat , so pat and make shh noises while asleep and then continue as you transfer into cot. It makes the transfer less of a shock. I also find stroking her cheek once she is in the cot helps her relax again. Poppy is older so not sure if would work for such a little one but might be worth a try.

Lauralou

Thank you everyone for your advise.

We were up again 10-2.30 then 5.30-6.30. hope its not gonna start to get into a routine!So i've managed 4hours sleep, will try and nap this afternoon.
Spoke to a midwife and she said that it is just a case of feeding her when she wants.
I do try and feed her for more then 10mins. she only seems to do that at night and sometimes i can't seem to wake her to make sure she is finished and full.
She was awake for about an hour earlier.

What do you put your newborns in during the day? Stay in the moses basket or bouncy chair?

I thought newborns have to be a certain weight to be put in a sleeping bag. Erinna likes to be swaddled so i may invest in a swaddle blanket. Erinna has been waking up and sweaty, the midwife suggusted to put her in a vest and a blankets, the blanket does go round twice.

Really not looking forward to OH going back to work. I know we still got 1 more week. Also, need to try and have her more settled at night or OH will really struggle at work as he does quite a physical job.

mirrorimage0

good luck winnie, pat and shh works for us, samuel is finally turned the corner on his cough and cold so as of last night am staring his routine again as he has got sed to sleeping almost upright on me on the sofa for the past week and half where his cough was so bad, i couldnt lay him down cause he just coughed and choked constantly.
last night went well, down for 11 up at 4 then straight down again till 8. just hope it continues


each layer of blanket counts, so if you wrap it twice its 2 blankets for instance.

i used moses basket or chair but i know a lot of people will only use moses basket for night time sleeps so baby knows the difference (im not sure they do when very small but each to thier own)

if not feeing for long and hungry again within the hour try offering the same side o she get the thicker milk.

samuel didnt like his swaddle blanket if you want i can send it to you for postage

hubby snapped at me earlier cause i went out to get some shopping and drop eldest lunch and rugby kit as he forget, ended up having a meeting with his teacher so was out for an hour and half. walked back in, he snapped at me with sarky comment so i burst into tears. well that soon stopped him lol havet been emotional for weeks but yesterday and today even a soppy advert can start me off

missymoo81

well last night topped the charts as one of the worst nights, i got an hour and a half sleep, am exhausted