MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

mirrorimage0

thanks, sorry have been using that too and bathing him with it.x

emmylou83_2

I second the changing them at bedtime still, def makes them realise its something different. I also used to always give them a quick bath every night, even just a 2 min dip made a difference.
For the dry skin, DD1 had ezcema, and nothing the drs gave me worked (eventually found out it was dairy intolerance) anyhoo, i found Talcum powder actually helped ALOT as it takes the moisture off their skin which can also then make it sore and dry out. If that makes sense?? Obviously dont use it on broken skin tho. DD1 has really sensitive skin, is even unable to use the antihistamine cream Benadryll as she is allergic! lolx x

Doglover

Alison really glad Ewan has arrived! We use his front left leg noise. I think my little boy is brewing yet another cold too so here comes another bad phase :-(. I hope Ewanbrings you luck too and D has a good night x

Wishing everyone a successful night too x

alison2020

Thanks doglover Ewan is absolutely his favourite new toy. I put him in his cot for his night time sleep and left him for a while. Came back and he had got an arm out of his swaddling and had pulled Ewan towards him. Was trying to eat him again! Left him for another while and could hear him chatting away to him and then he just put himself to sleep. Think I had it on the harp setting. Heard a few excited squeaks down the monitor a little while ago, makes a change from crying! Have left one arm unswaddled so we will see how we get on tonight!
Hope your LO gets over the cold quickly and doesn't have a disturbed night!

katchambers

Winnie_in_Pooh wrote: »

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!

Winnie - this is exactly what I do each night, been on this routine for 5 days now and its going well so far, luckily he hasn't woken when I put him down, sorry that happened to you. The only difference is when I feed him to sleep I then burp him over my shoulder as then its easier and less likely to wake him up when I put him down to sleep, not sure if that will help you?

mirrorimage0 wrote: »

doglover my samuel loves sucking his hands/thumbs was just wondering though does your little ones hands get freezing of a night time, i still have to put samuels mits on , when he has worked them off in the night his hands are always soooo cold

A couple of people mentioned gro bags and putting mitts on their hands to keep hands warm, thought I would show you all the gro bag we use as it has bits to cover their hands within the bag itself which is brilliant my boys hands always get cold and now its lovely, I bought it from kiddicare here and can highly recommend it:
http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplay0_10751_-1_138856_10001

I have a random question for you all... when you have met your baby's needs, i.e not hungry or wet or anything, what do you do with him/her? I have a 6 week old, and I put him in the rocking chair for a bit or his play mat until he starts grumping, but then what do I do with him? It sounds silly I know!

Kira - if you have a minute, could you add us to the list:
Baby boy - Nathaniel - 5th December 2011 - 7lb 5oz

Thanks
Kat x

katchambers

Winnie_in_Pooh wrote: »

I got a copy of The Baby Whisperer out of the library yesterday, have read the chapter on EASY - has anyone tried it?

Yes, we are doing this and have been since he was born ( he is 6 weeks). It works well for us and gives some kind of little plan to our days, altho it almost always goes out the window when we leave the house, but when I'm home I always follow the plan, overnight tho I do eat, activity (nappy change), eat, sleep so EAES. In the day, I do eat, activity (bouncy chair), sleep, your time EASY.

kat x

Wonder_Womble

katchambers wrote: »

I have a random question for you all... when you have met your baby's needs, i.e not hungry or wet or anything, what do you do with him/her? I have a 6 week old, and I put him in the rocking chair for a bit or his play mat until he starts grumping, but then what do I do with him? It sounds silly I know!

Kat, I put Katie on the play mat for a bit, she has a bubble tube and mirrors to entertain her, when she starts grouching I put her in the swing chair, then back to the mat where I play with her with her toys, then leave her to to watch the bubble tube again, then pick her up and walk her around the house chatting away to her. If I'm in the kitchen I take her swing seat in and chat away to her about what I am doing. It can be pretty tiring if she is having a grizzly day.

Does anyone have any advice about a noisy sleeper? I am really struggling to get some sleep as Katie is just so restless and noisy, she snorts, squeaks, grunts and groans for much of the night. She also seems to get mucus in the back of her nose/throat which I think disturbs her sleep. So I end up getting up with her and holding her upright to drain the mucus away, then I can't get back to sleep.

Kira000

Morning all.. i can join properly now! Claudia Jasmine arrived yesterday morning by forceps weighing 9lb 7oz. Sorely stressful labour for one reason other the other, but our daughter is amazing and has a full head of hair!! Will update more when im allowed to leave hospital...

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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)
:female: Koalamummy - 18th june 2011 - Annalisa - 3rd Baby
:male: SmlSave - 23rd June 2011 - Jacob - 1st baby
:male: Claireloo - 26th August 2011 - Leo - 1st baby
:female: *Dee* - 4th September 2011 - Niamh - 1st baby
:female: twinkle - 15th September - Evie - 3rd 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: Bella2121 - 7th October 2011 - Oscar - 2nd Baby
:male: Flower08 - 7th October 2011 - Noah - 1st baby
:male: Winnie in Pooh - 8th October 2011 - Finn- 2nd baby
:female: Loumac - 10th October 2011 - Sadie Amelia - First baby
:male: mirrorimage - 10th October 2011- samuel - 3rd baby (12, 9yrs,13 weeks)
:female: Leannekr - 13th October 2011- Ava-Mae- First baby
:male: Mancbird- 19th October 2011 - Finlay - 1st Baby
:male: Kandboys - 27th October 2011 - Jacob - 3rdbaby (7yrs, 3, 11 weeks)
:male: TinyTink - 7th November 2011 - Theodore - 1st baby
:male: Missymoo81 - 14th November 2011 - Roo- 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: Katchambers - 5th December 2011 - nathaniel - 1st Baby
: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 - 2nd baby (DD1 9yrs 04/02/2002)
: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
:female: Kira000 - 13th January - Claudia Jasmine -

mirrorimage0

whoop whoop congratulations kira, your beautiful girl is finally here (and thankfully not too big lol) ouch for forceps though.

go have lots of mummy cuddles and update us when you can. x

congrats to you too katchambers x x

ok so samuel went down at 11.20 pm he woke for his feed at 2.am which is really early for him so i just put him in bed with me and his dummy, he then proceeded to sleep till 7 am if i could do a fanfare i would lol

so need to get the kids ready for rock climbing and so cant be bothered lol