MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 2

katiechoc_2

Haha love it jannine! I told my OH a hideous story involving a nappy change and a bit of grated courgette the other day (ill leave it to your imaginations :rotfl:). He was so disgusted he was speechless for a minute, then just kept asking why I thought it was necessary to share! It was just too gross, I couldn't keep it to myself :rotfl:

*Nutella*

janninew wrote: »

I'm getting my hair cut on Friday, having to take the monkey with me though so won't be a relaxing experience.

This is why I now go in my lunch break - I get very excited about reading a magazine from beginning to end without having to protect it from a little person trying to grab it/rip it to pieces/eat it!

Sammie_03

Thanks jannine

:rotfl: at the poo stories!

We have sunshine here again today, I'm hoping the weather is going to keep on improving. I can't wait until Noah is better as I'm hoping to start taking him to a toddler morning at the local ball pit once a week.

I'm not sure whether to take Noah up the school on his trike, it's about a 30 min walk each way. He seems a lot better today he's just tired. Do you think he will be ok?

BadlyWrittenPoem

DayDreamBeliever wrote: »

she's into scratching and pinching everything atm even though her nails are kept short she's mastered the art of leaving marks - my boobs are covered as it's a great way to pass the time while feeding apparently!

Once she's old enough to hold a toy, giving a toy can help reduce scratching of you while feeding but in the meantime, you may find giving a muslin or similar helps.

BadlyWrittenPoem

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

I've been reading Jo frosts baby book and she says from 4 weeks to get into a feeding routine, im struggling because my lo eats at different times everyday, one day it might be 8am the next it might 9am so it throws it off by an hour. Then at night it changes because he's sleeping 4-5 hours so again it changes from the day before. I'm guessing this is normal and eventually when he's not growing as fast it'll settle out more? Or am I doing something wrong?

Unless you *want* a routine, I wouldn't worry about it. My first baby was very routine so I had her in a routine very early and you could almost set your clock by her. This one is quite different though so although we do have a pattern for the day, it is much more variable and tends to follow one of two patterns depending on when she has fed in the night. For the most part (unless she's clearly hungry sooner) I just offer feeds about every three hours but will sometimes make the intervals slightly longer or shorter in order to work it that she is due a feed at 7pm for bedtime. Even if this one was routine, what worked for DD1 would never work as it would require her to sleep 11 hours overnight and that is how much she sleeps in total in 24 hours. My impression in that most babies seem to become more established into a routine pattern if they weren't before once they are well established on solids (which I presume is because of the solids being done routinely which then means things fall into place around that and because the baby is older) but I am just basing that on vague anecdotal observation.

Gillyx

Well prepping dinner while a poorly boy clings onto my legs was interesting, not something I wish to repeat

DayDreamBeliever_2

BadlyWrittenPoem wrote: »

Once she's old enough to hold a toy, giving a toy can help reduce scratching of you while feeding but in the meantime, you may find giving a muslin or similar helps.

We've tried toys, muslins, blankets, dummies (to hold as she's disgusted if you ever put one in her mouth!) All sorts but it seems nothing beats a handful of mums boobs lol but thank you

BadlyWrittenPoem

DayDreamBeliever wrote: »

We've tried toys, muslins, blankets, dummies (to hold as she's disgusted if you ever put one in her mouth!) All sorts but it seems nothing beats a handful of mums boobs lol but thank you

You're cleverer than me - DD1 was one before it ocurred to me to give her something to hold/play with while feeding.

DayDreamBeliever_2

BadlyWrittenPoem wrote: »

You're cleverer than me - DD1 was one before it ocurred to me to give her something to hold/play with while feeding.

I can't claim the credit sadly, my oh suggested it as my complaining was annoying him!

BadlyWrittenPoem

DayDreamBeliever wrote: »

I can't claim the credit sadly, my oh suggested it as my complaining was annoying him!

Well your OH is cleverer than mine then.