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

*Nutella*

Morning all

It's Tantrum Central here We had a messy night, and she's not a happy girl this morning either. I can't quite work out if she's ill or just being stroppy (sounds familiar, Katie? ) - this morning's meltdown when I wouldn't let her eat my kiwi after she'd finished her own was definitely a stroppy moment, but the screaming in the middle of the night seemed more like something was wrong.

She's now really, really tired and is refusing to sleep. Sigh. Someting tells me I'm not going to get much work done today.

Re. bedtime - we take LO upstairs by 6.30pm, and then she has her milk and bath, so she's usually asleep at around 7.15pm. Sometimes by 7pm if she's really tired (i.e. if it's a nursery day!).

Sunshine, hope the chicken pox stay well away from you and your little man

Cake, how are the birthday party preparations going?

Saf, welcome back - glad you had a nice time away!

Have a good day all x

minimuffin12

Hi dida! How are you and lo getting on? Fab post, I can totally relate with the out of body experience but things have settled well and my wee boy has brought so much joy to us. I am totally a neurotic mother tho! It seems an age ago that we were preggers!

Cake4brains

Thanks ladies, we put the girls in their cots around 8pm and I was just wondering if that was late now they are about to be 1year old. Sounds like the norm then.

They sometimes still wake up through the night though. Mollie's been waking up with her teeth and Amelia just wakes up for no reason that I can tell! I just give them a quick drink of milk and back to sleep. How old were your LOs when you stopped giving milk through the night? I'm dreading having to wean them off milk as an aid to sleeping. Its the only thing that works with them . I've tried shushing them and putting the dummy in. They just cry louder and wake the other twin :cool:

*Nutella* wrote: »

Cake, how are the birthday party preparations going?

I've bought everything I need to decoration-wise. I just need to sort nibbles nearer the day and write letters to the girls to go in their time capsule that is going to be buried in the garden

We've asked relatives if they want to include a letter, to be opened on the girls 18th :T

*Nutella*

Cake4brains wrote: »

How old were your LOs when you stopped giving milk through the night?

My LO was almost 7 months. We started weaning at 23 weeks and she took to it really well, and by 7 months I knew she didn't need milk at night for hunger reasons anymore. I reduced it gradually over a couple of weeks, and only had a couple of nights of crying once we reached 'nothing'. It was actually easier than I'd feared - she settled within 10-15 mins and then stopped demanding milk at night altogether. Have you tried water instead of milk? Really helps send my LO back to sleep when dummies and cuddles just won't do! Her night-time water comes in the same bottle as the milk used to be in, so she has the comfort of sucking, which I think is more important to her than the actual milk ever was...

Love the time capsule/letter idea! :T

*Nutella*

My happy little girl is back (at least for the time being!) - currently scoffing couscous, falafel & feta salad with a huge grin on her face and 'mmmmmmm' after each mouthful. Nap + food = magic

IHateDida

Thanks for the post about when to stop the milk - me and the OH were only wondering about it at the weekend - and neither of us had a clue! Going to start weaning in a few weeks (she is now 17 weeks) as she is sucking her fists constantly and spending an age drinking her milk during the day - almost as though she is starting to get bored of it! Stocked up on stuff at Sainsburys when they were doing their 25% off everything baby!

I like the time capsule idea also! We have opened an email account for baby and are emailing her every now and then (sounds strange I know but I want her to have memories of her "babyhood" that I will forget!) - and will give her the password when she is old enough.

Hi mini-muffin - goodness how time flies - we are well thank you! I was sorting through her larger 0-3 month stuff again today and even some of the 3-6 month stuff is getting a bit tight! She has started screaming instead of crying when she wants something - it only started this weekend - and my god she's loud!:eek: How are you and the LO?? x (if I remember correctly...you rudely gave birth long before me despite being due after me - how old is he now?)

minimuffin12

My lo has started to scream as well, scared the life out of me the first time he did it. Am afraid that wasnt me.lol i went 9 days over although i think it was dippydooda? Lo is 15weeks, am looking forward to starting weaning although wont be starting until December.

Gillyx

We stopped the milk around 6 months, as he stopped waking in the night for it, ever since I haven't given it, as he's not hungry for it, so if he wakes it's just a case of trying to get him back over, usually quite easy, but every once in a while it's time consuming!

IHateDida

minimuffin12 wrote: »

My lo has started to scream as well, scared the life out of me the first time he did it. Am afraid that wasnt me.lol i went 9 days over although i think it was dippydooda? Lo is 15weeks, am looking forward to starting weaning although wont be starting until December.

Opps - sorry baby brain - I should have read your signature!!! DUH!!!! Yes it was dippy! I remember now checking in on you here in my first hazy weeks!!!!:rotfl:The scream is very alarming isn't it!!!!! I wondered what I had done to her!!!! x

Oscar_the_Pug

Hi Bangton

Sounds like you're pretty normal to me: my LO is almost 11 weeks and the first few weeks were the hardest. Unfortunately the getting easier thing has been pretty gradual but when I feel like I'm struggling I remind myself that I actually wouldn't want to turn the clock back a few weeks because it really was harder then than now. I doubt there's a parent alive who can honestly say that they've never had at least occasional moments of wondering why they thought this whole childrearing lark was a good idea, and wishing their old lives back. As fairly few end up with social services' involvement I reckon it's probably nothing to be overly worried about.

My LO is still not feeding wonderfully - she has improved a little since her tongue tie was divided almost 3 weeks ago but is still clicking a bit and the feeds can still last ages. I didn't cancel her NHS appointment so will take her along to see what their opinion is. Funnily enough since I gave myself a break and decided that I'd let myself give up bf if it didn't improve after a fortnight I now find that I'm coping better!