MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

lazywife

:hello: Little Miss,
Congrats on your little boy. Shame about him being uncomfy after feeding. I bf throughout and the only tips I have is for you not to eat anything that might make him gripey (brocolli was bad for us). I wholeheartedly suggest a couple of days of simple food (reduce any known trigger foods... dairy too) and then see if he gets a bit better. Just watch his latch too. For the whole 13 months of bf I had to hold my b00b to get him to latch correctly. If I just left him suckling he'd take on alot more air and get gassy.
Hopefully it'll improve soon. Just keep up your confidence... and don't worry about adjusting your routine. I could sleep anywhere at any time now, if you're tired enough you'll catch up in the day.

Thanks guys for boosting this back to being active again.
L.xxx

Oscar_the_Pug

Hello Little Miss Sunshine, and congrats and well done on the bf. You can also try dentinox drops and gripe water for colic: they smell a bit more medicinal than infacol but some babies seem to work better with them. They help to bring up trapped burps while colief is supposed to help baby break down the lactose in your milk but it is a bit tricky to administer when bf as you have to express a little and mix with your milk.

Good luck with it xx

continualdiamond

Welcome Sunshine and congrats on the arrival of Oliver.

Thank you very much for all the replies. I will never understand my in laws lack of wanting to see lo, especially as they have no other grand children as hubby is an only child.

They again wanted us to go round to them yesterday but we were getting stuck into the garden, we did say they were welcome to come round to us but they declined. Instead they said they'd come round in the evening one week, which just doesn't work. Ex today LO didn't have her pm nap at nursery, she just refused which = being over tired when it was tea time at nursery so she hardly ate anything.

So for the 1st time ever I had to give her some tea at home (usually it's just a snack) and then she had her bottle but was yawning and rubbing her eyes so put her down at 6pm and that was it, she grabbed her comfort toy, rolled onto her side and has been asleep since. So really coming round after work is not ideal.

I think for me I'm not going to do the whole visit hubby's grandad and aunties etc. It's just too weird for me given the situation with hubby not seeing them. Hubby's dad has nothing to do with them either so it's only his mum who visits.

In terms of my in laws, yep I agree with you all. I can only do my best to offer opportunities etc and if they chose to decline it, that is then out of my hands.

I just feel for my mum/dad who have no choice but to only see LO on skype and photos yet they took every chance possible when we visited them to spend time with her.

Anyway moving along, anyone thinking of Christmas yet? I've just found out you can do payment plans at toysrus, 4, 8 and 12 week plans. Anyone done it?

Saffagal

Evening ladies

Welcome and congratulations Little Miss! Oliver could also be going through a growth spurt which can make them fussier. Another thing to try is lying him in different positions - face down over your arm works for some babies who struggle with wind.

CD, it is hard having your family living far away - my mom has just gone home after three months staying with me (which for me is too long, for her not long enough). In a perfect world, I would have my folks living around 20min away so we could visit/they could once a week/fortnight. But the world isn't perfect so a lot of compromise is needed. I find it helps not to make comparisons between my parents/ his parents - everyone is different and people have different expectations out of relationships, often based on their life experiences. I do agree this can be easier said than done.

Re bf and teeth, I'm still feeding usually morning and bedtime at nearly 17months and little one has plenty of teeth. She has bitten me, at first by accident and a couple of times on purpose when she was being a little pickle. I have always responded in exactly the same way - I yell, say No firmly, remove her from the breast and put her down (when she was younger in a safe place) and walk away for 5 minutes.

A says quite a few words now and does plenty of babbling... half the time I have no idea what she is saying but she goes on and on and on; all I can think is heaven help me when she does actually start speaking properly as the way she goes now she'll be talking from sun up to sun down

She is a lot of fun most of the time, but also really testing her limits with tantrums. Any chance she will complete all her terrible two tantrums before she gets to 2? More likely no such luck! Depending on the tantrum, I either ignore it or explain why I said no/ took the item away or refused to give it to her. I am trying really hard to be consistent though which I think is the most important thing.

Other than that, I am loving having my home back. That makes me sound terrible doesn't it but I am used to having my own space and really struggle having anyone staying for a long time.

Enjoy the week ladies

*Nutella*

Life before kids versus life after kids. Brilliant - my favourite is the one about going to the corner shop to buy bread. We DO actually stop every five metres to examine a leaf/worm/crack in the pavement :rotfl:

*Nutella*

lilmissreading wrote: »

Met DH to be 2010
Moved in and engaged 2011
Married 2012
Bought a house 2013
Expecting our first 2014 :T

Wow! I'd love to hear what you're planning for 2015! :T:rotfl:;)

Hope your pregnancy is going well - not long to go now!

lilmissreading

*Nutella* wrote: »

Wow! I'd love to hear what you're planning for 2015! :T:rotfl:;)

Hope your pregnancy is going well - not long to go now!

That's what DH said! Turns out he'll be starting a PGCE in September 2015 so that will be plenty me thinks, especially as he might living away from home during the week...looking forward to joining soon...

*Nutella*

Saffagal wrote: »

A says quite a few words now and does plenty of babbling... half the time I have no idea what she is saying but she goes on and on and on; all I can think is heaven help me when she does actually start speaking properly as the way she goes now she'll be talking from sun up to sun down

My LO was like that, and yes - she's a proper little chatterbox now :rotfl::D Lots of fun though!

Crabapple

fran-o wrote: »

Crabapple, I had plenty of comments re teeth and breastfeeding. what makes people think your boobs are now an open topic for discussion?! Especially with blokes, I just cringe. If it's any reassurance, it's not been a regular occurrence here, tends to be only if distracted while feeding. And it's been worth sticking with it for me.

I think it's in the same way that people, even ones who barely know you, think it's fine to ask if you are having children/if you are having more/whether you are trying. Personal questions! My 'favourite' time would be my MIL asking if we were going to have another THREE DAYS after I had my daughter :eek:

I have no issue with feeding him, I fed my daughter until she was 20 months and she had plenty of teeth by then and we rarely had an issue! Just thought it was a 'competitive mum' moment and also she is a bf mum so seems a shame she feels that way.

Saffagal wrote: »

A says quite a few words now and does plenty of babbling... half the time I have no idea what she is saying but she goes on and on and on; all I can think is heaven help me when she does actually start speaking properly as the way she goes now she'll be talking from sun up to sun down

She is a lot of fun most of the time, but also really testing her limits with tantrums. Any chance she will complete all her terrible two tantrums before she gets to 2? More likely no such luck! Depending on the tantrum, I either ignore it or explain why I said no/ took the item away or refused to give it to her. I am trying really hard to be consistent though which I think is the most important thing.

I have another child that never stops talking. I wish you luck! Thing is even at over 2.5 and with lots of words we still get unintelligible babble on many occasions. Plus stream of consciousness which is fun - she commentates on what she is doing/you are doing, repeats anything you say, and then will randomly tell you about things that happened days ago

And no, sorry, the pre-2 tantrums are just warm ups for when they get older

dizziblonde

*Nutella* wrote: »

Life before kids versus life after kids. Brilliant - my favourite is the one about going to the corner shop to buy bread. We DO actually stop every five metres to examine a leaf/worm/crack in the pavement :rotfl:

"Look mummy - a leaf! Look mummy - a leaf! Look mummy - anuva leaf!"

Youngest is desperately trying to crack talking now as well - when she can get a word in edgeways. Eldest has decided to rule the known world this week - swanned into the children's centre the other day rocking a plastic tiara to be asked lots "oooh are you a pretty princess today"... and promptly shot them right down with a withering "no, I kween Erin" Aiming for the top I see.

I'll take the terrible 2 1/2 year old tantrums over the pre-2 ones any day btw - at least with some language you can get the ridiculousness of what they're upset about! Erin's really advanced in language development though (still fails physical bits of her development check though so it all balances out) and I do have to mentally knock myself into check and remember she's not quite 2 1/2 yet when she's the height (and volume) of a good 3/4 year old! She doesn't ever shut up - even wittering on about playdough in her sleep at 3am!

Looks like we're hitting a sleep regression with Bobbi though - oh joy.

As for Christmas - I've picked up a few bits over the year - so I've got a rocket play set and some play dough playset squirrelled away and I think they're probably just going to get some Happyland each (probably the pirate ship and a couple of smaller sets as we've got tonnes of the stuff), some bits of wooden train set each and probably some books and stickers and things (happiness is a pile of stickers in this house lately) to top things up - Home Bargains type stuff (hoping they get some more Little Princess books in for 99p as I'm sick to death of reading I Want My Potty). Princess and Frozen fever has hit in a big way here - Erin's currently insisting she HAS to have a princess dress, fairy wings and a tiara on at every opportunity. I know my mum's bought them a load of wooden train track, duplo and play kitchen stuff, and a few bits of Happyland as well... plus she picked up a huuuuuge Fisher Price dolls house for a tenner the other day that I've got to go up to hers and pick up (she's got a fab charity shop near hers).

I need my head examined - I've just replaced all the batteries in the Toot Toot Torture Garage.

Got a mountain of Christmas presents to make and I'm toying with starting to try to sell some things on Etsy if I get the confidence up to do so - keep getting people asking me where I got the Numtum from as Erin insists on taking it everywhere with her!