Babies of Oct-Dec /04

[MomtoRee]

Hope everyone had a good long weekend!  For the firts time Reegan only took one nap.  DH tried to put her down for her first one on Sat. and it didn't work.  She was so tired by the time she went down for a nap she fell asleep on me within a minute of listening to her before bed music.  Other than that we had a good weekend.  Reegan is still not crawling, but is very good at going from belly to knees to sitting.  So maybe she still will crawl sometime soon? 

That is horrible about the thrush.  We have been really lucky to not get sick at all. 

Good job getting Connor off the night bottle.  Makes me think about trying to stop!  I just don't want to mess up the good thing that we have going. 

I too have the extra pounds since pregnancy.  i like to blame it on teh thyroid problem but I don't think it helps that I eat all the time and have stopped exercising.  I just don't have the time like I use to. 

Kathy - sounds like you have a great job! 

I have said this before but I am not a SAHM but I worl part time.  3 days a week from 8 - 4 with an hour at home in teh middle of the day when it is time to eat.  I feel so blessed to have found a job where I can work but still spend a lot of time at home with Reegan.  I was really putting off looking for a job after the bar and this just fell in my lap. 

Anyone else having problems with eating.  Reegan still won't take anything from the spoon.  I saw that others do have this problem, but she only eats about 5 bites of food and NO veggies.  I try to put them inthings that she likes but she will spit them out.  She likes taking bites of bread, but only if I give her the entire slice.  When I do that I slice the bread down the middle and stuff some meat and veggies and fruit in there.  She would take a couple bites but now it all comes out of the mouth until she hits a bite with only bread.  She does it cantalope but only if it is cut a certain way and the gerber apple pieces.  Talk about a picky eater!  I have tried every fruit and veggie there is and meat and veggie product.  I think that she just likes her milk     

So Saturday I am going to a wedding with my girlfriends and DH is staying home with Reegan.  I am so nervous because this will be the first time that I will not be the one that puts her down for the night.  I always do it since I nurse right before I put her down. 

We are going to the Pediatric Ophthomologist tomorrow for Reegans tear duct problem.  Has anyone had to have the procedure done?  Right now her eye is looking so much better so I don't know what he is going to do. Let me know how it went for you if you had to have this done.

[pdb]

Susana has the same problem with eating.  She only wants to eat rice cakes and Cheerios.  I was able to sneak some vegetable puree on her rice cake, but she's figured that out and now will whine until you give her a fresh piece.  Occassionally, I can sneak a bite in when she's opening her mouth to put the rice cake in.  Isn't that awful?  I just really want her to eat some fruits and veggies.  I think it's just a phase because about a month ago, she'd eat anything you gave her.

[zayandme]

are any of you faithful fertility charters?

[jillybeansmith]

Good news ladies...my dh's problem was two-fold, one was epididimytis (I'm not sure of it's spelling, an infection in his 'tubes', and the other...the lump, was a cyst)...we are very relieved!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zayandme]

Oh, great! So good to hear it wasn't more serious!

[Mum to Ella Rose]

Great news! Glad to hear it. 

And no fertility charting here...

Gotta run start dinner, hope you're all okay!

Sharon

[pdb]

Glad to hear everything's OK with your dh.

Sarah-I used to chart before I got pregnant, but I've had trouble getting back into it since I quit breastfeeding and started my cycles again.  I need to though.  I got so used to knowing when my period would start, it drives me nuts now not really knowing.

Sleep was not much better here last night. DH tried to give me a break but after an hour of trying to get her in the crib I took over.  She wouldn't let me put her down either so I finally just put her in the crib and sat by her for 45 minutes while she fussed and then finally put herself back to sleep.  Don't know what's going on with her.  Doctor said no ear infection.  He thinks it's related to her reflux.  That's probably what caused the weird breathing the other day too.  Just when I thought she might be growing out of it.  :?

[MomtoRee]

So glad that your DH is ok.  Must be nice to have that stress over with. 

Sarah - I do NFP so I chart.  Well actually I really am not now because I haven't gotten my fertility back.  Kind of hard to chart when there is nothing there to chart.  Plus my temp is off because I get up at 5/5:30 and then for good at 7 or earlier if I go to work.  Just haven't found that time to take it everyday at the same time.  Starting to wish that it would come back. 

Well we have the surgery for the tear duct scheduled for December 2.  I'm a little freaked out by it but it is so common that it shoudl be fine.  The drugs are what really scare me.  Because of the appt today her naps were off and she was a grump     Just hope that she has a good night.

[lil'monkey]

That's good that it isn't cancerous.  No charting here!  I'm too tired to think about anything but sleep lately!

Phoebe - we're in the same boat!  For a week now, dd has been having nightwakings several times a night.  I don't think that it is teething as she will fall back asleep by herself again without any meds.   DD cannot take Motrin as it upsets her stomach too much.  The nights that she has it, she wakes even more.  We have been sticking to tylenol and teh gel.  The last three nights were so bad.  She would cried for 1-2 hrs each time and nothing I did seemed to help.  So I finally did our bedtime routine again and lay her in the crib and she fell asleep!

Our naps are not a geat as well as they would be anywhere between 30 mins - 2 hrs.  Today we had a 30 min nap and a 2.5 hrs nap.  Don't know what is going on but I hope that the nightswakings will just go away!

[lil'monkey]

Oh, got a great tip from a friend about making your own picture book for the baby.  Take a small photo album (1 picture/page) and put pictures from magazines into them.  Label each picture and routinely alternate them with new ones.  You can have several albums ( one for each theme: items found in bedroom, kitchen, animals, clothing items, etc).

[hannah'smom]

Well Hannah is back to waking in the night. She is waking twice, she goes right back to sleep once I put the pacifier in so I don't think she is in any great pain. The thrush is getting better, that may be what is bothering her. Thrush looks like little white pimples in the mouth. It is caused by the same bacteria that causes yeast infections (great :roll:  :roll: )

MomtoRee:Hannah is still not crawling yet. She will get on all fours and then sit down again. Sorry to hear your LO has to have surgery but in the end things will be much better. How did the wedding go?

jillybeansmith-glad to hear everything is okay....
zayandme-we are not charting yet because there is nothing to chart
Phoebe-sorry to hear about the eat problems. I have started to make muffins and put carrots and other veggies into them to get hannah to eat more veggies. I have even replaced some of the flour with rice or oatmeal cereal.

[Gigismom]

jill-so glad to hear everything is ok with your husband.

ange-hope hannah is feeling better soon.

we are back to tons of night waking as well.  i am attributing it to our long busy weekend.  i am just hoping that it is because we were gone so much, with so many (loud) people, and just not in our routine.  last night was the worst, as she was awake for 2 hours crying!!  she was so tired. as soon as i picked her up, she'd almost fall asleep, but scream when put down.  i really hope tonite goes better.  although one good thing about all this is that since she is awake so much at night, she is sleeping til 7:30 or 8:00 am.  woo hoo!!!

how many hours of day sleep are the lo's getting?  mine gets 2.5-3.5 hours split between 2 naps usually.  i am wondering if that is too much and causing her to wake at night.  i'd be interested to hear what naps are like elsewhere.

[Mum to Ella Rose]

Hey Lindsey, something happended with your ticker...it says Gianna is only 3 weeks old now... :lol: can you imagine?

Ella is only sleeping 30-45 minutes for her am nap now and an hour and a half to an hour and 45 for her second nap. She then sleeps 12 overnight. Maybe 11 1/2.  We kind of fell into this after all our problems with her standing and her night wakings. Though she did wake 3x last night we never had to go in... I think she's working on tooth 7...but she is happy these days so we're sticking to it.

Must run am working this afternoon for a few hours.

Sharon

[alligirl]

how many hours of day sleep are the lo's getting?  mine gets 2.5-3.5 hours split between 2 naps usually.  i am wondering if that is too much and causing her to wake at night.  i'd be interested to hear what naps are like elsewhere.

I don't think 2.5-3.5 hours of day sleep is too much at this age....heck, on a good day, my 2.5 year old gets that much! :lol:

Zachary has two naps a day--each being 2-3 hours.  He then sleeps 10-13 hours a night, but he averages about 11.5-12 hours.

[pdb]

Good luck with the surgery.  I know that must be scary for you. 

DD slept through the night last night. :lol: She was up at 5:40 with a poopy, but I can't complain since it was better than the last couple of nights.

Her two top teeth are definitely through now.  I don't think that's what was bothering her though.  She threw up last night right before bed and her sitter said she spit up a little today too, so it probably is reflux.    I am hoping she grows completely out of it soon.  I don't want her to end up having surgery for it. 

Eating is getting worse.  She eats for the sitter but only wants bottles from me.  I give her a 2 oz. bottle that has one of her medicines before dinner, then feed her solids.  Tonight after the two oz. she whined and whined and kept signing for milk, so I finally just gave her more bottle.  I tried peas but she wouldn't eat them.  I rolled some in millet puffs and she ate about two bites, but that was it. 

Uh oh, she's crying now.  Let me go see if I can get her back to sleep.  This does not bode well for the night.  Wish me luck.  Hope everyone else's night wakings improve.