Any March & April 05 mums/moms want to chat?

[Colesmom]

Hey Ankie...I didn't go to bed afterall because Cole was up to feed at 10:10!  I did the DF for about 4 weeks I think before Cole started his super early bedtime of 6pm.  I suppose I could DF at 10 but the problem is that his last feed before bed is 5:30 and he still might wake a bit earlier than 10. He SHOULD be able to make it 7.5-8 hours...but that is still kind of a stretch.  He's done it a few times for the first part of the night (Friday from 5:30pm-1:50am!)  I might try wake to sleep tonight since he fed after 10.  He did something new tonight though and was up after his feed.  His eyes were open when I put him down.  I think he might have some gas.  He hasn't cried out though so there is no way i'm going in.  he's been babbling a bit here and there.

now it's time for bed.  11pm.  sooo tired and 5:30 will come too soon.

good night/morning everyone.

Traci

[Little Bear's Mum]

Hi, I just went to post a pic of me and Daniel, but the one's I wanted to use are still in the camera, and we gave my dad the little download card reader thingy. We're getting a new screen this week which can read cards, so hopefully next week I'll be able to sort one out. There's hundreds of photos of Daniel by himself, loads with hubby and D, but hardly any of me and Daniel.

When I was writing my last message and Daniel started crying, he ended up putting himself back to sleep very quickly (with his music playing). It makes me wonder could he do this at night?? It just seems soooo loud and much longer at night, although today it took about 2-3 mins. I know I should just try it, but I can't bring myself to leave him for even a minute when it's more than a whimper. I'd never to the CIO thing, but I wonder should I try just a couple of mins....

In the meantime, I'll wrap tonight and see what happens.

Ankie - good on you for getting out to yoga. I keep talking about doing exercise, but it doesn't happen.

Frasers Mum - why did they goons steal your post? Will they post it eventually?

I was reading the nap board today and did you guys realise that at 6 months, babies need only about 2.25hour sleep for naps during the day and 12 at night? So, going by that, most of us are probably trying/wishing for longer naps when maybe they don't need them? Daniel often only does 2.25-2.5h sleep per day plus 11-12 hours at night, so although I didn't realise it, he's right on track! Ahhh my textbook baby with a bit of touchy thrown in - he knows what he's doing better than I do!  :oops:

Oops, I'm rambling again, see, now I'm back I can't shut up! :roll:

[Nikki~Nathan&Danielle]

Well glad there are others still feeding in the night too!

Danielle has crept her feed up to about 12-1am now.  Weird, she's doing a shorter stretch than when she was a newborn.  BUT, it's the only feed, so she basically does 6hrs sleep, 15min feed and then 6hrs sleep.  I'm wondering whether to intro the DF again so I'll also get the courage to pat back to sleep if she wakes at midnight.   :?   I have a feeling I did CIO last night  :shock:  I was so tired and I could hear her starting to wake and just fuss, but think I fell back asleep because it was 2.30am when she woke again...dunno, surely I wouldn't have slept right through her crying and maybe she resettled after a few minutes (there was a really loud downpour at the time so maybe it kind of made the noise not so loud?).

Anyway, all is fairly predictable here, I'm so loving having an Angel baby this time around (except for the night feed!).

[Debprins]

Hi Everyone. I really want to put some pics on but i don't really know how! Marli is going a bit hay wire in the day and i'm not sure if she's cutting down to 2 naps. on Sunday it was a dissaster she would not goto sleep and had a total of 1.5 hrs sleep all day..Not good. by 5.30pm she was absolutely exhauseted. Since then her naps are only 1 hr max at a time she seems to look like she is tired but i cant get her back to sleep. I give her cereal with pears or apples mixture for lunch she loves  sweet potato and pumpkin and dinner either fruit or veges most days i only give her b fast and dinner. I made up some peas by steaming frozen peas and puree them then push them thru a sieve. I did the same for sweetcorn which i just read they shouldn't have yet..but she really likes it. I feel like just when i get the hang of things the whole thing changes again to keep me on my toes. Any suggestions on a 51/2 months day would be great! Hope your all having a great week. Just want to say how much I'm loving this site i'm addicted! every question i think of is on here somewhere..

[Colesmom]

Debprins  if you go to http://www.photobucket.com (free registration) and upload your pics to the site, you then copy paste the image code underneath the pic right into your post.  It's easy.  Let me know if you have questions.

Nancy I wonder if you're holding Olivia too long towards the end of wind down?  Is she really drowsy in your arms?  I read that if you hold them too long and they go through too many stages of sleep in your arms then they can't self soothe back at the end of the sleep cycle.  HTH

Selena Micah is such a cutie-pie.

gotta go and nap.  Cole just went down really well for first nap.  He slept 6:20-6am with feeds at 10:10 and 3:15am.  I tried patting for 15 min. as he was up at 3 but didn't have the stamina.  He didn't really seem as hungry as he usually is, so I didn't feed as long and I'll try to gradually reduce the number of minutes I feed him and maybe he'll start to sleep through.  On a positive note he went back to sleep!  He usually stays up if he's up after 3...AND he slept until 6 and played until 6:15.  Maybe I'll try to keep bedtime closer to 6:15-6:30...

happy day everyone

Traci

[Jayri]

Well I have tried my best to read the last posts. I went to bed on p.76!!!!
On the sleep thing, Riley has begun to do 3 1hr naps through the day, bedtime is a little rough though as she has a tooth that is trying to cut through. I thought there was one before but I must have been seeing things.
She is doing well on solids, I gave her rice and banana cereal today, it made her better last night I think, she only woke at around midnight and then at her usual 6am and got up at about 8:30.
For bedtimes we aim for between 7 and 8, that is for both of them.
My son has just informed me he is "making tea" with crayons for spoons and mega blocks for cups  
Well I should pop off for now, Riley has her 6mth check up today and I have an appt for an iud insertion, Oh Yippee Yay!!, isn't my night going to be fun tonight, teething and shots!!!!
Oh! don't forget the chat tonight ladies, check out the lounge for more details!!

[Colesmom]

One thing I forgot...Happy Birthday Arwyn!!!

[Richelle]

Hi Ladies,

Wow - this thread really does move quickly!!  I will try to dig up a photo of myself with Sophie-there don't seem to be too many..hmmmmmm

No kidding this solids thing is enough to do your head in!!  Kudos to you ladies (most of you I think) that are making your own baby food - I am even confused with the jars!

Sophie now sleeps through (Cereal has been well established) but when she was still waking at 4am, I would give her some water from a bottle - while she was still in her crib - and if she gobbled at it I would get her up and feed her and if she wasn;t hungry (which was most of the time) it seemed to give her enough comfort to go back to sleep.  This only took about a week and she sometimes stirs and wakes but puts herself back to sleep and I have yet to go into her room to get her before 6AM !!

Nancy, What really helped me with Sophie's naps was having a really dark room and I have to put her to bed wide awake.  If she doesn;t put her self to sleep she can't get past 45 minutes and this has been since she has gotten older.  Hope that helps, I know how frustrating the nap thing can be!!

My days off are over so I will try to keep up! 

Where do you find the schedule for the chats?

Richelle

[Jayri]

richelle, there is a chat room link in the lounge, it starts at 10pm for me, I in the atlantic time zone, I can't remember if the caymen Islands are in the eastern or central zone, but basically it goes back an hour from my timezone.
Have a peek in the lounge, there should be something in there. It is wednesday right!!!
Oh, happy 6mths Arwyn!!!!

[Colesmom]

oops, that's what i meant...happy half b-day arwyn :oops:  :wink:

Does it go against BW forum etiquette to post jokes and stuff on here?  My friend just sent me the most hilarious little snippits on marriage and I'd love to share them but don't want to if it's not allowed.  Anyone know?

thanks

Traci

[Arwyn's mom]

Yes, Arwyn is 6 months today and she was so excited she got up at 6:30 instead of 7.  Thanks for the b-day wishes!

Well, Arwyn didn't wake up at 4 am last night. That was my goal for 6 months. BUT... she woke at 9 and midnight :shock: . And... I want to know why she does this only on the nights I go out somewhere. Last week, she woke at 9pm as well, while I was at yoga. Same thing last night. Also, the other day when I tried to dash out to the grocery store, she woke up too! DH thinks it is planned :wink: for when he is home alone with DD. Can't possibly be separation anxiety in her sleep :?: You can't tell me that she knows I leave the house while she is asleep. (Well, you can but I'd have a hard time believing it.) Anyway, I guess it is DH's problem!

We have had pretty good days around here lately as we are staying home to get in all her naps and such. Sometimes I feel like a party-pooper when I don't join my other mommy friends for our walks or for coffee. Inevitably (sp?) the times always land on when I need to feed her. Ironically, when she was having short naps, I could work around it but now that I am working on her having longer naps (and it is working!) I can't go.

Oh well, can't have it all!

Traci... I have seen jokes on this forum... I think in the Lounge.

Hope to see you guys in the Chat Room tonight. I'll be late... I can't make it when it starts as we are still in "awake baby mode".

[mickymuscles]

well...DH still home...yeah for rain!!! ( he works on the oil rigs) I'm so thankful that he is so helpful....I wish I could figure out why I can't sleep!! :shock:   I've made an appt. with my doc for next week to go check out my thyroid....maybe with any luck it'll be an easy solution!!

I'm going to try and post a pic of me and Jack...I don't have very many pics of myself either.  DH said it was because it was because they would all be semi-porno since I always had my boob out when I was holding Jack :roll:

P.S.  my name is Micky

[mickymuscles]

well...DH still home...yeah for rain!!! ( he works on the oil rigs) I'm so thankful that he is so helpful....I wish I could figure out why I can't sleep!! :shock:   I've made an appt. with my doc for next week to go check out my thyroid....maybe with any luck it'll be an easy solution!!

I'm going to try and post a pic of me and Jack...I don't have very many pics of myself either.  DH said it was because it was because they would all be semi-porno since I always had my boob out when I was holding Jack :roll:

P.S.  my name is Micky

[Little Bear's Mum]

Hi everyone - I've been meaning to say to Traci, that I love all your photos, my hubby was most impressed that you had multiple photos up. It's taken me long enough to get one there! And great photo of you Micky and Jackson.

Ankie - I have the opposite happen if I go out, Daniel will sleep for AGES. I don't mind if he wakes and daddy has to entertain him till I get home, but it seems to work the other way around. Daddy gets a cruisy couple of hours while I rush around out of the house. I was helping my friend/neighbour pack  up her house the other day and hubby thought I had Daniel with me for 2 hours!

We had a good night last night, Daniel managed to resettle himself (with his music playing) at 2am (first wake) and then at 5amish until 6am, then I got up to him. But he seemed so tired he's back in bed at 7.30am. So if he does a 40min nap I guess he'll be having 3 + a catnap, but if it's a long one then we may be able to do 2 + catnap. It seems crazy to think he needs so many naps at this age, but if he's getting up so early and tired after 1.5h then I guess I have to put him down. I wondered if I should have kept him up until 9am as that's my goal, but he just didn't look like he'd survive a total of 3 hours awake. He went to sleep without a sound, so must have been tired.

Off to make a coffee now, if I want to stay awake all day, I'll need it.  :oops:

Happy 6mnths Arwyn !

[Olivia's Mommy]

Wow...I haven't checked back since my post yesterday (4 pages ago!) So sorry to those of you who responded...I was waiting to get an e-mail saying there was a post. When I never did, I thought it was odd that no one had posted here for so long (I know how busy this place is!) so I decided to check and I just got caught up on all the posts (I think).

Last night was bad...Liv was awake from 3:30-5:30. I fed her at 3:30 and she usually goes right back to sleep, but she didn't. I finally had to get DH up because I didn't know what else to do. Today has been better thought, she took a 2-hour nap this morning and is now on her 2nd 45-minute nap. I've decided to be happy if I get one good nap in, the others can be short.

Erin and Haley, I've thought about extending her awake times. She used to go 2 hours on the nose, but when her naps got shorter, she started getting sleepy around the 1.5 hour mark. So I've been starting the wind down at 1.5 hours and putting her down at 1 hr 45 min. I'd like to get back to 2 hours or even longer. How long are yours up? She's been on 4-hour EASY for almost 2 months now. Of course her naps have got her schedule messed up, but I try to keep feedings on schedule unless she's hungry another time.

Traci, I've been trying to reduce the amount of time I hold her at the end of wind down. I've gone from 5 minutes to about 2-3. She seems to fall asleep quickly. She goes from fighting it to asleep in seconds, so I'm not exactly sure when to put her down. She used to just let me put her in her crib and she'd go to sleep on her own. I'd like to get back to doing that but I'm not sure how.

Richelle, we do keep her room very dark and quiet for naps. I even turned off her night light last night when I was trying to get her back to sleep. It does seem to affect her.

Thanks for all the feedback! I really appreciate the insight. If you have any more suggestions, I'm open. I'll try to get a pic of Liv and me to post sometime soone.

Someone's awake...gotta go. Hope everyone has a great night!!