any april/may 05 moms want to chat?

[jjstar]

Welcome Rebecca. One thing I just found out from our ped is that around 5 months most babies BMs start to change a bit. Just thought I would throw that out there as a bit of info.

We had a really weird couple of days. Yesterday Jameson took a 1.5 morning nap and then would not go back to sleep until 5:30 that evening and took his usually 30 minute catnap. He was awake for 6.5 hours I couldn't believe it and he really wasn't that crabby. Then he did wake up from 4-5 am. I finally fed him at 5 because he was acting really hungry, he fell back to sleep until 8:15. Then he was awake until 1:30 and took a 3 hour nap but then wouldn't go down for a cat nap. It is really weird. Oh he is waking up now for his dream feed...I thought they were supposed to be woken up not wake for it?!

[Katet]

Jill he might be going througha 6mo growthspurt, that sends sleep haywire & can last weeks in some bubs 

Meant to get back on the time change bit & forgot (mummy brain)
I would jsut start delaying by 5 mins throughout the day... that said We have always been so "sort of about now" with time for Liam that 7am means +/- 1/2 hour anyway. so it isn't that easy to change things

Infact I have thrown the routine out the window... if I get a "textbook day" I get a bad night & if we go with what ever happens in the day 2/3/4 hourly feeds...what ever. I get a good night...go fiqure. Worked the opposite with Aiden.

[rebecca-isabella mum]

Kate and jjstar thank you so much for your advice its greatly apreciated!!

Well she still has diarrhoea this morning, she woke up at 6am after bad night of no sleep (up every hr) i changed her nappy then and there was a tiny amount of diarrhoea but she didnt have much of her feed, about 3oz. I then put her to bed for a nap at 8am but she woke again at 8.30am and this time there was alot of diarrhoea. its 9.40am as i type this and she still hasnt been back to bed!!

Bella seems to be happy in herself and is playing and babbling but im very worried about her! Im going to try and feed her again now and up her feeds throughout the day amd im about to sterilise everything that she touches!!

Im a natural worrier anyway and this is really eating at me! If things dont improve i will take her to the doctors (although they are useless!!)  :cry:

[Beata]

Hi everyone - I've been griping and analyzing dd's behaviors and sleep patterns for so long I decided it's time to write something else

I have not really introduced myself! I live in St. Petesburg, Florida, have been married 4 years to dh Jackson, and Cate (Catherine Isabella) is our first baby born May 14. Most days (these days) are awesome. She's so much fun now, as most of you know, and I hear it only gets better. I was working at the Florida Holocaust Museum before baby, but now am a SAHM, and I feel really blessed, although somedays I miss the adult stimulation. BUT I would note trade it.

Anyhow, dd has been night waking quite frequently, and the past 2 nights I have just tried to roll with it, and you know what... my sleep is deeper, I am not as stressed, and much happier in the daylight hours. So my advice for many of you is try to just let things happen for a few nights. See how you feel. Try to get your mind on other things  :wink:

It's been great seeing all your posts and photos! I am sure I will be posting questions and concerns again soon, but for now I'll just try to be here to lend a reassuring ear (or eyes I should say  :lol: )

Beata

[Aarismom]

[1] Age - 6 months

[2] Birth Weight/Current Weight - born 8 pounds 6oz, around 18 lbs now

[3] Birth Length/Current Length - 18"/25'' now

[4]FF- 7, 11, 3, 5:30-6

[5] Solids - Type(s) and amounts - oatmeal for breakfast, veggies/fruit for lunch (half a jar), nothing for dinner yet

[6] Naps - 1 nap of 1.5 hrs, 1 nap of 2 hours, usually 1 catnap 40 mins

[7] Hours of sleep at night - 11-12.5

[8] Dream feed - never did it

[9] Paci or thumb/fingers - thumb all the way

Developmental stuff. . .

[a] rolling over - has been doing it since 2 months, but not consistantly, working on consistancy now

(b) sitting - yes, but still looses her balance occassionally

[c] crawling - does see-saw on her tummy but not really crawling

[d] teeth/teething - bottom right tooth just popped through

[e] standing - loves standing, but only in bouncer

[f] pulling up - not even close

[g] babbling - lots

[h] making strange - blows raspberries ALL the time, screeches

Mom stuff. . .

How are you feeling/enjoying motherhood - loving it, which is a great improvement, considering I was totally afraid of it for years. On meds for PPD, which have helped A LOT.

[ii] Stay at home/ Back to work - Stay at home, but hoping to get back into theater soon

[iii] Body image - gained 42 lbs total during pregnancy, lost it all 2 weeks-1 month after she was born. Still have some "baby fat" around the waistline, which is pronounced due to the c-section

[jjstar]

Kate...thanks for the reminder about the 6 month growth spurt. I had forgotten about that one. I was so stuck on just having returned from so many trips that I thought he was learning to push my buttons.

Well this evening we had a bit of a funny situation. I got the hiccups right before I was starting to feed him. I was so frustrated that I just had to start laughing. Everytime I would hiccup he would come off the breast and then he was getting frustrated. They finally went away but I thought we were going to be 'attempting' to feed all night?!

I hope everyone has a good halloween (if you celebrate)! Jameson is going as Raggedy Andy...it was my DH's first costume. Too cute!

[cambeladamom]

hello! i am not sure if anyone has missed me:) but i feel like it has been forever since i have posted anything. we are still paying for internet per minute, so i try to read briefly what is being posted, but i usually can't reply. well, today i am just going to pay for it, b/c i really need some advice and maybe just some encouragement.
we are still in transition--waiting to get into a permanent house. so cambel is sleeping in his pak and play still. we have also gone from teething to major constipation to a bad cold. he is rolling onto his stomach and can't roll back so that seems to wake him up too. he has gone from being able to sleep almost 10 hours so waking up around 2, then 4, then 6:30 (he goes to bed at 7:30). his afternoon nap has also gone done to 30 minutes. we worked so hard to wean from the paci, but lately we have gone back to using it to help him extend his sleep time (we don't put him to sleep with it initially...we just use it if he wakes up and can't get back to sleep). this was probably a bad idea, but i felt bad for him b/c i knew he felt terrible. and my dh is stressed with his new job and needs the sleep too.
so, i don't know what to do to get back to a good sleep routine. i feel like we are going backwards!
do i stop the paci, teach him to sleep on his stomach, feed him more during the day(we dropped a feeding...but he is not nursing well and won't eat if i try to feed him more often), let him cry himself back to sleep??? jjstar-i think it was you who had the problem with night wakings and rolling over. what did you do? i know this could also be the 6 month growth spurt...there are just so many things going on. any advice would be greatly appreciated! thanks....

[jjstar]

Maria we have missed you. I know it doesn't always help but remember whatever situation you are in, there is someone else out there going through the same thing. It always helps me to know I'm not the only one doing something. We were dealing with the rolling at night a few months ago. It was right when Jameson had learned to do it and seemed to want to practice. We would roll him back (without picking him up unless he got really upset) then pat until he went back to sleep. It wasn't fun but it eventually went away. As for your night waking issues, the first thought I had was that he probably isn't resting enough during the day. I would focus on the naps and it might correct your night waking issues. As for the paci, I can't say much there because Jameson never took one. I do know that in the book I think it says that by 6 months it has become a prop unless he can put it in and out. Good luck and if you ever just need to vent, know that we're here.

Well tonight was trick-or-treating. Jameson was too darn cute! He actually one a prize for being so cute! I'll post a picture as soon as I get them loaded off the camera.

I think we're officially ready for the time change tonight. He took a late nap this afternoon and we finally had to wake him at 5:15 to get ready for trick-or-treating. He had eaten last at noon so it seems he grabbed the extra hour we need to make up for just today. We'll see what time he wakes up tomorrow morning though?!

[cwolff]

Hope I can jump in here.
1] Age - Will be 6 months on Nov. 16

[2] Birth Weight/Current Weight - born 6 pounds 8 1/2oz, around 15 lbs now

[3] Birth Length/Current Length - 18"/26'' now

[4]FF- every 3 1/2 - 4 hours

[5] Solids - Type(s) and amounts - Started rice cereal on Monday for breakfast and dinner, about 1 tbs.  She eats sometimes hardly anything or sometimes almost the whole thing.  Doesn't seem to care one way or another.

[6] Naps - really having troubles, but she usually takes 45 min nap early morn, then 2 hr late morn, then about an hour late afternoon.

[7] Hours of sleep at night - 11-12

[8] Dream feed - never worked for us, she still woke for food

[9] Paci or thumb/fingers - paci addict

Developmental stuff. . .

[a] rolling over - rolled from tummy to back a few times in Sept, then she forgot about it.  She is working on getting good at rolling back to tummy.

(b) sitting - no, she still has a lot of balance to gain.  We use the bumbo.

[c] crawling - nope

[d] teeth/teething - none yet, no signs either

[e] standing - doesn't quite get the standing thing

[f] pulling up - nope

[g] babbling - lots of stories and lots of raspberries

[h] making strange - one of her favorite noises to make is to inhale really loud, sounds like she's trying to catch her breath.  She does this over and over again.

Mom stuff. . .

How are you feeling/enjoying motherhood - Still feel like I am getting used to it.  It's hard to keep up.  Battling PPD, on meds, but still feeling out of sorts.  Really love my dd, and can't wait to see what she does next.

[ii] Stay at home/ Back to work - Stay at home, at least for the first year if I can. 

[iii] Body image - I feel incredibly fat.  I gained 40 pounds, then lost 20 after birth.  But since PPD and meds, have put that back on.  I am joining Jenny Craig in a couple of weeks.  Tired of not fitting into anything but my maternity clothes.

[marlowho]

I'm popping in again too. I've been trying to stay as up-to-date as I can- you all have a great thread going here!
1] Age - 5 mos.

[2] Birth Weight/Current Weight - born 7 pounds 11.6oz, around 13.5 lbs now

[3] Birth Length/Current Length - 21.5"/?'' now -but she was off the charts at her well visit.  She's very long- I just don't know how long.

[4]BF- I honestly just watch her cues and do the EASY, so sometimes 2.5 hrs, sometimes 4.  She's basically a 7 a-7 pm schedule.

[5] Solids - Haven't started- but she's showing all of the signs of readiness.  -I even let her suck on a little piece of bread yesterday and she loved it- started crying when it was all gone.

[6] Naps - If we stay home and don't go out she gets at least 3 great naps in.  If we go out it's 2 longer ones.

[7] Hours of sleep at night - 12  (Wakes up at least once in early a.m. to nurse- though she's been sick lately- double ear infection- so she's been nursing more often.)

[8] Dream feed - nope

[9] Paci or thumb/fingers - Every once in a while she finds her two fingers and sucks on them.  We use the paci to get her to sleep and to extend naps/nightime sleep.  She doesn't cry if it falls out during sleep though.

Developmental stuff. . .

[a] rolling over - she's rolled from tummy to back quite a bit (usually at night-waking herself up to practice.):roll:  Hasn't done the other w/o assistance.

(b) sitting - We also use the bumbo.  She's really close to being able to sit up.  Any day now I think.

[c] crawling - I realized I haven't really been encouraging this- still don't know if I will yet.

[d] teeth/teething - drooling like crazy- no really red/swollen areas though.

[e] standing - Kinda does this in her Graco doorway bouncer (She LOVES it- doesn't like the Johnny Jump up though)

[f] pulling up - If she's laying down, she'll "pull up" to a sitting position- does that count?

[g] babbling - she has moments where she's the loudest baby ever.  But usually stays pretty quiet.

[h] making strange - heeee-aaaaa in a squealing type voice is her favorite.

Mom stuff. . .

How are you feeling/enjoying motherhood -Feel like this time around I'm enjoying my baby a little more- probably due to her angelic nature and contagious smile.  She really is the happiest baby I've ever seen.

[ii] Stay at home/ Back to work - Working from home.  It's a good compromise for us at this point.
[iii] Body image - Not great.  I'm giving myself time- b/c I remember w/ Madeline that I didn't lose the weight really until I weaned her (around 1 yr.)  But I have someone who is supposed to come watch the girls for me 3x a week so I can go up to Curves.  It's only worked out 1x a week for the last 2.5 mos. :roll:   But that's ok.  I'm trying to keep it all in perspective and make sure I have acceptable clothes to wear- cause that is the worst part is just not fitting into things.
Whew!  That's a lot of info!

[Katet]

Marlo once again sounds like Liam & Noel are twins - I'd have said it was the birth date as Liam is also the happiest baby around, but his other twin... one of the mums from aiden's swimming bub #2  (also May25) isn't an overly happy bub.

[Beata]

I have a few questions...have any of your dc been doing great with for example rolling over, and then just stop for a while? Cate was rolling onto her back like nobody's business, but not in the last week or so!

Do you find that your dc change, grow, excel, whatever you'd like to call it in starts and stops?

I think we are having our 6 month growth spurt! frequent night wakings and cranky during the days (maybe because the lack of sleep) so we are way off of our day and night routines (more night). I'm feeding often because I want my milk supply to increase as much as she needs. Has anyone else sone this, or do you follow Tracy's recommendation of cluster feeding before bedtime? We have never done the dream feed successsfully either.

[cwolff]

My dd rolled from tummy to back 3 times in September and hasn't done it since.  Then she really started concentrating on back to tummy, which she's almost mastered, except her arm keeps getting stuck.  Everything for us is so subtle now that I don't think I am noticing all the different stuff she is doing and not doing.  It's hard to keep up.  We are having crankiness and night wakings too.  More than usual, which I attributed to lack of a swaddle (we went cold turkey 2 weeks ago).  But maybe it is a growth spurt.  Hmmm..Didnt know there was a 6 month one.

[cambeladamom]

katet-i wanted to pop in while i have the chance and say thanks for your advice and encouragement. ds is over his cold and can roll back onto his back now, so his sleep has settled down. we are still doing an early am feed at 5-but i hope that will end soon?
i appreciate you getting back to me. i just needed some encouragement!
hope all is well with everyone. i enjoy reading when i can--hopefully soon i will be able to join in more.

[Katet]

Beata started a new thread this one has got a bit long

This is the address
http://www.babywhisperer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44737&highlight=