March 2013 babies

Great sleeps ladies, especially Beau PM - he is such a wee trooper. We had a pretty unsettled night as we both appeared to have had upset tummies so we were both unsettled but normally C went back to sleep with aid of a dummy after 5-15mins and actually went to 5.15am this morning. I was naughty and gave him a massive feed so we could have a wee sleep in so left him until just before 8.30am which has probably thrown our timings out but we have no real plans other than food shopping to do in the next few days and he is asleep at the moment so all good.

Our gym has $2.50 1 hour child care sessions so once my membership starts again in June I will be back to it and know I have no excuse if DH is at work as there is 5 day sessions at the childcare centre I can book him into to coincide with classes or just weight sessions.

I too would love to get back into some boxing / kick boxing / MMA training on a social level to help with the weight loss but the cost in addition to $80 / month for a gym membership is a bit too much unfortunately so will just do high energy classes instead.

Spoke to soon and can her grizzling, off to dummy again :)

Hey SB we dropped the dream feed about 7-8weeks for similar reasons and to see how far through the night he would go. When we first did this he went through until about 12-12.30am then 4ish then 7ish and slowly the 12.30 got to 1.30-2.00 and then as I used the dummy this stretched to 4ish now.

To make this work for myself I forced myself to go to bed at about 9pm knowing I was going to have to get up soon after hitting the pillow rather than staying up like normal to do dream feed and then going to bed which also helped my supply.

I was quite surprised at how quickly the time went from 12-12.30 wake to 1.30 then 4ish so am glad I did it and stuck with it.

I also think the thing is to really fill them up at the 6-7pm feed time by doing a split feed either side of his bath. I really think you will be surprised too at how well he and you cope - give it a go SB I think you will be glad you did.

edit - I could have killed my BIL today. C had a interrupted sleep morning while we were out and about so took ages to get him to sleep this afternoon and who comes home at 2.30 and slams the door and wakes him up 30mins before he was due - ohhhh I was so angry. So when he started crying I made a point of uttering "for Fs sake" under my breathe but enough to make sure he heard me. Am surprised he didn't wake DH up who had come off night shift.

Edited by waterbaby - 10 May 2013 at 4:25pm

Ohh its so hard isn't it Pookie. I cried like a baby so have told DH that he is coming and holding C at the 12week jabs in 2weeks time as I was just a mess- poor wee boys.

SB I also do an express top up after his bath, have figured out how to trick C into doing both breasts now by swapping when he starts to get distracted and pulling away vs doing one side with change in between and he always goes down awake, sometimes a little drowsy but he always fights me on the swaddle now.

We dropped the dream feed too and our routine is give or take, just the same as Pookie's above. After our one wake only night, we were back to our two feeds last night which I expected. He hardly fed at the 3am time though so I think I will try and dummy him tonight and see if we can start consistently getting him down to one feed.

JJ I am probably soft, but I follow this:
First time: 10 mins is grizzling and on / off crying, 7 mins if consistent
I then go in an comfort til he is calm, but at no point pick him up

Second set: 7 mins grizzle, 5 mins if crying

Third: 5 mins grizzle, 3 mins if crying

Fourth: 3 mins grizzle, 3 mins if crying

Then at this stage I pick up and top up for a few mins and cuddle until really calm. I have never had to repeat the cycle, and only got to the Fourth stage last night.

Exceptions are when I can hear grizzled are due to wind so I will re-burp. Everyone had different ideas about it though. I personally find having the timer great, it keeps me calmer knowing when I can go in. I settle him with bum patting, hand on chest, and dummy if he is interested. I have chosen not to pick him up each time because I think this is too stimulating for him.

Good luck! I find it incredibly tough but I think it is already starting to pay off.

Well I have just had to walk away and leave C to cry, he is fighting me all the way at the moment. Fights when I try to clothe him, fights when I try to swaddle him, fights when I put him down and today I am just about at my wits end.

I can hear him crying but I just need to step away as it is just sooo damn hard as I have no idea what is wrong. He is fed, he is changed, he is winded and I know he is tired and of course DH is asleep as come off night shift. To top it off one of our cats has been in a scrap and is limping so who knows what I am going to do there.

Oh well been a few minutes so time to go back and try and settle him again.

Pookie I hear you on mothers day, with DH working night shifts and knowing his usual pattern for birthdays, xmas's etc I don't expect that I will get anything. Hopefully I will just get a good day from Coen as today has been tough and teary.

Just went for a walk as I knew at least he would sleep during that and he did, however it wasn't the enjoyable walk I am used to as all I could think was why can't I tell what is wrong with my boy and why won't he sleep and stop crying.

Oh well here is hoping he sleeps well tonight and doesn't fight me.

2 fantastic nights in a row. First night she slept 8.45 to 4.45 then 5.30 to 8.30. Then last night 8.30 to 5 then 6 to 7.30. I'm hoping this is a regular thing. Although if she could just stretch herself to 6.30 that would be better as that's when we're up with our son. But I'll take what I can get at the moment.

Hope you ladies are having good nights with your bubbas.

Congrats JJ, good work LJ! What a great mothers day present, decent sleep! C was up three times last night. Ugh. Although his smiley face and super cute gurgly noises he is making right now makes up for it.

Happy mothers day ladies! At least df acknowledged it, he said he hadn't had a chance to get me anything this week since he has been really busy, so he would get me something this week.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

Well I got a form of breakfast in bed in the way of Macca's and while its not much the fact DH remembered on his way home from night shift was enough for me, so I am happy.

An ok night with C last night only grizzled a few mins at 12.30 and went straight back to sleep (didn't even dummy him) and then awake 4ish for his feed, although he did scream the house down during his change, then woke him just before 8am.

Off for walks with grizzle bum.