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Posted: 13 January 2009 at 10:31am |
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I was wondering if there are any other mums and dads out there who are too scared or worried about taking there noisy or unsettled babies to parent / baby groups for fear of being the only parents there with a noisy baby. I am!!.
I live in Dunedin and was trying to find out if there are any groups to cater for our noisy wee ones and if there wasn't why not start our own.
I have a wee girl whos nearly six months old and she hasn't had much socialising with other babies.
If your interested or have had experience from around the country on groups for these types of issues , I'd like your feedback
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BuzzyBee
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Posted: 13 January 2009 at 10:46am |
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Just to put your mind at ease, it isn't unheard of. Babies usually are noisy wee critters, my boy was much the same as a baby - he was quite unsettled in those first few months and I didn't take him out very often until he got a bit older, because he'd cry at the drop of a hat! (my MW/Plunket nurse put it down to him having a traumatic ventouse birth, as to why he was quite unsettled at times). With age he came right though, and he loved getting out and about. It's good to get them used to being around other littlies.
He's generally really good nowadays, give or take some days though. We went to the beach yesterday and he whinged all day on/off and kept demanding I carry him (he's 22 months old ...way too heavy on the old back to be carried everywhere). Sometimes they can be unpredictable eh.
Sorry we aren't in Dunners though, we would have come along toa group otherwise. My boy is in dire need of some social interaction. Just need to find us a suitable playgroup.
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 10:36am |
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BuzyzBee, you have made me feel a lot better. I had a difficult birth, my midwife had me pushing at 7cms, I was transfered to base hospital where they gave me an epi, Hollies heart rate dropped to early 60' s and they used the ventouse.
I have the same issues. No matter what time of day it is, if I leave the house she is bound to start up. Of course it happens at home too.
Its slowly getting better now as she is sleeping longer at night and we are getting on top of her colic, but I sympathies with you both!
I'm in Chch unfortunately.
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 12:05pm |
hi there dont worry about the nosiey babies james was one too but the more you get out the more comfortable and confortde you will be i am in dunner if you would like to meet up my boy is 3 and half though but he loves babies oh and my name is lu 
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 4:56pm |
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Haha I've been dying to get back into a group but with twins its hard because at 8 months they are very clingy and if they both start crying it makes life difficult. You'll be around other mums though and as a rule mums tend to understand if a baby starts crying its not out of the ordinary.
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 5:07pm |
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By noisy do you mean babies who cry a lot? Cos realistically most babies do that anyway so I doubt many mothers would be fazed in the slightest!
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 5:35pm |
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Nope.
I mean a consistant screamer. Unfortunately she's regularly in pain and insettled. Thankfully I have an awesome plunket nurse and a legend for a mum.
She's getting better though, with the help of an osteo and infacol.
My antenatal group were great about it, but I find getting to our coffee mornings hard work as they are spread across town. I would rather wait until I've moved house :)
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 7:51pm |
 Flake wrote:
BuzyzBee, you have made me feel a lot better. I had a difficult birth, my midwife had me pushing at 7cms, I was transfered to base hospital where they gave me an epi, Hollies heart rate dropped to early 60' s and they used the ventouse.
I have the same issues. No matter what time of day it is, if I leave the house she is bound to start up. Of course it happens at home too.
Its slowly getting better now as she is sleeping longer at night and we are getting on top of her colic, but I sympathies with you both!
I'm in Chch unfortunately.
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Sounds like you had a similar birth to us, 28 hours to go from 3cm to being fully dilated, pushing didn't work as he was stuck in my pelvis; spine facing mine, had to have pethidine to take the edge off the contractions as they were all in my back and chronic!
He went into distress and heart rate dropped dramatically, next thing I know I have alarms ringing, extra Dr's being called in and my son being yanked out of me. He came out with what looked like a double head (conehead) ...a lot of swelling around the skull. Least to say my watsit didn't come out looking any better, totally ripped to shreds. Such a horrible entrance to the world for my wee boy, traumatic for both mother and child i think in that case. Definitely put me off having anymore anytime soon. Totally worth it in the end (don't get me wrong!) but yes not fond of a reenactment just yet 
Sorry totally going off topic haha! But I can definitely see/understand the link between birth and how settled or unsettled a child is as a baby and a toddler. We went and saw an Osteo once and I was not impressed, blind robbery if you ask me but I've heard it works for some, each to their own. I think time is the best healer, in this instance. And extra TLC 
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Posted: 14 January 2009 at 9:35pm |
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Jack was a refluxy baby and used to cry and vomit a lot. I kinda avoided going out in those early months too but you will find most mothers (especially mothers with a toddler) understand the noise and don't mind. Maybe try a plunket group, they are generally kids of different ages and so probably a bit more noisy.
Try not to stress too much about it as I guarantee every mother has had a time where their baby cried for no real reason at a time that wasn't 'convenient'.
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