baby honeymoon is over
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Topic: baby honeymoon is over
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: baby honeymoon is over
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:00pm
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Little angel - or is that toad - is so unsettled. and not just tonight too. seems to be after her third feed of the day she wont go down for a sleep and just cries unless she is being rocked...
she also had a smaller sleep after her lunch time feed today too ... grrrrr - driving me nuts!!!!! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:18pm
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ok so i havent really got that much to moan about ... shes basically pretty good and sleeps really well, except for today.
i mean i had her out today at the botanical gardens for the playgroup end of term function and she spent the whole time in the meitai... asleep! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:21pm
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I had a non sleeper this afternoon too. It's quite frustrating when you're expecting them to settle easily and they don't. How old is your daughter? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Westy1
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:28pm
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Bizzy i had kinda the same problem like you..is b/f or F/F?
How do u rock her? My 5 1/2 month girl, shes ok now but i used to have problems with her getting her to sleep...most of the times she wouldnt go to sleep till very late at night but now she goes down at 7 or 7.30pm ish...I also rock her up and down to sleep..OK this is just my way but i find she goes to sleep well with a bottle..Il keep an eye on her, normally it will just fall out her mouth beside her when shes drifted off and thats when il take it away from her...and if she happens to stir/awake for more whenever il give her, her bottle for abit until she falls back to sleep....Have u also tried singing to her? in a soft voice..Or even gently bring your finger or fingers over her eyes till she nods off...that can be soothing too.Sometimes my little girl likes it and sometimes she doesnt..she tries pushing my finger away...really depends on her i think...combine the rocking and sleeping together then put her down when shes fully asleep...Or even before before she goes to sleep, give her a bath...that may help too...Naomi, my little one, falls asleep after her bath most of time, we rock her and she nods off... Hope thats of any help? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:34pm
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I was just going to say BUGGER!! I hope she gets over it Deb! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:35pm
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kabe shes five weeks old today... so i shouldnt expect too much really. oh and ferny fully breastfed here...i'm a bf freak and too lazy for bottles!
little monkey tonight had a feed went down for half an hour, awake crying changed her bum put her down and she went off for a little bit then woke while we were eating dinner so got her up and put her in the bouncinette then gave her a bath then wrapped her and put her back to bed only this time she didnt sleep but screamed till we got her up and when i rocked her she went to sleep but woke and screamed when i put her in her bed so did the same again... and this went on from about 7 till almost 8.30. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:46pm
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Hope she settles for you soon. That last post sounds so familar but Elle did it from 10am to 7pm every single day for 4 months. Eeek. Memories.
Sleep baby girl, sleep! Sleep is good. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Westy1
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:47pm
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Bizzy i started off fully b/f but when it came to the stage where Naomi had only put on 20grams that the PN pointed out we had to go onto Formula...soooo much easier....
Sounds like your having a rough nite there Bizzy...She'll come right over time...Believe me - they do...Its all just a waiting thing.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:47pm
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I was going to suggest that it could just be a phase, the dread two month growth spurt?
Ideally you want her to carry on along the same lines as she has been. So my only suggestion is to wrap her up tightly, feed her as normal and keep telling yourself that you'll get your sleepy baby back. I don't see the point of changing things, because that would just confuse her. How good of a singer are you? 
------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Westy1
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:57pm
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if she tries something different it may work...i never used to rock my little one, then one night i started giving it a go and hey presto! it worked! Doesnt hurt to try these things.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:57pm
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i was going to ask if she was 5-6wks old! i know of alot of babies that do similar things at this age.....not helpful at all i know, but it will pass
one thing my m/w suggested with charli was to put her over our knee, tummy down, and gently rock her until she was in a deep sleep. then put her in bed. this lasted a week (from 6wks) and she then settled herself again hang in there deb  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 8:57pm
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ahh mel my singing sucks, well according to the boys anyway...
compared to gabriel she is still a breeze. he used to scream almost constantly from 6-10pm every night for months... i'm hoping its a phase cause otherwise how am i ever going to be able to go out at night again!!! 
little monkey is lying in daddy's arms now... maybe i'll shove a tit in her mouth!!!  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:09pm
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Yeah we still haven't had ice cream since you had her!
I remember Cooper going haywire around her age too. Oh yeah the tummy on the lap thing is great, Cooper still loves that. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: Westy1
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:14pm
hahahah 
My sister bought these silicon breasts a while ago...They feel yucky and horrible..But i had to laugh when i saw what she had bought... Bizzy im not trying to tell u whats best here but perhaps u could half BF and half FF her...That way if and when u want to go out at night daddy can have some father and daughter time with her feeding her....When i was fully b/f Naomi think my partner got a tad jealous cos he couldnt feed her as i had all the goods lol..Then we started FF her it really took a load of me too....Cos FF isnt such a big hassle as B/F is when your out ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:19pm
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:26pm
Lol, ferny you are a BRAVE woman!!! Our Deb is a BF queen! (and I'm not knocking it, I am hoping to feed Char at least as long as You fed Tony, Deb, you ROCK) Ah Deb, hugs to you, I hated that phase. Phase, love, it is a phase...... Hugs to you and I'll make Rod have a large drink of the alcoholic kind for ya... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Ferny wrote:Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:28pm
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Oh yeah and I just remembered, Char did this for ages, and I ended up wearing her in the front pack for about 2 months every day from about 3pmish, stopped the howling/grizzling and she slept in it, not a flash habit to form, but it was easy enough to break, AND it meant I got other things done as well. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:28pm
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Baby Bizzy, you be good for your mummy and GO TO SLEEP CHILD!!
Hopefully it's just the dreaded 2 month growth spurt Deb.. Keziah used to do this too and we went for weeks and weeks with her not having a day time nap, and being really grizzly all the time.. but we came out the other side and that's the main thing! Keep persevering it's the only thing you can do really -------------  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:30pm
great emoticon there mel.... thanks ferny but no thanks! we are a formula free zone! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:32pm
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and now Keziah sleeps over 2 hours at a time! So there is hope! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:35pm
LOL yep.. little tart!! *rolls eyes* -------------
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:39pm
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. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:46pm
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:52pm
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Mel, where do you find those awesomely appropriate emoticons??
Bizzy, I hope Eden settles for you soon. I know Hannah was VERY much like that between 4 and 6 weeks. It was a nightmare, but now she's awesome. She'll get there, as you well know 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 9:56pm
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Sometimes they say what I can't Charly ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: Danash
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:02pm
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Bizzy, hope Eden settles back to her sleeping self soon.. I still flash the boob when Daniel is unsettled. Seems to always work for us! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:07pm
Sorry, no offence intended. Have edited my comment out. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:13pm
Absolutely none taken! ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:16pm
Sorry Bizzy!  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2008 at 10:22pm
thats okay - all the good threads get jacked and turn into something else... and fats i dont know how you could offend anyone... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:08am
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Hope you ended up getting some sleep last night. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:13am
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awww hun that suxs now baby bizzy be a lovey child and sleep for mummy ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:16am
yep - after i gave her a tit and changed her gave her a bit extra... she went down like a charm and woke at 5. mainly i think cause her arms had come out of her wrap. so she got a quick boob lying down and back to her bed. I was going to let her stay in our bed but she is so noisy!!! and she is still asleep now. I hope greer is giving you lots of sleep now too aimee... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:22am
I got 7 hours last night!  She went down at 5.30pm, I got her up at 10 and she guzzled a huge bottle, then didnt wake until 5.30 - but then she thought it was awake time. Was a lovely treat tho. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:33am
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Sending loads of sleeping vibes to all the little babies ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:33am
Meh, I was just gushing with love for another mad rabid boobie mama, then saw the popcorn and realised that maybe it wasn't the right place to be sharing my love, lol!! (and mel, I didn't think I was offending you, but I did realise that my comment might be a bit...) So Biz, how'd it go last night? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 8:57am
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I have no pearls of wisdom as apparently its not ok to drug them to sleep.....no fair!!!
But I just wanted to ask how are you finding it with a newborn again? Do you feel like you know what you are doing and super confident or does it al feel as new as the first time????? |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 10:42am
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i dont feel like a first timer but i dont feel super confident either. sometimes i feel like i should know what i am doing but just dont... like last night when i couldnt figure out what was wrong... and then again there is the girl aspect of it all...so some things i am a real beginner at, like changing nappies!!! but i think i have got that sussed now...and all the pink, WOW! the little monkey really suits pink but i wonder if she will hate me when shes older for dressing her in pink as a baby!!!
she has been so good this morning. took her to kindy without a feed and fed her when we got back and put her to bed at 10am and havent herd a peep at all, despite the fact that toby has been screaming the house down!!! aimee i'm glad you got a good sleep last night...sounds like you may be able to get the baby love back again...i'm stoked for you!!! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 10:20pm
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Glad she's been good for you,
BTW I have dressed both Gina and Emma in pink to death and don't intend to stop - they just look soooo cute in it. In fact I have matching pink accessories arriving for the pram ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 17 April 2008 at 10:22pm
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Oh yeah, you gotta go pink.... ecen if every last cell in your boday screams NNNOOOOOOOOOOOO. Baby girls look sweet in pink! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: scarecrowfarm
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 7:51pm
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I always found the last sleep of the day had to be on me while L was little. I could never get her to sleep in her own bed. I suspect by that time of the day she was a little windier than normal.
If you need your hands free I'd suggest a good baby carrier at that time of the day and hopefully she'll just chill out and hopefully nod off. ------------- Robyn www.scarecrowfarm.co.nz |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 8:34pm
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have been trying to get to check out a little kiwi sling... have a meitai but eden doesnt seem to like the upright position so much... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: scarecrowfarm
Date Posted: 18 April 2008 at 8:52pm
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Should make contact with Jessie at Sling Babies. She has all sorts that you can trial. You're in Auckland aren't you?
You're welcome to come around and trial a Moby Wrap if you like also. ------------- Robyn www.scarecrowfarm.co.nz |