Mommys to be in SEPTEMBER 2010

Sonay, I'm not sure if it will help but I've just read that if your baby swaps day and night then you need to lop off the tail end of each of their day naps and soon they will be back to sleeping longer at night. So not sure if this will stop Shani from being hungrier at night but maybe worth trying?

Also took John for his jabs yesterday, shame he was niggly the whole day and had a slight temperature last night so we gave him calpol before bed and he slept very well and seems better this morning. He weighs 7.1 and is 63.5cm now. But we have already started on solids so you are doing very well with Shani! John was so hungry,waking up for extra feeds and crying after finishing his daytime bottles so we started him on solids at 4 months (2 weeks ago). We're still only on cereal, no veggies yet. Come to think of it, I'm sure you will find that she will sleep better at night once on solids

well, it was rough but we eventually took a towelling nappy, wet it and let K play with that and it seemed to help... wet clothes were cooler than no clothes.

Re the feeding at night, you need to keep her up and active during the day, its the only way, and its rough i know but she will most likely just fall back into the old routine then.

Hi KerryA, did you survive the heat in the Cape? Must say I am am very happy with the weather we have in Gauteng the last few days. Nice and cool. Feel sorry for all the people affected by the floods though. There were a couple of hectic storms.

Took Shani to the clinic this morning for her jabs. Shame, I always feel so sorry for her. But she actually handles it very well. Luckily it is the last for now.
She is growing VERY fast. Weighing 7.3kg at 4 months. Above her growth line for now. I'm planning on starting solids now, hope it will let her sleep better. It looks like she has swopped her day night eating routine. Not drinking much during the day, but waking almost every hour at night and drinks almost 500ml during the night. Any advise on changing that?

She just woke up, chat again

We went to Cape town to visit two sets of great grandparents and i tell you it was also hectic, the hot weather was unbelievable and as the sun goes down so late there it messed Kaelyns sleep shedule around quite a bit, but thankfully when we got back home it took a few days and it was all sorted out.

As for being back at work, i started back today and my desk is piled hight already its horrid and leaving baby... i don't quite know how to get back into the swing of things, but all things in good time i suppose?

Kaelyn was sleeping though, but then at 3 and a half months i think she started needing solids and got into a habbit of only sleeping 5 hours... then we went to cape-town and messed her routine around a bit more, hopefully we will be back to the 8 hour gap soon. I put her to bed at 8:30 she sleeps till 2:30... i dummy her... sleeps till 3:30 dummy again... then at 4 i feed her (thats what her routine used to be) it seems to be getting better, but who knows

Mine also is teething and the only thing i find that gets her hands out the mouth is ashton and parsons teething powder... that works wonders! if i don't give it to her she puts her fists into her mouth and occasionally accidentally gags herself...

Happy New Year mommies, hope you and your LO's are all well.
Anybody going to the Jhb meet next week Sat at Yeesh?

Ja I can't believe how fast the time is flying, it is such a cliche but so true - I'm trying to take it all in cos he is changing and growing daily.

Johnny was 4 months old last week and we started rice cereal at the same time. I wanted to wait until mid Jan but he was getting too hungry - his milk feeds are not enough anymore. He absolutely LOVES his cereal but we still haven't got it right. I started off giving him cereal in the morning, as per his clinic card, but he wakes up alot at night and doesn't always go back to sleep with the dummy. A few times I've put him on the boob early (in the middle of the night) and he drank hungrily.
The Baby Sense book says to start on cereal in the evenings so I am trying that now - but last night he still woke up alot and I had to feed him. I think he may need 2 cereal meals a day. My little boy is a very hungry boy! Today he has only had cereal at dinner but he had a little more than yesterday so I will see how tonight goes. But I think anyways from tomorrow I'm going to give it to him twice a day.

We are also going for more shots on Monday so I'm going to chat more to the nurse about it then too, and we'll see his weight. He was 6.5kg on the 17th December so I think he is definitely over 7kgs by now. And he is really good with tummy time these days and rolling over quite often, although only from tummy to back. He sits up well when supported and for a few seconds unsupported, leaning on his arms, until he falls to the left or right.

He has been drooling and blowing bubbles and gumming his fists (and his teething toys) for quite a while now but no sign of any teeth. And Dischem ran out of Pansarol and Teegel! But we still had some teegel at home so all good for now

I have been working since Johnny was 8 weeks old cos I work from home but it was quite low key, although still not easy to do with a LO. But in December I had quite a few large projects and it was quite hectic. My DH took some leave so he looked after baby mostly but it was still hard. It was awesome to have some money coming in though
Working from home means I get to spend alot of time with my boy and I don't have to leave him during the day, which is super. But the downside is when I do have work, I work around his naps and after he's gone to bed at night, which makes life a bit stressful. But us women seem to be designed to handle alot of stress and multitask right? Its tough sometimes but my baby is so rewarding and made my life so meaningful - and I feel very privileged to be a mother

Happy New year ladies

How are you all doing, and your babies? Can't belive our LO's are 4 months. Guess many of you are back at work already, how are you coping? I am still without a job, so luckily don't have to worry about that for now.

So, how was the holiday, do anything special? We were just at home since DH was working. We had a special Christmas eve picnic, just the 4 of us. It was awesome, just a pity that LG was crying most of the time since it was he bedtime already.

Who ,except Punkies, has started their LO's on solids already? I'm very tempted to do so, bought rice cereal today, but think will hold off till next week. She is only going for her 3rd round of jabs on Monday, so will discuss it with the sister. She is such a busy little girl, and friendly, well, most of the time. She's still not sleeping through , went from waking up twice to now waking up up to 4 times. And she doesn't sleep for long periods during the day.

WOW Sher, trying to crawl already? Are you ready for it? My LG is only starting to sit up now for short periods, unsupported. But I can promise you, she does not want to lay down. You should see her lifting herself.

Have a great night.

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year to all!

I'm back at work as from yesterday, miss my son a lot but had to leave him with the nanny and he seems to be doing ok. He's 4 and half months now and so adorable, I cant believe how time flies!

I've started him on baby cereal already cos he can't get full on just milk alone. Also want to introduce more solids like veggies now as well.

I so wish he could already sleep through the night and sleep for longer periods.....any advice?