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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / June 2005Will's Checkup
Thought I'd post an update on William. He will be 5 weeks old on Friday. The child health nurse came yesterday for the first time. The first thing she commented on was how alert he was. He also had his pointer finger out and was tracking it - she said, "wow, he's advanced!" :) His weight was up 800gm since birth, he is now 4.2kg. I thought he had grown a lot! No BF problems for him! (pity about my 1/2 nipple). She went through how to recognise when he was ready to be put to bed, which was great, as I had no idea. She said his overtiredness was probably contributing to his grumpiness in the evenings, as he is awake a lot during the day. I've given in to the dummy thing for those hard to settle times, too. He's old enough to let me know when he is actually hungry. Most of the time he gets to sleep without one, but if I miss the window and he's over tired/grumpy, then the dummy helps to settle him enough to calm down and sleep. He used it to get to sleep last night at the beginning of the night, but each of the night wakings he didn't use it to get back to sleep after the feeds. I'm trying not to feel guilty/a failure, as the dummy was one of the main things I was going to NEVER use ;) We had him in the bassinette beside the bed last night, too, and although he woke as much as usual, and was as noisy as usual, both DH and I commented on how much more refreshed we were this morning, not having him in the bed between our pillows. It was nice to be able to snuggle into eachother again, too ;) Well, that's enough I guess. Going to try to get into the shower now. Jo (RM) > Thought I'd post an update on William. He will be 5 weeks old on Friday. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > His weight was up 800gm since birth, he is now 4.2kg. I thought he had > grown a lot! No BF problems for him! (pity about my 1/2 nipple). Wow, great news! Pity about your nipple though :-( > She went through how to recognise when he was ready to be put to bed, > which was great, as I had no idea. She said his overtiredness was > probably contributing to his grumpiness in the evenings, as he is awake a > lot during the day. This was true for us. It was like we'd had the holy grail of infant knowledge shared with us when we watched the 'tired signs' video. > I've given in to the dummy thing for those hard to settle times, too. He's > old enough to let me know when he is actually hungry. Most of the time he [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > after the feeds. I'm trying not to feel guilty/a failure, as the dummy > was one of the main things I was going to NEVER use ;) Don't feel bad about it. Babies need a way of comforting themselves, in fact so do adults. When we wake in the night we change position, rearrange our pillows or blankets in order to get back to sleep. Babies are no different. We never had to resort to a dummy - though came very close - because DD is a natural thumbsucker. Inevitably, unless you're one of the blessed few, you'll end up with a thumbsucker or a dummysucker. What looks silly is when they're still walking around with them at age four, but hey, there are ways around that! Right now you do what you need to do to give yourself some rest. > We had him in the bassinette beside the bed last night, too, and although > he woke as much as usual, and was as noisy as usual, both DH and I > commented on how much more refreshed we were this morning, not having him > in the bed between our pillows. It was nice to be able to snuggle into > eachother again, too ;) Uh huh....and they're so much cuddlier at that age, too. There is no way you want a one-year-old between you both, at least not my one-year-old!  SignatureAmy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 barton . souto @ clear . net . nz http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ >> >> She went through how to recognise when he was ready to be put to bed, >> which was great, as I had no idea. She said his overtiredness was [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > This was true for us. It was like we'd had the holy grail of infant > knowledge shared with us when we watched the 'tired signs' video. What is this "tired signs" video you speak of!? Sound like a must have for me (expecting #1 in the fall). Might as well watch it now while I have time! Any recommendations for specific videos? Thanks, Amy >>> >> She went through how to recognise when he was ready to be put to bed, >>> which was great, as I had no idea. She said his overtiredness was [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > for me (expecting #1 in the fall). Might as well watch it now while I > have time! Any recommendations for specific videos? lol...I think it was just one of those generic parent education videos. Showed how baby goes from making gentle relaxed movements, to tired jerky ones, eventually to the point of crying - meaning they're by then over-tired. There was more too it, but I can't remember. DD had a spilling problem at one point, and it stopped after we saw the tired signs video. I swear that every time she was tired, I thought she was hungry and fed her - up until about the 12th week! Mind you, she probably was mostly just hungry up until the eighth week, when she stopped napping so easily. They say you can't overfeed a breastfed baby...I think it's possible, just messy and wasteful! Her gains were very substantial in those early weeks ;-) SignatureAmy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 barton . souto @ clear . net . nz http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ > Thought I'd post an update on William. He will be 5 weeks old on Friday. > > The child health nurse came yesterday for the first time. The first > thing she commented on was how alert he was. He also had his pointer > finger out and was tracking it - she said, "wow, he's advanced!" :) Cool, it's so nice to see them doing things early or on time, so you don't have to worry about them. One of Ava's things that makes me not worry is that she helps me burp her now. I have this thing where I tip her from upright to laying on her left side and back again about 4 or 5 times to help the burps come up, and she now throws her body the direction I am moving her in, so to me that and other things like being good for diaper changes and not pottying when her diaper is open, are all things that show that she know what's going on in her world. So between that and the smiling and cooing, I am feeling not worried about her progress. > His weight was up 800gm since birth, he is now 4.2kg. I thought he had > grown a lot! No BF problems for him! (pity about my 1/2 nipple). Great! > She went through how to recognise when he was ready to be put to bed, > which was great, as I had no idea. She said his overtiredness was [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > to sleep after the feeds. I'm trying not to feel guilty/a failure, as > the dummy was one of the main things I was going to NEVER use ;) Ava in no way needs the dummy. She sleeps alot without it, and is not on the breast overly much. I am very lucky in that way with her. Our thing that we use is the swing. She is a swing junkie. Please no bad comments about the swinging. It gives me some time with the bigger kids, and Ava still gets plenty of touching because I cosleep with her in addition to all of us fawning on her alot. I saw a documentary with jungle people using a bouncy chair made of leaves and twigs for their baby, so that's good enough for me that inventiveness is a natural thing for us humans. > We had him in the bassinette beside the bed last night, too, and > although he woke as much as usual, and was as noisy as usual, both DH > and I commented on how much more refreshed we were this morning, not > having him in the bed between our pillows. It was nice to be able to > snuggle into eachother again, too ;) I think I would hate to sleep with both dh and the baby, so I can see why you want the bassinet. For me the solution to that is only sleeping with baby, but my dh snores alot more than my babies have. > Well, that's enough I guess. > > Going to try to get into the shower now. I really should too. KC > I've given in to the dummy thing for those hard to settle times, too. > He's old enough to let me know when he is actually hungry. [...] > I'm trying not to feel guilty/a failure, as > the dummy was one of the main things I was going to NEVER use ;) Oh, don't feel like a failure! I really want Rocky to take a pacifier, but he won't. His problem is that he wants to comfort nurse, then he gets mad because he's getting milk. And then, because I'm not always good at getting all the burps out, Rocky ends up spitting up quite a bit of milk. I think if he *would* take the pacifier, it would take care of a lot of those problems for us. > We had him in the bassinette beside the bed last night, too, and > although he woke as much as usual, and was as noisy as usual, both DH > and I commented on how much more refreshed we were this morning, not > having him in the bed between our pillows. It was nice to be able to > snuggle into eachother again, too ;) We don't have a bassinet anymore, since our previous one was a loaner, so there's really no place to put Rocky. But, I would so love to snuggle up against DH again! So far, it wouldn't have worked out anyway, because he usually has to go get Pillbug and they go sleep in the other room, while Rocky and I get our room... (Y'know, I used to be shocked at a friend's sleeping arrangements. Now, nothing surprises me anymore.) We're going to visit the inlaws this weekend and DH's father asked what kind of hotel room we wanted. DH wanted one with two full sized beds and just did not want to explain to his father why... (They believe in letting the kids cry in the crib while their stinky, aggressive dog sleeps in their bed. Not that I have a problem with dogs in bed, but why should they have a problem with children in bed?) -- Anita -- (They believe in letting the kids > cry in the crib while their stinky, aggressive > dog sleeps in their bed. Not that I have a > problem with dogs in bed, but why should they > have a problem with children in bed?) > > -- Anita -- Now THAT is just sad. PC > (They believe in letting the kids >> cry in the crib while their stinky, aggressive [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Now THAT is just sad. I don't know....not that I'd sleep with a stinky, aggressive dog, but I prefer sleeping with the cats over DD these days. Why? The cats don't squawk in my ear, pull my hair, pinch and scratch my face, poke my eyes, kick my back or bite any exposed flesh. And if they get in the way, or too hot, I can just throw them over the side and they land on their feet. But I'd never have an issue with anyone else wanting to co-sleep, for all I know their children are much better behaved. SignatureAmy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 barton . souto @ clear . net . nz http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ > I don't know....not that I'd sleep with a stinky, aggressive dog, > but I prefer sleeping with the cats over DD these days. Why? The [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > anyone else wanting to co-sleep, for all I know their children are > much better behaved. LOL! You're me! > We don't have a bassinet anymore, since our > previous one was a loaner, so there's really [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > at a friend's sleeping arrangements. Now, > nothing surprises me anymore.) I've been told that that is the Japanese way of doing things, very sensible if you ask me! We mostly do things like that, though Ada usually goes in her moses basket next to my bed, I'd love to have a cosleeper, I can't sleep with her snuggled up to me. Anne |
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