New baby and post birth advice #37 The only way to eat porridge is to tip it in the bin

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Borntorun

I’mThankyou_ said:
Probiotics really help t1, she has chronic constipation (thanks to NEC) but if i run out I really notice the difference. for you!
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I honestly can’t work out what it is with the sleep issue. So she is happy as Larry all day. Then nighttime comes and she wakes up 15+ times a night. So I’m not sure what it is, but CMPA is often linked with gut issues and I’ll try anything at this point!
 
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I’mThankyou_

I've found at night she's the worst for trapped wind and constipation and I'm sure it's because she's asleep and her body is settling.
I hope you can find a solution
 
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TheBabeWithThePower

Breastfeeding is so weird, one minute you feel totally touched out and like you just constantly have your tits out and the next you're sad because your baby seems to be feeding slightly less! I still think we average about 10 feeds a day but his daytime feeds are a little smaller now I think because he's loving solids so much, where did my little baby go?!

He also climbed the whole way up our terrifying wooden slatted stairs today and was so pleased with himself, he's seeming so big! He's also going to be murder with the Christmas tree it'll be a bauble bloodbath I think!
 
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Jellybean093

Oh, I keep forgetting… who was the other mum that changes the kids bedding to Christmas bedding while the kids sleep? Coz I forgot to do it last night, and have to do it tonight. Bloody 6yo asked where the sod song elf was. 13yo piped up ‘oh they forgot we moved house’ eh?! Who’s this kid helping me out
 
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miaaaa

I'm so intrigued as to how you do this without waking them. My kids would wake if you so much as sneezed a mile away
 
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Borntorun

Meeeeee. Although I haven’t done that yet. Our elf arrived this morning with cupcakes for breakfast was going to do the bedsheet thing tonight, but she’s not feeling well, and I don’t want her waking up at 2am coughing and then getting all excited because of the bedsheet thing. So will save it for another day!

miaaaa said:
I'm so intrigued as to how you do this without waking them. My kids would wake if you so much as sneezed a mile away
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So I leave the fitted sheet, that doesn’t change. I put the new pillow case on one of the pillows from my room, then just whip old one out and immediately replace with new one. Duvet can be a bit trickier. You have to hope it’s one of those nights where she hasn’t fallen asleep all wrapped up like a fajita. Dunno really. She’s a really light sleeper (she wakes up if you flush the toilet at night) but somehow I get away with it
 
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Jellybean093

miaaaa said:
I'm so intrigued as to how you do this without waking them. My kids would wake if you so much as sneezed a mile away
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My kids would sleep through anything. Have to leave it until it’s like 11 and they’re in the dead of sleep. Although not sure if I’ll make it til 11

Ah, I thought it was you! God speed

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*this was obviously supposed to be sodding elf. Not ‘sod song’ elf 🫠
 
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Belle Amie

Night times are hell at the moment. Breastfeeding mums is it always you that does bedtime and do you feed everytime? We tried to get my other half to do bedtime tonight with a bottle and baby was having none of it he just screamed until I came to feed him but he’s since woke up twice already since 7 crying and wanting to feed.
I want to start the process of night weaning and have him get used to others doing naps and bedtime but it seems like it’ll be an impossible task
 
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Spillit2356

My girl refused a bottle so I've had no choice so it's always me has done bedtime and night feeds.....almost 10 months and hoping to wean too but as she's reverse cycling it might be a little more difficult than I'd like even though she's getting so much through solids in the day .Naps are a nightmare too......if your little one takes a bottle just persevere with it is my suggestion....get a break if you can, go out if you feel you can and let dad deal with him
 
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Celeste

We are in the very early stages of trying to get Baby Celeste to stop breastfeeding to sleep (or at least for it to be possible for other people to put him down), and I'm finding it incredibly challenging. His last nap today he fell asleep whilst I gave him a bottle of formula, which felt like a massive step.
 
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Jellybean093

The 3yo napped with MIL earlier, and obviously won’t go to sleep. I went in to check on him, and he was like ‘I’m bored’ wtf kid? Go to sleep
 
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TheBabeWithThePower

Yeah I always do bedtime and did every bedtime with my eldest until about 18m, then sometimes I'd feed her but then my husband would read to her and get her to sleep.
It is super hard basically always having to be the one responding but if you want to night wean there are plenty of accounts and books etc out there to support you

Jellybean093 said:
The 3yo napped with MIL earlier, and obviously won’t go to sleep. I went in to check on him, and he was like ‘I’m bored’ wtf kid? Go to sleep
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I'm amazed he's just chilling on his own, if our 3yo is awake she demands that we are in her room with her, she'd never just be in there on her own
 
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Jellybean093

TheBabeWithThePower said:
I'm amazed he's just chilling on his own, if our 3yo is awake she demands that we are in her room with her, she'd never just be in there on her own
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Oh, he’s just got out because he needs a wee I’ve only been in there every 10 minutes asking if he needs to go to the toilet
 
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LilyRose1234

Yeah so I did all bedtimes and night wakes until she was about 13 months unless I was away for some reason or the rare times she napped at nursery. Now though she will go to bed for him and nap too, but I still end up doing it as it’s quicker. But as she’s got bigger I’be swapped boob for cows milk before bed and she’s got much better at drinking the bottle and not wanting a “boob top up” to get to sleep. Tbh I do think it’s a time thing, I have definitely seen a difference as she’s got older. I’d say it’s 50/50 now whether she wants boob or can be comforted by something else whereas it was 100% boob. I hope that makes sense!

miaaaa said:
I'm so intrigued as to how you do this without waking them. My kids would wake if you so much as sneezed a mile away
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Mine will wake if I close my eyes in another room
 
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Definitelyme

What issue are you guys experiencing? Frequent wakings? Is that new or ongoing? Could it be a short term problem like teething?
I do all bedtimes and night wakings until approx 2.5yo, even when they wean from feeding around 2. For us, when decide i am done feeding to sleep then it takes a few nights to get the new routine to be accepted, and you have to be very strict with yourself about not giving in. But it’s usually just a few nights of not very much fun, then it’s done x
 
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sodit

I always reply with a breezy “well you know the saying - cold babies cry, hot babies die” when my MIL starts with this crap. She usually pouts about me being morbid, but cans it. Well, at least for a while.
 
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