My gorgeous munchkin Harry :) My body finally did something right!!!

[CARNAT22]

We have the same chair LOL, for a second I was confused at to which baby I was looking at ha ha!!

Look at those lovely beaming smiles hey?

My lifes mission is to get piccies of James smiling.

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[ceebee]

We have the same chair LOL, for a second I was confused at to which baby I was looking at ha ha!!

Look at those lovely beaming smiles hey?

My lifes mission is to get piccies of James smiling.

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We have this function on our camera where you can take loads of photos in one click so that's how we managed it! Looking forward to seeing James smiling for the camera! xxx

 

[ceebee]

So Harry had his first illness - thankfully nothing too serious,just a bit of a tummy bug. He projectile vomited a few times on Sun night and had this really bad smelling, runny poo. Took him too the doc who said keep him hydrated and gave him diarolyte. It was pretty worrying when he wasn't keeping his food down, but thankfully he seems more or less fine today, maybe just a bit grumpier than usual!

As for my bf-ing, well I'm down to 5 feeds a day and having mixed feelings. Part of me is relieved i'm not solely responsible for feeding Harry, but the other part of me feels sad that I can't give him more breast milk. I really hope I can keep feeding him a few feeds a day at least for a while,but will have to see how if my boobs allow it! It is nice to have the freedom again of not having to be available to feed him every 2 -3 hours I met up with some friends for a couple of hours on Saturday and it was great not to have to bring Harry with me or worry about having to get back to feed him

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[Amber8]

Love the pictures!

Poor Harry, hope he gets better soon. Yeah I bet it's nice to have abit of freedom, part of me looks forward to that but part of me loves having her depend on me.

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[Daisy2011]

Hi Lovely, hope that LO is all better from the bug must be worrying the first time your baby gets sick , but im usre that every mum gets used to child puke , scratches and bumps as they turn into a ball of curious energy getting into trouble!

Hope you have a lovely weekend.
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[ceebee]

Harry is fine now thanks guys Unfortunately he passed it on to me, so I was ill for a couple of days too. Feeling pretty much recovered now thankfully...

Harry is coming on really well He's not laughing much still, though we get the occasional chuckle, but he's rolling himself over on one side and has started playing with his toys a bit. We have this octupus that hangs from his play gym and he's been reaching out for it and holding onto it a bit It's amazing watching how he develops. He'll be playing with his toys properly soon!

We are also trying to bring his bedtime earlier as he's been getting really grumpy and upset in the evenings. He was getting his bath around 8pm, then feed, then bed, but we're going to try and bring things gradually forward - hopefully this will mean a less grumpy Harry! Wish us luck! xxx

 

[CARNAT22]

Sorry hun, I only just saw that bub was poorly! Glad he is better and yep Mummy will now catch everything little rug-rat catches

James doesn't laugh much and he doesn't seem to be in control of it? He mainly laughs when I clean him under his neck... He is very smiley.

Yay to rolling. I need to persevere with tummy time as James hates it so I don't really do it.... so no rolling going on here, James just flails ha ha.

I find James gets more grumpy as the days goes on, he is lovely in the morning but as the day goes on he isn't as happy and docile. He also feeds more in the evening, I guess it's just how they get ready for night-time?

Do you have the baby gym that has the underwater theme? I just bought it for James and he loves it! He is in love with the blue octopus!

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[ceebee]

I know what you mean Nat, Harry doesn't seem to be in control of laughs either. I guess it will be like the smiles - first they were unsure but now it's all the time

I'm glad you said that about tummy time - we never do it as Harry screams the place down! Harry actually sleeps on his side now and he's always rolling to one side (the same side) - so nothing to do with tummy time anyway.

Harry is the same - grumpier as the day goes on. I often feel sorry for DH as he usually only gets to see grumpy Harry when he gets home from work!

Yes! That's exactly the play gym we have! We actually have 2 octupses (octupi?!) has someone gave us 'Captain Calamari' as a present! xxxxxxxx

 

[CARNAT22]

Capt Calamari makes me pmsl, it is the best name for a toy ever! It's the Lamaze one isn't it?

James is currently on his play gym and seems to be trying to undo the velcro holding the light / music thing in place!! Oh dear... He can only reach one bit of velcro but I should probably move him...

James always gets happy when Daddy come home, he is a proper little Daddies boy although after the novelty of Daddy wears off he will be a little grumpy pants again.

He's not too bad actually, he's just much better in the morning!

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[ceebee]

Yeah, love the name captain calamari!! It is the Lamaze one... We also have Mortimer Moose from lamaze, which I think is a cool name too!

My God, you don't want James to have that light/music thing falling on him! Harry doesn't seem as advanced as that yet to be able to undo velcro

Harry's not too bad either really - like you say, just worse in the evening! Our funny little fellas eh?! xxxx

 

[CARNAT22]

LOL, James can't undo the velcro, he was just pulling on it a little. I did move him as soon as I posted on here LOL!

We love Freddie the Firefly (I have a nephew called Freddie too!) and Jacques the Peacock.

In-fact I line all of James' toys up and make them talk to him - we have Sophie the Giraffe, Snarf the lion that chimes, Freddie, Jacques and a few others LOL! Sometimes even Henry the Hoover joins in..

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[ceebee]

LOL, James can't undo the velcro, he was just pulling on it a little. I did move him as soon as I posted on here LOL!

We love Freddie the Firefly (I have a nephew called Freddie too!) and Jacques the Peacock.

In-fact I line all of James' toys up and make them talk to him - we have Sophie the Giraffe, Snarf the lion that chimes, Freddie, Jacques and a few others LOL! Sometimes even Henry the Hoover joins in..

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Glad you averted the velcro disaster lol! Sounds like James has a lot of friends to play with anyway xxxx

 

[ceebee]

We are having a nightmare at night at the moment Harry wakes for a feed and then won't go back to sleep unless we hold him. Last night he was up at 2am, the night before 4am and the night before that 1am! Feeling so knackered! Doesn't help that I'm having trouble falling asleep myself so even when he sleeps I can't Spoke to HV about it and she said we should try and tough it out and just leave him in his cot and he will learn quite quickly (just patting him etc, not like controlled crying). Sounds exhausting! Will wait until DH is off work next week and try this I guess.... Man, lack of sleep is debilitating! xxx

 

[ceebee]

Sod's law! I spent ages trying to reduce my breast milk and now it seems to be drying up! I really want to keep feeding him 3 - 4 times a day but there's barely enough for 2 feeds atm Now I have to increase my breast milk again! Why is nothing ever straight forward??! Really want to get the balance right so I can feed him as I want to - hope I can!

 

[Amber8]

It's horrible lack of sleep, so far I've been quite lucky & I can drop straight back off after a feed & Ava does too.

So what are you giving him instead if ure reducing ure milk, have you started on formula too? I still don't know how long I want to bf for or what I'm going to do next.

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[ceebee]

It's horrible lack of sleep, so far I've been quite lucky & I can drop straight back off after a feed & Ava does too.

So what are you giving him instead if ure reducing ure milk, have you started on formula too? I still don't know how long I want to bf for or what I'm going to do next.

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Harry was really good sleeping until this week - we've been spoilt, so it's a bit of a shock to the system! Hope it doesn't last too long....

Yes, we're giving him Hipp formula, which I'm quite happy with. He's now more on formula than breast milk and he's still managing to poo every day. Apprently Hipp is good for that as other formulas can cause constipation. I think you just have to see how you go with the breast feeding and do what you feel. I thought i was going to stop after 2 months of bfing and I'm still doing it a bit, which I'm glad. It is best for him if I can give him some breast milk... Sounds like you're doing so well with it, you might as well keep going for as long as you can xxx

 

[CARNAT22]

Hi hun,

I had such a nightmare when I went over to formula as it made James so constipated. He wasn't in any pain though, he just didn't go as often?? I spoke to several health visitors, the GP and a the nurse and all said the same - as long as baby is not in any pain he'll go eventually... and he always did!

The guilt I felt was horrid though and to be honest I still feel it as in the past few weeks James has reverted to not going for 4-5 days

Life is too short to feel bad hun, so if Harry seems OK with it then try not to worry too much.

Also do you reckon he's having his 4 month sleep regression?

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[ceebee]

Hi hun,

I had such a nightmare when I went over to formula as it made James so constipated. He wasn't in any pain though, he just didn't go as often?? I spoke to several health visitors, the GP and a the nurse and all said the same - as long as baby is not in any pain he'll go eventually... and he always did!

The guilt I felt was horrid though and to be honest I still feel it as in the past few weeks James has reverted to not going for 4-5 days

Life is too short to feel bad hun, so if Harry seems OK with it then try not to worry too much.

Also do you reckon he's having his 4 month sleep regression?

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I'm not too worried hon - he's pooing every day atm so pleased about that I'll just see how it goes I guess...

What's this sleep regression thing? Is it from the wonder weeks book? I wonder if it's because he might be teething and /or he's a bit snotty atm. In the middle of the night I dream of sleeping through the night lol! xxx

 

[ceebee]

So much news so little time!

Harry has come on so much in the last couple of days He's laughing lots especially in response to funny sounds we make and he's also ( as one of my PF put it) 'found his voice' - he's so chatty!! He's an absolute delight most of the time now although I'd rather see a bit less of him in the middle of the night right now - was up with him for 2 hours last night as he didn't want to go back to sleep! Tired!

He was weighed on tues and is 13lb 6oz - still just about on 25th centile, but dropped down slightly from before. They're not worried but want to see him again in 2 weeks time to check how he's doing. I have noticed he's off his food a bit, so maybe it's to do with teething or something? He is dribbling an awful lot and chewing on everything and anything!

Also, 16 week jabs today - Dh was off work so got him to go! He coped pretty well lol! Thank God no more of those for a while anyway...

Still having sleeping issues though some nights are better than others. He goes to bed quite early now, around 7 ish, but he seems to wake a few times in the night and sometimes I can't get him back to sleep for ages. Also he's now getting up abround 5.30 - 6am - a bit early for my liking. God, I hope this is just a phase we're going through!

So, all in all things are good with my lovely Harry - every day is happier with him in my life xxx

 

[CARNAT22]

Oh wow hun - lovely to hear such a positive update!

James is the same, he's 13lb 2oz and showing signs of teething (chomping on his hands, dribbling loads) but he is still feeding as normal. James has also shot up. He slips between 25th and 9th centile and we've got to back in 2 weeks - had him weighed on 1st.

I posted something quite similar in my journal today, it's been a lovely few days with bub and he's learnt so much. He is getting to be such a little man now - it's scary to think how quickly they grow!

Also the sleep regression thing isn't to do with leaps, I don't know exactly what it is but I am guessing it's not good LOL

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