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fourstardan said:
Has anyone got any tips for getting baby down in the cot after a night feed?
He doesn't seem to be settling well at the moment. I've had a decent amount of kip while missus got him down last night, he wakes up stirs a bit and a feed seems to wake the bugger up more lol At the moment I've brought him downstairs in a Moses basket in the dark to try and get him used to settling.
Is there any method were not getting maybe?
Ours tends to get moved into our bed usually at some point around 5am. He just seems to settle and sleep better for that last few hours if he's in our bed. He doesn't seem to be settling well at the moment. I've had a decent amount of kip while missus got him down last night, he wakes up stirs a bit and a feed seems to wake the bugger up more lol At the moment I've brought him downstairs in a Moses basket in the dark to try and get him used to settling.
Is there any method were not getting maybe?
JackCT said:
I feel this is important, if nothing else for awareness:
The weekend, I rushed my 3.5 month old son to hospital being rather quite ill.
He had his 2nd round of vaccines a few days earlier and 111, the GP etc. had all said the same thing, his fever etc. were due to this and would subside. Even had this line recited to be at 11am Sunday morning.
By 14:30 the same day, I had rushed him to A&E with a raging fever, mottled blue/purple skin and hyperventilating.
It turns out he had sepsis, well, urosepsis caused by a completely undetected urinary tract infection, which, in babies has almost no symptoms (the UTI).
A few of the scariest days of my life followed, dropping everything to do whatever I needed to be with him, but I can thankfully report that after a few days of intravenous antibiotics, more tests than you can shake a stick at and the most amazing doctors/nurses I've ever encountered, he's back home and well.
His fever had increased over a degree in the 15min car journey and i've been told that any higher, risked seizures and irreparable damage. Given the rate of increase, another hour or so could have been, well, you get the picture.
If nothing else, I hope this post makes people think twice when their kids are sick: "could it be sepsis?".
Not to scare the life out of people, but it wasn't even something that crossed my mind at the time.
What a relief. The weekend, I rushed my 3.5 month old son to hospital being rather quite ill.
He had his 2nd round of vaccines a few days earlier and 111, the GP etc. had all said the same thing, his fever etc. were due to this and would subside. Even had this line recited to be at 11am Sunday morning.
By 14:30 the same day, I had rushed him to A&E with a raging fever, mottled blue/purple skin and hyperventilating.
It turns out he had sepsis, well, urosepsis caused by a completely undetected urinary tract infection, which, in babies has almost no symptoms (the UTI).
A few of the scariest days of my life followed, dropping everything to do whatever I needed to be with him, but I can thankfully report that after a few days of intravenous antibiotics, more tests than you can shake a stick at and the most amazing doctors/nurses I've ever encountered, he's back home and well.
His fever had increased over a degree in the 15min car journey and i've been told that any higher, risked seizures and irreparable damage. Given the rate of increase, another hour or so could have been, well, you get the picture.
If nothing else, I hope this post makes people think twice when their kids are sick: "could it be sepsis?".
Not to scare the life out of people, but it wasn't even something that crossed my mind at the time.
It's scary how quickly they can go from being perfectly well to life threatening.
Sorry i missed that part, i didn’t know *not* using a dummy was a ‘thing’. If you don’t use a dummy you are built of stronger minerals than i am.
I have two sets ready for the new baby, old school dum-dums and a set of orthodontic ones. If the little one spits the orthodontic then old school it is.
I have two sets ready for the new baby, old school dum-dums and a set of orthodontic ones. If the little one spits the orthodontic then old school it is.
dirtbiker said:
seiben said:
Bearing in mind we're going to need to buy four of the blimmin' things (as we'll likely be sharing pick-up/drop-off in different cars once nursery comes around), does anyone have any other suggestions for seats which are both Isofix and seat-belt compatible?
We used a MaxiCosi Cabriofix before getting the Joie Spin 360 and it always did the trick. Slightly older design now (no i-Size) but feels sturdy and is very light which makes getting it in and out easy. Did a month in Australia with it strapping it in using the seatbelt and while it's less convenient than the ISOfix base it also takes up a lot less space!
we started using a dummy when we moved ours to her own bed. my wife started to notice that feeds were starting to drag on for long and longer but codie was only suckling/ playing with it for comfort at the end of the feed.
so giving her a dummy has been great, if she ever wakes up in the night we generally give her a few minutes and she’ll find her dummy in the cot and put herself back to sleep.
at first we were both reluctant to use the dummy, but now she generally sleeps 7:30/8pm until 7am we don’t really care. we’ll cross the bridge of removing the dummy later.
oh and anytime we bring codie into the bed, we generally let her fall back asleep give her 15/30mins and then i move her back to her cot. some nights it just isn’t worth fighting trying to get her back to sleep in her own room. but once she’s sleeping i always try and sneak her back in
so giving her a dummy has been great, if she ever wakes up in the night we generally give her a few minutes and she’ll find her dummy in the cot and put herself back to sleep.
at first we were both reluctant to use the dummy, but now she generally sleeps 7:30/8pm until 7am we don’t really care. we’ll cross the bridge of removing the dummy later.
oh and anytime we bring codie into the bed, we generally let her fall back asleep give her 15/30mins and then i move her back to her cot. some nights it just isn’t worth fighting trying to get her back to sleep in her own room. but once she’s sleeping i always try and sneak her back in
20 week scan yesterday - it's a boy!
Measured top percentile of every measurement, although no surprise as I'm 6,3 (big build) and OH is 5,8.
Due date remains March 14th
I've already bought pram/buggy thing and car seats (one swivel permanent one and a detachable travel system type that slots into the pram). Cot is next on the radar!
Measured top percentile of every measurement, although no surprise as I'm 6,3 (big build) and OH is 5,8.
Due date remains March 14th
I've already bought pram/buggy thing and car seats (one swivel permanent one and a detachable travel system type that slots into the pram). Cot is next on the radar!
The measurements they make are laughably unreliable. We went from top 20% to be so underweight they threatened to induce, the measurements were a week apart and they didn't question them as suspect. The competence of the nurses varies a lot.
In other news, my last 10 minutes.
T'was a tag team effort that one.
In other news, my last 10 minutes.
T'was a tag team effort that one.
The NHS stagg, the most frustrating and amazing people all in one!
You will never hear a uniform opinion on ANYTHING from anyone in the NHS about children. Everything is conflicting, nobody agree's and its a general s
tshow I found. Generally you get people who are a bit more switched on if things get serious, but some people do seem to be away with the fairies.
To any of the new lot, be aware of flathead, it's pretty common, and totally avoidable, wish I'd paid more attention to my sons head, and how he generally always preferred to lie the same way (and thus sleep the way way), now we've got to make a conscious effort to make sure it rectifies itself, which is annoying. But no book really made much of a point of it, I feel it should have.
You will never hear a uniform opinion on ANYTHING from anyone in the NHS about children. Everything is conflicting, nobody agree's and its a general s
tshow I found. Generally you get people who are a bit more switched on if things get serious, but some people do seem to be away with the fairies. To any of the new lot, be aware of flathead, it's pretty common, and totally avoidable, wish I'd paid more attention to my sons head, and how he generally always preferred to lie the same way (and thus sleep the way way), now we've got to make a conscious effort to make sure it rectifies itself, which is annoying. But no book really made much of a point of it, I feel it should have.
The Moose said:
ChocolateFrog said:
T'was a tag team effort that one.
I'd have nope'd the heck out of there doubletime 
t could come out of a child in one go.Magnum 475 said:
The Moose said:
ChocolateFrog said:
T'was a tag team effort that one.
I'd have nope'd the heck out of there doubletime t could come out of a child in one go.I don't do diapers. Just no.
JackCT said:
I feel this is important, if nothing else for awareness:
The weekend, I rushed my 3.5 month old son to hospital being rather quite ill.
He had his 2nd round of vaccines a few days earlier and 111, the GP etc. had all said the same thing, his fever etc. were due to this and would subside. Even had this line recited to be at 11am Sunday morning.
By 14:30 the same day, I had rushed him to A&E with a raging fever, mottled blue/purple skin and hyperventilating.
It turns out he had sepsis, well, urosepsis caused by a completely undetected urinary tract infection, which, in babies has almost no symptoms (the UTI).
A few of the scariest days of my life followed, dropping everything to do whatever I needed to be with him, but I can thankfully report that after a few days of intravenous antibiotics, more tests than you can shake a stick at and the most amazing doctors/nurses I've ever encountered, he's back home and well.
His fever had increased over a degree in the 15min car journey and i've been told that any higher, risked seizures and irreparable damage. Given the rate of increase, another hour or so could have been, well, you get the picture.
If nothing else, I hope this post makes people think twice when their kids are sick: "could it be sepsis?".
Not to scare the life out of people, but it wasn't even something that crossed my mind at the time.
Our boy had elevated temp after first lot of combined vaccines and they got him in ‘just in case’The weekend, I rushed my 3.5 month old son to hospital being rather quite ill.
He had his 2nd round of vaccines a few days earlier and 111, the GP etc. had all said the same thing, his fever etc. were due to this and would subside. Even had this line recited to be at 11am Sunday morning.
By 14:30 the same day, I had rushed him to A&E with a raging fever, mottled blue/purple skin and hyperventilating.
It turns out he had sepsis, well, urosepsis caused by a completely undetected urinary tract infection, which, in babies has almost no symptoms (the UTI).
A few of the scariest days of my life followed, dropping everything to do whatever I needed to be with him, but I can thankfully report that after a few days of intravenous antibiotics, more tests than you can shake a stick at and the most amazing doctors/nurses I've ever encountered, he's back home and well.
His fever had increased over a degree in the 15min car journey and i've been told that any higher, risked seizures and irreparable damage. Given the rate of increase, another hour or so could have been, well, you get the picture.
If nothing else, I hope this post makes people think twice when their kids are sick: "could it be sepsis?".
Not to scare the life out of people, but it wasn't even something that crossed my mind at the time.
Took it very seriously. Checked lots of stuff just in case.
Little girl had bad cold at 6 days, in she went, spinal tap, blah blah, all just in case.
Clearly times have changed due to the covid19 restrictions.
I’d be kicking up a big fuss with anyone who advised it’d subside, and not to get to hospital!
thebraketester said:
Chocolate Frog..... was was the input medium to cause such a destructive output?
I think it was a collective effort between weaning onto baby food and coming off a dose of antibiotics.
Not sure if it was worse than the day before where he pebble dashed the wall mid change.
ChocolateFrog said:
thebraketester said:
Chocolate Frog..... was was the input medium to cause such a destructive output?
I think it was a collective effort between weaning onto baby food and coming off a dose of antibiotics.
Not sure if it was worse than the day before where he pebble dashed the wall mid change.
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