tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post6962040196100827468..comments2023-12-27T15:25:34.048+00:00Comments on Baby Baby: New Baby Advicesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-3884054778955594912011-05-22T14:15:23.507+01:002011-05-22T14:15:23.507+01:00Cradle, thank you very much and good luck! :-)Cradle, thank you very much and good luck! :-)sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-27652802216619879212011-05-20T20:24:56.394+01:002011-05-20T20:24:56.394+01:00This is a great primer. We have our first baby com...This is a great primer. We have our first baby coming home in a few months and like you I have been asking myself the question of "What do I do now?" I will bookmark this and refer back to it over the next months. Thanks!cradlehttp://www.babybassinetstore.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-69705043049985036652010-06-07T00:51:20.583+01:002010-06-07T00:51:20.583+01:00Great post and great advice where were you 3 years...Great post and great advice where were you 3 years ago when my first was born? xxIrish Mammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757346514998427835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-31859479320383577222010-06-02T20:53:59.605+01:002010-06-02T20:53:59.605+01:00Emily, oh you poor thing. Cash cried after every f...Emily, oh you poor thing. Cash cried after every feed for an hour and he was feeding 10-12 times a day, I don't know what I'd have done with hours and hours of crying. You feel so sorry for them because you can't help. I'm glad your little girl is sleeping well x<br /><br />Solveig, oh yes, two hours is plenty long enough for a baby to be awake in the day. Slings! I forgot to mention slings. The only way I could help Cash when he had reflux (before we got the magic Gaviscon) was to put him in the sling. He would fall asleep within minutes. Great advice x<br /><br />Emma, thank you. You do forget, it's only because my SIL had a baby that I remembered this stuff! I hope you get Oli's sleeping sorted, then you can go through it all again with number two! x<br /><br />The Mad House, oh yes, the unexpected! I took Cash to a cranial osteopath, but she couldn't help him. I do know quite a few people who CO's have helped x<br /><br />Hot Cross Mum, I think you only get to feel smug that you have got through one stage for about five minutes before the next one comes along! xsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-83820767709436025562010-06-02T10:38:01.461+01:002010-06-02T10:38:01.461+01:00Great advice. I just posted about how 'smug...Great advice. I just posted about how 'smug' I feel sometimes to have got through all these stages and unknowns - it's flippin' hard work isn't it! Great post for new mums - I may link to it if you don't mind.Hot Cross Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052268534992433595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-41310700784737710332010-06-02T09:11:16.537+01:002010-06-02T09:11:16.537+01:00Yes the dreaded Colic. Maxi had it and cried cons...Yes the dreaded Colic. Maxi had it and cried constantly from 3pm till about 9om no matter what. A cranial osteopath fixed him in the end, but not before I was nearly finished!<br /><br />I also would say be prepared for the unexpected!Jen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-5612307113270496002010-06-01T21:14:38.461+01:002010-06-01T21:14:38.461+01:00Great tips, Please remind to come back to this pos...Great tips, Please remind to come back to this post when I have another. I have totally forgot what it was like and what to do. Pretty sure these upcoming toddler years will block out the baby years even more from my brain!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266711293046712178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-54654621403768059752010-06-01T19:46:32.781+01:002010-06-01T19:46:32.781+01:00One of the best tips I heard was that if your newb...One of the best tips I heard was that if your newborn has been awake for 2 hours, he's probably ready for a sleep. With my second, I pretty much stuck to this, rather than to a routine led by particular times in the day. I think it helped - it may just be I was better 2nd time round, but those early days were much easier than with my 1st.<br /><br />My other tip, which is one of my own, is, if you like using slings, at baby's bedtime feed him, pop him in the sling and with a bit of luck he'll sleep peacefully until you are ready for bed yourself. Then you can take him out, feed him again, and try and get him to sleep in his bed, or whereever it is he sleeps, for the night. <br /><br />I started this when my 1st was about 2 months, mainly because I just couldn't get her to settle in her room at bedtime and I was getting stressed out about it. I gave up, put her in the sling and found she just conked out until I went to bed. After about a month of doing this, I tried putting her down in her bed again, and it was much more successful - as though she had got used to sleeping at 7pm.<br /><br />So with my 2nd I did it from day one. I really think it helped him both know the difference between night and day, and get used to going to bed at about 7pm. After a few weeks I was able to put him down in his bed too.<br /><br />Neither of my kids slept through until they were about a year - we went through hell with my 2nd waking and screaming in the night. But we did at least have our evenings back pretty early on, give or take the odd night when he wouldn't settle!solveighttp://www.solveig.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-30909366943917053682010-06-01T19:24:17.587+01:002010-06-01T19:24:17.587+01:00Great advice Sandy, we did a lot of things like yo...Great advice Sandy, we did a lot of things like you. On crying, I have to say my second son had colic and that really is terrible, he cried from 7pm - 1am for his first 10 weeks. It's hard to give specific advice for this as there's not a lot you can do other than make sure you get a break now and again. I think your sleep advice is great, little babies need lots of regular naps and often people don't realise that a fussing baby needs a sleep. Now I'm on number 3 I find I'm really quick to spot the signs you talk about and, as a result, she's good at having her naps in the day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917443753880382461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-83872483610587431072010-06-01T18:16:37.417+01:002010-06-01T18:16:37.417+01:00Susie, my goodness, that's true. I've foun...Susie, my goodness, that's true. I've found blogging and Twitter invaluable for parenting advice.<br /><br />Geekymummy, I only ever try to be inoffensive! When Cash had reflux we feared it was colic so I do know how helpless you can feel when you can't comfort your crying baby.sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-77029402711044633672010-06-01T18:01:08.575+01:002010-06-01T18:01:08.575+01:00didn't mean to sound rude, I think your post c...didn't mean to sound rude, I think your post contains really good advice, as always! <br /><br />I was just hearing the voice of my poor friend in my head, so lost with her constantly crying baby. I wouldn't wish colic on anyone.geekymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529149669501249892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-35398384314934038872010-06-01T17:50:50.402+01:002010-06-01T17:50:50.402+01:00I would add to find someone who has a bit of paren...I would add to find someone who has a bit of parenting experience that you trust and don't be afraid to ask for advice.susie @newdaynewlessonhttp://newdaynewlesson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-85009920541146363812010-06-01T17:38:34.946+01:002010-06-01T17:38:34.946+01:00Geekymummy, I have no first-hand experience of col...Geekymummy, I have no first-hand experience of colic (thankfully) but it was never my intention to make any parent feel that they are doing something wrong if their baby cries. I would re-state that this advice is based on my personal experience. I stick by my suggestion that excessive crying probably has a medical reason - even if this reason is colic, although I accept there appears to be no cure for colic.<br />Thanks for the book recommendation.sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-49012411925355103292010-06-01T17:24:37.853+01:002010-06-01T17:24:37.853+01:00I'd add over or understimulated to 'why is...I'd add over or understimulated to 'why is the baby crying', and also just to comment that some babies really do cry a lot, even though they are fed, clean, well rested etc, despite their parents best efforts. For parents of these "colicky" babies advice like this can be very frustrating, and can lead to parents feeling pretty isolated since they are doing everything 'right' and the baby still cries all the time. I know one baby who basically had to be held for 3 months! She was only not crying when she was in someones arms, and still grew to be a delightful, adorable toddler and is now very lovely six year old. She was a very difficult baby though, nearly drove her mother insane, then at 12 weeks old she just transformed. Classic colic.<br /><br />I loved "the happiest baby on the block" book, for new baby advice.geekymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529149669501249892noreply@blogger.com