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damn heatwave!!
Whilst I'm loving the sunny weather on a personal level its causing nightmares with Grace's 'routines' (I use the term loosely!). I was just getting her to the point of going 3 hours between feeds but the last 2 days she's gone back to wanting hourly feeding again which I presume is because of the heat and that she's thirsty as she doesn't stay on the breast that long and I keep getting soaked by all the milk she's dribbling out. Also, prob linked to this, after 4 nights of just 2 feeds at 3-4 hourly intervals, last night she was up 4 times and much harder to settle. Tonight she's only just stopped crying for long enough to go in her crib but is not properly settling (usually she's asleep between 8 and 9) so I'm convinced I've got a very long night ahead.
Just hope it is the weather causing this setback and not that she's decided this is the way forward!!!
How is everyone else coping with the heat?
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Just hope it is the weather causing this setback and not that she's decided this is the way forward!!!
How is everyone else coping with the heat?
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Am not looking forward to today as it's supposed to get even hotter, poor babies.
Karen x
He was alright in the night though, fed through the evening til 9.30 then woke at 2am and 5am.
I wish my fairheaded two year old coped as well with the heat - I'm not looking forward to another tantrummy day as she gets hot and sticky!
Ruth xx
What is everyone putting their LO's in at night time? I've been putting Holly-Kate in a Romper suit (no feet and short sleeves) but then I worry that her hands and feet get to cold as the always feel like they are even though its about 24 degrees in our room. I put a thin blanket over her and tuck it in so its not loose but she always manages to kick it all off so she's just sprawled out in her basket with nothing over her- Do you think this is ok?
Also, my health visitor told me to be careful with water. If you are breastfeeding you shouldn't need to offer water until she is 6 months she won't get dehydrated. If you're formula feeding it is okay to offer 1 or 2 oz 1 or 2 times ago (This is just the advice I was given from Hv by the way)
If you think about it, formula milk is mainly water, and you do not want to fill up her tummy on water which doesn't have any nutritional benefit.
I love this heat just a shame i can't enjoy it as much as usual as I am far too worried about being out and about and not hiding in the shade at the moment!
Hope everyones babies are well and not ausing too much havoc with their constant feeding x
Then all day she was feeding on an hourly basis but only taking a couple of ozs at a time, but then at 8.30pm last night she toltally went out & slept for 8 hours, & that was in a room which had the disco on & she just slept the whole time, but from about 5am this morning she's again been up every hour. I'm loving the heat, but I wanna go & sit out in it but it's far too warm for Rhea to sit out.
Is anyone else finding their babies aren't sleeping during the day with the heat? Rhea has only slept for about 30mins since 4am this morning?
JAyne xx
Explains why they want to be held even though we are all sticky and sweaty and can't see the appeal.
That was your trivia of the day, fact-fans!
Wowser, aren't we humans clever!
Benjamin is bush-wacked by this heat. He has slept probably a bit more during the day but last night he didn't even want his evening feed - had fed at 6.45pm, then normally he goes in the bath and then has a feed before going down but he was having none of it. He just wanted bed, so he went down around 7.45pm and he didn't wake till 4am He normally goes from about 8pm - 3.30am. Then he had a good feed and went back down. At 8.30am he still hadn't stirred so I went in and woke him up as I was worried about him going for so long. xx
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