Hi ladies

thankyou for all ur advice, i went to hv the next day and we had a good chat about my feeding techniques and i feel alot better now. Sophie has had 6 hrs for the last 3 nites so progress is being madexxx

Again it varies from baby to baby.  Dont think you can use bongela on babies under 2 months.  I usually use Ashton and Parsons or Boots Herbal Teething Powders, but again you would have to check with chemist as I can not remember what age is on them.

Drooling, crying, sometimes a bit of a temparature, trying to chew on hands if old enough ( my 10week old is doing this )

thats a gud idea.

silly questin but what r signs of teething?

Have you tried rubbing the dummy in breast milk first.  My Lily is a really sucky baby and although everything great now, first couple of weeks were a nightmare.

She would not take to dummy and still is not that fond of it, but if I rub some breast milk on it she takes it and more often than not settles.

Also teething, although uncommon some babies are born with teeth.  Can start anytime really although not usually so early.  You never know.

she wont take one just gags and spits it out

lol that wasnt sposed to be a winky face, was sposed to just be closed bracket ) lol

Hey im finding my baby really hard to (see thread "I hate how i feel" but one thing i couldnt live without is the dummy Does ur LO have a dummy? Could help if all she wants is comfort? My LO screams as if hes got pain in his tummy most the day but when i can get him to take it he really sucks on the dummy and it does help

hey hun, lily-faye is being EXACTLY the same!

ive fed her, changed her, cuddled her, bounced her in her bouncer etc and she is still screaming! all her baby thrush has gone so i doubt its that!

she was also like it last night and it was daddy that she wanted, not mummy   and after having cuddles with him she fell asleep around midnight nd was up again at about 5 and has been screaming ever since.

just wish they could talk so they could tell us whats wrong!

ive tryed boots and avent bottles which she loved, even went through a phase of perfering bottle to me, i started expressing for every feed.

she was screaming at 9.30 so i went i shower and left her, by the time i got out she was in a right state, i picked her and she fell straight asleep in my arms.

teething??? shes only 7.5 weeks isnt a bit early

xxxx

Which bottles do you use, I mix feed and use the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature ones and little one enjoys using them.

Or as Jsephine 90 has said it could be teething??

Dont be scared to ring your HV, they are there to help not judge.

Having little ones is hard work and there is nothing worse than not being able to pacify them as they can not tell us what is wrong?

I assume that little one is dry and fed when they are crying?  Maybe it is trapped wind and they need a tummy rub?

Or maybe it is just mummy that little one wants.  Do you put a comforter in the cot that has been near to you, eg small blanket, t-shirt so little one can still smell you even though you are not holding them?(you can buy stuff for this if it works).

yeah i think so, they look ok anyway, its like she just wants comfort all the time. She was screaming so loud a minute ago while in her mosess basket, like she was starving i've picked her up and shes fell asleep.

morning ladies

sorry to bother u but i feel i need to talk to sum1, over the week Sophie went 5 or 6 hrs at night which was fab. Last 2 nights she hasnt slept, last night felt like she was feeding,grunting and crying all night, she finally fell asleep at 5am!! for an hr and has been awake since.

I'm so tired and feel like i cant cope i dont know what to do. Shes BF only and when i expressed she loved the bottle then last week she took a sudden dislike to it and screams when i try and feed her with it even though shes hungery so my dh cant support me with the feeding.

i'm scared of ring hv in case she judges me and thinks i have pnd