Joel is now exactly a month old I can't believe how quickly the time has gone.
That first day he was born I thought just maybe he would be a quieter, calmer and possibly easier baby than Ollie but over the last four weeks I have learnt that's not the case. After just two days Joel showed the true him with a very shouty cry, not letting me sleep with constant feeding (every 1-2hours mostly). After 5 days he rolled from his front to back which makes us think he could reach his milestones early like Ollie did (trouble ahead) Ollie could walk at 11 months which I felt was too early.
Four weeks on it has been impossible to put him down for long periods of time in a Moses basket or chair, I've tried leaving him to cry it out in the hope he would settle himself but it doesn't seem to happen and his cry is pretty annoying as it is so loud. The best method so far has been placing him in his chair and rocking it, giving a dummy and wrapping a blanket around him but again it doesn't tend to last longer that 30 minutes.
Any advice would be much appreciated on getting newborns to settle in a Moses basket.
The last couple of days he has cried a lot more because he has a stuffy nose which is understandable but you get to a point and think what do I do to stop him and o far it's been feeding him which I thought would make it more difficult as don't babies breathe through there noses.
Last week was extremely hard leaving my little guy then I had five days off for Easter after starting back (that would be nice if that was every week), but it was filled with illness as my little man hasn't been well and I was just exhausted.
Ollie is normally very active, he doesn't stay still for a second but over those few days he wanted lots of cuddles and loved just sitting on the sofa curled up in my arms which was actually rather nice and he slept more, but it's always so worrying when they do things out of character especially not wanting to eat (he loves food) but spat everything out.
Now on my second week I'm starting to feel a little better as I don't feel as stupid as I did as I was completely lost last week I had forgotten so much but it didn't help being so tired and missing my little man.
He is also much better as the terror is back to his normal mischief which is great and just in time for his 1st Birthday on Monday.
This teething thing has gone on for months, i'm sure little man was 5 months when it first started as we had some terrible nights with him. Red cheeks, grizzily, dribbling, waking up and bad nappies but at 10 months he just got his first two bottom teeth which I was rather excited about, funny the things that excite you when you are a mummy.
The last week hasn't been great with Ollie as he has been waking up several times in the night crying but sometimes just a cuddle has helped him which has been rather nice or he has found comfort with a bottle by just sucking on the teat.
I looked this morning and I see a third tooth peeping through his top gum and a fourth may not be far behind. Poor little man.
What has excited you other mummies out there?
