Hi
Is anyone elses babies getting restless in the heat? Poor Jack has been so tired this last week hes been in bed earlier than normal and just gets ratty about 5-6pm. Bless him he is asleep in his chair now in just a vest xx

Gracie's not been too bad...she's prob sleeping just the same but one thing i have noticed is that she's not fussed for a full 7oz feed, has about 4oz. Guzzles her mush down tho so not off that! If she's not had a sleep b4 tea she cries when having her mush then has to sleep b4 bedtime. Otherwise she stays up till bedtime relatively fuss-free.
Btw, love the new pic, he looks to have a lot of hair!
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Bryn's hates this heat but then so do I... he isn't taking a full 7oz either, normally leaves about 2-3oz... I haven't started to wean him yet though (is he the only dec baby not on grub??)
Jack looks so cute in your new pic x

Thanks he has got a lot of sticky up hair. Hes also off his milk but not his mush. He had 3xspoonfeeds today brekie,lunch and tea xx

Fin hasn't been too bad, guzzling lots of water from beaker though, can't seem to cool his room down - it seems to be hottest room in house so tonight just put him short sleeved body suit and bag see how he is...
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ryan is doin ok ish but has a horrible blocked nose.. hayfever i think
i have put him in just a vest to sleep. he has had lots of water as seems off his milk and food. not offering food unless has milk as dont want him to fill up on his mush if he not having all his milk

have put fan on landing and ryan is in our room in travel cot as his room is 26c according to his monitor

anyone any tips for a blocked nose? he was so upset he couldnt have his dummy as he couldnt breathe with it in so he screamed himself to sleep

Coles not liking the heat so much, he's not always fussed about having milk and he's scratching his tummy so its either the rash or eczema bothering him..have to keep a vest on him! He was quite happy in my parents garden under the gazebo later htis afternoon though.

He's upstairs asleep in a vest and babygrow with all the windows open and the fan on and its hot in his room!! Just bought 2 for £20 1 tog sleeping bags off ebay though

Holly - have you tried saline drops for the nose?

I'm trying to get Cole used to water but he's not really impressed.. the faces he pulls are funny but i think i'm gonna have to try putting a bit of juice in so he will drink it

Holly - Fin had lots of blocked noses a while ago... but something under head end of cot, i used next cats and argos etc... so he's on a slant this helps a lot! also snuffel rub for babies - like vick either on his chest before bed or rub it on bib or something and place top of cot or somewhere close by that he can't reach.. i resorted to putting adult vick in bowl of boiling water in his room aswell! fresh air usually helps so would have said open window a bit but if it's hayfever this could make it worse!!! i tried drops but he hated them as well as the syringe thing that quite litrally sucks snot out of nose... i got a bit addicted to doing this... poor fin!!!
anyway hope he's not suffering too much and it will pass in few days when weather changes!

Kia - the water thing Fin has pulled some funny faces and it all ended up down him not in mouth but just kept giving it too him even if he ended up wet, monday he seemed to master it as i think he was sooo thirsty he glugged it down, i had to help tip it up as he holds it but nothing coes out! i was going to try juice but now he seems ok with water going to stick with it!

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What type of cup do you give fin? I've tried 3 different ones and he doesnt seem to get much out of any.

it's the tommee tipee 4months+ one its small so not too big and heavy has two handels... it doesn't really leak (a trickle sometimes) but he seems to get it out... it has taken from week 16 and he's 22 now to get him used to it!
wait until you know he'd be thirst - when your out and about then just tip it slightly in his mouth don't worry bout him holding it yet, only let it sort of drip then he'll get used to it and then let him try a bit more... it will end up down him but its only water eventually you'll see him sctually swallow it rather than it just wetting there lips! he'll get it eventually, at least if he has a dry mouth he can just dampen his lips!

don't know if i should have but today i was eating grapes and i put a cold one on fins gums to stuck as he was sooo hot and then i bit then end off so there was a bit of juice, he sucked it bless him and seemed to like it... then he just had it on his gums i was holding it the whole time!
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Rhys has been really grumpy last few days and his poor eyes are irritating him so much.

Rhys loves drinking out of his cup and even tries holding it now too. I was eating some watermelon today and Rhys had a good suck on that. He loved it ha ha

Hi Emalenna - Charlotte's not on solids yet either (coming up to 5 months on Friday). The hv said we could try her on some baby rice because she hasn't been as keen on her daytime feeds (breast feeds) recently but she isn't showing any other signs of being hungry so I'm going to hold off for a bit. She's still gaining weight and is around the 95th percentile for weight and 99th for height so there's definitely no worry that she isn't getting enough!

Sam is really grouchy in the heat. I have just had him in a vest over the last couple of days. He doesn't seem off his food though. He is napping more during the day but only for 30 mins at a time.

Holly - have you tried baby olbas? I found that brilliant along with lifting the cot legs like Charlotte suggested.

i put vicks under his bed in a bowl and used the baby olbas. he has only been awake for two hours today and is still asleep. must be feeling rotten.

will keep him inside today as not sure whether it might be abit of hayfever too..? anyone elses lo's a bit snuffly?

am keeping him in a vest too esp at night he is so sweaty glad to see others are doing similar things to me

rhys is extremely snuffly having to keep him indoors with windows shut as much as possible. not good for me I want to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.

The only way Rhys will settle today is in his swing. Poor thing just in his vest but he's so hot and sweaty. Thinking of investing in a fan to keep house cool cause it's like a furness. feels like the heating is on constantly.