How to make a Travel cot more comfy??

I put a blanket over the matress and then covered that with a sheet. It gave it extra padding and stopped it rustling so much. I expected two weeks of terrible nights while we were away as my daughter hat slept really badly in it before but her sleep drastically improved, she started going longer at night and even slept right through for the first time in about three months. I think you can buy different travel cot mattresses on amazon which may be more comfy.

O/T advice on how to deal with MIL please

Difficult. I completely understand why you are upset. family fallouts are horrible and incredibly difficult to manage. how does your husband feel about inviting them? if he feels the same as you do then I would for down with the patents in law and make it very clear to them why you are not inviting the sister and if appropriate their involvment in it. if your husband feels differently could you bring yourself to pit up with them for his sake?

Baby pushing bottle away?

Could he be teething and it only kicks in mid morning? my daughter was generally ok at night but would have a bad time of it in the afternoon. maybe try some teething powder half an hour before feed is due to see of that helps, Ashton and pardons powder is all natural so it's not like you'd be mediating unnecessarily if it's not that. Not sure what else to suggest, sorry.

How cani heal them quickly & feed?

After a feed hand squeeze a small snout if milk out and rub it into your nipple. Let it air dry and repeat a few times to bold up several layers of milk . If you can sit without a bra or top on to let the air get to your nipples for a while whilst you do this it really helps. Breastmilk has healing properties for us too! I used to alternate between this and sathering on the lansinoh but found that the milk helped the most. As others have said you'll probably find that your nipples are in the toughening up stage. For me it really did get better at six weeks, it was like flipping a switch. Good luck!

he wont take ebm

Hi. On the recommendation of a maternity nurse i'm trying NUK bottles as the teats are supposed to be much better than others including the ttctn bottles - I have loads of these which we were dying until we hit three months and my daughter decided to stop taking a bottle! We're going for it tomorrow with me out of the house for an extended period as all gentle approaches have failed. Hope you have better luck! X

Upset and frustrated with the in laws

I can understand why you are so upset - I'd probably have lost it with them. It's not going to be an easy one to deal with if you want to avoid bad blood but you probably have to be the bigger person to do so. I'd have a word with your husband, explain to him how you felt and ask him to talk to his parents about taking a more sensible approach to the baby. If he can't or isn't willing to do this then it's down to you to have a sensible conversation with them about it. You could ignore it but chances are that you'd explode when it happened again and situations like that are hard to recover from - you might be happy never to see them again but that could lead to a whole host of problems in the future!!!
I agree with the other ladies about not going round of an evening - use your bedtime routine as your reason, it's valid, not an excuse. I'm clear about the fact that bath time and massage are wind down time and when my in laws and my family are round either they respect that or I intend to tell my FIL (it's normally him as he gets over excited) that he needs to turn the volume down and calm down - to be fair my MIL has always stepped in with that before I've had to so far!
Families are so difficult and it's really hard when you have a clear idea about what you want and what is acceptable and others differ but it's what you want and intend that is important and you need to set it out clearly now to try and avoid further problems in the future. Try the nice way first and hold back the both barrels approach for if that doesn't work!

weaning!

Thanks ladies. It's so hard and you are all right in what you are saying - you kind of know it and keep telling yourself this but it does help to hear it from others too! Thanks again! x

weaning!

So I know that the answer is probably going to be just keep at it but i'm having a bit if a nightmare with weaning my daughter. We started to introduce soilds very gradually from 5 months as she was very interested in foods and wanted to work with this rather than because I thought she really needed it. We began well and she'd open her mouth and suck food from the spoon however we've slowly gone backwards and now i'm lucky if I can get one spoon in before she clamps her mouth tightly closed and then it is impossible to get anymore into her. I've tried some finger foods which she'll sometimes have a go at but often not. I'm reluctant to totally go down the blw route as I think that it'll take her a long time to work up to getting enough and that she really does seem hungry between feeds now (she's just over six months). So if anyone has any advice orideas they would be gratefully received! X

My baby is all bunged up! Any cures?

I've used snuffle babe on covers but also have dissolved it in a bowl of water which I put near the radiator so that it humidifies the room. Also sitting with baby in a steamy bathroom really helped. Hope it gets better soon - it's horrible when they are all bunged up. x

Help! Latching on problems

We had problems latching initially and used the medela shields and they helped. We slowly managed to reduce use and eventually lost them completely after two weeks. If he is jaundice that will be making him sleepy so keep going with the formula as it will help to get it under control - my daughter also had jaundice and we had to go back into hospital for phototherapy and the midwife told me to think of it as medicine which would help her to get better and help her wake up enough to give feeding a good go. It's really hard and you will have some bad moments but you will get there! Use these boards for support - they really helped me and we're still going strong at 19 weeks!

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