General Chat

Hi Debbie, how did it go last nite? did the phenegan do any good? Thanks for replying Clare, wend x

It's amazing what a parent will put up with isn't it? I do hope that your partners are helping out and taking their fair share too. I have little to add to what's been said already except that it seems to me that you really have to start from day one when you get home from the delivery. Routine was unfashionable for years but most babies need to feel warm and secure, and a routine is a part of that. This problem may be a result of our modern life with both parents working to support a huge mortgage. We have friends who keep their babies up in the evening because that is the only time they see them. Or worse - they put them to bed early then, when they wake at 10-o-clock get them up and play with them. You can't blame them but they are making, as they say, a rod for their own backs. My advice then for new parents is that you should delay going back to work as long as you possibly can and get them into a routine that's good for them even if it's doesn't fit your lifestyle at the time. I don't envy young parents at all. I thought it was hard when I did it but it's much worse now.

Debbie My grandmother who had 13 (how did they cope) Said she used to turn the cot so the baby was facing the moon. She reckoned it worked everytime. Be very very careful using Phenergan speak to you Doctor or Pharmacist first. I seem to remember a few years back that sedatives used for infants were linked to cot deaths don't know if it was substaniated but beware. Good Luck Pat

Hi Debbie, Can sympathise with you. My youngest son is 17 months old and wakes up 2-3 times a night still. My daughter who is 6 woke up at least 5 times when she was a baby and then didn't sleep through the night until about 3 yrs! I think I was lucky with my middle son he slept through the night from birth. All I can say is they will grow out of it. Zoe