Are grandmothers allowed onboard please?
I have the most gorgeous 3 month old first grand-daughter to brag about!

As a first time nanny she just melts my heart!

welcome maidofhonour, course you can join, have fun and brag to your hearts content :wave:
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Thanks for the welcome!

Can I ask my first question then too?
My daughter keeps asking me for advice but over the years (3 children and a max 20 yrs later) things have changed so much!
My grand-daughter is 3 months old and is already draining a 7 oz bottle and crying for more but if we give her more she tends more often than not to bring it back up. She is already on Cow&Gate Plus (the blue box).

When my children were younger babies were weaned at 3 months but now its recommended that you don't wean till 4 months. What do people think please?

My son was weaned at three months and he was fine.

My other half just suggested putting the milk to 9 oz and if she brings it back then at least she`ll get 8 oz into her.

Shes much younger than i am and has modern ideas though but my son was weaning by three months.

my 3 month sprog takes about 7oz at a feed, then screams when it's gone...that is, until we can coax a massive burp out of her, then she's really happy. :shocked:

We tried the give her 8oz and then if she brings back the other oz then what the heck but more often than not 3 hours later, maybe sooner, she's screaming for more milk as if the 70z she did have wasnt enough. We tried topping her up in between but then she just seemed that she permantely had a bottle in her mouth. She also suffers, bless, with awful windy tums so feeding her all the time just doesn't help.
Before we feed her we are checking for all the other signs for being upset, ie leaking child, windy tums, just wants to play but nothing until we put a bottle to her mouth. Oh the joys of motherhood and being a granny!:hihi:

Can Grandparents join?

Only if you've had kids yourselves. :hihi: :hihi:

Grandparents can indeed join if they are accompanied by one or both of their grandparents.

Grandparents can indeed join if they are accompanied by one or both of their grandparents.



now THAT is a truly scary thought.:shocked:

now THAT is a truly scary thought.:shocked:
Well it COULD happen :D

Hiya Maidofhonour, welcome!

Firstly, I've got a 3 month old little boy and it was 23 years since I had my daughter so I know exactly what you mean when you say things have changed! All the midwifes etc said "oh as this is your second you'll know all about it" but if feels as if i've forgotton everything.

Anyway i'm sure your granddaughter is totally wondeful. As she's also 3 months old, I ca tell you a bit about what i've been doing and been told. Baby Liam is breast-fed for the most part but also has formula feed (4oz). He usually goes around 2 hours between feeds and this varies between 2-3 hours at night. So your granddaughter going 3 hours isn't too bad. Sometimes I feed Liam myself then half an hour later he has a full 4oz bottle. He also gets bad wind from time to time, I've got some infacol and that seems to do the trick, only had to use it a few times.

As for weaning, the current advice is to wait until 6 months, though some little one's will dictate if they need it before then. I heard a Health Visitor say today to someone to wait until 5 months and then if she had to wean her little one it couldn't be helped... :P

Hey everyone, guess what?
I can be accompanied by one of my grandparents to the group ... teehee ... My gran was 91 years old earlier this month, God Bless her. We now can boast 5 generations of our family. My grand-daughter 3 months, my daughter 20 years, me 40 years, my dad 69 years and my gran 91 years. I can tell you it makes one hell of a family photo!

Thanks to everyone for their comments. My daughter is hearing so many different pieces of information that she doesn't know which way to turn. However the concensus seems to be from 4 months old, although one midwife she spoke to did say the longer the better, but in the next breath was saying but you go by your instinct based on how baby performs, performs didn't know at 3 months they were into acting! ... lol...

Hey everyone, guess what?
I can be accompanied by one of my grandparents to the group ... teehee ... My gran was 91 years old earlier this month, God Bless her. We now can boast 5 generations of our family. My grand-daughter 3 months, my daughter 20 years, me 40 years, my dad 69 years and my gran 91 years. I can tell you it makes one hell of a family photo!

Thanks to everyone for their comments. My daughter is hearing so many different pieces of information that she doesn't know which way to turn. However the concensus seems to be from 4 months old, although one midwife she spoke to did say the longer the better, but in the next breath was saying but you go by your instinct based on how baby performs, performs didn't know at 3 months they were into acting! ... lol...
Hi, my first baby(now 10 years) was draining a 7 0z bottle at 6 weeks and then screaming for more and my doctor advised me to give him a teaspoon of baby rice with one of his feeds (i choose the early evening one) and it worked wonders. I did mention to the doctor that my health visitor wouldn't be very happy and the Dr. said don't tell her!! She said that she'd given both her children baby rice at 6/7 weeks and they'd never looked back!! Anyway it worked and he was much calmer and more content and he was absolutely fine.

Hi, my first baby(now 10 years) was draining a 7 0z bottle at 6 weeks and then screaming for more and my doctor advised me to give him a teaspoon of baby rice with one of his feeds (i choose the early evening one) and it worked wonders. I did mention to the doctor that my health visitor wouldn't be very happy and the Dr. said don't tell her!! She said that she'd given both her children baby rice at 6/7 weeks and they'd never looked back!! Anyway it worked and he was much calmer and more content and he was absolutely fine.

however, the current research indicates taht a baby's digestive system isn't ready for food until after 4 months. i'm sure many babies in the past have had food earlier than 4 months and have been fine, but it certainly isn't currently recommended - it's thought to increase the baby's chance of food intolerance, asthma and ability to fight infection. on the whole, health visitors know more about babies and current baby research than GPs (jack of all trades sort of people). It could just be possible that the baby is either hungry for more milk, windy (ours screams after feeds until she's burped or farted - i guess both relieve pressure) or just likes having something in its mouth - does the baby suck her thumb or have a dummy? ours also hates being laid down flat too soon after feeding - she likes to sit up to digest.

We tried the give her 8oz and then if she brings back the other oz then what the heck but more often than not 3 hours later, maybe sooner, she's screaming for more milk as if the 70z she did have wasnt enough. We tried topping her up in between but then she just seemed that she permantely had a bottle in her mouth. She also suffers, bless, with awful windy tums so feeding her all the time just doesn't help.
Before we feed her we are checking for all the other signs for being upset, ie leaking child, windy tums, just wants to play but nothing until we put a bottle to her mouth. Oh the joys of motherhood and being a granny!:hihi:


besides, nowt wrong with the baby wanting to feed every 3 hours, as long as she isn't going wildy over her recommended amount for the day - ignore what it says on teh formula box, i think she's meant to get 150ml milk per kilo (or 70mls per lb) of bodyweight. maybe feeding her all the time would help with a windy tum - crying can make them more windy as they swallow extra air, so if your daughter fed her before she cries she might not be so burpy.

one last question - probably stupid to ask, but she does add the powder to the water when she makes the formula up, doesn't she? otherwise the formula might be too concentrated, in which case it might be giving the babby an upset tummy.

Hi there, again thank you for everyone's comments.
We were working it out the other day re what she is having and I think its way too much, but its difficult to tell as if you do give her extra then she, more often than not, brings it back up and then is hungry again later. Its as if it just isnt satisfying her.
My daughter is a stickler for winding her too and wont let her off her knee until we've had something from one end or the other! We've tried infacol and gripe water too to help with the wind and bought the 'wont drop no names here' famous medical persons bottles. They have helped with the colic but not with the feeding.
Oh well, onwards and upwards!

oops forgot to add, yes she adds the powder to the water!:)

When she's adding the powder to the water, does she then shake the bottle like mad to mix it up? All this will do is add air bubbles (the frothy stuff in the bottle) which she will be then feeding to your grand daughter.

The trick we find which really worked, is to add the powder and swill the bottle round in a centrifugal motion. (Hope you know what I mean). We've had 1 night of bad colic with each of our 2 kids using this method, and the second one, Faye, now 8 months, knocks out some mean burps in no time!!!

Cheers

Jim:thumbsup:

She stirs the formula, kind of like what you are suggesting with the centrifugal motion. The bottles she uses suggests not to shake the bottles as this increases the amount of air bubbles in the bottle.

Will she take boiled water? This may satisfy the urge to feed but not make her sick. All babies are different, and I cant understand how suddenly we cant give them solids at 3 months when we have been doing it for years without any apparent ill effects! Hope you manage to get her settled betwen you. Oh & welcome to the forum!

She will take boiled water, grundgingly tho!
Since my last post she seems a little more settled, and she's gaining weigh which is the main thing.
Thanks for everyone's help
What a great bunch!:thumbsup: