Mums with SGA (small for gestational age)/ IUGR Babies

Weaning

Hey!

So my little one is 6 Months old (5 months corrected) (Due to a dip in weight gain we had been advised to start weaning early, Which he have done)
We struggled to find a high chair at home for him, but have got that sorted now and he has grown a little taller so is fitting better.

He is having 2 little meals a day and I know the health visitor is going to try up his intake if can tolerate it. We go out a lot and I'm wary about how he will fit in highchairs when out. Any ideas on what I can do so I can feed him out and about in provided high chairs? X

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We went for the ikea high chair which you can buy an inflatable cushion insert for behind it - we were advised by multiple people that this is the closest high chair to most you'll find in restaurants etc, so we plan to take the cushion insert out with us too 😊

We got the upseat for our baby! It can be put on almost any chair, so when he was little we would bring it to restaurants and ask for an extra chair for him

May I ask what weight/centile your little one is on please?
My little girl is 6 months next week. Born on 50th centile and now just below 2nd and struggling with slow weight gain.
She has suspected CMPA but our dietician advised not to wean early despite the slow weight gain.
I’ve got a cosatto highchair which seems a good fit, and was good from new born.
With my toddler I got the ikea one.. it encouraged him to sit up straight too! X

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Not sure what’s wrong- 5months

Has anyone experienced any of the below problems with their baby?
He’s always a happy baby so this is completely not him. He’s a terrible sleeper but now it’s worse, if it could.

He’s was EBF but now on formula for the last 2 weeks. 2 days in a row now he’s vomitted a lot of milk out everywhere in the evening and just before bed.
For example I was walking around the room with him around 18:45 and it just came out of no where everywhere.

He’s very miserable and takes ages to get to sleep. Crying lots.
He’s been dribbling a lot, flushed one cheek but I can’t see any teeth coming.

All night he just won’t settle in his cot. Sometimes just starts crying hysterically and I can’t settle him at all.

A very tired mama.

Any advise on what it could be?

Help

My 5 week old is always up from 1am every hour grunting and squeaking and just won’t sleep. I end up having to bring him with me and I’m worried I’m creating a rod for my own back. I’m exhausted. First half of the night he’s okish. But from 1/2 it’s absolute hell. He farts a lot then as well but I just dunno what to do. Last night was the worst it’s been.

When do I drop the dream feed?

14 weeks old currently has last awake bottle at 7pm, then is asleep by 8ish downstairs.
Carry her up and she usually stirs so ive been giving her 5oz dream feed.which she drains
Then she is up at 2-3am for another feed and goes back down till 6/7am ish.

When do I up her oz bottles throughout the day and drop the dream feed?

She currently has 5oz bottles..80% of the time drains them, sometimes only has a little snack

Side sleeping baby!

My little dude is 4.5 months old— he sleeps the best when he is on his side and when we pat his back. Whenever he shifts or moves to his back, he is much more likely to wake up (he’s already not sleeping much these days😅)

Do any of you have any suggestions for what works best for your little side sleepers to stay on their side? Or any items you use to help pat/move them overnight so you can also sleep?😅 TIA!

Naps!

My lo is 7.5 months and has recently struggled to be put in her cot for naps/sleep. She will sleep on me but as soon as I lie her down wide awake! Help!

Is there any correlation between sleeping through the night and types of feeding?

Did your baby age 0-6months sleep through the night, 6 hours or more, and how were they fed? It always see like formula fed babies sleep through the night sooner than breastfed babies.