Hi ladies im a new mummy with my nearly 4 month little girl but i was wondering if i could get some advise as im trying to get her into a routine with getting up at 9 and going to bed at 7 but im not sure on her naps in between? Some days i think shes sleeping too much during the day and when it comes to 7 shes not tired.

Also ive noticed that her gums are getting really hard and i can see her teeth under her gums but they arent popping through yet but i was wondering when everyones little one started teething? She drooling heaps and forever biting something mostly her hands or my fingers. Shes also had a few nights and days where we cant seem to settle her and she looks like shes in pain.

I cant seem to keep her up longer than 2 hours cos then shes just crabby

My little man was one last friday and he naps from 11-1 , then again at 3-4 and the sleeps right through from 7pm-8am.
Different babies need different amounts of sleep, she will come into her own eventually.
She's still only very young hun, if I were you i'd just let her get on with it, you'll be begging for naps when she stops having them!!!
Maybe make her a bedtime routine so she knows that its coming to bedtime ie, dinner, bath, book, bottle, bed - then she'll get into knowing that once the dinners given the baths coming and the routine will follow xx

At the moment when she goes to bed at 7 she gets up at midnite or round about then and then thats her till about 9 ish sometimes it earlier.

are u breat feeding or bottle feeding hun? And they gums sound normal hun, mine started cutting teeth at about 5 months. Not alot u can do really, just give her something cold to chew on and like mrs clarke said, ashton and parsons is good x

Sbride - Im breastfeeding her and shes been feeding so well since the day she was born but now i feel like shes hurting me with her gums. Im going to a baby massage class on friday so going to see what my health visitor says.

Ive tried to get the ashton and parsons stuff from the chemist but everywhere is sold out. The say there is a supply problem with it at the mo so we have some teething granules instead and we have teething rings in the fridge for her.

My lil girl showed teething signs from 3months but her 1st 2 teeth only just came up b4 Xmas n she was 10mths then.

my baby girl is 7 months and will go down about 7.30 and wake up about 7. she has a nap around 11 but not for long 30 mins at the most. her teeth are pushing through and its hard work but it wont be forever and they will settle down eventually. xx

maybe you could switch to a bottle hun see how she gets on xx

lol why not?have i upset someone x

it was only a suggestion i didnt breast feed my son and he is fit and healthy,the first bits of breast milk are supposed to be the best,but yes i agree if its going well why stop,she will still have had 4 months of the goodness of her milk so she not going to be depriving her she had the best at the start,they dont push now anyway to breast feed but it wasnt for me x

my 4month old is showing signs of teething as well, he's also showed signs of more hunger so i've started him on small amounts of solids at about 4pm followed by a bath at 6 and he's then asleep at 7.30ish till about 6/7am if he wakes in the night qucik feed on breast and straight back to bed........ dont worry too much hon as someone said earlier each child is different and there is no right or wrong way........ i used cold carrots for my daughter and she loved it have given it to my son and it calmed him lovely just make sure it is a nice big stick as they cant bite it they cant choke but do not leave then alone just encase

good luck

well thats just my opinion the first few months are the best your not depriving your child my son didnt get breast fed and he is fine and im sure there are other mums out there that agree

Hi Clarabella. I'm a breastfeeding peer supporter and if one of the mums in my area asked the same i would say that 4 months is still young to sleep through and even though we wouldnt think it sleeping for 5 hours solidly is classed as sleeping through according to many health professionals. Babies can start teething from about 4 months but some dont get any teeth until 7 months or even later (though some babies are born with teeth) Like mentioned in previous post ashton and parsons powders are good, ive used them with both my boys alongside teething gel.
Changing to formula isnt a surefire way of helping a baby to sleep through. With many children it actually makes sleeping worse, being used to breastmilk and the way it is made for baby then having to digest something completely different, it can upset tummy and sleeping will get worse.
If she is teething it's likely she's using you to massage her gums, if it's causing you to be sore you could take her off when she does it as she's not actively feeding and put her back on if she fusses for milk. Have you a breastfeeding support group in your area, or you could call la leche league or the nct for advice on positions and techniques for feeding a teething baby.
Breastfeeding supporter head off and mummy head on..... I used the no cry sleep solution to try and get mine into a routine, i didnt follow it strictly but picked the bits i liked and it is breastfeeding friendly. Though at 4 months i just went with the flow, i co-slept with my son in his cot (set up as sidecar to bed) which made night feeds easier. Through the day i let him sleep when he wanted, if i tried to limit it sometimes he was too tired to sleep at bedtime.

I express milk so h2b can feed her a night and whenever we're out if ive managed to express enough but i dont want to give up but i also agree that health proffesionals should back off mothers. Its our decision if we want to breast feed our childen or not. I get it that they need to promote it more than formula but i had a lady at one of my parenting classes while i wsa pregnant and she wasnt keen to breastfeed but the midwife made her feel guilty for not wanting to which i thougth was completly wrong!!!!

Everyone ive said to that ive thought shes teething has just dismissed me and doesnt believe me. As of tonight shes now pulling on her ear which shes never done before.

Whats the no cry sleep solution?

well said pennieb, when mia was born i tried to breastfeed her and was in so much pain as she fed constantly and she would scream all the time, all the midwives pushed me to carry on even though i wanted to give her a bottle. when we came home she would just cry constantly so in the end we gave her a bottle. when she was weighed she had gone from 7lb 11oz down to 6lb 13oz because i'd had a heamorrage there was nothing in my milk and was advised by hv that i should never have been advised to breastfeed her. now on formula she is thriving, follow ur mummy instinct x

I dont think people should be pressured into breast feeding coz sometimes it just doesnt happen or sometimes the mum just dont like the thought of it, everyone has the choise as thats their right. I just think if breast feeding is going well then why stop coz its not only better for baby but it also has so many benefits for mum, ie lowers the risk of getting womens cancers, helps with weight loss. Def try giving baby some solids like baby rice, that may help her sleep longer.

i used to use ambesol liquid for my son and i swear by it it was amazing for his teething!!!

I tried ambesol and dentinox with my 3 and I guess it gave them a little reliief. The best thing I used was teething rings in the fridge so it was nice and cold on their hard gums, night time was calpol. xx

Its not like im gonna leave her alone while she sucks on the carrot stick and id make sure it was big enough so she couldnt choak on it

just got back from baby clinic and hv told me to give mia cold carrot sticks to help with her teething xx

hello all
i havent become a mum (recently) but i have become an auntie/mum i gained custody of my nephew last week he is 5 and has a rather bad start to life his mum (no relation to me) and her partner (not my brother) abused him for about 1yr after she disappeared from us with him. he was in my brothers care from sept 2008 til last week but his new girl (evil B***h) locked him in his bedroom my nephew told my mum and she called social services so now he is will me until may at least.

anyways i'm finding it so hard having a little one lol my daughter is almost 11 and we have my h2b's children of a week one is 13 and the other 4 and thats gr8 i think its coz i dont have to work of a week so its not such a rush etc.. but he is very happy he has told my mum and his social worker which pleases me no end :0) he is struggling with his schooling as he has a mind of about a 4yr old and he is 6 next week he is behind on his reading so we are doing reading each night now and he is very picky over food but is slowly getting better

my reason for telling you all this is coz i need some ideas on reading writing and maths and also some creative ideas for food?!?!
thanks for reading and i cant wait to hear your ideas xx

i have bought flash cards thanks clarabella
i've been and spoke to my local health trainer and dietician at work and also the health visitor they gave me a few ideas so i'll see how i go i guess xx

hi hun my little one had a tooth thro about 4-5 months old. dentinox teething gel helped her. as for a routine she gets up between 8am-9am has a nap at 11ish has dinner between 12-1pm has another nap about 3ish and has tea between 5-6pm then has her last bottle about 730pm then off to bed at 8ish. it took us awhile to get her ito her routine and it took me awhile to figure one out that worked for her. she only sleeps for about an 30mins to an hour on her naps but she does sleep thro. she is one now and gettin her to sleep on a nite is a challenge as she doesnt like been left o her own but i think we have figured that out now.

every child is different and u will soon find a routine that will work for ur little one. hope this helps xx

thanks sbride thats a gr8 idea xx