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5 month old swap shop? Jen, phd, etc

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jellybelly25 · 28/09/2007 16:11

So, how was your day?

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TheJen · 28/09/2007 16:44

Pretty rough actually. Swimming tired me out (but not DS!) he's moaned (not cried) most of the day which I find more tiring than crying. It's really raining (so can't hit the streets to walk and calm him down) so have dosed him up on calpol (maybe it's teeth?!!!) and eventually he's asleep. I decided to have my first afternoon sleep in months and the phone hasn't stopped and a neighbour called over... gutter... have just made huge mug of tea and two slices of nutella on toast and counting the mins til DH home to take over. How about you? Good days? Jelly... you serious re PND?

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jellybelly25 · 28/09/2007 21:58

well i dunno. i had it last time but didn't realise till afterwards. now i am super aware of how i am feeling but bad signs for me are not sleeping, losing stuff, locking myself out, getting in a state about small things etc all of which have happened in the last week but all of which could be just tiredness

I am pretty sure that i'm ok though. england winning has cheered me up

our day was not bad dd2 v chilled this morning apart from falling asleep within an hour of waking up ?? but decided to make dd1 kickboxing lesson a total nightmare screeching all through it and spitting dummy out and writhing around on my lap etc etc i left in the end

constant moaning is v draining i agree... its like a droning in your ear all blinking day! mucho sympathy!

any of yours do seriously smelly farts?

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phdlife · 30/09/2007 20:05

hello I didn't see this on Friday, sorry!

and now I can't remember what Friday was like

today was lots more of the ear-piercing shrieks though, and a hilarious half-hour where I dangled a toy, he gasped with delight (the Most Beautiful Thing He'd Ever Seen!), took it, dropped it, then shrieked.

So I picked him up and he put his head down on my shoulder, fingers in mouth. Apparently all that shrieking and toy-dropping means, "ready for a nap now, mum".

on the other hand, we also had half an hour of him lying between us on the bed, giggling his fool head off while first dh and then I said "beep". Strange little people, aren't they?

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TheJen · 05/10/2007 22:00

Hello strangers... you still out there? Had really busy week hence the lack of time for chatting. How's things with your little darlings?

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jellybelly25 · 05/10/2007 22:35

Likewise, verry busy week! Rather spasmodic sleep, last night 8pm-5.30am, lovely, tonight already been squeaking twice since bedtime... Most nights up on and off from 4am onwards . No tooth yet.

Last week she rolled properly and sat up in teh space of two days! she sits for a couple of minutes, looks up at me and then topples over, cute!

Feeding gone a bit to cock.

How are you guys?

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jellybelly25 · 05/10/2007 22:37

Oh yeah dd has developed a love for the NZ haka, shouted loudly whilst waggling your head in her stomach

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TheJen · 08/10/2007 11:36

Phew! Very glad the weekend is over as hosted a party for 20 for a friend. Am shattered and DS also doing spasmodic sleeping. Generally managing not to BF him between 10 and 7 ish but often wakes once or twice. Trying hard not to feed him overnight as then he doesn't eat so well during the day. How you getting on with the solids? I was going to try baby led weaning since he's really not interested in the mush but not quite sure about that either.
Totally get what you mean about PND, all the signs could just be normal knackered motherhood- have just been talking to SIL about same. It's tough when you're shattered and being with them all day is enough to make you lose things and as for getting in a state- I can't really remember what it's like to not feel a bit anxious most of the time... Do you have a supportive DP? I'm forever asking mine if he thinks I'm depressed...still not sure myself but having more good days than bad at the moment and definately feel better whe DS's in a good mood so possibly it's just a reaction to being with a grizzly baby?
Still no more teeth here though... he's also sitting and looking very cute although he's started a very strange head bob- can't tell if it's a nervous twitch or a proper nod!

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jellybelly25 · 08/10/2007 21:43

That's very brave Jen... I could never do a party now!

Yeah my dp is very supportive and is also on the lookout but I do get the feeling he is scared of PND as it was a bit of a nightmare last time I was depressed. I don't think it is though, I felt so miserable today, but it was sooo obviously because we got no sleep last night.

When is your DS birthday? My dd is 29th April so 5 and a bit months, but she has been ramping up the feeds and waking more which i had put down to teeth but last night she was so blatantly hungry that I ended up feeding her at 3am, and we haven't done any night feeds for ages. So I thought f*ck it and gave her some stewed apple stuff on a spoon today (not my best effort I admit). She was ok but happier last week when she took my pear off me and sucked on it so yeah I would say BLW seems a good idea! Am gonna do a bit of both and see how we go.

Btw phd if you're out there... Ive been saying beep to dd and she loves it too

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TheJen · 09/10/2007 10:48

No sleep really does send you ever so slightly mad doesn't it?! DS's birthday is April 6th so was 6 months on Saturday... I started weaning at about 5 months with the usual mush but he hated it so I stopped and since then have let him have the odd bit of finger food. My health visitor is keen for me to get on with it so feel a bit pressured but he's only really interested in feeding himself and hates being fed and very little actually goes in and I don't really know what to give him. Have to admit I feel a bit stressed during meal time which he's bound to pick up on eh? He too woke and fed again last night, it's so hard to work out what's teeth and what's hunger isn't it? When I crack and feed him in the night I feel like an alcoholic who's caved and had a drink!!! We worked so hard to stop the night feeds it feels like ten steps back . Off to my parents today for the week so sure it will go tits up anyway!

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jellybelly25 · 25/10/2007 11:52

Sorry its been ages, how are you doing?

I am indeed going quite loopy from lack of sleep, this am at 4.30 I refused to go in there as dd was just talking to the darkness, so I lay there listening to her but of course she just got louder until she was actually crying and hungry, so I fed her, the she didnt go back to sleep so I had a strop and left dp to try to get her back to sleep, whih he did, better than i could but i am just pissed off with it now, we've had weeks of this nonsnse now and she used to be so good at sleeping!

on the other hand weaning is going well. small mercies!