Hello all. I have been lurking for ages thanks to horrendous nights. Three hours per night has been a good night but two of the last three nights have not been bad at all, despite resorting to cosleeping, so vague humanness is back on the horizon.
Gosh we are getting old! Weaning and teeth! No teeth here yet but six weeks into weaning and Kid has finally realised that he can pick up his own food and put it in his mouth. If he can't get it there however, he just squishes it all over his hand and licks it off! He is also determined to spoon feed himself so there are some interesting moments as we co-manoeuvre various purees into his mouth via something resembling a mutant face pack.
mrsn hooray for first tooth! Such a milestone.
at all the photos! I should do something about ours soon, before they just become a large mess and I forget when and where we took them! We do use them as a screen saver on Apple TV, amazing to see Kid as a 3lb 4oz newborn alongside his current 17lb self!
Brain are things better with DP? Night times are a magnifying glass for relationships I often feel, including with baby! I hope you are getting more sleep.
Susie how are those early mornings going? We still awaken at 4-5 am and start the day. Though this morning he went back to sleep at 7:30 so I did too - until the delivery man woke me up.
Marbles are your two still tag teaming to not allow you sleep? Or is the illness subsiding? I send you many wishes for big wodges of unbroken sleep.
minipop lovely to hear from you. Sorry to hear that sleep is not so good at the moment, do pop in again with your cake !
Amey saw your aibu thread, was at how rude people are over there. Thought it kind of won your argument for you really - we have p&c spaces because people are incapable of being considerate these days without being made to be!
Heff ouch, good luck at the dentist tomorrow! Def worse than buggyfit We won't be doing it either, see below for saga of Kid's lurgy... How is your DSis, has she gone off to rehab? Will you visit?
Sorry to hear about bad nights... Hope babylump didn't pick up any bad habits off Kid
funch your day looking after babyfunch sounds great! Have to say, DH looked after Kid from 5:30 until 12 on Saturday morning and was absolutely knackered by the end. I was just a little smug thinking that I do that every day, plus the rest of the afternoon! Ps where is Mr Funch?...
Larle families are funny things aren't they, even when it comes to babies. I do hope you get it all sorted out so your relatives can enjoy the wonderful early times with the baby.
Good to hear too that baby larle is ok again after the nappy scare.
Chilli hope the good nights are continuing! Any more lamingtons on the horizon?... Afgan biscuits?
Stitch I sympathise on the sleepwalking feeling. How are you feeling now, any better? I hope you at least got to enjoy the sunshine today.
Small it's nice to see you again but tell baby small that the next visit you make to us should be to tell us what life is like as a graduate of the thread!
Panzee hello and a very belated welcome, hope everything is settling in well and that you are enjoying your lovely squidgy LO.
Pink how fab with the lambs! I second the request for pics. Homesick NZer here you realise, I have to get my fix of lambs somehow!
noroom thank you for the thread idea! What a sanity saver everyone here has been. what did our mums do before the Internet, my mind refuses to contemplate such horror
So unfortunately Kid has been really unwell for a little while, hence the bad nights I guess. His eczema is driving him nuts (Aveeno lotion on the way finally though, stitch ) and he has had D&V pretty thoroughly. Also wheezy and really stuffed up at night poor thing. All a bit of a worry, especially a whole week of diarrhoea. we have an appointment tomorrow (though not with Kid's lovely paediatrician) so will see what happens there. I had to cancel a KIT day on Monday as couldn't leave him with childminder. It was supposed to be his trial day. Oh well. He still seems pretty happy during the day, and is full on practising rocking on all fours prior to crawling. Also loves standing up! So plenty of energy there I think!
Right I will shut up now hello to anyone I have missed and sleepy dust for all.
Oh, yes please to cake and I offer white chocolate and peanut butter cookies.