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SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK PART 8 -- Pack the bags under your eyes and join us!

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 20:04

Well...I had to think of something! DH's suggestion "Eyes wide shut--the art of sleepwalking"

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Reesie · 15/11/2007 20:09

Groan - I'm sooo tired - my 10 1/2 dd is teething - 4 teeth seem to be coming out alltogether. So, she's not happy and definately not sleeping. She's now been downgraded from rubbish sleeper to appalling sleeper....

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 20:14

Are you still at work RoRo?
Thanks for your supportive post and Amber. I need to hear soothing, reassuring words occasionally and my DH is rubbish at that sort of thing!!

Hello Reesie. Teething seems to be a theme around these parts you have my sympathies!

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Tamdin · 15/11/2007 20:17

reposting for anyone who is interested

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Tamdin · 15/11/2007 20:19

welcome reesie. teeth are a major culprit on here so you're in good company!

CM coincidentally the article i posted is about brest feeding so it may make you feel more at ease....I hope

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 20:22

Thankyou Tamdin. Not sure I'll make it to 4 years, but it was encouraging to read. I guess I should try and relax more and let things take their natural course!!

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MegBusset · 15/11/2007 20:28

Has anyone else clicked on the advertising link above this thread, to the Philips Avent advertorial? Just made me raise an eyebrow as I think she is essentially promoting some form of cc... and says you should introduce a routine in the first month or two!

Also says to start weaning with baby rice... do people still do that?

Is it just me or is all this advice a bit, erm, one-sided? Perhaps I am taking it too seriously...

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 20:44

Reesie! Sorry about that, my DS getting all four of the top teeth at once, too! It's mad. Just mad!

I am working from home CM...more soothing, supportive words! You're great! You're super-mum! You're doing such a good job. You've got THREE kids for crying out loud! I am completely in awe of you.

Okay, you didn't ask for a cheerleader. Sorry...

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Tamdin · 15/11/2007 20:46

funnily enough meg i did and thought it sounded like all the usual leave to settle alone/return if upset type info which i guess is the norm. I could never have listened to ds cry and not responded so it was never an option for us.

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 20:49

Don't stop on my account RoRo. I rather like having my very own bona fide LA cheerleader!

For the record I am in awe of you working the hours you do with a baby and no sleep. So heres some cheers right back at you! You are a super mom, a star, Give me an R, Give me an O, Give me an R, Give me an O. Go RoRO!

Please excuse me I've just eaten chocolate and I think I might be having a sugar rush!!!

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 20:55

Oooh, chocolate....

[shuffles into the kitchen for a bowl of Choco Pops]

Thanks, CM!

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 20:59

Enjoy RoRo.

I am thinking about going to bed soon, which probably means brousing on MN for another hour!

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karen999 · 15/11/2007 21:02

I started weaning my baby on baby rice. I did this also for my fisrt daughter (now 8)

I know loads of people who have done/do this.

My dd loved it (and still does) She is 8 months old now.

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MegBusset · 15/11/2007 21:06

Oh, it's not like I have a vendetta against baby rice, if that's what people want to do!

It's just that the promotion implies that you have to start with baby rice, when really you don't.

In the same way it says you have to not stay with your baby while they fall asleep.

I'm pretty sure the whole MN ethos is 'whatever works for your family', not 'THIS is the way you must do it', which I thought that advertorial smacked of a little.

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 21:07

CM, anything good going on out there in mn? I hardly ever look around. Trying to avoid work, obviously...

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 21:12

Not much tonight RoRo. Looks like I might have to hit the sack after all.

I visited LA about 10 yrs ago BTW and loved it. When I was 3 - 6 yrs my family lived in Tuscon, Arizona where I went to Kindergarten. Don't remember much apart from the great weather and having opur own pool.

When the DCs are bigger I want to go back as we still have lots of friends over there.

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 21:13

Mine never liked baby rice Meg. So I started both of them on pear. They are total fruit freaks even now.

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karen999 · 15/11/2007 21:14

I think the advice to start with baby rice is because it is one of the easiest things to start with. I realise that you do not have to start with this. I found that it worked for both my dd's and you are right - "whatever works for you" is the best way to approach most things!!! Sorry MegBusset - was not having a go. Was just trying to post quickly whilst watching TV!

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MegBusset · 15/11/2007 21:17

CM, my DS can be a picky bugger about food, but no matter what, I know he will grow up eating fruit, toast and cheese -- the three things that never fail

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 21:18

I miss the weather, CM. I really miss the sunshine. What were your family doing in Tuscon? I've never had my own pool

Lordy, I am so tired. I think I might be hitting the sack myself. Haven't really accomplished much work-wise, but hopefully tomorrow will be a v. productive (which sadly means v. little mn ) day.

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 21:22

Yes mine love cheese aswell. We were a bit worried that DD might have a dairy allergy as she has eczema, but thankfully the test was negative, because she eats cheese everyday!!

Karen its true baby rice is easy, but sadly mine just didn't like it. I still remember peeling, chopping and steaming tons of pear to produce a meagre amount of puree. With DD I cheated and bought the organic fruit puree pots.

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bambi06 · 15/11/2007 21:23

has anyone gone hyper through lack of sleep? i seem to be surviving on zero sleep..10 week old changed sleeping habits to every 1 1/2- 2hrs every night..aaagh!! but i cant seem to relax in the eve now and have gone past the point of sleep .i feel as though ive drunk 10 cups of coffee..and no i havent i only drink decaf tea!!

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MegBusset · 15/11/2007 21:24

Oh yeah, although I make the rest of DS' stuff from fresh, life is definitely too short to puree an apple.

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MegBusset · 15/11/2007 21:25

X-posted Bambi -- that sounds tough. Have you tried a bath and/or large glass of vino?

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charliemama · 15/11/2007 21:25

x posted RoRo. This really is my last post before I go to bed. My Dad is a university lecturer and he worked at the university over there (he lectures in old English ). I think he would have liked to have stayed but my mum missed home. Our pool wasn't a posh sunk in one. It was a metal out of the ground thing. But I did learn to swim in it.

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RoRoMommy · 15/11/2007 21:27

Bambi that sounds awful! It's definitely not easy for me to get to sleep in the night after DS has required some kind of settling, but I haven't had a hyper-phase. God, I kind of wish I had. I feel like I am going to keel over most of the time!

What about chamomile tea? It makes me tired just thinking of the stuff.

CM, Meg, Tam, everyone, night night.

OH! P.S., DS watching in the night garden for like a full five minutes. He never sits still that long. EVER. DH thought it was amazing.

What is up with that show???

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