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if you are a sky user, can you watch TV on sky player on tinternet Saz?

LOL Sazzles, that's cheered me right up!

Yank how old is he ? i am sure you have tried this, but when ds2 was little and getting used to falling asleep on his own i used to put my top that i had been wearing that day, in his cot, if he could still smell me, and he would be more settled

I've an ironing question, Vinny.

Should I get a compact ironing board, or a large one? I can't decide.

No seriously, I've become paralysed by indecision, and I want to start ironing regularly, but our current ironing board is knackered.

Controlled crying works well after six months, but the older the better, they reckon.

i would get a large one wasting, but i am not am expert on ironing boards, for years i didnt have one and ironed on my kitchen worktop, much easier now that i have a large one though

Mitts would know the answer to that, Wasting.

Er, as would Vinny . Sorry Vin!

Controlled crying is a proper technique too (I'm sure you know this already, but you might need to explain to Mr Cock) - it's not just leaving the baby to cry, it's more complicated than that.

I know things that I should not know.

Bigger ironing board = much easier to iron, but harder to store. Simples.

I did CC with dd1, properly. Worked a treat.

I did CC with both of mine, Yank. Very quickly had happier, well-rested children.

when ds2 was little i would put him in the cot, then potter about upstairs for a while, coming in and out of the room so he knew i was still close, yes he would cry at first, but he soon got used to it, not sure it counts as CC, but it worked for me

It is hard though yank, but i tried not to tip toe round ds2, he would fall asleep to lots of background noise

you are still bf right? when you go near him he can smell your milk, so will want you, maybe another reason why he wont settle, xp used to sometimes put ds2 to bed for me, and i would stay well out the way so he couldnt smell my milk, he settled eventually

none of this probably helps you, im talking shit i i know, it is the wine

It does seem rather stupid that baies are not born knowing how to go to sleep when they are tired. Maybe it's because human babies are all born too early (big brain, walking pelvis, evolution etc)

Yank - I did CC with DS and, apart from illness, teething and growth spurts, he sleeps pretty well. I couldn't do it with DD because she screamed til she was sick and I was too pfb about it all.

Thanks. I'm checking them out on the Argos site.

I always fed DS to sleep but he spontaneously started pulling away while still awake and I stick him in his cot and he goes to sleep now. This only started at about 15 months though.

Don't know how much help that is, other than that they do sleep eventually.

Think I will take my book to bed. Have a nice evening, those who haven't gone off already

Night-night.

Oops.

bof i am touched that you described me a gently refined in rl (at least i think you meant me )

Hello oneofus

Who could that be?

i have just climbed into my bed and all i can hear is my pissed neighbour next door singing oh joy.