Sleep is for the Weak Reunited

[gingerninja]

As we're officially not the weakest of other posters on the sleep boards anymore, it's time to move on. So, here is the new home for those of us that have been on SIFTW so long we can't bear to leave and who finally, can think about other stuff to talk about.

So my SIFTW sisters, this is where the kettle is always on and we can talk freely about sleep, no sleep or anything that takes our fancy.

meg, i can only sympathise with you. its hard going when they revert back to old patterns. i had a bit of an omg moment last mon when dd was horrendous in town. i just thought, how am i going to cope with a baby in tow as well
dd has been sleeping with us again most nights, despite beimg on a mattress right next to our bed. poor dp ended up in her bed the other night. i wonder if its some developmental thing????.....who knows!!
anyway, i hope your ds settles down soon meg, i cant believe its 12 wks to go,wow.
we had our 20wk scan on fri, all fine, and it looks like we're having a boy!!! i had a great time yesterday sorting through all the baby clothes, putting the pink stuff away and searching through ds' baby clothes from 14yrs ago!!! made me feel very nostalgic, although he wasnt impressed with my cries of, 'i remember you wearing this, you looked SOOOO cute'!!!!!
i hope everyone else is well and ep and her boys are doing ok, as well as ginger as she nears to d day......

Hello you lovely ladies, all well here. I am soooo uncomfortably fat now part of me just wishes it over and part of me is petrified at the thought!

I'm planning a home birth this time around, partly cos I've no idea what to do with DD when the time comes. Hopefully it'll be straight forward.

This pregnancy hasn't been that much fun. I have had absolutely hideous heartburn. Didn't have it with DD and it's horrid, I've also got really uncomfortable veins in my legs and groin. The ones in the groin are really giving me a lot of pain especially when I stand up for too long. That, and pelvic pain and I feel like an old woman. I can't lift DD anymore because she's just too heavy. I am just not the kind of person that sits around and does nothing so I'm finding it very frustrating.

Oh yes, I nearly broke my neck in all the snow today which on the footpaths has turned to a sheet of ice. Obviously it's only important to grit the roads and stuff the pedestrians. What a grump eh? Only 6 weeks now then I'll be complaining about lack of sleep again. Is it the same kind of shock second time around EP?

hi everyone, it's amberjee here - sorry i've been away for so long. been like a roller coaster ride for a bit, but everything is calm calm calm for the moment!

anyway, last year when i had a positive pregnancy test, i think it ended pretty early, it was just like a chemical pregnancy thing i suppose, and then after that it took a gruelling 6 months to get pg again! so here i am throwing my guts up at every opportunity, but trying to look on the bright side.

looks like EP has had number 2 - congrats! i will try to catch up on all the other news. congrats tibs - when will you be due? and meg, 12 weeks to go - woo hoo.

my great wonderous ds sleeps 8-7.30 every night. Bliss!!

ginger, hope all goes well for home birth, i'll be planning one too again hopefullyu.

(amber) audrey my love, great to hear from you!!!
sorry things have been so up and down for you, but for your news and a huge yay for your sleeping boy.
i'm due on june 13th, a little boy!! cant wait to meet him....

ginger, my sympathies, i cant believe how big i am already, its so uncomfortable isnt it for us littleys. still, not long for you now!! good luck with the home birth, i had ds in hospital and dd at home and all being well, hoping to do it at home again this time. it was such a lovely experience and i felt so much more relaxed being in my own space. you'll be fine lovely. my dp enjoyed it too, the only thing was, when he was waiting for them to do all their checks after the birth, he just wanted them to leave, despite being grateful, he just wanted to have our house back and to get to know our daughter!!

hello to everyone else, hope all are well

hi tibs, i bet you're just looking lusciously pregnant

how exciting, a little boy! i just met one of the home birth midwives this morning and she was so lovely, it made me feel really excited about the prospect again.

although i'm wondering how to do it in a 2 bedroom house which is quite small with ds possibly sleeping... i'm sure i woke up the neighbours last time.

had some acupuncture last night and actually vomited less today, so maybe it is helping. i've got 2 more weeks and then will hit the glorious 12 week mark, so hopefully the worst of it will disappear around then.

Hi Audrey, glad things are going well for you and congrats on the pregnancy and on sleeping DS!

Am very of you home-birthers, I'd love one but my local hospital aren't very supportive of them and DH isn't too keen either, so it's the midwife-led unit for us. Luckily it's only five minutes up the road and my mum is going to come and look after DS while I'm in hospital.

I'm feeling pretty big now and have been getting acid reflux which is nice. Aside from that I can't really complain, it's been a pretty straightforward pregnancy (thank god morning sickness is a distant memory). Now I am starting to panic about how one actually copes with two children ...

Hi Meg, it's just one joy after another isn't it - morning sickness, heartburn etc.

Sometimes it's easy to think that no-one has ever had 2 children before isn't it, like we are going to be pioneers! I think like that sometimes. I just remind myself about my friends in Aus who have 4 children under 10 in a 2 bedroom house!

Hope all goes smoothly for the birth.

meg pleased to hear that things are going well with you aside from the acid reflux. am sure you'll have a lovely (if thats the right word!!) birth. yay for having mum nearby to help out with ds.

audrey - ours is a little 2 bed house too!!! am more worried about poor ds finding it embarassing, as at 14, he's at that awkward age. hopefully he'll have his bedroom in the cellar by then tho, so he can seek refuge down there and crank the music up!!!! 4 under 10, wow!!!! am hoping the nausea stops for you soon my lovely.

what are your current arrangements tibs, is dd in your room still? guess ds really needs that basement soon! wish i could magically construct a basement or attic, but sadly we just rent this place so not my place for grand plans!

my sickness is easing a bit, started some acupuncture and homeopathy and one or both must be doing something

hi audrey, glad to hear that the sickness has eased off. what a lovely combination, acu and homeopathy.
yep, dd still in with us on a mattress by the side of the bed, although just recently she's been ending up with us most nights, not ideal when i'm struggling to get comfortable myself then having to deal with a very wriggly 2 1/2 yr old!!! poor dp and i end up clinging to the edge of the bed more often than not!!! part of me cant wait for her to be in her own room, but a part of me is going to really miss her being in the same room. its quite soothing lying there when i cant sleep, listening to her breathing. i just hope she takes the transition ok. thats why i want the cellar to get finished in plenty of time so she doesnt feel shoved out of our room because of the new bubba.
your friends must have a couple of sets of bunk beds for their 4!!!

hi all
ginger how long now???????

hope everyone fit and well x

couple of weeks for ginger huh? wonder if you'll be early ... hope you all ready and mentally prepared and may you have a baby that SLEEPS!!

hello audrey my lovely hope the acu and homeopathy are continuing to work their magic.

still horribly sick my love., have a few good days and then a lot of bad ones. blerk. i'll be 13 weeks tomorrow, so i'm hoping i don't have much longer of this. i can't stomach cooking smells so poor ds is living on a very random diet!

i can however eat hot cross buns - no problem there
When i have to change ds nappy i smother a layer of vicks all around my nose and hope for the best, though i inevitably end up at the toilet during or after ...
praying praying this goes soon.

how are you feeling? any progress on ds' dungeon, errrm i mean bedroom?

Oh god, sympathy for the morning sickness. Mine went about 15 weeks I think. Now I just have reflux/restless legs/backache/needing to wee all the time...

DS decided for the first time today not to have a nap -- just chatted for 90 mins in his cot then breezed through til bedtime, no problem. Hoping this isn't the start of a trend!

i guess thats the thing isn't it, i can pray for the nausea to go, but surely it will jsut get replaced with something else evil

got my scan this morning at 9.10. I never get anywhere at 9 these days so had to force myself out of bed. dh is now hogging the bathroom so i am forced to go on MN while eating breakfast

My ds did that for a week too Meg, he would just talk in his cot for anything up to 2 hours. I was petrified that napping was over, but I persisted and now he's mostly fine again, though his naps are now 1 1/2 hours instead of 2 or 2 1/2, but still, i can't complain. must be a silly stage they have to go through for a bit.

audrey poor you. i hope it passes really soon. i've been scarfing hot + buns down like nobodies business too hope the scan went well and lo gave you a wave!!!!

meg am hoping that that was a one off for you. I've SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO missed dd's naps. at least he wasnt grumpy around teatime which was when it used to hit dd, nightmare....hope you are doing well despite the backache, reflux etc

hope everyone else ok

audrey forgot to say, ds's dungeon retreat is moving slowly, with dp working 6 days a week at the mo am getting a bit anxious that it might not be ready in time there's only 1 thing for it, dp and i will have to have bunk beds

ha ha, i bet dp would be impressed with that arrangement!

everyone ok and in one piece????

yup! how about you?

i am currently making these with cashews and pumpkin seeds and they smell really yummy in the oven!

[[http://jugalbandi.info/2009/03/baked-masala-peanuts-and-pumpkin-seeds/ Baked Masala Nuts and Seeds}}

Baked Masala Nuts and Seeds

oops

was thinking maybe ginger may have got some news for us

they sound absolutely delicious audrey, wouldnt mind sending some my way would you?? dd and i have made some decidedly unhealthy delicious iced cakes. blue icing too

better get off this flipping computer, we're going to sit down and have a snuggle in front of her monsters inc dvd

speak soon

yep, ginger might have more important things to do than go on MN!

i'll swap you some nuts for some blue iced cake!