March 2010 - Six months in - will they ever sleep?

[Arcadie]

Welcome to the latest thread for mums of babies born in March ( and a few in Feb and one in April!).

Come on in. Find out who'll be pg next and who's weaning onto what.

sorry I thought I clicked 'preview'
have it up your sleeve if not it.

thank you ladies for your support.

Thanks for the article Smac. Loved it :)

HOWDY pardners all (been watching too much toy story, sorry )
thanks for all various shout outs, much appreciated. nice to know i'm not alone too . pd i've thought similar about the pnd scoring, i think mine would be much higher now - however i am also six months further down the line and therefore six months tireder. So it's no wonder. pixie and smac i'll look for some creche-type toddler groups, think that is a good idea. I normally have one elk-less day a week except our CM let me down this week which probably added to it all. TTSP, as ever..
DH relations also not good here - i think it brought him up short to find me in tears when he got home last night - he's been lovely ever since and it's obviously on his mind because he keeps coming up with nice plans, like taking both girls out at the weekend so it's just me for a bit . But we had a big fallout the other night about other, er, more personal matters - basically comes down to the fact we are ALWAYS Mummy and Daddy at the moment, and not so much mr and mrs...i find it very hard to get back on a romantic keel when i am struggling full stop so he is going to have to wait a bit, i fear. poor DH.
smac sorry about the crying, tis awful when they don't see eye to eye with you, hey .
pixie you sound a bit more like your old self - how you doing?
iwcas down girl!! i know what you mean about suits though....

right - own up - who has already planned their MMMM outfit for baby?!!! i have NOT but it's more because contents on both wardrobes are presently in piles on the spare bed

right better do something constructive. Terrible night last night with both DDs (they basically handed the Crying Baton to each other, as one fell asleep the other awoke.... J.O.Y. so elk is asleep)

Agree on feeding in night - DD2 shouldn't need any more feeding at night but I seem to be constantly doing it...tips? can't even tell you what she does because i'm too tired to count. but seriously - she's a beast, i'm sure she should be full enough to sleep more than she is...

bad mummy alert - she's currently being held on the sofa by my left leg as I frantically type to finish....she's DESPERATE to climb off and roll around on the floor...
(still - if I was a real MN addict i'd have let her drop to the floor...surely...???)

Well, the zoo was fun (DS3 at the sea lion enclosure 'Fish, big fish!' ) and we only just made it back in time to collect the big boys from school, ooops!

siamese, I noticed Sylvan House; impressive building. Had to ask DH what was in it, though, doh . So that's where your DH works, hmm? Maybe we need to follow suit and have an Unauthorised Scottish Meet-up if there are enough takers?

Tooblessed, nonononono, not me with the twins, heck NO! My first 2 are 1 year (and the all important 10 days) apart and that was quite hellish hard enough, thank you siree! Pixie is clearly a saint and a glutton for punishment and The World's Best and Most Aweinspiring Mother. And again, that is most certainly not me...

Re CC: we did it with DS1 and it worked a treat and really quickly. I tried with Joe a couple of months ago (I know, I know, he was too young) and it was just awful. I am just not up for it TBH. But the time may come where a bit of baby crying may be the lesser evil in terms of everybody's survival ie I won't decimate the entire family in order to get some sleep ...

At the moment it is just easier for me to get up and feed him as he then reasonably reliable goes back to sleep - most of the time anyway.
I think I might try a radically earlier bedtime with him as this having to go back to him everynight 5-6 times in half-hourly intervals is doing my head in annoying.

Melk, of course you are not an addict or maybe you are, but you are not ready for help yet as you have No Insight into your condition yet. An Intervention might be a possibility though...
And in regards to your relations (or lack of ) with your DH, I think the phrase you are looking for is "touched out" - I am soooo touched out, everybody wants a piece of me and by the end of the day I Am Done. But I have to admit it is a bit worrying how long one can go and not have a go IYKWIM...

Oh, bless, DH has just brought me a proper latte from his fancy-pancy coffee machine . He must love me, still, or at least for the time being...

Pacific I think it's 3 of us in Scotland... already a good number for a meeting :) Maybe we can convince someone else to come up north or maybe Siamese could also join us.

Siamese I know one or two persons at the Forestry Commission who work in that building :)

x

If you're looking to bump up the numbers for a Scottish meet-up, I'll be in Edinburgh in November (23rd to 27th) :)

Melk I've been thinking about what Isobel might wear next week too . And I myself might be wearing something new, if tomorrow's shopping trip is successful (although apparently it's going to be raining all day, and as anyone on FB knows, the boots that I'd planned my entire new wardrobe around don't fit. Hmph).

A Scottish meet up would be easier for me than either York or London
York: 7 hours by train each way
London: 4 hours by train each way
Edinburgh: 1 hour in the car to airport, 1 hour flight and family to stay with!

We have crawling! After a week or so of backwards shuffling with a bemused expression on her face she has now figured out how to go forwards. I wonder what effect this will have on her relationship with her brother (and his toys)??

I might also be up for a Scottish meet up. My sis lives in Edinburgh and I'll be up there a couple of times between now and Christmas (and for Christmas) as sis is having her 2nd baby tomorrow. (Section as baby is resolutely breech.)

Re getting touched out, surely more new mothers suffer from it than don't. And it seems especially severe - for me, at least - 6 months down the sleepless track.

Meant to say, good luck with the shopping trip tomorrow, BMI. Maybe you'll find some boots too?

Sariska - crawling!

Scottish MMM - I'm so up for that

Touched out - YES

Baby now trying to grab iPhone instead of sleeping

at another crawling baby - respect, Sariskababy. I always love when they get more independent; it makes for a happier baby IMO when they can get to things under their own steam.
Joe, OTOH, can not quite sit independently yet; well, not without preforming regular face-plants anyway . But he is very very keen on rolling front to back and back to front all the time and moves a fair bit that way.

Solids? Nope, no solids today, but good grief the poo today, the poo: where is it all coming from ? Out the leg holes, up the back into neck folds, inside belly button... and that is with Pampers Finest !

Anyone suffering from Body Dysmorphia-like feelings of inadequacy, I give you the the labiaplasty thread - warning: not suitable for those of a sensitive disposition.

Pixie, how many pairs of ballet shoes do you have to buy at a time and how long do they last?

Evening Pixie et al

Had a good start to the day with a hair appointment and then a clarins treatment. Returned home to a reasonably happy DS and DH before returning to the shopping centre for a short spell of xmas shopping. We are now home- the snotsome DS is asleep and the DH has annoyed me no end. We spend little time with each other and when we do he simply does not bother listening to a word I say which simply is f**ng me off. I may as well talk to the wall. Is it bed time yet??

sariska well done on the crawling.

evitas melk sorry re the "duscussions" with DHs. I think you, me and all of us are just so sleep deprived it's a wonder any of us are still standing, not to mind still talking to the DHs/DPs.

Oh now I feel under pressure about my own and DDs wardrobe for the MMM! I'm still wearing my pregnancy jeans. Not so much that nothing else fits (although I have a hell of a gut) but that I just don't have the energy to think about what to wear!! I do feel like an almighty frump. SOMETHING must be done. i promise to wear a slick of scarlet lipstick for y'all.

Anyway yeah someone get pregnant for god sakes! Won't be me unless it's the immaculate conception. And I'm an atheist...

PD DD goes to bed early, before 7.

Waves to all.

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Ooh beauty treatments sound nice scooby. Sorry about DH. I recommend sleep.

I'm off there after cleaning the kitchen and watching something crap on tv.

Hello! Sorry I've been gone for so long, yes I went cold turkey as I felt like I had to concentrate more on what I was doing in real life... But just seeing this thread title has made me realise that I need you ladies more than you need me... (yawn) Baby Isabelle slept through the night for ages but recently has been waking up a lot... now I'm refusing to feed her in the night and it seems to be working, she almost slept through last night. Apart from that all is fine. Isn't it amazing how much babies develop in 6 months! I keep thinking "this is the cutest age ever" every month... :) Hope you're all doing well, I'll try to catch up a little bit more later.

Sariska, yay! for the crawling, Isobel loves pootling around the living room although I have to keep a close eye on her, especially now that she keeps trying to stand up. Hope your sister's CS goes well tomorrow; how exciting to have a little newborn niece or nephew! I hope I can find boots tomorrow. I have something quite specific in mind though, and have looked on pretty much every shoe shop website I can think of with no luck.

at poo in the neck folds PD, that must have been quite a feat! Glad you enjoyed the zoo, I used to love going there as a child. One of my earliest memories is of feeding leaves through a fence to a baby deer of some sort when I was about 4.

Pixie not much longer now! Glad to hear you're feeling more positive about it.

Scooby sounds like a lovely start to the day, sorry DH is being a pain. How's the wrist btw?

HEAD GIRL!!!!!!!

pacific at one of your links and at the other - you can work out which is which

annamama SO good to have you back again...although it's tempting to kick you off the thread for having a well behaved, sleeping-through baby!!

still ignoring DH. Giving me some satisfaction(childish or not who cares) as i'm effectively doing what he does to me, Means I get ages on the computer!

BMI there is a boot called a 'motley' at Dune. Bit taller than an ankle boot.