September 2010 - we've met our little ones now!

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Or most of them at least - there are some late September ones still to come!

Yey sassy 7 hours! boo on the thrush!

Beadit Newark is 20 mins from me! I live in Lincoln!

Well, I've just wavedthe boys off. They've gone to "mum" & "babas" for the night aka my parents! We're going to have a nice meal at the local, a couple of glasses of wine and an early night Not sure how I feel at the minute. A bit lost really!

Olly 12wks

newmum001, just curious about why she can't go in her own room? The girls have been in their own room since day one - we don't have room for 2 cots in our bedroom. I do know that SIDS advice is to have them in with you (for 6 months, I think?) - if that is you concern, could you sleep in her room with her? Or try her in her cot for naps? Or bring her cot into the livng room with you? I've never had a moses basket so really no idea why a baby wouldn't like one - they are qute small aren't they, does she have enough room or is she too squished in?

banana - I know how I feel -jealous! Have a FAB evening!

Sassy, 7 hours, that's great. Hope it's the first of many nights like that. I'm . I know I've been lucky not having to deal with thrush, colic etc, and I don't have to juggle twins or older siblings, but I haven't had more than 3 hours sleep in one go since Louis was born (and mostly 2hrs max). Tbh I'm just feeling a bit sorry for myself, it's been a bit of a shit few days - dp is ill and Louis is having a right grump, spending lots of his awake time grizzling and crying much more than usual. I don't think it's a growth spurt as he's not feeding more than usual (in fact he's howled at me when I've offered him the boob a few times) but I've heard it could be a developmental thing (I'm hoping so as that would be over in a few days, otherwise maybe he's teething already :(. He has been sticking his hands in his mouth a lot)

newmum I know the advice says to have them in with you for the first 6 months, but lots of people don't for various reasons, and you have to balance the risk with quality of life for all of you..

Banana, have a great evening :)

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Banana it's Besthorpe so not really Newark. I'll wave to you from there tomorrow!

Newmum we use a crib. Would one fit in your room? We had one given and got a new mattress for 20 pounds. Don't think I can post with a pound sign!

Mapletrees sending your little man sleepy vibes

mapletress :(

Hope he sleeps for you soon. I know how bloody awful it is. It's given me a right temper and i'm not known for having one! Snapped at some ignorant woman at the pharmacy yesterday. (i never ever do that) oops. Not that she didn't deserve it, but it's a bit like keep out of my way, when i'm tired.

Mine try and put the fist in their mouth. I find they do it when they are hungry, have wind and also just to pacify themselves. Mine have dummies, more isobel than jacob cos he can't keep it in his mouth long and it's more work than it's worth at times. (rolling eyes)

I second bella very jealous banana. Have a great time. x

Dp has been at the house since 8.30am this morning and he's still not back. So don't think my fri night will be up to much. Just hoping he comes home before 9pm.........then i can go chippy. :) woohoo, what a crazy life i lead.

newmum would you consider/have you enough room in your bed to co-sleep? I did with DD and am now with Flynn, mainly because I'm lazy and it means I don't have to wake up properly to BF in the night . Co-sleeping tends to get a lot of bad press but if you are sensible and follow the NHS guidelines it is perfectly safe and I find we all get a lot more sleep.
I started off with DD in a moses basket but she never settled in it and I haven't even bothered to try it this time round, DD moved out of our bed to her cot at 6 months and then we moved the cot into her room at around 11 months which all worked fine as it was a gradual transistion from us to her own space. Am planning/hoping to do a similiar thing with Flynn. It does help that we have a king size bed though!
Also I'm afraid to say it but their sleeping patterns tend to vary an awful lot at this stage, she may have slept 8 hours on some nights but things shift constantly nothing really stays the same for long (even though when you're in that stage it can feel forever) growth spurts, illness, teething all shift sleep, so enjoy it when it's good it will give you hope for when it's hard
Gosh what a big ramble!

newmum i aggree with melly and have almost exactly the same experiance of it,tryed dd in moses basket,but she just wouldnt sleep,so at about 3 week she came into bed with us,we moved her into a cot in our room at 6 months and into her own bed in her own room at 1 year 2 months.it worked really well and weve never had to leave her to cry herself to sleep.
we plan to do the same with arlo,but he is a much heavier sleeper so i have been moving him over into our bedside cot witch gives us a bit more room as we only have an ikea sized queen
it might be3 worth a try
speaking of which,has anyone got a bedside cot?how do you bridge the gap between the bed and the cot?its only small and atm i stuff it with pillows...but anyone got any better suggestions?

we have strarted co-sleeping with lucy as every night this week she has woken loads. It works fine until dc3 gets in then we are a bit crowded. I can't wait until we can get a move and dc3 has her own room.
clumsy is the gap height wise or width wise? I would be wary of using a pillow, it might slip. How about something firm such as some hardboard under both mattresses? you could use a folded blanket on top so it's not too hard?

yes,there is currently a bit of thick cardboard there...but hardboard might be a bit better
its a teency bit high out by about 3cm,but the width gap is what im worried about...

newmum, ha! Only managed to make Xmas cake by dint of DH being at home this week, and by doing it in stages! Had a lovely week with DH, but arlo seems so much mire alert and demanding in the last week, will be a shock when DH goes back to work.

Arlo sucks his fists too, I find it is mainly when he's tired and about to drop off. Sometimes he does it so frantically though that i think it stops him dropping off, and holding his hands down for a minute or so helps him fall asleep.

7 weeks + 5

Arlo sucks his hand too,drools everywhere!
he's tryed his middle fingers a few times too
skye has been much better recently
i was pretty hardline about naughtyness,but killed her with kindness when she behaved

it seems to be working...

oh i went to one of those cup painting places last week,and had arlo's footprints put on one,with his name and age,it's soo lovelyand skye painted a bauble,getting quite exited about xmas now

also recived our 'wolf' buggysnuggles today,they are beautifly snuggly,i want one too!

Help! I know it's no emergency and have been to the docs but Jack's cold is really bugging him. He's so chesty and sneezing all the time. He slept well last night and is managing his bottles in two tints so he is hydrated. Don't really want to give Calpol until evenings when he gets worn out with being uncomfortable.
Any ideas......??
Banana I was waving from Collingham! Forgot they'd moved from Besthorpe last year.

beadit - go in the bathroom and shut the door - get it steamy with hot water or whatever and take him in there for 10 mins. Olly had a bad cold the last week and that really helped him.

Also make his bottles up a bit warmer if you currently do them room temp - is easier to swallow with a sore throat etc.

Hope this helps.

Chelle.xx

(Olly 9wks today)

two stints I meant!

sooooooooooo tired today :( Maria-Ann had her feed at 8.30pm but didn't drop off till gone 11pm then woke at 1am for a feed and again at 4am, tried everthing but gave in and fed her early.

Today as been quite ruff as all day it seems like she's been screaming and I'm not sure why? the only person she seems to settle with is me if my O/H tries to settle her she just screams, really frustrated and totally run down I could sleep on a clothes line I'm that tired.

Really hopeing tonight is better and that tomorrow is a better day.

9wks 6days

I've NEVER made a Christmas cake!!!!!

Had a nice weekend. Friday night off was lovely. We had a night just the 2 of us like we did before children. I wouldn't change things for the world but it was nice to be a couple again. Only downside was I had to drive through all this snow & ice to get my babies back. I ended up staying at my parents house for the night but didn't get much sleep, Its a very cold old farm house & Olly & I were freezing! Every window had ice on the inside & the baby monitor said 8 degrees! brrrrrrrrrrr!

Got another dilemma! Dhs Gran has dementia. Last year all the great grandchildren got double christmas money cos she'd forgotten she'd already given it. She was told and just said "well, they'll have a good christmas then!" So this year she gave us £20 for each of them. She actually gave us £40 each by accident & I very honestly gave ther £40 back. She's now sent a card with another £40 in! I know this time its only my 2 that have double and not the other 6 but do I give it back????? She's definately not a poor old lady, she's just inherited a small fortune! I've already given it back once, is it "meant to be?!" she won't have a clue and neither will the rest of the family & last year, she was happy for everyone to keep it! Should I be a good honest girl or do what sil would do & keep it?

Beadit I know Collingham! Why do you not want to give calpol? I never gave it to ds1 because I didn't like to but i do give it to Olly! I've changed my way of thinking and just think how awful it feels when you're all bunged up!

Agree with bellabelly newmum001, Luke is on his own room and I hear him before he's crying, have a thermometer to check temp.

That's rubbish mapletrees, hope it improves soon.

Luke sucks his hands when he's trying to sleep, hasn't managed to stick his thumb or fingers out to get them in properly, dribbles a lot too!!!

beaditAli try propping one end of the cot up with books. Luke seems to be worse at night, have never given calpol so young but I'm sure it's fine. I give it to ds1 often just in case, agree with bananastew better than them suffering.

watersprite I have the same thing. Dh sometimes jokes that Luke hates him!

bananastew I'd send it back but then that's just me. It isn't at lot of money to keep your conscience clear! Glad you had a good time we've had almost no snow.

We've had a nice weekend, photoshoot was fun although photos start at £50!! Glad we get a free one . Went shopping with my mum but only got her presents for the boys and nothing from us. Had massive cleaning session today and have sorted out all the toys in my understairs cupboard. Not exciting but needed to be done! Found a puzzle I got for Christmas last year so dh and I are going to do it together. Hope you all had nice weekends.

Am shattered today. DS3 kept me up till midnight and then me and dp argued. Basically I am the only one who can get her to sleep. When I found out I was pregnant with Lucy I asked him to help me break the cycle and he pretty much refused. I get really stressed that nighttime is going to take for ever as they are often clash. I was up there for over an hour trying to setle her and when I came down i was pissed off, hence the arguing.

About 5 out of 7 nights is pretty easy it's just the other 2.
I really need to get dc3 to sleep other then bf but it's hard when she is in our room still.

Rabt over, hasn't the snow been great. It is like a big fluffy blanket here as hardly anyone is out abd about, the roads are a bit treacherous though.

Hi all, busy few days for us all! Beadit i would give him calpol, grace has had it twice now when she's seemed off colour (also at night time) the steam and propped up moses basket really worked for her when she had a cold also. Fresh air really helped aswell, i know it's gold out but maybe a walk round the block might help.

Bananastew, id probably keep the money just for the sheer fact that having to keep sending it back would really irritate me!

Grace has slept really well the last two nights and i put it down to the miracle of the 2.5 tog sleeping bag!! Bless her she must have been cold when she wasn't sleeping well.

Saturday night she slept from 9.30pm to 5am and last night was 8.30pm til 5am!!!!!!! Now if only i could get DP to stop snoring i might be able to get some sleep

Sorry to hear about all the sleep problems, feel a bit guilty as arlo has been sleeping 6 hours + in the last week, and just did 11.30-7! V.happy :)

Can't remember who was asking about epidurals recently, but I had one and was AMAZING. No pain, could still walk and felt contractions as pressure so knew when to push. Plus kept being topped up right through to end. Was going to try without but because my induction had to be slowed due to baby's heart rate slowing, they recommended epi, and will definitely want it again!

8 weeks today

Hi ladies

Gosh I havent posted on this thread since DDs birth announcement . But she's 12 weeks now and things are settling down so Ive checked in and enjoyed catching up on all your posts.

Agree the last hour before DH gets home is hell - I am out of energy and patience and humour and I try to keep baby awake so she goes down for the night. I mostly pace around the flat showing her things and taking rubbish!

How much time does your DH have to himself to do things? On weekends he seems to spend DDs nap times watching football or playing computer games and when she wakes up finds an urgent task to do so I end up looking after her... Having said that DH does bath time every night and cooks dinner every night so he's pretty good really.