July 2010: Our babies are growing, they're grabbing their toys and soon they'll be throwing!

[stac14]

new thread ladies xx

dh do you live down south? I know a lovely photographer if you do.

hi ladies, think R is coming out the other side of sleep regression (i hope) lol.

tsc my dp seems to think i want to spend all my time with lo, and i do love having her but for sanity you need a break. Dont think they realise how hard it is to keep them occupied

cakes waiting to get the laptop to see your pics

dh golf club sounds fab, your going to have an amazing day

mlic did you enjoy your night? Whats the shred?

kk poor ellie, hope she's better soon. You must be shattered

memphis poor lyndon its horrible seeing them upset, hopefully not be long

chulita did you find a house?

stac great news that there is life the other side of the regression! we are in the thick of it, plus i think he's teething. either that or getting a cold. he is not a happy baby today, anyway!

Just been on the group added some new pics and had a nose at everyones, mlic W looks so cute in those pics, gorgeous boys you have. cakes fantastic pics you looked gorgeous and your day looked lots of fun

well heres hoping I havent jinxed myself woods lol she stayed with my aunt last night and was down till 8.30 gurning a couple of times for her dummy wee bugger lol

well it has well and truly snowed here and meant to be getting worse for the next ten days aarrgghh!! gracie asked if I was related to the grinch or scrooge lol but I really hate the snow so maybe I am haha

Hi ladies,
I havent been on for ages, havent seemed to have found the time. I havent caught up so coming in cold im afraid but i see the conversation on sleep regression. Devon was up 6 times last night, thats a record in our house, he literally went straight back to sleep with his dummy which is unusual as he has never relied on it like that. What the hell is wrong with him?? He is teething i think, the bright red cheeks give it away! he is off his milk and he had a vile nappy yesterday, greenish and very mucussy.......sorry TMI!! So all in all he aint a happy baby right now and im not really sure if there is anything i can do for him. I have teething powder and gel and calpol which i have given him tonight, anyone any ideas??
Im sorry i havent caught up with the goss, i do hope everyone is ok.
xx

stac we found a house and made an offer, hoping to hear tomorrow whether they've accepted it or not. I love it though so I'm quite nervous, really want them to say yes!

mlic sending sleepy vibes your way. S is generally pretty good at sleeping from 6.30 til 10pm, it's then that the madness begins...he's woken twice already but I left him to it and he cried it out after about 15 5 minutes [callous mum emoticon]

Thanks everyone for the wedding messages.

cakes Im being really dense but I dont know what link you mean, I want to see your wedding photos!

chulita yeah I do live down south- Kent to be exact but we have a professional photographer in the family so will be using them, but thanks anyway! :)

Thank you everyone for being so lovely about our wedding pics. It's been really nice to think about it all again today. Would love to see yours too mlic

Had an great day belatedly celebrating Thanksgiving today. I've decided it's actually my fave holiday, it's so uncommercial as it's just about giving thanks.

So, we gave thanks for the things we were grateful for (DH: "The american guy John W Henry saving liverpool FC" ), everyone dressed in red, white and blue (except me as it was my idea but i thought we were only dressing the children! ), we had American music playing, ate a huge roast with American food such as maple yams and corn on the cobs and i did a quiz about the history of Thanksgiving .

chulita sooo exciting re house. good luck!

dh tis in our fb group discussions

tsc was just wondering if you and do were thinking about marriage. this is fast turning into a wedding thread

any joy with dp/frankie today?

do isn't tsc's dp's nickname as far as i know, twas just a typo

sorry mlic wasnt trying to rub it in that she is sleeping hun, hope W settles soon

fingers crossed for you chulita were you moving too?

sounds like a great day cakes we have never celebrated it, my great aunt lived in America (she was a preists housekeeper) and said it was a lovely holiday that she and my gran continued to celebrate. Oh and the kids are gorgeous too

I am in bed, but as usual I cant sleep wtf is wrong with me??? x

mlic jeez, that does not sound good re E's waking up.

My current swaddling techniques are:

swaddle (using miracle blanket just around her arms not legs) then sleeping bag over the top so her arms don't go thru the armholes of the sleeping bag. If the sleeping bag was loose around the neck it could be a suffocation risk but A's are pretty small plus the body is tighter too because of the swaddle underneath.

or (if swaddle's in the wash) I fold a cellular blanket diagonally in half, place underneath her (she's in sleeping bag) fold the corners round her arms then back underneath her - so the blanket isn't over her tummy/chest at all. does make sense?

omfg no wonder you shit it tsc glad hes ok though

God tsc. seeing your children's blood is bad enough anyway but something like that and i would have really panicked/screamed/cried. thank god it was just a scratch.

Sorry mlic was hoping my swaddle magic would have helped!

I've also read of people using a huge sheet and just completely wrapping them up in it. Is he disturbing himself with his arms if you don't swaddle him?

found which you could try copying using different blankets etc

otherwise, strait jacket?

and just looked at your wedding pics - you look utterly gorgeous! A real princess. Eat your heart out Miss Middleton

mlic the wedding pics are stunning you looked fab

viks how are you? Soz just noticed your comment. R is relying much more on her dummy to and i'm sure its the teething. Teething powders can cause babies to have the skits in my experience. Have you tried teething rings or the amber necklace cakes and mlic use? X

sorry vik i missed your post too. i swear by the amber teething necklaces (or swear less at ds when he's wearing it whilst possessed by the teething demon), he deffo sleeps better with it on. other than that i'm afraid it's just about survival - no total cure for the hell that ensues every new tooth unfortunately

Sorry viksam, just realised how bad that sounded! F is an extreme example of a bad teether. I don't know many/any others that struggled with it as much as he has.