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How exciting for a new thread - two FESHspring due shortly!

wow - sleeping during a nappy change? I don't think I'd be able to do that, you know, stay asleep whilst someone whipped my cacks off and played with my bits...

... oh wait, there was that time in 2001...

alps good advice about temp levels and necessary action.

So so so what to do if child wants to snack every two hours ? Ignore? Distract? Wot?

MB slept for four hrs more or less this am but has been awake ever since. Tho we is heading back to stables in car so should snooze again. Pls to advise any concerns about no napping during day unless enforced eg car / buggy. For the most part MB just sits gazing at whatever. Sometimes gets arsey when hungry/dirty but other than that quite content.

I still feel shite. Going to work tmw and who knows what I am gonna wear!!!!! Still look preggo.

The only concern about napping in the car is that they don't get used to needing that movement to nod off, otherwise if you try to just put them down in the cot they can't self settle. I mean we all have them napping in the car at some stage but try not to take them in the car or buggy specifically to get them off to sleep as it's a prop they may end up relying on and you will have to unlearn it.

As for snacking every 2 hours, yes distract with toys or a walk round the garden or something.

well Babymoo has slept the entire day apart from an hour late morning. Fortunately woke up about an hour ago and had 35 minute feed and then passed out again. I would normally try and keep him awake but he is so out of it I can't help but think he needs it - it's really out of character for him to be so comatose.

What do you think? No other signs of being poorly... would you leave him sleep?

I've just booked babymoo for littledippers classes in the new year!! I hated swimming as a child so I thought we'd start early and these baby classes look fab. My son the olympic swimmer.... Next stop Mandarin classes (JOKE)

tues ya - good advice indeedy. We are home again and he is still asleep. Well he keeps waking up and sending himself back off to sleep, with the odd yelp thrown in for good measure. He is clearly dreaming. He also sounds a bit chesty though he does have a snotty nose still.

So what can one do to encourage napping? This morning I was sorting through MBs clothes (putting the newborn stuff that no longer fits the chubster to go in the loft) and I put him in his Moses. Would he nod off would he heck.

I am going to be looking at activities we can do together at some point. Not sure about the swimming as it aint my fave sport and my mate did it and she said the timing was naff (babies feeding time) and trying to get him/her dried and changed on your tod was a bit traumatic. Luckily her NCT pals also did it so they could help each other out and shiz.

Horsey nutters do you think 400g rugs are worth it? If so, any pointers???

Silver have you got a sling? I stick him in it and hey presto he's asleep minutes later. I don't think it's the answer to self settling thing - but when you are desperado it does work. Or the buggy. Sometimes it takes me up to half an hour to convince him he wants to sleep. I close the blinds in his room and don's speak, just shush and rock and then put him down. Sometimes this takes several goes before he'll relent. I don;t think there's a magic bullet - bloody loads of patience. I'm trying to rock less and do more shushing so he learns himself, but it is hard when you are knackered and you just want him to go off so you can rest/eat lunch or whatever.

ref napping - babbies as young as MB need naps every 1.5 to 2 hours. One of the reasons for having play before nap is so you can observe the signs - eye rubbing, 7 yard stare, ear tugging, etc. As soon as that happens it's up to bed - delay and they get 2nd wind and then overtired. Do the same thing every time you take him for a nap or sleep - same words, same actions, same place, e.g. go upstairs, draw curtains, say 'sleepytime now, see you in a little while, kiss, cuddle, put down, tuck in tight, stroke head, leave room. Baby's routines are supposed to habitual after about 3 days so try some variation on that and see how you get on.

I've not been doing any of that. At all. I did not know any of that. Prolly only got myself to blame as not done enough reading.

I have MB with me downstairs all day during the day. I def think I will bring the Moses basket back downstairs to encourage the napping then. As even tho he sleeps in his bouncer he can see too much of what is going on and is always alert and awake A LOT.

Been trying to win slings on Ebay but keep being outbid. May have to bite the bullet and buy a brand new one.

I have a black and grey Lascal one that Rastus has outgrown, practically without it ever being used. Cost me £99. Have a look at them online and if you're interested make me an offer. Is v comfortable and easy to use solo (I have an ERGO one too and that takes 2 people to secure him!)

Hello FESHes. Could some of you please tell me cute baby stories and cheer me up? I have had bad news today about someone else's pregnancy and now have The Fear. Can't really talk about the details, but thought I might be able to come here and hear tales of it all going right to remind me that 99.9% of the time it does.

This morning I left the house at 7am after kissing my boy goodbye. I got in around 4:30 after being out in the bitterly cold and trudgeing through the snow at the stables. I walked through the door and he beamed at me!

Oh the beams. I remember watching my first nephew beam at his mum and just thinking "oh wow, I want someone to look that happy to see me". It must have warmed you right up!

I wouldn't bother asking me about routines. As the least routine-ified person I know, I have little chance of inflicting any kind of routine on a baby, so we all just bumble along together. Doesn't bother me, but my way of life is not the one many people would choose.

As for rugs, Silv, I had a good old research recently, and the rug I covet but have not the cash for atm is a Rambo MW with a clip-in liner. They seem to be indestructable and do not move on the horse in the field, even though they seem to have fewer clips and buckles than other rugs. However, I think a 400g rug, even a cheaper brand, is a luxury, and I tend to put 2 thinner rugs on instead.

muse despite the crapness i have shared elsewhere, so much joy radiates from babies, even during difficuly stages. Like the funny faces and sudden silence taht halts tears when you put teething gel on their gums. The smiles and giggles when you blow raspberries on their necks or play peekaboo games by lightly dancing/dragging a muslin across their face. That funny little swallowing noise/pleasure moan as they guzzle milk. The wide open baby bird mouth when they decide they like and want real food, and the cute mess said food leaves.

And, yes, they beams. My favourite are when you first peer into their cot first thing. It's sucha huge "good morning mummy!"

i needed that too.

muse the smiles, the beautiful soft skin that you just want to kiss and kiss all day long, the impromptu chuckles, and every day they do something to surprise you whether that is a new skill (we've had raspberries this week) or a massive poo

Keep going my lamb. Problems are very few and far between and if all your scans and tests have been normal then the overwhelming chances are everything is tip top and you'll have yourself a beautiful snuggly scrap of loveliness before too much longer

I do like the idea of being cheered by a massive poo!

I know the chances of anything going wrong are very tiny. Just needed to hear some good stories to balance out the bad. Bob has been extra active today as if to reassure me.

Let me tell you, when he hasn't been for 5 days, even a massive poo gets a big cheer and a conga round the living room

The first smiles are the best Muse. Our babymoo has a dimple that appears every time he beams. And the way he looks he me when he's feeding and locks on to my eyes. And the milky sighs when he's had enough. And his squigeyness - and perfectness. And the smell of his head. And the way he brings his arms up onto my chest and rests his head on his forearms. I could go on...

Cunty is right - you're so nearly there now and all the early tests are done now so all your little munchkin has to do is put a little weight on before he meets you. You are so right - 99% of the time everything is normal and fine, particularly now you are this far along. Enjoy having him to yourself all curled up inside, because you won't believe he was ever in there when he (or she) pops out!!

oh oh and that little huff noise they make after they've yawned

Babymoo actually scares hairymoowuff when he farts/poos in the middle of the night. Wuffer now shares the bed with me as my husband's in the spare room. Much easier that way... no moaning and then I get to boss him around the next day.

I love that sigh. The dog does it too. It's a real end of the day sigh.

can you believe babymoo is alsleep still... Woke at 6 for a 30 minute feed and then tried to keep him awake but grizzled after about an hour and ten and then out like a light again. I am SO nervous about tonight!! He has never slept like this since he was first born.

The pictures of hairymoo and babymoo I've seen have been gorgeous moo, like they should be in an advert for cuteness. I cannot believe how big babymoo is though, the scrumptious thing. You did that!

ah bless you for saying so. I can't help but think Im probably losing friends on fb by the day with the continual cutesy pics. But they are pretty yumptious I agree!! And I can't believe that big baby was in my tum tum 4 short weeks ago - is totally un-be-lieveable. No wonder it hurt to stand by 41.5 weeks!!! Thats what comes from 9 months of eating cake.

I eat a lot of cake. Oh my.