FEB 2010 First birthdays beckon and toddlerdom approacheth...uh-oh!

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It's humbling to look back at the last year and see how our LO's have gone from helpless newborns to action-packed pre-toddlers.

BRING IT ON!!!

Aw, Scones - really sad to hear about your friends' baby. I actually thought about your friends this morning.
She may want to talk about it and have a cry, so I would let her if that's the case. Poor thing.

I do all the night-time stuff at Casa IC. DH has made it clear he's willing to help if needed, but as DD only resettled with a feed (99% of the time) then that's my department. I also usually do breakfast and let DH have a lie-in. He doesn't get home from work until after 21.30 most nights, so gets to bed quite late. I'm also better than him at dealing with sleep deprivation and he's a domestic/childcare angel otherwise, so I don't begrudge him the sleep. If/when we have two, there's a good chance he'll have to be more involved in the night shift.

That said, I had a better night last night. DD woke once at around 13.30 and took a few attempts to resettle, but then didn't wake up until 06.45. I didn't have insomnia so notched up some decent-ish Zs. Thankfully.

Sorry, not 13.30 - 03.30. Don't know where the 1 crept in from...

DD's just had her first encounter with beetroot. We're bracing ourselves for tomorrow's nappy situation

We went to the HV today, just to get DS weight and height checked. He's now 9kg630 (1st 7.2lb) and measures 75cm (2 feet 46) so he tooks 5cm in 1 month 1/2

HV asked me if he was crawling and I said that he was crab walking and walking if hold. She told me not to force him to walk [shock} HE obliges to walk not the contrary

So sorry for your friend scones.

IC DD2 already had beetroot, not as interesting as blueberry or lipstick

SB they do grow a lot around one.

If it's all the same to you mamaloco, I'll take your word for it (with regard to the lipstick)...

Well, DD was in a catnap mood today - 30 mins then 40 mins for her two naps instead of around an hour or so for each. She didn't seem bothered by the lack of daysleep. Full of energy and very cheerful. Not surprisingly, she zonked at bedtime.

Here's hoping we all have restful nights, Ladies...

PS a little clippette of DD doing her thang...

IC It would appear that I had your insomnia last night. Got to sleep at 12, woke at 12:45, back to sleep at 2:15 but never really went
deep. Lovely clip btw. I'm quite behind on ours, it will be blogtastic come next week I reckon.

Beetroot never really made DD's poo that interesting. I was quite disappointed .

I don't think I can even imagine what a stone is like

DD went without milk again yesterday :)

Commiserations to your friend (and you) Scones

It's a full moon today (and yesterday and tomorrow) can all your insomnia be link to it?

I haven't tried beetroot yet but think if I do I may put DS on disposable nappies!

How do you cook the beetroots for your LO? I need inspiration for some fresh ones a colleague gave me.

Scones Hope you and your friend had a nice lunch. I cant imagine life has been easy for her. I hope you are ok too.

As re-settles go, DP is the same as your DH. But in his defence he cant win. DD will cry more for him than me, I will be awake anyway so I may as well do it. Or words to that effect

I have the insomnia thing too!!!! Typically for the first time in ages, DD slept through with no wake up at all until 6.05am!! I woke at 1.15am, 3.10am and 4.40am and got up for work.

Maybe the osteopath did work some magic....?

IC ahhhhhhh!!

DD is pushing her walker full of blocks with a bit of help..or she will go flying. Wondering if she will walk soon. She has not got the balance or patience yet.

She is rather partial to eating paper......have had to take away her cardboard books as the corners have disappeared.

Working from home tomorrow, hoping a repeat of last night as I am shattered. Hoping I haven't jinxed it.

Wave to all.

Really sorry about your friend scones, that is terribly sad, I can't really imagine going through something like that. How hard.

I do most of the night duties at home but, to be fair, DP has been really good about getting up, changing her nappy and bringing her to bed lately. We do the Guardian crossword while I do the first boob and then we sleep while she is on the other side. It means I can't fall asleep while DD is in between us.

Things are so much better here. DD has so much energy and is really tired in the evenings. She has been sleeping from 7 to 4 or 5 most nights which is brilliant.

The other thing is that I feel so much better. This period is so much easier than the ones I used to have and no pain! Weird. So after completely lacking in energy for the first couple of days, I have been pleasantly surprised. Hope this isn't just a one off!

Oh night stuff, knew I forgot something. If she's due a feed I do it, anything else DH does it. So he has some rough nights but he also gets some off. We're slowly increasing gaps between when I automatically feed her and her tries to resettle. Also anything after 5am is his area (but always has been)

hello!

found you all

sorry, haven't read up - and just a quick visit - i'll be back properly soon?

selfish quick catch up-

i had my self-imposed internet ban over christmas and new year, then DS sucked on the end of the mac charger (oops) then the battery went so no computer, then i had another job application to complete, interview and presentation and online blinkin tests to do?

anyway, interview yesterday, and found out today i got the job? thank goodness!

so, belated happy new year to you all, and less belated birthday wishes for my cosmic twin!

hope you're all well - looking forward to a proper catch up at the weekend hopefully! x

I also deal with the night stuff as DS will not resettle without me even if DH is up and taking care of him.

stoof great news on the job front

Bedtime for me as my electronic alarm o'clock is set at 6.30am and my humain one (aka DS) will probably go off at 5.55am.

Congrats stoof that is such great news!
Liked the story of your DS sucking on the Mac charger... My DD is also obsessed with it. I also found her sucking on a really rusty dog lead today... So she won't be needing her iron drops... She also keeps handing me clumps of dog hair that the Hoover misses which is very helpful
ok off to bed... Good night all...

scones so sorry for your friend, but don't feel bad when she comes to see you - it is her choice and maybe it is one of her ways of dealing with it all.

Hey stoof! Well done on the job!

I do nights here - DH's job is pretty full-on and I'm still off. If things get very bad, I wake him up and ask him to take over to give me a break (though I can't sleep if either of the DDs is up). When I was pg with DD2 we made a deal that he would deal with DD1 at night and I would do DD2. Obviously that never happened, though DD1 is of the age where I can just tuck her back into bed with a kiss if she wakes up and she usually setlles back down again (and this happens very rarely - touches all kinds of wood to avoid MN jinx).

After initially being happy at DD not taking milk in the day, I'm having a wobble and asking myself is she getting enough. She's happy but it's nerve wracking stuff this motherhood lark. After I fed her this morning, she was still cranky and then ate a record amount of porridge. I know my supply is fine but still . Think it's left over paranoia over her size.

DD kissed a boy at music class today well she tried to suck his nose

PA we mums can always find SOMETHING to worry about, even if there's no need!! Comes with the territory, I suspect...
Love the story of your DD "kissing" her classmate...!

Congrats, stoof!!!! Lovely to hear from you again. Our DD is also obsessed with the Mac lead. With succeeded in keeping it out of her reach...so far...

SB some beetroot recipes here - we made the puree, which was relatively well-received.

Bad luck on the insomnia, LBH - I was awake from 04.30 this morning but did get another 20 mins later on...
I hope you had a better one last night.

Heh, Abs, DD often "helpfully" picks up the wee bits of fluff the broom misses - funny how they spot the tiny details at this age. I've noticed other babies do it too.

Bc, how are you feeling?

PA Hugs. I do the same. DD was barely takes 4-5oz at a feed and "norm" is 7-8oz.

She went througha phase at refusing her afternoon one. Advice given was just give milky puds (Angel Delight!) rice pudding, yoghurts and cheese wherever possiblle.

Dont fret about your supply, it is fine. I lost my let down reflex due to anxiety and had to stop BF.

It was all for nothing. She is fine as is your DD. She is eating well!! :)

Stoof Brilliant news about your job - I am in awe, I couldn't even contemplate going for a job interview. I am sooo worried about going back to work. I'm a Director and so am supposed to know what I am doing but this last year seems to have made all work type thinking disappear and make it seem all so unimportant. I think I'm going to be a complete idiot.

PA I'm confused about why you are happy about dropping daytime milk feeds. I FF about 16-18 fl oz a day (bit after each meal and whenever she gets whingey) - are we supposed to stop giving them milk at 1 yo? Or is this something to do with bf that I don't understand? My DD is very small (below 9%) and the milk is the only thing keeping her weight up because she doesn't eat much.

PA I am sure your milk supply is fine and coming up to one year babies only need two milk feeds a day of 5-7 oz. I am also somewhat confused why no milk in the day is a good thing but I guess it's to do with you working full time... ? Can I just voice a tiny bit of concern though? And this is from someone who brings up her girls vegetarian, so please don't take it too personally... I am sure you have done your research on a vegan diet for babies and your HV/paed is fine with it? My HV has given me hell about the vegetarian diet and mine were fine on the growth chart. It's all to do with babies needing huge amounts of protein and fat (as compared to adults)to develop physically and mentally at this age. If you think your dd has inherited your problems with dairy (which is by no means certain) can you have her tested? And if she's fine maybe relax the vegan to vegetarian? Just thoughts really but I felt I had to voice them... Please don't be cross I'm just another mummy muddling through

Aw PA don't worry about the milk thing - they find their own way through it. My DD2 has only had two milk feeds a day since eight months old - she has around 5oz on waking and 1-3oz at bedtime. That's it. It doesn't matter what I do, she won't take any more. So I have decided that she just isn't a big milk drinker.

She eats OK, but not spectacularly - yesterday she had fruit and porridge for breakfast and a bit of my bagel, then she had a biscuit and a plum at 11am, noodles with veg and pork at lunchtime followed by half a satsuma, a yogurt at around 3pm, then at dinnertime she only had a quarter slivce of toast with cream cheese and smoked salmon, a yogurt and a third of a small banana. I guess she just doesn't have a very big appetite. Maybe your DD is the same. As long as they are developing, then try not to worry. And on a related note, your DD may not be eating as she has started walking - this is very common!

I think PA said further upthread that her DD was going to be veggie rather than vegan...? But I could be misremembering. PA will no doubt clarify, anyway!

Good news that your DD is eating better, LBH!

CS Blimey, you think your DD2 doesn't eat much - that much in a day would be a cause of great celebration for my DD. In a day I might manage to get either a banana or a satsuma down her plus a half a slice of toast and maybe 3 baby handfuls of cheesy potato. I just found out she likes creme caramel so I'm shovelling that down her now. She barely eats. She'll be mad keen on something for 3 mouthfuls and then stop completely. Her Dad's the same so perhaps it's genetic. I however will eat anything and as much as possible

CS agree that what your dd eats sounds pretty good . Mine is about the same but has rediscovered milk and now drinks 5oz from a cup with breakfast and 7oz in a bottle at bedtime.