FEB 2010 Coming on in leaps and bounds and little steps

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Where did our babies go?!
Anywhere and everywhere, the moments our backs are turned!!

You're right...

urgh!!

I found today that I am a day ahead on my pill pack... Now, this would actually be interesting if it was a day behind!! I'm not ttc but maybe my subconscious is and is getting muddled...

Hi LBH Is your net back up? Great stuff!

A pretty bad night here last night, several resettles and a 5.30 wake-up Mind you I forced Dh out of bed to deal with it, played the pg card, my god I am tired though.

IC and fc I got major pg-like symptoms the month before we did conceive. Agree must have been PMT/psychocomatic combo. I even got the raging thirst that I do get in early pg Amazing what tricks the mind can play isn't it.

Good luck to both of you with your SWI next time... (just looked it up!)

Soc job int sounds awful. Hope you indulged in much chocolate when you got home.

Mous is the diastasis from DD2?

Well my sister is due round for a cup of tea in an hour or so and I've got this idea I'm going to make cookies, even though I bet she won't eat them as on a diet. I know someone who will, though... Mmm cookies...

Hello from sunny Verona!

Have read back but can't write long post because on my kindle.

Sorry about that job soc and sorry ic no luck this month.

Our flight here went fine. DS now on mediterranean baby time ie bed at 9 or even 10 when wego to bed then up at around ten in the morning normally with one wake up around five. Am in denial/reading what it wil be like getting him back to our routine when we get home.

Yesterday we went out on lake garda on my dad's boat andtoday we are in verona sightseeing.

Back sunday.

Hello from sunny Verona!

Have read back but can't write long post because on my kindle.

Sorry about that job soc and sorry ic no luck this month.

Our flight here went fine. DS now on mediterranean baby time ie bed at 9 or even 10 when wego to bed then up at around ten in the morning normally with one wake up around five. Am in denial/reading what it wil be like getting him back to our routine when we get home.

Yesterday we went out on lake garda on my dad's boat andtoday we are in verona sightseeing.

Back sunday.

BC sounds absolutely fantastic Make the most of every minute!!!!

bc I love Italy

LBH welcome back!!!

DS is in a clingy mood at the moment. We had the 1st tears in the toddlers' room this morning, it's heart breaking, I feel like a bad mummy (leaving him to go to work) even if I know he'll stop as soon as he doesn't see me anymore.

IC and fc you'll have to practice more!!

sc taking 2 at the time? It won't help the 'secret' ttc (refer to the easter chocolate bunny)

Got the day off tomorrow and I'm glad as the girls in the office are bitching at the moment and I'm in between! (I do actually agree with some points of both parties so better to be quiet)

Wow, Verona is SO gorgeous, bc - lucky you! DH and I were there for a day during our honeymoon. It's such a romantic spot. Enjoy the rest of your stay! The Latino babytime is the same here in Spain, but I like having child-free evenings more than long lie-ins, so I stick to the British approach of bed before 20.00...! I'm sure your DS won't take long to readjust once you're home. Have fun and treat yourself to a choconut gelati....

Aw, SB, how heart-rending. I think I would be a mess if DD did that to me. You're not a bad mummy, you're a lovely mummy who has to earn some money.

Bad luck on the crappy night, scones.
How odd you both had that same pregnant feeling before AF too...! I feel less of a freak now. I was SO convinced for so many reasons. I can't believe my body was just winding me up about it!

Tell your subconscious to behave itself, Soc

What a dreadful, dreadful evening It took 2 and a half hours to get DD to sleep. I honestly have no idea what was wrong with her. I tried cuddling, not cuddling, calpol, teething powders, changing her nappy, leaving her to it... Nothing made any difference, she would go quiet for 5 minutes and then start screaming again. DH was out; I find it very very hard to leave her to cry without moral support. I was up and down the stairs like a yo yo I needed someone to tell me to just leave her to it, I think, but I couldn't shake the idea it's so out of character for her, there must have been something wrong.

Finally got her down at half 8 with an extra BF, during which she couldn't stop grinning at me Little rascal.

She started up crying again just 30 mins later so I'm girding my loins for a hard night.

Scones Really feel for you esp if it's so out of character. They don't really do anything to consciously annoy us at this age. Could there be something troubling her such as hunger/ thirst, ear ache, tummy ache, teething, coming down with a cold? Keeping my fingers crossed your dd will settle down and sleep well for the rest of the night.

PA all well? Seen your posts on FB but not on here. Hope things are not too bad and you are counting down the weeks to your road trip now

scones poor you. Can she be in pain?

PA Are you okay today?

Hello all, am currently in Newark waiting for my flight back to Heathrow, yay. What a week, after a long flight to San Diego, found out that breast pump didn't work in US due to the difference in voltage - but luckily had support from PA Thanks PA for the hand-holding, chocolates and wine. Hotel manager drove me to the nearest CVS and Target stores to look for a manual pump.

But the good news is that, DD having never ever slept through with me, and who didn't sleep through the last time I travelled in March, finally decided to sleep through for the past 3 nights in a row with DH!! The first night from 9pm to 6.30am, then the past 2 nights from 9pm-8/8.30am. With 3 hour afternoon naps from roughly 1/2pm-4/5pm! I'm quite sure that once I'm back it'll revert to her waking up every 3-4 hours to feed though. DH thinks that she smells my milk so wakes up with me but doesn't with him. When I'm not at home, DH co-sleeps with her so it can't be the co-sleeping...

scones could be an after week 60 wonder week?
soc sorry to hear about the job but maybe it could be a blessing in disguise so you enjoy a few more weeks with LOs!
bc maybe just stick with the mediterranean schedule? We found DD seems to sleep better when put to bed at 9pm than at 7pm.

Found this link which I thought I'd share - probably a bit late for us now but useful for those with a #2 coming....! The wonder weeks - which are weeks when baby's a bit more clingy:

www.thewonderweeks.com/images/stories/Book/WW_info_chart.pdf

No probs rainbowweaver :)

weren't quite sure how to say 'calm down' without offending. Your hotel manager sounds lovely and those were exactly the stores I had in mind.

PA congratulations. Boys are great.

Mine is very clingy now, we again had tears at nursery this morning, I hate that

Forgot...

rainbow your DH may be right, she may wake up when you're there as she knows there's food available.

PA are you having a boy? Fantastic! (Did you have a sneaking preference at all?) Do you have any names yet?

SB sympathies re the tears at nursery - must be hard

rainbow it sounds like your trip was fairly stressful. It is funny that your DD sleeps better for your DH than for you. The first time DD ever slept through was the first time I'd ever spent a night away from her And she sleeps very well for my mum when we stay at her house (DD is upstairs where I sleep downstairs in an extension as far away from her as I can get heh heh). But for me....

We had a bad night, as expected. First couple of resettles were fairly painless, but at 2.30 she decided that she would not go back to sleep but cry and cry. I was really p*issed off that DH was either sleeping through it or pretending to, so I shouted at him to go and deal with it and bless him he did. Gave her calpol then sat with her and stroked her tummy until 3am when she fell back to sleep, which I just do not have the patience for in the middle of the night.

He is tired this morning; but I have to remind him that I've been doing this for over a year, with maybe 10 nights in total that she has slept through (and a few of those when I've not been there

Then a 6am wake-up which I again made DH deal with. I am just too, too tired for this. Really quite dreading October and having to wake every 2 hours. I honestly do not know how i will cope.

She seems fine in herself, only tired which is not surprising considering lack of sleep. She was in a new sleeping bag as her nappy leaked in her usual one but surely it can't be that?! She's not usually so precious. She could perhaps have been hungry, refused any banana or yoghurt or rice pudding after her dinner, but I hestitate to offer milk in the middle of the night - I feel that's setting a bad precedent.

Sorry for long rambling me me me post. It's consuming me at the moment!

We're meant to be going out tonight too! But I can't leave her with my sister if she's going to do a repeat performance.

Meant to ask if any of you can recommend a good toddler sleep book.

Scones Pantley has a toddler book in the No cry sleep serie. I read the one for baby and while I didn't follow all her advices (I ended up doing CC) there were a few good things. Does your DD has a cuddling toy as a comforter? It may be worth a try especially if she's having some separation anxiety.

Good luck and I hope you both manage to have some rest today (sleep when she's napping!). Sometimes they have a bad night for no reasons and go back on track the following night (mine does that).

Where are everybody today?

Hello everyone,

Scones I sympathise with your bad night. We too have had a couple of those. I never did work it out. I think it maybe to do with back teeth coming through. I had a feel in DDs mouth and there are some new swellings.

Well I am pleased to say for once that DDs nights seem to be settling down. Mostly only 1 wake up before midnight and sleeping through till 6am. About time! I hope it lasts! She typically wakes earlier on weekends when I dont have to get up at 5am though. (How do they know?!!)

Despite her angelic looks, she is quite the spirited tearaway. Always up to mischief with one eye on me whilst about to touch something she knows she is not allowed to! She loves to climb on the sofa to look out the window.

My poor mum after looking after her yesterday sighed after DD thrust a book at her for the millionth time, and asked, does she ever stay still, play quietly by herself? Err, no!!!!!

Last weekend we bought her a sandpit, which she loves and joined the local library. (why do they have automatic doors?? DD just kept running at them!)

Work is mega busy, have a new boss. So far so good. I am hoping I have made a good impression. I am a tad worried as my 4 week review in January was extended until June to let new boss decide if she is happy with my new working hours. Gah. I did wonder if they are allowed to do this, apparently they are.

I hope everyone is ok So nice to be able to post again. Will try and work out new names and who is doing what! Thanks for your lovely comments about DD's first haircut DDs haircut photos on the FB page.

I amazed LBH that your DD stayed stilll for the haircut. I need to cut DS fringe this weekend and I'm wondering how I'll get DS not to move.

DS has got a cold and just started to cough. Also he has a rash onthe back and chest, I hope it's only a heat rash and not the staet on chicken pox

Oh, SB, FX it's not the pox....! Pah.
When I need to do nail or hair clipping, I stick a Teletubbies video on for DD. She doesn't watch TV otherwise, so is suitably transfixed for long enough for me to do the various cutting jobs that need to be done.

LBH how brilliant the nights are finally settling down for you! They all get there in the end, eh?! FX things work out okay with your new boss.

Scones it sounds like you're having some shockers on the nights front. I've used some of Elizabeth Pantley's techniques and found them useful. But I also did a wee bit of sleep training back when DD was 7.5 months. It's had the biggest (positive) effect on her sleep.
And if DD isn't habitually sleeping through once we've moved back to the UK and settled down again, I'm afraid I've resolved to do cc. But apparently the older the child is, the more effective cc is. And I don't want to have to keep repeating it, if I can help it. Good luck however you decide to tackle it! You need to rest now you're pg is progressing, drastic action may be called for.... But only if you feel it's appropriate.

Well, DD woke twice last night, but resettled reasonably quickly in both cases so it wasn't too bad. The night before she was up a bit longer and woke three times, but I think she was a bit hot because I forgot to take her leggings off before putting her in her sleeping bag Oops!!

Bc I meant to ask - how did you find Positive Discipline? I thought it was rather good.

No pox here, just heat rash and eczema.

I managed to cut DS fringe by putting him into his dad's computer chair and while he stared at the computer, i did it. It's not perfect but at least it's not reaching his nose anymore.

We're very quiet at the present, I hope it's because you're all busy/away and not because of sleepless nights and illness.

Pass around , and

I know what's going on... it's the start of the party season . Here are my two earlier getting ready to go