July 2010: now they're all 1, some me-time has begun [huge feck-off sarcasm emoticon]

[CakeandRoses]

am bf A and telling F off and have still come to the rescue.

Rubbish night here, I blame the 1.5 hour nap he had after lunch yesterday. He def sleeps better at night if he only gets an hour nap in total in the day.

I'm finally busy today, going to see a friend then off round my mums. I said I'd go see Jane Eyre with her on say and then I've got another spa day on sun so dh will have his fair share of D this weekend!

Morning

DP is gone now til Sunday

I'm really no good without him and miss him terribly. Any tips on how to make the time go faster? And how to disctract M who also misses him and keeps shouting Dada? She's out with the nanny at the moment.

Rubbish weather here, windy and cold and rainy. At least I have an excuse not to go out. Because I have to negotiate 10 steps with the buggy, changing bag, M, who won't be put down, and a big fat bump, I prefer to stay inside if M has been out with the nanny already.

What has everyone else planned for today?

My dh is going tomorrow and will be away till Sunday too trudy but things will be pretty much the same for me really except I suppose I won't get a break this weekend. But I will get to watch whatever TV I like, with no discussions .

I would say just keep yourself busy to make the time go faster. Is there anyone you can arrange to meet up with? I'm meeting up with a good friend on Sat who has twins the same age as A and an older boy too, so we'll go to a park for a couple of hours and they can all run around together and wear each other out.

yy wss I have arranged to meet loads of people over the next few days. I know what you mean about not getting a break. Oh well. Sunday isn't that far away.

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M took 6 steadyish steps today and looked ever so proud. Very cute. She seems keen on trying as well, not like crawling, which she didn't really want to do.

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Her behaviour seems to be getting worse though. Not sure what to do. I get screamed at for everything that goes against her will now. Proper tantrums for mouth wiping, changing, dressing, taking off a jumper, getting up when she wants me to sit down, which is always, not turning the pages in the book fast enough etc. Maybe she is just super advanced and we have reached the terrible twos 11 months early

Have most things prepared now for baby no 2 to arrive. Can't wait to meet my little boy.

trudyla just keep as busy as you can, that's what I do. With the children I talk about daddy all the time, show them pictures and talk about what we'll do when daddy gets home. S really missed DH last month and it makes it harder!

I'm scared of sending L to nursery...how stupid is that?! She's definitely, completely and totally pfb. I just hate seeing her ignored and I'm not sure they'll let us do settling in sessions which means I won't be able to see how she gets on with the workers etc.

dh if S doesn't have his morning nap (like today) he won't sleep well at lunch and then badly at night. He wasn't up til 8am (no celebrations though cos L was up at 5.45) so I didn't put him down for a morning nap and now he's fussing. I hate the whole sleep juggling thing.

that sounds sooooo wearing! She's properly full-on isn't she? sounds horrible tbh and I've got no suggestions.

He ended up having a reluctant nap at half 12 and again at half 3 both lasting half an hour. Time will tell if it makes a difference. He usually has an hour nap a day but they are both earlier iyswim.

Hi people,
just checking in really, not much to report. D's much better today but the cm said he had been a bit clingy, i recon those bloody teeth are still playing him up. cake im really paranoid about giving him calpol now though so i havent and frankly i dont think he has been any better or worse for it.
chu nursery will probably do her good, im going to see one tomorrow thats got an 'excellent' ofsted report so im really looking forward to seeing it. If they have any spaces before next sept i might move D sooner and book #2 in for sept '12 when i would be going back to work.....potentially.......
Re naps, i am quite strict with times D is woken up at 10am and 3pm regardless of what time he went down. He usually has around 2hrs in total. When i had those sleep issues with him the hv said not to let him have any more than 2hrs a day and it does seem to work, he has been waking in the night once usually but is quickly and easily settled.
trudyla good for M finding her feet, bless her though she does sound a hand full, how do u deal with her screaming? U spoke about finding some proffesional help, are u still thinking of that? How is she with the nanny? Does the nanny have any advice?
Mom and Dad are coming tomorrow, i am strangly excited.......how sad!

D won't go to sleep I've been trying for an hour and he's stressed me out to the point of crying. I give up I'm going to have to think of another way of getting him to sleep because feeding obv isn't working anymore.

I just needed to get my anger out by venting on here dw about replying or anything I just felt like I was going to scream if I didn't get it out.

Good luck dh! Maybe tsc can lend you her dp for a bit til D cracks.

arrghhh. dh away for the night. crazy day at work and F's just been sick all over his bed

fingers crossed A hasn't got the same thing

post later when i've got everything sorted and have eaten something and a litre of wine

good luck dh

chul why no settling in sessions? they're surely vital?

oh god tsc that sucks! damn right its wine o'clock for u!! Hope u have a good night now!
cake have u desicked now? Wonder what caused that? I cant believe how much sick comes out of them, its amazing!

tsc sorry about the shit day, glad your purse turned up though. You may just have to put up with the 5.45 starts, if he's going all night without a feed now (which is brilliant) then he may just be hungry by then. One of mine is up everyday sometime between 5 and 6, anything after 6 is a lie in.

cake hope the sick is a one-off incident and A doesn't get it too.

dh hope he went to sleep ok for you in the end

trudy you're not alone, G quite often has tantrums when I'm changing her nappy, getting her dressed, not understanding her random points and grunts etc she's lovely though.

chul I think everyone is a bit apprehensive abotu when their pfb first goes to nursery, I know I was and I had worked in them for years and knew they were fine! No settling in sessions does sound really odd though, we always had them.

Just dropped dh at the airport, he's away till Sunday, beautiful day here, jsut off to the zoo

He went to sleep at half 9 in the end and slept solidly til 5:45! He went back to sleep and is still asleep now. It's quite nice to have a lie in and def nice to get 8 hours sleep but then I do like having the eve with dh. Shame I can't have it all!

Ahhh dh i know that id take 8 hrs sleep over an evening with DH! Glad it worked out, i wonder why he didnt go till then.
wss hope u had a nice day at the zoo!
chu when do u think u will be moving to the new house?
memp hows L and his teeth?
cake did F sleep after the vom?
Feel really guilty as dh ate all the bread last night so no toast for D this morning! hes had almost a whole weetabix a yog and a fruit bar, i think thats probably enough although he still seems hungry, making up for the beginning of the week i think.
Anyone got anything planned for the weekend?

Morning

shit night here. Nuff said.

Just came on to wish chulita a Happy Birthday and Good luck with the scan! Exciting. Let us know how it went.

Why are there no settling in sessions in the nursery? Is it because you would have to take S as well?

Have a good day all.

viksam atill no teeth but he seems a lot happier with the amber necklace on, but we have been giving him a bottle in the night to comfort him when he cries, so no w got to get out of going that again!
dh if I let L sleep after 2 he doesnt go to sleep til later, maybe he wasnt tired to alater nap?
tsc what a shitter of a good that you found your purse though!
trudylaa second keeping busy, dh seems to be away a lot on a Tuesday and that day is my worst day, no groups run on that day either so Ive just enrolled L at tumbler tots just so I get out the house and get to speak to real people!

I didnt go shopping for mums present so I have to go today but its first day back for baby group so L wont get a nap til later but its our nieces birthday today so we are all going for a chinese so hopefully he will be happier later, we had planned to go to a local festival this weekend but realised its actually on next weekend so no plans, will go swimming but no plans but that! I also need a new swimming costume but the shops havent got any in anymore!

chulita hope scan goes ok! and happy birthday....also how does everyone remember these things im rubbish at remembering stuff!

[sneaks back in]

Things have finally calmed down a bit here again. Last weekend (SIL's Wedding) was fun, but a bit manic!

M was an absolute star though, she walked all the way down the aisle (holding my hand) without pulling off her hairband/throwing the flowers away/sitting down and then sat quietly through the entire church service. She was the only Flower Girl that didn't need taking outside. [proud Mummy]

Unfortunately we've had more problems at night... She won't sleep in her travel 'pop-up tent' cot anymore, because we need to close it to prevent her escaping and she seems to feel a bit claustrophobic. She's always wanted lots of room, she didn't like the Moses basket either!

So after our first night ever of co-sleeping, at the inlaws house as we frantically tried to keep M quiet so she didn't disturb SIL next door on the night before the wedding, we had an emergency purchase of a more traditionally huge travel cot.

Then the following night SIL wanted us all to stay later than we were intending at the reception, so M was late to bed. Another unsettled night ensued, and basically it's taken until now to get her back to sleeping through the night again.

DH and I have been zombies at work most of the week, but at least it's nearly the weekend now!

Will endeavour to find time later to read through and catch up. Did I miss anything exciting?

Yeah I think it is because he had a nap at half 3. Hes having his first nap of the day at the mo, depending on the length I might try and get him to go til bedtime without another one.

Im going to the zoo later with a friend and her ds so that'll tire him out, just hope he doesnt fall asleep in the car on the way home!

Thank you! Scan went well, just the one which made DH very happy indeed. This one didn't run around like the other two so fingers crossed for lazy, sleepy baby

cake hope the throwing up stopped, not fun at all and particularly bad timing by Mr F.

spirael I'm not a fan of the huge cots but both of mine sleep really well in them so we lug them all over the place. L sometimes even asks to sleep in it at home

viks we won't move in til we leave the army.

I'm off for a nap, both children are awake but DH and my parents are here so I reckon I'm covered.

soo pleased your scan went well chul, hope it's a lovely day for you all round. make the most of people waiting on you for once

pleased all went well with the wedding duties spirael. can;t quite believe M having a bad night - hope she's back to being perfect soon!

Great news on M walking trudy it's an amazing feeling isn;t it?

how's things today vik what are you up to this weekend?

you ok memph and stac?

how's the solo childcare going wss?have been thinking of you this week when i just had one night of double trouble

how's L's lip woodlands?

arrghhhh for the backwards step there with Fong tsc. hope you get back on track quickly. your day yday sounds heartstoppingly bad - so pleased your purse was found even if it was in the

had an 'interesting' night of musical beds with my two plus the cat who scratched my face at one point (by accident but i was not impressed)

have just discovered A has a molar (or is it a premolar?) halfway thru which explains all the crazy teething and shit sleep recently. i was puzzled as she still only has 5 front teeth. 4th (i think) night without a feed tho which i'm v pleased about.

have had a crazy morning of madly working thru post-launch changes to the website and fielding emails whilst doing a shit job of mothering.

we all just had a decent nap tho - A's still asleep now. i need to get my arse in gear and have a shower and get lunch sorted.