July 2005 Babies sitting up, giggling and rolling over into the New Year

[Bagpuss30]

Well, mine is anyway .
Here it is - a new thread to celebrate the new year with our babies.
Back later - I'm on the laptop at the mo and find it tricky to use smaller keyboard to type.

DD has got Vin's cold! She woke up this morning covered in snot with her eyes jammed shut. We might have to miss swimming tomorrow.

The Eye Guy today was initially worried as she looked so vacant and wouldn't look at his little light, until he realised she was just behaving the way anyone does when they have a cold

Eulalia, I like having 3, too

Hi again everyone, and welcome to the new arrivals!
I am also having loads of weaning fun, dd has taken to baby rice with gusto- and I am really looking forward to getting stuck into vegetables- although I am a bit confused as to whether you are supposed to mix them into the rice mix? I am stoopid and have no clue!

We have just started househunting again as we need to move at the end of Feb- what joy!

must dash, am at work and dh is on his way to pick me up- good old husbandcabs!

Yes, Bagpuss, that is the sort of thing. I hadn't seen it in the UK but it's obviously available.

I've got a temp and am in bed with chesty / asthma / buggered nose jobby. Hope to recover in a few days without resorting to local doctors. We called one when Dee was very ill (gastro or food poisoning, fairly serious vommitting) and it cost £200 !!! He was very glamorous though (as only doctors in Santa Monica can be) and dw enjoyed him immensely, LOL.

mb - I'd stay out here no problem for much longer, maybe no more 'moving around' - just rent a place for 2 - 4 weeks but I think Dee wants to come back to her home / friends / family / washing machine IYSWIM...

mrsd - you need to bore my wife into staying out here, LOL. Hope dd's Brian is doing well.

Mrs D - poor dd, hope she's better soon.

Hello Hub - sorry to hear you've all been ill. I agree you should stay there as long as poss - its bloody freezing here.

I've also got horrid cold - more of a sore throat cough thing and ds1 has it too - he was off school yesterday which is most unusual.

ds2 is sitting up for short period now - he managed about 20 secs the other night - not bad for just past 5 months. He's getting v interested in food - watching us eating but think I'll hang on till the 6 month mark.

Better go and see if I can rouse ds for school.

ah a woman's love for her washing machine is a powerful thing h2d. i hope you an eulalia get well soon. every ill woman should have george clooney come and palpate her.

i'm living in moving chaos now. boxes, dust, cleaning quotes, beating off (declining thankfully) well intentioned but misplaced offers of help, the usual.

Morning all, would any one be able to hep a very down mummy, who cant do any thing right at the mo for dd or dh.I cant get ds to sleep through (he is just 6mnths but 6wks early so do I take that into account??? Then there is the weaning issue how much do I give? do i give pud how much milk should ds have now AAAARRRRGGGGHHH then there is the dh who i am sure thinks that i do nothing at all during the day, the fairies do washing and cooking , Could a very patient person please help

You sound miserable, Joje. If it's any comfort, my DD doesn't sleep through the night either. I have been co-sleeping and don't really know how often she wakes but I did notice last night that she woke at 12, 3am, and several times between 3 - 5.30 as she was very snotty (she has a cold). IME plenty of babies this age do sleep through but plenty don't as well - either way is normal. If you're really exhausted perhaps try going to bed at the same time as DS for a few nights to catch up?

I got some good leaflets from my HV about weaning, and there is also a good course here called "Chow Baby"! Do your HVs offer anything similar? The general advice now is not to start weaning before 4 months or after 6 months. I'm not sure what the position is with premmies - what does your hv say? Or Hub (his DD was 36 weeks, I think)?

If DS is showing interest in your food maybe try a spoonful of baby rice mixed with breastmilk/formula.I wouldn't worry about pud right now - just get DS used to the sensation of food, and both of you into a routine of having it.

As for your DH, mine is the same! He thinks my whole life is one big holiday! My DH doesn't do much of the childcare but when he does, he usually stops going on about it!

Do you go to coffee groups etc? They are not everyone's thing, I know, but when I had DS1 it really helped me to have things in my diary as well as other 1st-time mothers to talk to.

Hope the day picks up for you.

Joje, mrsd's advice is good . I would still try to concentrate on giving milk first before you tackle food. If ds is interested in the solids he will go for them even after his milk feed.

My ds2 isn't really sleeping through either. We have nights where he does, nights where he nearly makes it and just plain awful nights. One thing that has really helped me is the routine of getting out of bed to feed/change and putting back to bed in his own room. We were co-sleeping but now that I have stopped bf I find that he is better in his own space.

I'm also part of the holiday club . dh thinks my life is a lot easier than his and I suppose in some ways it is but what he doesn't get is that the whole SAHM thing is constant rather than being particularly difficult - I really wish that I could clock off at 5 pm somethimes too! Not real help I know just massive sympathy.

mrsd/eulalia, hope the horrid colds clear up soon.

Hub, £200 for a doc! Glad he was glam and dee enjoyed him - so she should for that sort of cash, lol.

daf, you can mix in the veg with the rice yes, I have been trying ds2 with and without to see what he prefers.

mb, good luck with the move, hope the new place is everything you want it to be .

I have nothing planned for today - should be doing housework but can't be bothered at the moment. dh fixed the radiator in the end, fortunately there were no leaks. ds2 enjoying a bit of a roll around on the floor at the moment, best go and rescue him and take dd to nursery soon.

My bf thinks that i dont do hardly anything in the day either, if i ask him to do anything he always comes out with the line "i been at work all day". it gets me soooo angry! he moans when he has to get up with her more than 1 day in a row, and doesnt seem to care when i say that i have to do it every day, as well as look after her and go to work in the evening!!

sorry, i know that was a bit of a rant!!

i'll take a deep breath now!

Hello. Long time now post. First we were busy over Xmas and then we went to tenerife for a week. The weather wasn't brilliant, but we stayed in some lovely hotels and ate far too much.

Welcome all newcomers and at Liliana. You are a brave, brave woman.

We're also weaning. In fact I've got Annabel Carmel's Leak Quartert simmering away at the mo. I'm not awake enough to make up my own stuff yet. Sleep has been going very badly for us. I'm starting work in under 2 weeks and dd2 wakes up every 90 minutes during the night. Last night we tried to do sleep training. I fed her at 2am and she woke up again at 3.20. We gave her water and comforted her but refused to feed her. She eventually went back to sleep at around 4.30 ish and then slept until dd1 woke her up at 7.00. She wasn't bothered about food when she woke. We're going to keep trying to cut back the night feeds. Hopefully by the end of this week she'll be only waking up at 11 and 2. Next week we'll cut out the 2am feed. Hopefully my plan will work. I'm such a Zombie at the moment. I need more sleep before I start work.

dd2 had her 1st settling in session at nursery this morn. She had 1 hour of 2 members of staff playing with her non stop. She's been asleep ever since! Tomorrow she'll be there for 2.5 hours. dd1 was so excited about dd2 being at nursery with her.

Oooh - dd2 just woken up. Better go. Happy New Year to all!!

Hi Belo . I am getting no sleep either, although I don't have to worry about going back to work, so you have my sympathy.

DS1 has just told me, delightedly and repeatedly, how much DD giggles when he farts extra loudly . The poor girl is going to have her big brothers farting on her head before she is 3. So gross.

That's today's endearing little vignette from the Darcy household

nice, mrsd .

i am feeling sorry for myself on the sleep front today. dd woke at 5, raring to go.... then just as she went back to sleep ds got up. arrrrrrrrrghhhhh. definitely an early night for me today.

dd1 got a whoopee cushion for Xmas. Maybe you should invest in one for your dd MrsD? Hours of fun have been had with it in our household.

Going back a few posts... I hope all tests are not being too much of a pain MrsD. I too have developed a bit of a driving phobia. I can drive in cities, but I have a panic attack if I go on a motorway. Bit of a bummer as both of our families live up North. I've been thinking about doing a refresher driving course.

sorry not contributing more, just a quick {{hug}} for joje. house move imminent, may not be online til later next week, depends on so many things. TTFN.

Hi Thankyou for all my hugs and advice we were up midnight 230 qnd 430 last night so am really tired. We are now keeping a record of what ds eats and if IF he sleeps any longer. dh said he would like a sleep in at the weekend grrr
I on the other hand look forward to my haircut to get peace and have a winge to hairdresser...ds is still not crawling but trying to roll over at this rate he will be walking b4 sleeping through... At least he can get his own milk

Hi Joje. We were up then too! dd2 was awake between 2.30 and about 5am. Our HV has suggested that we try sleep training - i.e. don't feed when your ds wakes, but to pick him up briefly and give him water and then put him back to bed. Let him cry for a bit if necessary. No eye contact to be made and not to go to them any more than every 10 minutes. Its hard work, but if I remember from dd1 it only took 2-3 days. We've done it for 2 nights now and I'm shattered. I'm hoping things will be better tonight.... I'm sure we'll be up at some point so will think of you and hope that you're not having too rough a time.

My dh has all of a sudden become very supportive. I'm back at work a week on Monday and he's realised that he's going to have to do his fair share of getting up at night if dd2 isn't sleeping through. Do you have plans to go back to work? If not, maybe you should threaten your dh with you going back. Or, ask him if we wants to be a stay at home Dad!

Good luck with the move MB.

Mrs D - hope your dd is feeling better. Just before Xmas I spent several nights around 2 am under a towel with dd trying to direct steam from the kettle to ease her snuffles. It seemed to help enough for her to get back to sleep. Anyway just to report back from our first swimming class - dd just loved it and it has been the highlight of our week. It was also lovely to be doing something just with her without having to be attending to a toddler - gorgeous as he is.

Hi Bello hope your nights are getting better. We sisnt have to bad a night we changed and gave him 4oz milk at 11pm and he slept til 4am and he only woke then with a poo (nice)He did winge at 2 but i popped his dummy in. ds not dh I am back at work on 6th March Are you going back full time? Hope that your house move went ok mb.

We had a fantastic night last night. dd2 slept from 11.30 until the alarm went off at 6.30! Fingers crossed for a repeat performance. Hope yours are getting better too Joje. MrsD, how are yours?

Yep Joje, I am going back full time (so expect to see plenty of me on Mumsnet!). I asked to go part-time, but it was refused. What about you?

Good luck on the moving front MB.

Hi Bello how come they refused part time hrs ? Thought they had to give a reason why you couldnt fo the hours you wanted ? I am going back 3 days as my friend who has just gone back after mat leave has told me what a bad time she is having as I was originally going to do 4 days glad she spoke b4 i signed my new contract.Plus nursery fees are £30 per day and I did miss out on ds1 growing up. Well we are not expecting a gd nght as ds2 wouldnt feed b4 bed good luck for tonight

Hope the move goes well MB.

Nah, no improvement on the sleep front but at the moment I'm coping ok with it. I'm glad you had a better night, Belo. Didn't realise you were going back FT.

HC, how is DD's separation anxiety?

Thanks for all the nice messages about DD's tests and about my granny-driving. The tests are all going fine - no problems at all, and the driving is still on hold for the time being. I'm going for lots of bracing walks!

errr, i think maybe it wasn't separation anxiety, she was just tired.... she's being really smiley & sociable atm, long may it last (ds was just the same at her age).

we are having total nightmares with dd's passport application. we're on the 4th form & 2nd set of photos. i almost cried in the post office yesterday. it absolutely has to go today.

good luck with the move mb.

HC - what's the prob with the passport?

Good luck with your move MB.

ds is almost sitting up - well he will do it for a few seconds and can manage a bit longer if he is leaning forward. All of mine have been quite early with this - dd was also 5.5 months and ds1 6.5 months.

I am still feeling quite snotty but everyone else seems to be OK.

Hi guys

Good luck with your move MB.
That is good news about your DD's tests MrsD.
Gee Blondie it sounds like your BF needs an attitude adjustment. Is there someone that he respects that can talk to him about sharing the load?

I am so excited to report that DS2 (6.5mo) cut his first tooth last night. I wasn't so excited about it at 3.15am, but in the light of day it kind of makes the sleep deprivation OK and justifies my administration of paracetamol.

The solids are going well except that it is blocking poor DS2 up and I think this is interfering with his sleep. I am giving fruit and rice cereal with EBM for breakfast and dinner and for lunch vegetables with some oil mixed in, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Has anyone else got any ideas?

Aussiesim, dd1 had horrible constipation when she started on solids. HV told me to give her pear. But, what worked for us was baby yoga! We had a video which we used to do. Sorry, can't remember the exercises though. A friend gives her ds kiwi whenever he's blocked up. She swears by it.

We're still sleep training and it seems to be going well. dd2 still wakes up, but doesn't cry for as long. She's had her settling in sessions at nursery which seem to go well. dd1 is so excited about having her baby sister there. dd2 is the only baby there at the moment so she is getting so much fuss, and dd1 is so proud.

Back to work on Monday. I had asked to go part time, but they refused. Life is going to be hard.

MB, hope your move is behind you now.