Hello again, Been a bit quiet. Gabrielle got an awful cold way back in November and was puking up everywhere and not sleeping, refusing to settle herself at all and up and down all evening! we then went away (managed a flight with Ds and DD on my own!)and then DS was ill and then it was Christmas (and everyone had changed their names!) New thread was easier to catch up on so thought I'd say hello again.
Life getting better Gabrielle will now settle herself in the night and for days time naps. Did CC in the evening which was horrible and would have thrown in the towel the first night except that when I went back in she settled as soon as I put my hand on her and then settled after I left with only a short cry . Still wakes every 45 mins afterwards but generally only doing this once or twice and it only takes a short hug (as opposed to several hours!) and last night didn't wake til 2am (happy days)
I'm still only brestfeeding other than a wee top up of EBm in the evenings, not sure if she really needs this but she won't take a feed from Dh so am just trying to get her used to a bottle (esp as Have a freezer full of the stuff!)Am getting fed up with how long each feed takes (up to an hour)but enjoying being able to eat as much as I like!
Sorry to hear some of you have been a bit down, hoped that would have got better but I think the local services are not very good at helping with PND. Working with mental health teams in the past they often seem to just visit a couple of time and unless you are high risk of self/other harm tend to back out. Not very helpful I know.
Potty trained DS in May when he was 2, must admit I really pushed it as I was pregnant and just took him out of nappies and after about 7 day he cracked it and it took a further week til he was fairly accident free, Having said that he went to nursery 3 days a week and they were very supportive of that method (and just handed me lots of wet clothes!), it was summer so easy to dry clothes and I only had him to look after. If I hadn't done it then think I would have waited til next summer as very little gets done in the Rhumba household at the moment.
LL - would the DD sleep in the car seat. Must admit was really anti it with DS as had heard that wasn't good for their spinal development but would never go out with DS if I didn't and I try to limit it when I can. Also with Ds just tried lots of different cups til I found one he liked, bit expensive but worth it in the long run.
Pooka - still up for a meet up if you're around. DS will be going to nursery on Fridays now and pre-school Mon -wed am. Sorry never got back to you but got a bit submerged by everything.
Can't believe we're into teething and weaning already. Love the name of this thread it's so true and what keeps me going some days.