December 2011 - This too shall pass (with the help of imaginary woolly mammoths)

[Mmmmcheese]

Have gone with LMFs title suggestion :)

mopsy congratulations, it will be lovely that they're so close in age. DS has a cousin 5 months younger, it's so sweet seeing them play together.

aethel have a nice weekend away.

DD had another feed and went to bed ok so hopefully the vomiting was a one-off. No plans here. DH is working, me and the kids will probably go and see my parents tomorrow. Now off to bed to get a couple of hours before the 1am feed.

Bum bum bum it's too early for the next feed!

Hello

We're still on the force feeding campaign operation fat farley so I'm waking him to feed over night every 3 hours. Seems crazy that everyone else is desperate for their lo to sleep more while I am waking a sleeping baby. Means the max i've slept is two hours in a block for the last 10 days - I'm surprisingly not that exhau

Sted.

Big weigh in on Monday at the consultant appt so a weekend of intensive feeding ahead. Am hoping to channel lmf and her amazing 12 oz gain. Bloody well done lmf sterling work.

Sending you all the fat boy vibes I can find hawthers :)

Good luck too, hawthers.

Bloody dH is snoring contentedly. Git.

Put a baby wipe down his back?

Hate this time of day. Especially when I don't know if it's going to be a half hour or three hour feed.

Ooh that's tempting . bah, i'll just let him drive to the rellies tomorrow. A bugger as I really enjoy driving the new car, but if I'm knackered its prob safer. IKWYM about the feed length, DS is v variable too. Hope you get a break soon!!

He has dropped off. Am putting him down and going on a drink run, have downed a litre and a half already tonight. Might need the loo too thinking about it >_<

Wish me luck

bleurgh

good luck hawthers

Good luck hawthers!

I am seriously fed up of two-hourly night feeds :( Very disheartening when sleep is getting worse rather than better. Am hoping when we get to the magic 12 week mark she will go a bit longer between night feeds. A growth spurt can't last this long (2 weeks) can it?

Random unexpected Jaffa cakes

3 am jaffa cakes? thebest bit about nightfeeds! have just watched obem on catchup over the two feeds (so far), and am back off to bed

Octopus hasn't ever gone longer than about three hours on a night mmm so it varies by baby. It might not be a growth spurt, it could just be a new routine >_<

You can tell I'm getting old. Went to replenish my supply of squash, and evicted the cats, emptied the washer, refilled it, filled the dryer and only snagged three Jaffa cakes on my way back upstairs. Shoot me now?

Wow good work LMF! If I even manage to refill my water glass I'm doing well!
Bummer about the two hourly feeds, Mmm, that sucks :(

Wow lmf thats impressive work for a middle of the night biscuit run!

Good luck hawthers!

Congrats mopsy!

Someone woke up at 12, but dh took him and gave him a bottle of bm so i got 4 and a bit solid hours. hes just had a feed and puked it back, dont know whats up with him - he seems fine, no fever or anything. could it be something i ate?

easiy that's exactly what DD did earlier.

hawthers good luck.

lmf it does mean you're getting old, but if it's any consolation I put on a load of washing and emptied the dryerin between courses of our valentines meal.

seven we can be old on here together

I'm a redhead again. This always improves my mood for a few hours:)

Mmm, hope the growth spurt doesn't last too much longer!
DS is down to 5 (or on some days 4!) bottles of 180ml/60flz-ish a a day...but on his growth spurt-y times he was on 8-12, so it does get better.

seven & lmf, I see your old lady-ness & I raise you going to bed at 9pm on a friday night.
IL's are staying with us, they're looking after DS tonight & we're sodding off to a hotel overnight, so fingers crossed AF has pissed off by then, I'd like to have me some sex (I'm sure DH won't mind either)

Congrats mopsy & sister of Mopsy!!

LMF, hurrah for being a redhead.

Good luck AWCH! Am I right in thinking you're trying for DC2 already, or is that someone else (apart from me!)?

I meant ttc the next one, I haven't forgotten I already have 2!

Morning

Congrats to mopsy and sister
LMF - Yay go redheads
MsB - Miri is so cute

Its cool that you had a meet up

Our news: (not that exsiting!)
Thursday i watch the film "Hope floats" and cried all thru it, Air went to nursary
Friday Air was out at 9am with GP and DH picked him up at 5pm, All the clothes are sorted now and took Hope to baby massage where she cried all the way thru, then we went out for tea and both children behavioued great. I also got some bits and bobs for the holistic basket i'm making Hope.

Plan for today:
Take children out to park so Air can go on his bike,
Clean and sort bedrooms,
DH to start leaving Air early to sleep in his own bed (so backing out of the room)

Hope is looking a lot bigger, she is more awake and is turning 360. in her cot so moving alot more. She is 12 weeks today.