October 2011: Gaining teeth but still losing sleep.

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hope this works! the pressure is on at 3.30am!!!!

tally and engels I am going back to work also! In 4.5 weeks - was feeling OK about it but got really panicked last night. A crawled yesterday - if you can call it that - he shuffled himself about 2 metres backwards at an alarming pace. It was very exciting, but my first thought was "I am going to miss out on so much when I go back to work!". . I know it's for the best though, that is what I am repeating to myself ad nauseum anyway. I used to love my job before I went off, I may love it again. Will see. I am going in to see my boss today so am hunting for clothes not covered in vomit

bb3 happy birthday to K
Sorry I'm on my phone and hot a head like a sieve so despite readin back I can't remember what everyone said

sassy I also think "you can't give that to a baby, and I'm only 25 and on dc number 2. I also think along the lines of just too much cleaning up to do. And I don't have the excuse of having 6 to clean up after I'm just plain lazy

Weaning seems to be going ok here she the only thing she seems to really love is butternut squash soup with chilli I fed her it before realising I had added chilli but she liked it. And puréed apple, not sure if I could do BLW as she chokes on even the slightest lump and tends to bring everything she's eaten back up when this happens.
Think we've finally cracked potty training accidents are nowuch less frequent even when wearing clothes only downside is the wee bugger wakes me in the night now asking to pee despite wearing a nappy [yawn]

Stupid car broke down today getting really sick of it had nothing but problems since I bought the damn thing and garage/salespeople are useless!
AF is now also back tempted to get pg again just so I can get another year period free

Happy birthday Tally and bb3 DS (3 is my favourite little boy age!)

Tally we have two bottom teeth are yours bottom? Are you bf? I'm getting the occasional nip and it hurts, goodness knows how bad it is once top ones are through!

I've been working everyday for the last two weeks, rebranding my business and opening new shop all exciting but very scary and poor E I have barely seen him hopefully I'll have more time once it's open on Friday and Easter is out of the way. I wanted to have the whole year off and somehow I seem to be doing two jobs before he's even 6 months !

Oooh the end of your Birthday sounds lovely though Tally Congratulations on the teeth too.

Happy Birthday to BB3 DS

Stupid question but are first teeth always at the front?

What's your business and shop Pebble?

Get M with the chilli soup . Might not go so well with some of those gorgeous dresses she has!

I realised yesterday that P's "bottom drawer of clothes that don't fit yet" had to be emptied before they become too small! Upside is we have a load of new clothes to try now, downside is she still fits in the ones in her wardrobe so we had to take a few out because there were not enough hangers. She needs a walk-in wardrobe

I think I might need to send some of her nappies back too and swap for size 4 as when she keeps sleeping on her front pee leaks out - I think they need to be higher at the front.

She only woke once overnight, about 2.30am (then 7am - which is morning so doesn't count). Can't believe how much her sleep can change from a few days ago. FX it lasts, although I still need exfoliating and botoxing as look shocking :(

Pene how was it seeing your boss? Do you feel any better about it now? Wish I had won the American Lottery the other day, I wouldn't need to go to work then - $640m

Have you tried the old "brand new baby in the house" line with the car garage?

My DH has just come off the phone to his mum - 'Mum says Lizzie should be sleeping through the night by now'!!

You'll be pleased to know that I managed to 'keep the hied' (not get the angry!) and just say 'Oh right!'

Argh! I'm not waking her up! I'd love her to sleep through!

DH wears earplugs so isn't disturbed at night. When we chatted about trying something like controlled crying I said to him that it would be helpful if he went to her at night instead of me if we were trying to get her to sleep through...funnily enough he's changed his tune a little!

I'm maybe being a bit precious but I think she's still too little - she's only 4 months and not very big, only on the 9th centile. Once she's a bit older and has a bigger tummy I'll be happier about trying to leave her. Ideally I want to give her a formula feed last thing so I can see how much she's had and feel happy that she's not hungry.

Still trying to get her to take a bottle with no success though! One battle at a time!

MrsH I think this will help www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryParenting/posts/399318350080657

I was worried about missing out on DD's first, especially working ft at 4 months, but I was still there for her first crawl and walk. Alternatively I was in bed this morning when DS rolled back to front for the first time

Thanks PA!

I would love to win the lottery too - someone won 26 million here last weekend, and I kept thinking about how I would spend it if it were me. DH and I had a disagreement about how much we would give family though, before remembering it was all theoretical!

Going into work was good actually, I do like my job and going in reminded me of that. My next challenge is trying to negotiate working part time, am hoping for 4 days a week and DH four days a week. We are not sure what will be best though, 3 long days in the nursery, or 4 shorter days. We have until Oct to decide though - in NZ you can split parental leave, so DH will be off until A is one.

For those of you with other dcs, what works for you re creche times etc, or home based care? It looks like nannies are way too expensive.

cheshire I have had to review what clothes fit A reguarly after him almost growing out of some stuff I'd put away. He is growing so fast.

MrsHende I think if someone said that to me re sleeping I would somehow find a giant rubber hand and use it to slap them I am just happy that I got two lots of 3 hours without being woken last night!

We are thinking of trying controlled crying but have decided to wait - I have to start him on formula next week to get him and my body ready for the return to work, so will see what difference that makes. Does anyone have any advice about how best to drop bf and start formula? I still plan to BF in the evening when I get back from work, but can't express during the day - after being able to express loads since A was born, all of a sudden all I can get is a trickle.

Sorry for the mammoth dual posts - have told myself that as soon as I finish here I must vacuum so am in full procrastination mode (and enjoying doing nothing while baby has a midday nap after an entire morning of playing)

Pene, dd for a to nursery 3 days a week 8-6. I always said that I wanted her to be at home more days than she was in somebody else's care but she loves it. she's been going since she was 1 but she's still really tired at the end of the day. We've kept her there even though I'm on mat leave because its her time and space with her friends which isn't dominated by the needs of a baby.

Penelope I'm introducing one ff at a time each for 3-4 days to drop my supply down to morning and evening for work. Seems to be working at the moment.

(Ps its LittlePebble!)

Cheshire it's a concierge business for people on holiday to Devon

Penguin thanks for the link, very interesting.

Holidays in Devon, makes me think of all warmth and sunshine and lie-in's (whilst I have the radiators on). DH and I got married in Devon and then conceived P when we went back 3 years later . Are you hoping you can do your business full time? Let us know if you get chocolate shortlisted Pebble

P is 6 months old today :)

Apparently my employer "no longer offers these services" (this is in relation to asking my friend to ring as a customer for the service I used to provide). Wish they would make me redundant but in reality I think they are just hoping I don't come back (because that's cheaper than offering redundancy).

cheshire happy half birthday P. where has the time gone?

I'm not going back to work for a while yet. If I decide nursing I'll need to do return to practise course, so may not go straight back to that. I'd want hours around preschool and school and hope that we can manager till J in preschool.

Dc full of colds and J really struggling to feed/sleep. She'a crying again, got to go

cheshire happy 6 months

hello, been ages because back at home with my parents for a few weeks and little Internet access. Sadly my mum has breast cancer, she had her op last week and just found out she needs chemo, radiotherapy, pills the whole shebang. She is quite depressed and I am trying to lift her spirits by being here with J. Plus my dad has no idea about cooking etc. All quite hard, makes me try to remember to be grateful for all we have

J is great and really does lift everyone's mood, he is just so sweet and smiles most of the day. Just leant to sit by himself which is amazing. He had bad diaharrea but now all better.. Think he is now ready to wean, I will get started when we go home I think, too hard here with everything else.

Sorry I have forgotten who said what, but will try to remember a bit

flower being a parent is so hard and I beat myself up the whole time about what I have/could have/should have done. My sis who has 3 DCs says that being a mum means guilt the whole time, unless you console yourself with the thought that you love your LO, and are trying your best.

I think I need to see my boss when I get back home to talk about going back. I want 2 or 3 days a week, not sure if it will be possible. The thought does make me feel sick!

Re sttn, they all do everything so differently, and that includes sleeping. J is great at sleeping, but he has started to wake earlier and earlier in the morning. When we stayed at the PIL we had blackouts, but they made it worse. Normally he just looks around for ages when he wakes up, but with the blackouts he couldn't see so cried instead!

Hello all, we are back

Had a great trip but you know the feeling of being home. S is taking her milk and falling asleep so will try catch up on my phone while I have a spare 20 mins
em so sorry to hear about your mum . Must be hard but your right about the little ones lifting spirits. Hope everything goes well for your mum

to all those baby's on the move!! S is rolling like mad now and trying to push up on her hands and knees to crawl. I think another few weeks and she will be there! Still a bit wobbly to sit by herself so that's what we are working in next .
Happy birthday to tally and bb3 dc

So we are finally home, well home last night but stayed at my mums as it was easier with S but we are back in our own house now. Trip was great, S was brilliant the whole time. I was so worried that she would be funny with new faces and places but she wasn't. Flight down went smooth but coming home last night was a bit of a challenge. Plane was at 6pm and I had it planned in my head. She had a nap on way to airport so I thought she could eat some dinner/fruit and then have bottle before we land so if she fell asleep in car home at 7.30pm I could just lift her into bed, but that all went to pot . I forgot to pack a spoon in nappy bag do had nothing so tried to just squirt the pouch into her mouth but it went all over me so decided to scrap that! Then she was fussing with milk and just couldn't get comfy. Eventually fell asleep on me 10 mins before we were due to land and woke as we were leaving plane so she never went back to bed till after 10pm. We seem to be back on track today though which I'm glad about. Have learned a lot though for our next trip to Canada in 4 weeks time. Just 7 hrs to get through this time rather than just 70 mins!!!!!

Hope everyone is good

Oh ment to ask, someone had said about eczema on baby. I'm starting to think S might have it. The tops of her arms, hands and legs are all very dry and cracked. I've been putting baby lotion on but it's not helping much. Don't know if I should take her to the docs to have it looked at

P has acquired a dry scabby face this week is it eczema then I wonder? Is that normal for babies then, she looks a right mess.

Mama it's ridiculous that 6 months have passed, seems like only yesterday I was waiting for our 12 week scan so I could tell work. Is J getting a cold too? P keeps sneezing but then she did take a Sophie Giraffe off another baby who was really snotty in class the other week and starting eating it so it's her own fault really.

Sorry to hear about your Mum Em. Hope the treatment starts to help. My friend (only 40) had the same about 4 years ago and had to wear a wig in the end, but the treatment seems to have worked.

She is super positive and even though I cannot imagine how hard it must be to be positive I do believe it makes a difference.

Those who have just joined/been away for a while - do you know we have a private facebook page?

Just popped on and couldn't not post. em sorry that your mum has breast cancer. Xx

em so sorry to hear about your mum.

penelope I have been dropping bf and switching to formula for the last month and am now down to just bf in the morning. It's amazing how quickly your supply drops. Last week I was on bf before work (I expressed for DH to give for breakfast as M was still sleeping), ebm at 11 on days I worked, ff at 13.30, bf at 16.30 (was usually home from school) and ff at bedtime. Even though M only needed one bottle of ebm I still expressed twice at school to get enough. This last week I haven't expressed at work and was expressing at tea time and getting less than 150ml.

I don't regret dropping the bf but once I started reducing it my body has started to give up (2 weeks sgo I'd get 2ooml in less than 10 minutes pumping and this morning 20 minutes will get me only 150ml).

Was slightly emotional when I got home from work today. I really love my job, I adore teaching, but office politics (or should I say staffroom politics) drives me crazy. It's not the kids, it's the bloody adults! M gave me a massive smile as I walked through the door tonight. DH says he'd been good as gold all day. He's got 2 more teeth coming through, both at the top.

Glad you had a good time fuzzzy. M started trying to push his bum up in the air yesterday (though nowhere near crawling - meant his face was pushed down into the mat!).

FD when E had really dry skin, our doctor recommended a sort of cream/salve that contained vaseline, wasn't expensive but really sorted out the dry bits better than normal baby lotion. Maybe you could ask at the pharmacy? M gets dry skin under his armpits, on the inside of his elbows (if that makes sense!) and on his temples.

pebble am confused about your NC I'm so ready to go back to the South West. DH and I have been looking at cottages in Dorset for a week in the summer.

em so sorry to hear about your mum

fuzzzy M has eczema and boots pharmacy gave me aveeno cream and it has almost cleared after just a couple of days, and I got it on minor ailments so was free

I'm really stressing about what to feed M I'm going to look up a few weaning recipes online and make them in advance and freeze them, she seems to have quite advanced taste already maybe it's the BFing? But she refuses if I try a simple purée with just one veg but yet she loves some I the jars of stuff and liked my soup which had a few different veg and a little chilli in it
I figure I'll be quite happy if she can eat half jars ad half home poke throughout the week so I'm gonna make/download a meal plan for a week and just stick to that.

C is sick again I feel like the poor boy has been ill for months, he has a "viral" infection I'm starting to think that's just doctor speak for we don't know what's wrong an cant be arsed finding out!

Hello everyone! Sorry been spending time with my sister who lives abroad and has come to visit for couple of weeks, so haven't been online much. It is so nice to have MY family member around, just makes me think how much I miss being away from them :(. I have tried to catch up very quickly, em sorry to hear about your mum, sorry to hear about all the sleeping issues too. Fuzzy glad your trip was ok, we are taking my sister to the airport on Sunday and have decided to spend the day in London and stay in a hotel. This will be the first hotel stay with L! Anyone got any tips?? (We have been to Centerparcs with him, but that's a bit different to a hotel stay).
In other news, I am a very proud mummy today, L has goot his first tooth (well @ actually :)). I almost cried today when I saw them . He is rolling all over the place, still mainly sleeps on his tummy, but I often find him on his side or his back too. Have just dropped middle of the night feed, so he feeds at around 6:30pm and then at 6:30am. Only been doing it for 2 nights so far but seems to work now he is on solids.
Edward I've made a few homemade recipes (Beef Casserole, Fish in Cheese Sauce and Chicken Dinner seem to be favourite with L), if you need recipes I am happy to email them :).
Anyway, hope everyone is doing ok and sorry for the long post!

That was meant to say 2 teeth actually :), not @ stupid mac keyboard!!

Yes, S has a really scabby face and under her chin is a mess! I've been keeping bibs in her and changing them constant to keep her dry. I've been applying Vaseline morning and night but it's not helping much. Maybe I'll pop by the chemist tomorrow and see what I can get for her. Read online about oat baths so tried that so will see how her skin is looking tomorrow
bub have fun in London! I'd move there in a min, love city life! Do you have plans of places to visit? We done London zoo which was fun

Oh and still gummy here! Not a single tooth to be found!!!