Postgraduate brookers - Brooking No Argument for happy, healthy and sleeping DCs..

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New thread time!

How was the swimming Too?

Good idea on the plum stuff too - they were quite good but I'd forgotten about them

Swimming was good - M went right underwater this time! The instructor said to catch their eyes, blow on their faces so they were really paying attention to you, then dunk them under and grin at them when they came back up. So I did! M came up spluttering and gasping but didn't cry. We only did it once, though, as it was her first time.

Grumpy baby - be back to post properly soon.

Awesome too, I've never dunked DD or babies. I say that like the babies have been swimming. S has been once... B not at all. The naming ceremony sounds like it went beautifully, I'm so pleased for you.

B has slept through for the last two nights!! As in 7:30-7. I'm sure he won't do it every night but great to know he can. S has tortured us recently, poor Dh has been out with the buggy at 3am ish several times... However he showed some improvement last night, only woke 3 times and stayed in with me from 5:30 but not too bad overall. Fingers crossed he'll repeat it...

I've been weaning about a week biscuits. At the wedding they had Ella's kitchen fruit pouches squeezed straight onto a spoon (& loved it). At 6 months I'll give them toast to gum, and yoghurts are easy, plus mashed banana. That with a few pouches should keep him going?? Today though, mine ate 3 ice cubes of steamed sweet potato with ebm, then half a jar of HIPP apple and pear pudding between them. They are good little troffers!!

Blimey wants, they really are the chuckle brothers. It'll be worth it when its all finished though.

Hooray for A's sleeping pomme, hopefully this is the start of everything improving for you. Really useful info on the cmpi for me too btw, thanks.

Arrrr! There are so many things wrong with the work done today!! Nothing really big but the little attention to detail that we thought we were paying for. They also used a bit of the old guttering when we have paid for a new bit! Sorry,rant over.

on your behalf Wants. Were the chuckle brothers recommended to you?

Aww good to hear M enjoyed her swimming lesson Too. I can't wait for DD to start in September.

We went on holiday with DS when he was 6 months Biscuits. Plum baby and Ella's Kitchen pouches were invaluable. But we were self-catering so I pureed some veg and fruit a couple of times.

pet if the bottle has been well washed and sterilised at home it is fine to use out as long as it's had the cap kept on.

Been to yet another family theme park today. DS got in bed tonight and said "I'm worn out I am"

at your DS Scarlet - how cute! I'm intrigued by all these theme parks you know of. Must drill you for info sometime....

at the chuckle brothers though Wants.

Thank you for all the pouch tips. I forgot to answer Too earlier. We're at Center Parcs so self catering so could do some prep of stuff but I'm lazy when on holiday. Prior to children a self catering holiday seemed completely pointless to me but I have reluctantly come round to the idea that they do kinda work with kids (mainly because you need somewhere to put those kiddiwinkles to bed so I can watch tv like I do at home

Pic of M at party on my profile - for a limited time only as DH is also in the pic.

How ADORABLE

V v cute dress too stifles jealousy over buying girls clothes

Dream I meant to say WHOOP WHOOP for B's sleeping! Awesome job! And yay for S doing a bit better too. It's all going in the right direction.......

Hope they do as well / better tonight xx

Sorry, too tired to post properly but... DT1 is the Incredible Non-Sleeping Baby...

Now, I am at my wits end with him. He will not sleep. Last night from 10:30-1am I tried shush pat, bf (of course!), co sleeping, holding the dummy he still won't take in and patting, just everything I could think of. No joy. So Dh took him in the buggy and it took an hours brisk walking 1-2am to get him asleep and he was up by 4am and repeat. I got him asleep after that, eventually, by bf plus putting him on his side, back patting and holding dummy in . Took 30 min of that, then he woke after 45 min. He starts flailing round in his cot,gets himself totally worked up so neither me nor Dh could sleep. WTAF do I do??? B slept through again!!

Btw, his one-off good night was clearly a fluke.

It's great news that B slept through again, but for still having such a hard time with S. He seems to be immune to all the regular sleeping things doesn't he . Have you thought of perhaps finding a sleep consultant or someone do you can talk through everything to see if they can see a link to something you / we can't? Or a cranial osteopath? I've heard marvellous tales of them improving babies in unlikely ways? The other thing about a CO is that aside from the CO bit itself they see a lot of 'difficult' babies so sometimes have other ideas of things you could try? My friend was going to one and it seemed to be helping but it was the CO who suggested she try a comfort formula rather than normal and that has hugely helped. But the HV / GP / no one else had thought of it. I suppose it's a bit like people who have acu for ttc and say it helps but also the people that do the acu actually are quite knowledgeable about things to do?

Have a anyway - I think you need it xxx

Eek, pushing a buggy in the early hours is brutal dream. I do however feel your pain despite slight breakthroughs recently (last night was crap due to dd1 joining in!).

My top tip with A is to prop her up on lots of pillows beside me in bed and then use my iPad. She calms, watches and eventually falls asleep. last night when dd1 had woken her at 3.30am (45 mins after I'd settled her post feed grrr) it worked in less than 5 mins.

i know its another prop really but hey ho. thinking about a nightlight that would do the same now - anyone got any recommendations?

I know. It's poor Dh who takes the buggy out normally but its still happening twice a week at least atm...

I'll try getting him to look at my phone. Worth a shot. He's surviving on 8-9 hours sleep a day quite often. Bloody, bloody baby!

too, totally gorgeous pic.

oo yes sorry too - M and her dress totally beautiful and the cake looked very yummy too! Umm, wtaf at your friend and the roses though?? Was she drunk??

The maximum I ever seem to get from A is 13 dream - 11-12 the average I think. I read those things saying 15 hours sleep at this age and have a wry and yawny chuckle.

Did I miss something about the roses?

I posted this on my angels and rainbows thread, Biscuits:

Had an argument with one of my friends, though - we were tidying up afterwards and I said she could take some of the flowers home, but not the red and pink roses because we were planning to take them to Thea. She said they were the only flowers she wanted and if she couldn't have them then she didn't want any at all. Another friend was listening to all this and suggested other flowers, but Friend 1 just kept repeating that she only wanted the roses. She didn't get them! Then she told my sister on the way home that I was being really annoying about the flowers. My mum bought those roses specifically to take to Thea after the party - they weren't up for grabs!

She was a bit tipsy, Pomme, but not really drunk. I do think that when she has a drink or two she seems to chuck compassion/social awareness out of the window, though.

Dream, Brooking for your Bad Bat Baby to improve. I think Biscuits' suggestions sound good - if you go to see someone then it feels like you're doing something, not just repeating the same things over and over again and not getting anywhere. Taking the buggy out at 1am is some excellent effort on the part of MrDream, but that it's necessary.

And, erm,

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How ridiculously rude and, well, I don't even know what to say! I'm trying to refrain from swearing. What a silly cow she is! Some people are so unnecessary! If I were your sister I don't think I'd have been able to hold my tongue if she then subsequently was banging on about it later!

Too I probably would have slapped her, the bloody cheek of some people

scarlet they are a big company beginning with E and they did the rest of the house 2 years ago. We just got a rubbish team this time:( we haven't given them any money yet and someone is coming back tomorrow to put stuff right I hope
Ditto at your friend too

I've known her for a very long time and she's one of my closest friends, but she just has her moments, shall we say! Not quite sure what I'll say to her the next time I see her.

Too can I just say how I am on your behalf about your "friend" and the flowers! Utterly thoughtless, completely selfish, and just disgusting behaviour really. How frustrating that it came at the end of such a perfect event. The picture is just scrumptious! M looks super cute and that's a serious cake!

Dream hip hip hooray for B sleeping through!! So sorry to hear about S's antics, but hopefully he'll follow his brother's excellent example soon. The boys must be around 5 months now? You've done unbelievably well to get this far, the end of the sleeplessness is in sight! In the short term, my bad mummy solution to nights when A just won't go to sleep is to just sit in bed and watch a programme (usually House!) on my laptop whilst holding her. Little A seems mesmerised by Hugh Laurie and she quietens down and eventually goes to sleep. I think it's partly the gentle distraction (like Pomme's iPad) but also I think that when I give her my full attention with rocking, patting, singing, it kind of stimulates her to stay awake. When I focus on something else she just goes to sleep (sometimes!)

Little A is 17 weeks today. I need to keep my house clear of all bananas to avoid succumbing to the temptation to wean!! Out of interest, when did the older mini No Brookers start to sit up independently? I don't want to spend 7 weeks thinking it's "just around the corner" the way I did with A learning to roll!

too and I'm with rubber I'd have lamped her!

dream great news re b. Hope s gets better soon.

F sat reliably at 27 ish weeks - DH taught him aw!

wants grrr at the builders ridonculous!

biscuits we took jars/pouches on holiday with us but also gave f some of whatever we were having although that might have led to the weaning nightmare I'm currently having which I posted about in weaning and only got one reply to , bitter me?

Too, that picture of M is absolutely gorgeous. So :( that the friend ruined what was a perfect day though - how ridiculous :(

Dream, sorry S is being such a non-sleeper :( I'm sure it will get better - thank goodness for B being wonderful! :)

Liking the 'bad mummy' solutions! :D When I last saw my midwife, she said that the key to quieter nights is to not talk to them, keep the lights off etc. So when I feed Iz at night, I just have her nightlight on (which is on all night, gives me enough light to see), pick her up and feed her, then put her back. I also play on my phone the entire time (a combination of MN, FB, Twitter and games!). I'm only on my phone while she's feeding though, so I doubt she can see it.

Think she may be growth spurting again. She's been sleeping through the night or only waking once, but it was multiple times last night. That or it's sleep regression time..

Hope the work of the Chuckle bros gets sorted today Wants. We have a company here tomorrow to fit new french doors, back door and a new window (all desperately needed replacing when we bought the place). Worried a tad that it'll be hideous! Luckily I have a friend over, so hopefully she'll help keep Iz entertained :)