Brooking no argument for babies who sleep, eat, smile and behave perfectly at all times. Yeah right!

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New thread, here we go...

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for Too. The forms are terrifyingly detailed aren't they?!?! I'll be No Brooking extra hard for M (and you!) on the 11th! I'm sure she'll love it! I have no idea about the dentist I'm afraid. Little A's first tooth broke through over a week ago now, and it still isn't even half as tall as I expect it'll end up. So I have no idea when there will be enough of it above the gumline to start brushing?! Hoping the more experienced No Brookers will be along to answer your q shortly!

If I recall correctly DS1 was registered at my dentist but didn't have his own appointment until he was 2. Before that they said just bring him along to my appointments and they'd see if he'd let them look in but really no pressure if he didn't want to open up. It is good for them to see you doing the whole appointment shizzle though.

I can't remember if we registered ds2 when we went to the dentist or not. i should think we did? We have been once since he was born but perhaps I'll check next time we go. They might even want to have a look - he's got so many teeth

Best thing I think would be to ask your dentist what they'd recommend? It might be different for Scottish teeth

Well, my dentist is my uncle, but since we moved (2 years ago) I think we fell off their list and neither of us have had occasion to need a dentist appt since. Will phone up and ask. Uncle used to give me free dental care but charge DH at NHS rates - wonder if that arrangement will have changed by now?

Pah.

Ds1 came in at 3:23 to ask if it was time to get up Put him back to bed but am now STILL AWAKE!

Grrrrrr

biscuits Get him a groclock. We got one for DS1 a couple of weeks ago and its worked really well. He stayed in bed until after 7 all week.

Pah. S will not sleep longer,than 2.5 hours. I'm knackered. Went to bed at 9 to try and get some sleep but the little tike was up by 9:30 and has tormented me since.

I second your Grrrrr biscuits

After over a week of this I'm feeling weepy. I'm just desperate for some sleep but its not looking likely.

I'm so grumpy I can't even be bothered to pretend to write a nice post

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I feel slightly more human now I'm up and dressed.

DD has a groclock but we're currently too inconsistent with it but I hear wonderful things about it biscuits

So ds2 goes backwards? Well done E!

I am mning from my bed in the new house. dp has taken both kids downstairs. I still feel slightly anxious but the massive stress levels are reducing daily. No internet till 3rd Dec so on phone and will be sporadic. Dd has gone from being super quiet baby to resembling some form of dinosaur bird and now squawks and babbles constantly. Oh and learnt to roll b to f a couple of weeks ago.
Boo to all badly sleeping babies. Back soon x

Right. Sorry about yesterday's random alcohol-inspired comment. I'm going to scroll back and try to catch up now.

I'm aware there are still sleep-deprived Brookers and those with poorly LOs (I'm in both groups, I fear, though DS is only under the weather and does manage a chunk of sleep in between the wake-ups, so I know I'm better off than some). Sending big mugs of your way, anyway.

Musical I know you mentioned fanjo pain a while ago. One girl in my NCT group had a similar problem and apparently some of her stitches were inflamed. The doctor gave her a steroid cream, I think, which solved the problem. So it's probably worth getting checked out just in case.

Scarlet when is DS's appointment? Really hope you get some answers about his health, or your concerns allayed. I loved the picture of DD in her gorgeous dress - thanks for sharing it.

Too I've registered DS with a dentist just so I know he's got one when he needs one! He doesn't have any teeth yet. :)

Scream FWIW I think your nursery plans sound really wise. DD will be familiar with the place and people, and happy to spend more time there when the time comes. Has she started to be clingy yet? If not, even better - hopefully she'll be happy there from the start. Oh, and I think you can start brushing A's little tooth now, just to get her used to it. Wonder how she'll respond?!

Speaking of clingy, DS (nearly 8 months) definitely is - mainly just to me. Which is flattering, but a little awkward when distant aunts want to cuddle him. :(

Ooh, how exciting about those of you with taxing jobs! Do you have any rl contact, then? Got to say I didn't understand tour code at all - but then, I'm a teacher, so wouldn't expect to, right?

Dream when does DH get his exam result? Sounded bloomin' hard, especially when tired. Really hope you all have a better night tonight.

your code.

Gotta run - off to church in the rain.

Pet, thanks for the fanjo advice! I think someone else (Too possibly?) said something similar about one of their friends. I'll be booking an appointment tomorrow!

Scream, I think your nursery plans sound wise. If I were going back soon - and could use nurseries (won't work out for us sadly, shame as we found one we loved!), I'd do the same. DH would rather I look after her though, which is a fair point... and it might give me a chance to work on my composition career, so we'll see how it works out. I have a couple more months to decide...

At my parents' for my brother's birthday. We went out to his school production last night, and left Iz for only the second time - the first time she was asleep the whole time! Last night she played on her own for an hour after we left (she didn't want to play with anyone else, just decided crawling around the living room was fun - and trying to grab all the cables!). She was then very sad when she got tired and realised DH and I weren't there to comfort her before bed... but then went down at about 9pm and slept until we got home! Hurrah!

Linking to the Facebook group, but someone was talking about the Kenwood Prospero? I might buy one with our Clubcard vouchers. Can't justify a Kenwood Chef (or Magimix or Kichenaid or anything that costs quite that much!), but I do do a lot of baking, and I was paid by one of my private students yesterday meaning I have enough to cover the bit the vouchers won't stretch too! Hmm... tempting!

Yay for Iz sleeping, Musical! Love her crawling around grabbing cables, too - M rolls around and grabs cables.

Pet, the clingy thing is interesting. M isn't clingy atm but I do wonder if that will change when she gets used to being without me 4 days a week.

Ninja, was that your first night in the new house? Yay for new houses and noisy babies and rolling!

Joining the sleep-deprived group...M slept in 90 minute intervals for most of the night, grr! I gave her a dummy because she woke up all chirpy at 1am and wanted to play . That actually worked - she lay in her cot sucking and playing with the dummy and actually fell asleep on her own, but only for 2 hours 40 mins (longest sleep interval!). DH took her out shopping this morning so I could sleep.

Too re the babies' achievements / milestones - when I talk to people about their babies I usually ask what new things they're doing, rather than 'are they crawling' etc, because when you think about it, your baby is constantly developing and learning - not just the milestones, but personality stuff. For example, a couple of days ago DS was sitting with DH and dropped a toy. DH caught it and handed it straight back. DS started to giggle and did it again. After a few goes he was properly belly laughing. DH and I weren't quite sure what was so funny, but DS had obviously invented a game and was enjoying it. So, if it helps, maybe you could think of an anecdote you can bore people with relate about M when people ask, rather than worrying about what she isn't doing.

Feeling a bit miffed at breastfeeding today (as people on fb may have seen!). I feel sooo differently now...approx 6 weeks before I go back to work 2.5 days in the office and what is likely to be constant email/phone communication out of the office (weekdays and weekends).

I have wasted my maternity leave through being so sleep deprived and all I had to do was get her on a bottle! Now it's over, dd1 has square eyes from so much telly and we haven't had anywhere near the fun i thought we'd have.

Grr.

ANYWAY.

I've only taken dd1 to the dentist once and only then to check out what to do with her weird extra tooth. I think when she had two teeth I started giving one of those chewable toothbrush things in the bath with a smear of toothpaste on. Need to get dd2 one given that she's got 4 teeth...Whoops. Poor little second born.

I asked at dentist when DD needed registering they said once she had a couple of teeth but more so she could get used to going rather than anything else.

Hi everyone. I've been lurking on the thread for a couple of days, but thought I'd post to make it easier

I'm 38w today, and feeling a little worried at all the sleep deprivation posts... My little boy will be a perfect angel right? Very much looking forward to him coming though, and hoping he comes sooner rather than later. Would like the wee'un have a bit of time between his bday and Christmas, though also would like to have had recovery time post birth to enjoy my Christmas Day too.

Quite glad he's due over Christmas so I'll have DH home for a few weeks. It's a perk you forget about when you realise you're going to have a Christmas baby.

Hope people start sleeping better soon, and that nursery and school settling in and choosing go well. Also that the poorly ones get better soon.

Hey Stacks great to see you over here. Wow 38 weeks already how exciting! I also have a Christmas born little boy, he was due Boxing Day. After TTC for 18 months I didn't feel I could complain about the timing but I really did stress about it. As it happened he arrived bang splat in the middle between Christmas and New Year so wasn't as bad as it could've been. You're right about having DH around more. Mine had DS's first 3 weeks off as he was on holiday when he arrived and then it went straight into paternity leave at the start of Jan. It was great!

Yay for being in the house at last Ninja

No time to name check everyone, busy busy busy. No doubt I'll be back on later though and will catch up with the rest of you then.

I hardly dare say it in case I jinx it, but DS has been back to his usual self since Friday. I'm still going to take him for the coeliac test though just to put my mind at rest. Luckily he doesn't mind needles.

Don't worry about the sleep deprivation, it is only temporary they should move out eventually

Too good luck with tonight. Since DS rejected the dummy I've fed him to sleep for all naps (except in the car or buggy) and at night. Sometimes he goes from about 8pm to 5am with only one wake / feed. Usually he wakes 3 or 4 times though.

Dream I meant to add that I loved your description of the twins sitting and giggling at each other. So cute. DS doesn't get much tummy time (especially now he can sit) because of the marauding hound, but I'm sure he'll crawl in his own good time, just like all the brooking babies will. ATM he just sits! :)

Rubber how old is N? She sounds gorgeous!

Think I've just about caught up with the fred now...

Hello Stacks ! Hope you find these last few weeks / days restful and not too uncomfortable. Looking forward to you joining us with a LO very soon...

Scarlet glad DS is better. :)

Love the festive name Jen.

So Pomme, does A take the bottle now? Well, your bfing is over, so I hope you can make the most of your last 6 weeks of mat leave. Don't look back - enjoy the time (and sleep) now!

Looking forward to you joining us properly - good luck with it all my lovely xx

So glad DS is on the mend Scarlet - hope the blood test shows all is well and it was just One Of Those Things

N is 25 weeks now Pet