November 2012 - sleeping through yet?

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My old surgery you had to speak to the nurse who decided who you needed to see!! And at work if you call in sick you speak to occupational health who decide whether or not you are fit to work and how long you should be off for!! Nhs!!! Oh and if you had more two sickness incidents in a year you would be reviewed at sickness three and could lose your job with continued absence!!

In 7 years I've had three sick episodes but this policy saw sick Levels fall by about 80%.

Vq - yay!!!!!

The threat of formula worked!!

OK so GT said a few pages ago there was an amnesty on lurkers so hello!

Never get a chance to sit in front of the computer and the blackberry double posts which I hate. However hopefully adopting DH's old android phone so may re-join if that is ok!

Right, back to the catch up...

A good night's sleep motivated me to finally ger on top of the cleaning now DD1 is back at creche part time. Am feeling less guilty about spéding the rest ofthe morning watching dytime TV.

Good luck catching up brockle - 50 new posts overnight when we should all have been sleeping . Not sure what that says about our day/night balance...

LO slept in her crib again thanks to magical lighty thing (fake Ewan with no fluff or sounds) which has made dh unbearably smug since he bought it but only because I gave him the idea

horsey I too work for the nhs who were proper nobs a little unreasonable with their expectations when I was pregnant. They could see no problem with me working 12 days in a row, including several 13 hour shifts. And I wonder why LO was early!!

rowing That would drive me nuts. And I think matriarchy is not something that someone should try at-the most matriarchal matriarchs that I have come across are so because they are awesome, thoughtful and quietly supportive, not flinging their opinions around. You should let her know, lol. Or then again, maybe not!

petite We are a quiche?

GT We absolutely MUST see pictures please! And also, I like your take on the situation re thread-jealousy. I consider quite a few of the ladies on this thread to be bona fide celebrities (in a good way, not like TOWIE or anything). It is about time that they got wider recognition

It is properly snowing in the Yorkshire Dales now, FINALLY!

MM Sorry you have had a crappy night. Remember the mantra, 'this too shall pass'. Feel free to repeat to yourself hysterically stoically until things improve!

horsey Sounds like could be UTI, definitely get him checked out. Hope all is fine.

We still have dd in our bed. She had formula on Sat while I went to the cinema to see Les Mis (which is brilliant!) and she was quite sick but VERY sleepy (not unwell sleepy, just stomach full type sleepy) and she went down brilliantly.

Every night now she seems to do 9-3, quick feed then back down til 7. Not bad at all. Now I just need to figure out why I still feel so so tired all day every day.

We still have J in our bed, mainly because he is a cot dodger! However sleepy or groggy he is when put in the cot, the second his bum touches the mattress he screams. Little bugger is determined mum and dad will never get some 'alone time'

Snowing here today, we have baby massage later, anyone been? I'm wondering what it consists of and if I need to take anything?

I want to be in the quiche!

Ok night here...just wish he'd go longer than 3 hours...but hey ho..

He had a catnap in his big cot so I was able to shower and dress...woohoo

Ooh yes candy could go some quiche!

I old go horsey that sound odd.

And it is Monday

horsey that was what I was thinking

J also settled himself on a couple of occasions, even after a feed in his nursery, complete with bum change as did a massive poo - I put him in the cot, and he fell asleep after punching Ewan a few times. Usually he looks for a nipple to suck on to fall asleep.

I am not gonna feed him in bed any more, except first thing when the girls come in. Hopefully he will take more in each time and will self settle. Putting the spare cot up in his nursery so I can try him in there again. I will miss him, but he needs to be in there for my sanity.

My understanding of quiche, in the MN context, is 'clique'. I particularly like salmon quiche.

Wish I could say its an emergency but the surgery is the "official" NHS walk-in centre, the one they recommend if you can't see your GP & shouldn't be going to a & e. It's open 8-8 every day, 363 days a yr (closed Xmas & Easter day), so I'd just be told to wait. When you could phone up and book for the next couple of days, it was worth being registered there, especially as we lived just around the corner. But since we've moved & you know have to phone at 8am on the dot for an appt, its no better than my old Dr (which had the phone at 8am & all appt gone by 3mins past type policy!). The Drs are quite nice & I can't complain about them at all, but if I could use the walk-in whichever Dr I was registered at, and have no advantage to being registered there, I might as well move back to my old GP. Frustrating.

mm agree with Catbag. It will pass.... but in the meantime, we've all been there (or will be getting there soon...) and its hard. Hugs. Hope you get some sleep when M does.

Hey ladies, sorry to crash from time to time but I was directed here by someone on another thread yesterday and thought it made for fascinating reading: www.isisonline.org.uk

I'd been freaking out about my 9 week old only sleeping in short bursts and the website explains why they shouldn't be going more than 3 hours at this stage (small stomachs, risk of SIDS). I think it's different for FF babies.

Having read it, I felt far more relaxed (had been panicking) and LO slept in longer chunks in his basket, it was almost like he picked up on my sigh of relief. Hope all your babies are doing well and you're getting some zeds :)

2nd naughty step visit for DD already. Today is going to be fun!!

mm growth spurts are a bitch, but important. Make sure you prepare well for the night in advance by resting as much as you can in the day, and having things like chocolate, drinks, entertainment etc nearby.

DH you are still having unbroken sleep so you will be tired. Do not expect too much of yourself, and rest when you can x

chunky dsd who is 5 spent 25 continuous minutes on naughty step yesterday. Fun doesn't even begin to sum it up.

Ah love your post candypop we've all come so far together.

DD1 is at preschool and E is asleep so I've just done a quick skim read as I really need to get on with some house stuff but am having trouble leaving the sofa!

Just watching this morning and they are discussing praising your child and that you shouldn't do it as could damage them in the future. What absolute rubbish (in my opinion). If you don't encourage and praise your child then how will they get any satisfaction from being good and have a drive in them to do good things. These stupid statements about parenting do wind me up. As if its not a difficult enough job as it is! Right, after that mini rant I'm off to do the hoovering (booo).

Well my appointment isn't till 2.30. Im not sure which dr it is. It's either the one who thought I'd got a dvt or the one who gave ne a lecture on when I should get my son looked at.....

Sry horsey. Cross posted earlier
Yeah brockle! Skim read. Or just start fresh now n forget previous. It's better to check in as much as possible n comment on maybe last few posts then always play catch up n never post. IN MY OPINION.

baby massage. (Forgot who asked) take a towel n some olive oil. N we had to do it without babies nappy on. So maybe a towel for u to put over ur lap to avoid being sprayed on.

Hello everyone!

I have finally caught up on this thread, goodness you guys can talk!

We had a good night last night which consisted of baby sleeping from 11.30 til 4.30am. This is much better than the previous night if four awakenings between 4 and 9. He did sleep through randomly two nights ago sleeping 9 hours in a row! Very odd and unexpected. I think the only difference was no nap at all. However he is a nap dodger, he rarely naps longer than 30mins. My dd was the same :-(

I'm hoping I may now be able to keep up and pop in and out of the thread but who knows!

I've given up on the catch up!

Little Y is 7 weeks and we are still BFing. He usually goes from 9pm ish to 4am and then 6 - 7 am which is good for me as we have the school run in the morning.

He has thrush and reflux tho luckily it does not seem too severe at the mo.

Y has been fantastic but its swings and roundabouts as my 4 year old has turned into a monster. I was tearing my hair out last week but after looking on mumsnet it seems that 4 year demons do seem to affect some little ones so it was nice to know that I was not alone. He is usually lovely if a little stubborn but for the last two weeks we have had tantrums and defiance. Hoping we will come out of the other end soon.

Saw the weaning chat which was totally new to me as BLW passed me by and I love puree weaning with the DS's. I am actually quite looking forward to it