December 2012: This too shall pass, this too shall pass

[HoneyMumandSon]

keep repeating the mantra...

Oh IsThat what a test I hope you've managed to reassure your ds.

Well I didn't bother with a dream feed as I fell asleep and ds has just done over five hours so we'll see how the rest of the night goes! He only ever has a quick five minute feed at night before he's zonked again I wish I could get him to take more

Thanks ladies! WL there's no relationship at all, if I try and talk to him he won't listen it will just cause friction. I've reassured poor ds1. I'm just hoping that when xh's new baby arrives he gets bored of my dcs which is awful but I would have am awful lot less behavioural problems with them if they didn't go there

Fx DS doesn't do every 2 hrs tonight lol.

5hrs spotty your DS really has turned a corner with sleeping.

Isthat i know this is childish but i'd be tempted to get a card for his new baby and sign it, Love your 'half' brother and sister. Know thats extremely childish though and that you wouldn't actually do it. Just hoping that the thought would cheer you up hope your ok.

you could send half a present as they're only half related spend half the money instead and treat yourself

Loving your work ladies!

Fell asleep whilst putting ds to bed at 10, first time listening/watching ewan dream sheep has helped him go as he used to scream when I first put it on. Now I can't sleep!

Echo what everyone else has said about your ex-dp isthat.

Lots to catch up on from the weekend! Thanks everyone for the support, I'm glad it's not PND. I think I will go to a few groups. If I'd been working out here it would have been much easier to meet people!

isthat no wonder you were fuming.

pidj I think I'm going to follow your lead and try DS in his own room tonight. He was awake for hours last night, not crying, just cooing and fidgeting!

hales I hope you can figure something out that works for both of you.

mama I put the seat unit back on too, it worked for a bit!

Mastitis again!! Why! It's the same side too, and DS is really reluctant to latch on that side now which hasn't happened before. Poo.

Thanks for the evil ideas. God pidj I'm not sending a present or card it is not the done thing even from the dcs. XH won't even let them make cards to me at his house. (When they are there on Mother's Day/my birthday etc)

I think DS just slept 3hrs in one go! he was soaking as he'd leaked through his nappy so I've had to do a full outfit change and now he wants to play

Set more can you express??

He's still asleep!!! His last and only feed was 00:30!!! My boob really hurts. Think I'm going to try scrapping the dream feed although it could just be a fluke. I can hear him stirring but I have to be up in half an hour anyway. I had to come and check this thread to see if he's woken up in between or not

Argh I've leaked through my breast pad. Two night age I wasn't wearing any

Morning all, our lovely 9-7 didn't last. Starting to hate 5:30 am never knew it existed

What a tosser Isthat at least you don't have to live with him anymore! That would be much worse.

Glad to hear you're making some plans Seymore, whereabouts ate you? Is there plenty going on where you are?

Our Virgin media box blew yesterday afternoon , all our lovely programmes and series links! Going to be a right pain to sort.

Just seen my awful auto corrects

Should say Seymore can you express that side

And two nights ago I wasn't wearing any

I think that 7-6 counts as sleeping through! Trouble is I was up worrying if he was ok.

If 7-6 isn't sleeping through I don't know what is!

Sure enough, my plan of expecting not much last night after she slept through on Saturday was wise - back to the old tricks at 3.30 and 5.30. For the first time I didn't feed at 5.30 though, just gave her the dummy, which worked quickly. Oh well, one step forward...

Isthat, what a wanker.

Seymore, :( for mastitis, I hope it clears soon.

Hmm .12.30, 3.40 (took 1hr to resettle after full outfit change) and 7, better than 12, 2, 4, 6 I suppose.

Wow spotty amazing sleep! And pgmkt I am very although I get 2 2 hr sleeps during the day which allows me to work, those are more important than night sleeping iykwim!

He's only just woken up I had to hand express some off and will have to express the side he's not feeding from when he's done. Even dd didn't wake up until 6:45.

Two two hour naps must be amazing IsThat. There's no pattern to ds's naps though I suppose he usually has up to an hour in the mornings.

Isthat was it your x who wouldn't do the homework either? Sounds like a right tosser. When I was younger someone tried to tell me my adopted cousins weren't my real cousins, I got quite upset!

Pmgkt we were so close to that sleeping through, then teething happened. Last night was F's first night in his cot. Slept 7-1, fed and back to sleep but woke at 3 and 4.45 needing cuddles. Think he just needed some reassurance in his big bed!

eggs indeed he is wanker and won't take them to their friends birthday parties. The amount of parties they've missed out on because of him and I ask what they did instead and the answer is always 'well we watched a film' bully for that! I'm sure my kids will realise soon enough and vote with their presence (or lack of).

also the same one who wouldn't take ds2 as he was ill and the gf is pregnant so he 'couldn't risk' her getting ill, god that mans an arse

isthat, oh THAT ex, I remember now; the latest episode does I am afraid sound like typical behaviour for him, from what you've told us. At least your children have your positive influence for most of the time.

hales I don't think I'd picked up on your partner not living with you - that must make it doubly hard as it sounds like hes able to cherry pick times to get enough sleep for himself, rather than having to be there to muck in with all the hard stuff.

We have a front-to-back roll! On the bed. He did it twice for just me and then I put him on his tummy again when DH, MIL and FIL were there and he did it and we all cheered, and the look on his face at the sudden noise was a picture.

Well done baby Seconds! (Z? Have shocking memory.) C has been trying hard and gets a bit frustrated when she can't manage it. She'll do it soon, I'm sure!

Wow some amazing sleeping going on! T spent rather a lot of time in bed with me again - we've all got colds AGAIN so I guess she needed a bit of extra comfort.
Left her and dd2 at home with DH while I took dd1 to school - bless her she was excited about alone with mummy time! Have promised a mummy and big girl treat when T is weaned - she chose a trip to the theatre (some great kids theatre round here) which is lovely - so much nicer than hateful soft play!
And I got 10 mins on my own in the car on the way home!

Isthat - your ex, for example, is a arse. As you say, your DC will probably reach the same conclusion as they get older an act accordingly. How for you all though.

Hales - sorry I didn't reply yesterday. Would echo what everyone else says and hope you manage to find a solution so that you get some more support and some much needed rest soon.

Seymore - hope the masitis clears up soon.

Have finally made hair appointment - for this morning! N still not brilliant at drinking ebm, but we've got a wedding next week and I cannot go with my hair in its current state. DM has very kindly offered to come into town with us to look after the boys there, so if all else fails and N rejects the ebm she can bring him to me so I can feed him. If it works out, they'll have a nice morning out with grandma and I'll no longer resemble a scarcrow. If not, we'll have a rather cross baby and an attempt to feed while having my hair done to add to my bf career. Can't decide if the whole scheme's mad or not. I suppose if we don't try, we'll never find out.

ISpy I took ds with me to the hairdressers when he was about six weeks old and it was fine so if you do end up having to feed him I'm sure it'll be ok

WL that sounds lovely!

Well done Z!

My mum is always going on about how advanced my little sister was as a baby really pisses me off I don't really care! She is now a lovely eighteen year old who cares when she smiled, sat, slept, walked, rode her bloody bike

mamapo yes it's little Z for Zachariah. Bed might be a good place to start rolling as although it's a bit harder to push off a soft surface, once they've got going there's a bit more bounce to help them finish the roll.

ispy go for it!

I'm just about to take T and dd2 (nearly 3) to my smear appointment!