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

[HoneyMumandSon]

keep repeating the mantra...

utopian that's awesome!

willyou, z is sick a lot. At first I worried he'd choke himself and asked a nurse in the hospital and she said it would just run down the sides of his mouth, which it does. He is staggeringly not bothered about throwing up.

Utopian, well done!

Spotty - you deserve a decent stretch!

C went down at 8.30, midnight dream feed, then lasted to 5.30! I woke when she fussed at 3.15 but held off. Now I've just got her up I notice she managed to sneak her left hand out the neck of her swaddle and must have been sucking on it. Time to trial one arm out, if this is the result!

I think C is left handed, like my husband. Anyone else's show clear handedness yet?

He's still asleep! I have to get up though

mama not what I'd call clear handedness yet, but dm is sure his left is more uncurled than his right and therefore this is a sign he'll be a leftie. She is too - so no biased judgement!

Astonished that O slept from 4.20-7.10! This, by our current standards, is not too bad...

They don't decide which hand they use until they're two

Ds woke up at seven but I only just fed him and he was practically laughing at my boob before he latched

We had a awful night compared to usual, I think Ds had tummy ach as he kept farting. He slept till 3 then he was up every hour and not properly asleep inbetween. I was supposed to go and meet a friend for lunch and a wonder around the shops but I think I will cancel and stay on the sofa in our pyjamas. Mostly Ds is a great sleeper I was so releived, I really hope this is not a sign of things to come!

He is happy enough now playing under his babygym.

I have noticed Ds shows a left hand preference, I looked it up online and babies are not supposed to show a preference it can be a bad sign :( I asked the HV about it and she said so long as he can move both the left and right hand it isn't a problem

Is anyone else using bonjela with their baby? I put some on in the night thinking he might have teath pain, he stopped grizzling and went to sleep (for a while) but I think it might have been the nice taste that he liked rather than it taking away his pain.

Well done Utopian.

Welcome back Honeytea.

Hope J's better today Willyou.

11.30 - 6.30 .

WOW ispy!

Just got a cheeky extra had hour after dh left..

Awesome sleeps Spotty and Ispy I am appointing myself the new head of spotty's gang for the day!

The vomiting has stopped just in time for the diahrroea to start . Bloody injections!

Oh willyou! I have fx that tomorrow's injections don't have too much of an effect on little C. The first round left us with a pretty miserable day.

Morning sleep experiment day 2 - C asleep in cot for 40 minutes, with dummy wrangling at start and 10 mins in. Getting better!

We've got 16 week jabs on Monday but have been fine with others so fingers crossed.

Poor you WillYou

Ds has been on his play may happily for over twenty minutes smiling at the toys

Nice one utopian

About time you got some sleep spotty, hoorah for thumbs!

honeytea our babies were born on the same day!

We're on our 3rd outfit of the day, puke-tastic here as always!

Looks like the babies are starting to get their head around sleeping, about time! DS is still getting off to sleep fine, but waking me around midnight with his noisy sleeping, then refusing to go back to sleep after his 3.30 feed. This has happened the last couple of nights, very odd! He has also been a bit resistant to day time naps.

Willyou don't worry about vomit, they push it out their mouths. F is such a sicky baby I put a muslin in his basket under his head to soak the sick up!

I've had a super sleepy baby recently. Sunday night he went down to bed at 10pm, 3 quick feed wake ups and slept till 7, then slept again from 8:15-9, 10-2, 3-6, dozed and fed in the evening then 10-7 again! Yesterday was more disturbed as we went out, so he only slept 9-10, 12-1, 2-6.. Today he went down at 11am and is still sleeping now, even with transfer to pushchair and currently on bus.

I'm almost worried its too much.

Stacks ds is really sleepy today. They grow when they're sleeping I'm making the most of it as I know it won't last long!

Stacks I asked the HV if DS was ok because he is so sleepy and she laughed at me and said he is fine, so long as the baby is eating and having wet nappies they can sleep all they want/need.

WLmum poor you, 3 outfits already :(

Has anyone started using a door bouncer/jemperoo? we have one and DS has good back/neck control, mymum said she used them from 2 months but it feels a little early.

Honeytea advice is four months due to back strength etc I think it's probably different if you have a big baby they could probably go in a bit earlier. Ds is 15 weeks and still has froggy legs so I definitely wouldn't put him in one yet!

Ds is big, just over 7kg (15.6 pounds) so he is a chunk, he just want to stand all the time, I asked the hv if it was ok for him to stand (with me holding his hands) she said it was fine but it might be hard for me to hold him up. Maybe I could do it just for a short time :)

Well I have one overtired little boy who had refused to sleep all day. I've just had to let him fake cry himself to sleep as he wouldn't stop no matter what I did. It was fake though, he'd do 2 sobs and then look up at me and then 2 more! May have to sacrifice an arm though as he's asleep on it!

Oh for a sleepy baby Stacks

He used to be sicky Eggs but grew out of it. This was fairly projectile as it was all over the sides of his Moses basket liner. All in the wash this morning.

We encountered the worst night ever for sleep last night i just could not settle her and boy can she scream. She went through 6 outfit changes in the space of 2 hours when i gave up and left her in her nappy. When i eventually tried to put clothes on her again she went even more nuts. So i left her clothes off, swaddled her tightly in a blanket and sang a lullaby on repeat she fell asleep. Is it wrong that i just put another her usual swaddle blanket round her and a blanket on top of her, in her moses basket, so i could sleep? She only managed 2 hours before she wanted feeding again though. From 6am till 11am she just latched on and off my breast again. I am beyond exhausted at the moment i don't know what to do with her to help her sleep

Congratulations Utopian

And yay Spotty congratulations on your sleep, i'm now very of you.

Oh Hales bad night don't worry I'm sure it will get bad again (as everyone keeps telling me 'ooo just wait until four month sleep regression blah blah').

I've got a pork loin joint in the oven get me with my midweek roast! Although I'm cheating and doing mustard mash and frozen veg needs must et al

Argh I'm sorry I don't normally make soppy remarks but ds sucking his thumb is so damn cute I just want to squidge him

Ha spotty i don't know how she will manage a sleep regression, she hasn't even had a sleep progression.

Not wrong at all hales. Needs must! She was warm and comfy so all good. T has been rubbish at sleeping today, am hoping that means a good night due to tiredness not a rubbish night in a more of the same vein!

We've had a sleepy day too - he did 3 hours this morning (including nursery drop-off and supermarket shop) which is almost unheard of for him. Went to see a friend and her gorgeous new baby this afternoon, and he woke up for long enough to test out their play gym but is sleeping again. He fed pretty constantly yesterday so think it's a growth spurt.

Hales - not surprises you're tired, sounds like a challenging night! Fx for a better one for you tonight.