December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

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Clarella sounds fine to me. Do whatever you can to get the most sleep.

WL I really think you need to see a doctor tomorrow

We have spent this morning in bed and feeding. He has had teething granules and calpol and is now happy to stay asleep after falling asleep with my nipple in. (Even when it's removed but only sprawled out in bed next to me, so this will not work at night when DH is in bed too as we only have a double bed!!

clarella I am very much convinced that you should do anything to save your sanity at this point!

clarella I'm all for a bit of co-sleeping! We largely do the same T goes down in her cot and if she wakes for earlyish feeds will go back but lately anything after 3 and she's so hard to settle. I just take her in with me and nap while she suckles herself into a deep enough sleep to be moved. If she stays there til morning so be it. Whatever works for maximum sleep has got to be best for everyone at this point. Any behaviours you're not happy with later, can be tackled later. Don't believe the crap about rod for your own back etc!

Sorry wl not sure why I thought you had a white spot! Can I blame baby brain?! If it's not better tomorrow see the GP.

We're back to co-sleeping again, as of last night. It's been 2 weeks of hellish nights, even a 2 hour stretch is a rare bonus. Something seems wrong this evening though, he's just screaming and refusing to feed. He's really coughing and gagging so maybe he's got a sore throat. Poor little spud.

Oh poor thing seymour hope he feels better soon. 2 hours?!! You must be on your knees! Poor you too!

Feeding every hour and a half, but at least we're sleeping in between. God I need sleep, supposed to be working today

On a better note picked up most of the cot bed a friend is giving us (a few bits still in her loft ) so when I get the rest my lovely little baby will be going into his big boy cot next to my bed even though I gave to forego my bedside table as I'm not happy him being in his own room yet on weds, they grow up way too quickly!!

Ds has been in his cot for a while has meant dp has about ten inches his side of the bed and I have both bedside tables and the cot mine it's fine though ds is staying in with us for ever a while

Sorry IsThat I hope you get some sleep soon. Ninety minute feeds are not fun

Oh boy, sorry to hear of all the disrupted sleep. I am anticipating it every night, and thankful for every morning when I'm relatively rested. Fx it passes quickly.

Home day today - I have a cold that I think I picked up from C! If she feels as crappy as I do with sinus pain and sore throat I'm surprised she hasn't been more ratty. She has been a bit grumpy.

Today we're trip planning - 2 weeks in France, and then our big US road trip on the way back to Aus. A relaxing day!

Sorry that all the LO's are having sleep regressions. My mum took H last night and DP was in work. I expressed milk at 12 went to bed at 12:30 woke up at half 8 expressed some more went back to sleep and my mum woke me up at 11:30. Ha i must of slept well because we're having a new kitchen fitted and i've slept through it all. My poor dad had to get up and sort it all out. Plus now me and H have had to leave the house because of the noise. Leaving my dad to look after himself and the fitters. I feel abit guilty but also feel well rested. Oh and the bonus was my mum who has been telling me that H's sleeping can't be as bad as i'm saying has conceded that she sleeps awful. My mums knackered from one night haha

Oh and Mama i hope you enjoy your trip planning it'll all be worth it when your doing it

Not made my final conclusion, but something not right with F. He's had 3 full blown screaming tantrums in 24hrs (normally just a grizzler), got furious with a bottle this morning, then drank 10oz in one go and still only producing green poos (2weeks of it) I know his teething, and I've felt a sharp bit on his gum, but is the bottle refusing and green poo normal?

Mama DH and I drove New York- Boston- Montreal- Niagara- New York, was amazing, definitely doing it again, Washington DC next time. Have you driven there before? Where are you going?

Yes and yes Eggs. Sucking hurts their guns do they drink a bit and then refuse. Green poo is the dribble. Worth checking with HV that that's all it is though.

I've eaten myself into a nandos induced coma, trying to have a nap.

Sounds like furious teething, full blown, Eggs. Do you have some gel for his gums?

Never driven in the US before - only been to NYC. The route plan so far is fly to NYC, train to Boston, pick up a car and drive to Maine, then back skirting Boston and NYC, to Washington DC, North Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama/Mississippi to New Orleans, to Galveston and Austin Texas. Drop off the car, fly to Chicago, then either fly/train to San Francisco/Napa, then fly direct back to Australia (avoiding LA if possible). What do you think? Crazy, with a 9 month old?! We'll take 4-6 weeks as needed.

Hales, so pleased you got a good sleep - you needed it!

My cold has given me a headache I can't shift. In good news, C went down in her crib for a nap this afternoon! She is getting much better at napping. (Fx for not jinxing it all...)

We did our drive in 10days, spending 3 days chilling in Montreal, but we didn't have a baby,so driving 7hrs a day wasn't an issue! Make sure you both get insured to drive (only I could drive at the time and it was exhausting), pay for the toll road pass, goodness knows how much time and money that saved us, and if you have a sat nav, buy the maps for it. We bought the USA and Canada maps for our Tom Tom and it was a life saver because it was ours so could pre program the addresses in when we were at home (zip codes don't work) and didn't have to learn how to use it. Finally, never trust where a truck says it is going, they change their minds and your tiny little car is insignificant to them!!!

Have been using calgel and calpol when he's had red cheeks. Wanted to get the granules but tesco and asda don't have them.

That's annoying eggs even our tesco express has the granules.

Just put ds in the door bouncer and he loves it!

Teething here too. Been at MILs for two days, sleeping 2 hours at a time if I'm lucky. Am completely fucked and, much as i love my ILs, never been so glad to be home

Ooh we want to do a US road trip. I figured we probably have another year or so to do things that we want and that can accommodate a baby, until we have to start finding holidays that are interesting for little Z.

Dd has been dry all day!

Spoke too soon

Wow, C is a grotty baby today. Napped ok (once on me, twice in crib) but otherwise doesn't want to lie on front or back, or be helped to sit or stand, or eat, or play - just wants to complain. A bit exhausting.

Mama- sounds a lot like D at the minute- doesnt seem to be happy doing anything

I have found that the only thing to do when DS is in that mood Mama is to lay him on a pillow next to me but not touching him. I think he just gets a bit overstimulated.

Over the shoulder works here, MaMa - i gave birth to a parrot