December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

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New thread for us ladies

No granules yet ASDA and sainsburys had sold out. I'll look for anbesol when I go tomorrow. Think the necklace is a bit out there for me, I've seen babies in them but I'm not sold. They're not through but I can see white in 6 separate places. Poor monkey.

We are positively saintly Mama, DP doesn't want to go. It's my friends DFiance, he doesn't like his friends and they're off to magaluf. I had to explain all the hand baggage rules as he totally doesn't get the liquids thing.

I've now got the most smiley, giggly heavily drugged little boy. He's lovely

Oh no IsThat! Hope we don't all have a rubbish night

The amber necklaces aren't me either but thought I'd put it out there

Dp wouldn't be allowed on the stag do

Wow teeth! Ds didn't get his first one till past 8 months so wonder if dd will be the same. Definitely no signs of teething here- not looking forward to those horrible nights.

He's been teething since 11w ddas but its ramped up this week. I can feel sharp bits and see white. Please let them come through soon. He's been okay once you get him out but if you put him down in pain without realising he is transformed into a banshee. He's whinging in bed again, but definitely not crying.

If we'd known how hard it would be to leave a baby there's no way he would've booked on it, nor I the hen do, but you live and learn. Gonna try to save up for a family holiday in September or dip into the new house fund

at darts player!
Teeth! My word! mana T has a bright white spot on her upper gum too, right in the middle so sure it's just gym rather than an impending tooth.

I restricted her sleep a little but today, really hope it makes a difference as I'm on my knees and DH working tom and all weekend. Also co- sleeping (or not) has given me terrible back pain.
Ooh just found a bit of custard cream in my bra - classy!
Night night all!

Night Wl fingers crossed you get some sleep.

Stupid phone doesn't refresh page properly so I keep missing bits of the thread! Grumpy lady alert!

I've just woken ds up trying to move him from our bed to his cot ffs

She's up already :-(

Ds's up already too

Am I the only one who isn't putting their baby into the cot straightaway at bedtime but is instead having him sleep next to me on the sofa and then transferring to the cot later? I don't have a baby monitor yet.

D us up for the 4th time since I put him down and in no mood to sleep. Long night here I think.

I try to put him down awake Seconds so that he self settles. Usually works but not if DP puts him down, usually then he gets fed to sleep on our bed and popped in the cot after a crying spell. We used to do what you do but at 11 weeks it became clear we were disturbing him downstairs. We only stopped as it wasn't working for us anymore. I say do whatever works for you and gets you the most sleep

willyou he seems to sleep so soundly next to me on the sofa even with the TV on so I don't think we're disturbing him but I think once my husband returns next week we'll buy a monitor because I do want him to start to get used to being in the bedroom by himself for a bit. He does self-settle, including when he wakes up in the night, but I'm not sure if that's just because he knows someone is in the room with him.

He is an absolutely silent sleeper. It freaks me out.

Mine too Seconds we often perform a test to make sure he's still breathing as we get so worried. He sleeps just like me. I lay down and wake up in the same position. DP sleeps like a typical baby, kicking, flailing, talking. I could easily co-sleep with DS and we'd both wake up where we dropped off.

Must not co-sleep while DP is away though as DS will get used to it and it's not safe when DP is back. I have previously got in the way of DP's flailing limbs and it's not pleasant.

all in favour of doing what works for you if it means more sleep :) like I said before - never thought I'd co-sleep pre children considering the job I do but have decided that as long as I do it following the safe rules then the need to get some sleep wins out.
I put dd down in her cot awake as well as need to be free to bath and put ds to bed (with a million stories!) and luckily she slowly falls asleep happily looking at her mobile. unfortunately this does not occur at other times of the day but think that is probably too much to ask for from a baby lol.
jealous of the silent babies- dd is so fidgety and makes so much noise when asleep that even when I don't have to be up she keeps me awake. however not in any rush to put her in her own room yet as think despite the noise I'd miss her. even though she is right next to me we have the angel care movement monitor on as gives me peace of mind when I do manage to sleep.

Mine sleeps soundly to, i know shes properly asleep when i can't hear her breathe She has only ever self settled once though i really have to bounce on the ball for ages with her to get her to sleep. Seconds i sit downstairs with her until shes finally asleep and only transfer her to the cot when i know shes truly asleep.

I don't always transfer him while asleep - sometimes he happens to be awake when we go to bed so we put him down awake and he self settles.or sometimes like tonight, the cat wakes him by meowing so he has to have a feed and then be put back to bed... Then he'd almost got to sleep when I heard what I thought was a poo so thought I'd better check, but there was no smell so i think it was just a series of little farts.

Did a big clothes audit today - gosh we ended up with a LOT of clothes for the first 4 months of his life that have been outgrown already. I found a gro bag that had been handed down by a friend that's a bit smaller than the one I've currently got him in (also a hand me down from the same friend) so I thought I'd use the littler one tonight to get a bit of use out of it but I then realised after a few minutes of him kicking that it's a little too short for him. Poor z!

I hope all the babies waking early in the night are asleep for the long haul now. DS used to sleep reliably between 7pm and 10pm but in the last few weeks he's been waking around 9pm. Last night was better though.

spotty I can't find non-bio washing powder out here, so I've been forced to use biological (DH has eczema so I'd rather not) and I will say it is magic for removing baby poo.

Ispy goodness 2 teeth!! Ha at the office darts player attire!

willyou you must be shattered, I hope that tooth pops out soon.

ddas I never thought I would co-sleep either but I have done it with all three DCs on and off during the newborn period. DS in particular would not sleep at all unless he was right next to me in the first few weeks!

DH did the school run this morning so I was able to put DS to bed with the dummy when he was tired and he slept for an hour! Normally I have to keep him up to do the school run so he gets over tired and is angry for the rest of the morning

barbeasty thanks for the dummy bunny tip, I'll have a look for one if he keeps it up. We're only on day 2 of dummy use, I'm irrationally excited by it though! He settled for a nap in less than 10 minutes this morning, normally it takes an hour and he gets quite worked up.

I have him in an amber anklet, but we're still having teething screams he did sort his sleep out the day i put it on though...

R feeds to sleep in our bed then down in crib in his room. If he wakes in the night he's fed in the rocking chair in his room - where i am right now in fact! - he doesn't really wake except for hunger. Cosleeping doesn't work for me, I'm too tense around him to actually sleep properly. This despite the slings, cloth nappies etc

ddas I also never intended to co-sleep as I thought it was a big no-no, until several instances occurred of me breastfeeding Z as a newborn in bed and us both suddenly waking up 3 hours later having had a lovely sleep. This was the only sleep we had at that stage. He was instinctively putting his head into a position where I couldn't roll on him and I was instinctively protecting him from falling off the bed. I asked an experienced mother friend how to stop it and she suggested that we just keep doing it as we were both sleeping well that way and we'd managed it several times without anything going wrong. It was around that time that i learnt that almost everyone co-sleeps with newborns but just don't talk about it.

pidj I was too tense about co-sleeping to actually try it; I fell into it by accident. It was as if little Z knew what he was doing, putting his little face turned upwards on my upper arm and boob and instantly dropping off to sleep. I don't breastfeed any more but in the last week or so if he's been unsettled in the early morning I've taken him into the bed and he's snuggled up and fallen fast asleep immediately. I like it more now he's sturdier and can be given a bit more of a squeeze!

Seymore I use bio washing powder anyway bad mummy non bio is rubbish

How can a baby who went to bed at 10, have been up twice ready

DS is not a silent sleeper like some of yours, he snores really quite loudly ! it's not so bad when he sleeps at night in his cot because he is on his front but if he is in our bed he sleeps on his side (falls asleep feeding) or during the day in the buggy/car seat. It's so loud!