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November 2012 - The new quiche sleepy dust crop-sprayer plane seems to be working

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StuntNun · 12/04/2013 15:10

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1725957-November-2012-Poor-sleep-deprived-mummies-and-daddy

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Clarella · 14/04/2013 07:07

is the flight path sort for newcastle?! we went from bad to worse. been 5 weeks since we got a stretch of 4-5 hours in one go. I cant believe I used to complain about those first 4 hours! had to have him in with me for a few hours. argh!

PetiteRaleuse · 14/04/2013 07:47

Looks like actually snorting the dust worked. Great night here. Once up and dressed will be going off for a walk and picnic. Have a lovely day everyone :)

Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2013 07:57

Morning.

Can we get a hi-5 for little miss P who slept all night with both arms out? Didn't start brilliantly with various dummy requests until about 1. Then all fine. She woke up at 7 singing.

Hoorah

Raining here.

MadamGazelleIsMyMum · 14/04/2013 08:30

Morning. Sleepy dust in abundance here, 1830 - 0630 with no night waking wanting to play. Before I am banished from the quiche, I will say that I was up and down all bloody night feeling like I was going to puke but don't feel sorry for me as this was entirely down to the enormous dominos I scoffed last night, including the last 2 pieces when I was already completely stuffed

YW congrats on your home, hope you will all be very happy there.

VQ we have a P&Ts and DS is much, much too long for the cocoon and isn't sitting well. We just bung him in the front, and stick the second seat on the back for DD if she decides she wants to go in the chair. Added bonus that if she's in and out a lot pushchair hokey-cokey we don't have to keep buggering about moving DS.

meals how sad. Also interesting about buggy boards. I have one which MiL bought from a car boot. Just need to get straps. Haven't bothered so far but when we went to IKEA, DD liked to ride the cart thing [bad parent emoticon] so maybe it would be worthwhile.

detective it will be fine, leaving O. He will be absolutely fine. He will be with someone you trust, he will be well looked after, and will be delighted to see you. It isn't the same as being with you, but it is good for them to be looked after by other people too. Plus good for you to have a baby free day. I felt exactly like this when I did my first KIT day, but it was fine, DS survived and the break from him was good for me too. It's ok to enjoy time away.

BPLP and donna completely normal to think about. Not dwell though. Hugs.

Weather crap here. Think we'll bus into town (DD fucking loves the bus), have a potter, get a second mortgage for new shoes for DD.

ValiumQueen · 14/04/2013 08:40

clarella I agree about tastes of meds for kids. I think it is all to do with guidance about sugar and flavourings. In hospital apparently they can give meds with sugar in, to make treatment easier I guess. The formula J is now on is vile. Considering it is often given to babies who could do with gaining weight, you would think it would make sense to make it more palatable.

detective not too tired today as J slept 11 hours. The Carobel is via dietician. Not sure you can buy it. Made by cow and gate. pass has it for P and recommended it as less constipating.

pass well done!

pr glad you had a good night. Look forward to hearing about your day.

Hugs to all tired mummies and daddies x

ValiumQueen · 14/04/2013 08:56

madam we put DS in the front but DD then has her nose pressed against the underneath of the seat. She is a bit too big to go under especially when main seat not fully upright. I tried J with it fully upright yesterday but it just looked wrong.

itsnotyouitsMeals · 14/04/2013 08:58

Thanks for thoughts re SIL. We talk about her a lot and DD1 knows all about her aunty, even if she's not here.

Worst. Night. Ever for us. Can't bear to say more. Happy for those with good nights though. When does four month sleep regression end, please remind me?!

1940s house as boiler broken so washing is heating water in the kettle and then flannels in a basin and heat is the fire! No car either...

Have a lovely day those with outings planned pr madam and everyone else too.

No luis overnight? Maybe he had some sleep. Fingers crossed.

kirrinIsland · 14/04/2013 09:16

Hi-5 little miss p :-)

madame we do that with the PnT as well. Dd1 is a short though and the novelty factor has won her over!

N was awesome last night. She's a long way from sleeping through but it was nice to have more sleep than wakings.

MissMummy1 · 14/04/2013 09:45

Remember the bugaboo I bought for £80? I have just sold the buggy board it came with on eBay for £40!!

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StuntNun · 14/04/2013 09:52

Mornin' all. I've been leaving my phone downstairs overnight so I won't be tempted to MN use it as I suspect it's interfering with my sleep. J has been a bit rubbish the last couple of nights. He's going from his dream feed to morning without food but wakes a few times and needs help to get back to sleep. And he was wideawake at 5 for no obvious reason. His daytime naps are the same, I have to resettle him every 45 minutes. Any tips on how to get him to stay asleep? I'm thinking about losing the dummy as getting up to put it back in ten thousand times a night is wearing a bit thin.

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BigPigLittlePig · 14/04/2013 09:53

Meals the day F became closer to 5 months than 4, she slept better. This also coincided with getting ranitidine into her though so may be more than just coincidence...

F was up twice last night, 3 and 5. I suspect the 5 o clock waking was for wind rather than a feed though. We need to get a black out blind for our room too, as the sun streaming through the cream curtains doesn't help matters. Dsd sashayed into our room in party clobber at 7am, so I told dh that he was on kid duty this morning, and got a doze until 8.15. F did a spectacular poonami for her daddy, and the shrieks of horror from both dsd and dh woke me up - and I had to get up and giggle at them.

MM excellent wheeling & dealing
Madam lol at pizza overdose
Detective dh is a bit precious about our pram too. He gets the wet wipes out to clean off the mud after every outing

BigPigLittlePig · 14/04/2013 09:56

Stunt no bright ideas, sorry. But I know my parents went cold turkey with my brothers dummy when he was 8 weeks old for the same reasons. Apparently the fall out didn't last too long [terrified sleep deprivation emoticon]

GTbaby · 14/04/2013 10:51

Been hiding as both DH n I have been sick (again) this time runny nose n cough. He is actually alot worse. On antibiotics . But now LO is snotty n has a lil cough as well

Hope he feels better soon. He is 6months today! N it's my sisters bday celebration today (postponed from when we were in India as she refused to cut a cake with out her nephew awww)
Better pop to chemist n get nose drops

Hugs to all. Although quick skim seems to show a few more better sleeps. But hugs to those who the plane missed. X

Sophiathesnowfairy · 14/04/2013 10:51

stunt have you seen the slumber bear? You put the dummy in it's hands, or something and they can put it back themselves. I never used it as I don't use dummies but I have few friends who swear by them. Not sure at what Age they started using it mind. Xx

ValiumQueen · 14/04/2013 11:02

Has anyone got a Leap Frog Learn and Groove? There is one local I am thinking of getting with my winnings.

Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2013 11:08

I think we do. Hang on until I check.

MsJupiterJones · 14/04/2013 11:08

I really want one VQ! I've bid on a few but unsuccessfully. Think they look brilliant fun (plus DH is a bedroom DJ so it would be quite appropriate).

Brockle · 14/04/2013 11:09

yes vq , one of the best things I bought with ds1.

hello all. missed last thread so making an effort on this one. Y wakes once usually but likes 6am cuddled. hmm...

swopping from crib to cot today. fingers crossed.

never used the reusables I wad given. would anyone be interested if I put them on FB page?

Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2013 11:10

Yup VQ. You want? That's the thing we were given by a neighbour. The microphone doesn't work but everything else does.

kirrinIsland · 14/04/2013 11:30

DD1 has one of those dummy holder teddies - it was a god-send! But she didn't get it til she was about 12 months by which time she was an expert at putting her own dummy in. I guess it won't work until they can reliably do that and make the connection between the Teddy and the dummy - that took a few nights. TBH though, I wish I'd just got rid of the dummy!

mm that's made a brilliant bargain even more brilliant :)

Hope you're all feeling better soon GT

Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2013 11:36

Funny, DH brought up getting rid of the dummy recently. I'm not going to worry about that for a long time. The way I see it is that there is a fair likelihood that p would wake and need something even if it wasn't the dummy. At the moment she wakes once or twice with a very tired whimper. The dummy sends her back to sleep immediately so I am up for seconds. I would worry that she would need more settling without one. If I was up more often then I might think differently.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 14/04/2013 12:04

We have a Learn and Groove is ace.

Pikz · 14/04/2013 12:19

BigPigLittlePig · 14/04/2013 12:21

Passmethecrisps · 14/04/2013 12:23

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