December 2012: Dribbles, giggles and rolls!

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Thought we should get a new thread before the night shift

Argh mama we've been there for well over a month, I'm actually quite shocked that he changed his mind again. Have you got breastmilk storage bags? When he was refusing I'd freeze milk in batches of one ounce each, so that if he turned it down (which he always did) I was only chucking away an ounce. When he changed his mind DH fed him the ounce and I finished the feed, the next night he had 5oz in the bottle. Plus you can use the frozen milk to make up baby rice or porridge when she's ready for that.

hales that's good that you've weaned without too much discomfort!

cookies I hope sleep and DD1 start to settle down for you soon. How old is DD1? My DD was 2.5 when DS1 was born, it was novel at first but when he got to around 4 months she started to really act up, I think the novelty had worn off!! It passed fairly quickly though.

Ispy Good news that you've managed to get some milk down N, maybe sucking is too painful so the cup was easier for him? I hope he feels better soon.

willyou I hope LO is sleeping now and recovering from his jabs. I'm quite weepy at the moment. I think it might be hormones though, my skin is beginning to resemble a teenager's.

Yay pidj, snap!!

wow Hels what a tall girl! DS1 was the same, he's 4 now and still long and thing. I resorted to feeding him endless snacks between meals at one point but he still wouldn't chub up!

spotty My hair is still coming out in massive clumps. It's bloody everywhere, I even find it in DS's nappies/leg creases.

DS had another 150mls of milk last night at 10pm and slept until 2am!! He then woke up at 4am, 5am and 6am but I'm still really pleased with the 4 hour stretch. I can't remember the last time we had one.

First wake up after going down at 8!!! I think I underestimate this little dude sometimes!

I've just been informed by DH his work schedule the week before he goes to India. He has a 2 day course that he has to stay overnight at, he's at another office one day and won't be home until 7ish, they are now trying to arrange a team meal another night. I am not best happy!

isthat that's a bit rubbish; the last thing you'll want at that stage is to hardly see him. Does he go away often for work? Mine does - currently in Dubai but didn't feel the earthquake as they were out of town. He was in India just before that. The rest of the summer will be short trips around this country but then he will be in Australia for two months over Christmas.

seconds that sucks, could you and LO go with him to Australia. Thankfully DH only goes about once every 3 months. He's lucky as on this trip his dad is in idia (he lives in Dubai) so they get to catch up at the same time. I don't begrudge it just miss him a lot.

Oh no isthat I'm not surprised you're not happy. Does he have to go to the meal? DH hasn't been away for a while but he's got a few trips coming up. The next time he's away he'll be in Melbourne then straight off to brisbane, no time to come home in between.

Oh seconds that's not ideal, are you going to join him over Christmas? We've been talking about coming back to the UK for christmas this year but it depends on finances. Also I'm scared of taking a (possibly mobile) 1 year old on such a long flight!

Not sure I can keep feeding him if he carries on like this it's been 90 minutes since he last woke up...

isthat seymore yes we're planning to go over to Aus for Christmas but as I'll be back at work I'll only be able to take a fortnight (perhaps 2.5 weeks) at most. My mum has been talking for a while
About coming over to Aus with us on one of our trips and visiting her friends and family in Aus and we're hoping this year will be the year, as she can then help me with Z on the flight. Am aware that things won't go quite as smoothly on the flight when he's 1 compared to how they did when he was 3 months...

That'll then be our last trip back for at least 18-24 months I would have thought; my husband's parents are planning to come over here for Christmas 2014.

Bloody teeth are such a nuisance! We spent all day dosing him with painkillers yesterday so when he starts screaming at 5:30 what does DP do? Presume it's wind and just keep patting his back while he screams. I've had to get up on my one lie in day to administer calpol, it's alright for him he's been taking his lie ins in another country. No chance if being disturbed there!

I'm going back to bed if it kills me!

Oh spotty and willyou that doesn't sound like a good night for either of you!

So tired. DS fed at 12, 3, 4 but took forever and I didn't get him back down until 5.30, and he woke again at 6 :( he's back down again now but I have to be up soon with the Big kids!

We were up six times. Now have to get ready to take dd to nursery, but she's still asleep!

Doesn't sound like good nights for many Hope better days follow. C still has the diarrhoea so am giving her the Dioralyte Relief which was prescribed - she took it ok yesterday, fingers crossed for the same today! Still slept through though, which was fantastic.

Can totally sympathise with the hair loss - my hair was so lovely & thick & shiny while I was pregnant & now it's coming out in big long clumps! It's EVERYWHERE as well - which I'm sure is really bloody unhygienic. Not helpful when DD has her hands in her mouth 24/7!

From 10.45, when A woke up and came into bed from his crib, the only hours he didn't wake in were midnight and 4am. Up for the day when DD came in at 7.

And I feel rubbish. Bit of a sore throat, and slightly fluey. I hope I'm not going down with anything too much, especially the sickness bug going round my nct group.

I felt a bit sad on Monday, when I gave my 8 weeks notice for returning to work. Now I'm just a bit annoyed that I haven't had any response. I suspect that I'll email again in 7 weeks to find out where they want me to turn up, get no answer, and everyone will be amazed when I arrive.

Sympathies to the bad nights. A also was partying away at mummy's all night snack bar.I also am having the hair loss phase. We are co-sleeping so both wake up covered in it! I think the co-sleeping may be going to cause us some problems long term as in order to get a bit of sleep I am just stirring when she wakes shoving nearest boob in mouth & going back to sleep. This is largely because A doesn't sleep well after about 4am & needs almost continual patting to soothe her back to sleep so if I didn't sleep through feeds in first half of the night I would be in a complete melt down by now!

Oh man, bad nights everywhere. Sympathies. C wasn't too bad, only fed at 10pm and 3.30am, but was awake quite a while at both feeds which is really unusual for her. Maybe wind-related? She's overdue a poo as well which can't help.

She's also regressed with her napping, which is annoying because that progression only happened a few weeks ago! Needed lots of help to fall asleep in my arms this morning but at least has stayed asleep for the remainder of her nap in the crib. Speaking of which - I think she's stirring.

Major hair loss here too, has been going on for at least 2 months. No bald patches, but I'm lucky I have a lot of hair as the quantity falling out is really astonishing. And I am so sick of cleaning it up!

Having a totally meh day. Think getting myself out and about will help but I feel too meh to do it. Also there's nothing in for my lunch, Jamie is dosed to the eyeballs with painkillers and is fast asleep on me.

I have to feed to sleep in the day mama it's the obly thing that works at the minute. Which is strange as he's not too bad at bedtime touch eood.

Sorry everyone had a shit night. Don't these babies know mummy needs sleep too?

Another one here who had a bad night. First of all couldn't get him to sleep and had a good hour of screaming, but then slept for 2.5 hours. Fed and got him back down only for DP to get a game play request, very loudly, on his mobile!!!!! Woke all three of us and had difficulty getting DS back off. I'd only been asleep 30 minutes when DP work phone started ringing...a drunk collegue ringing from their pocket!!!! All three of us back up! DS obviously couldn't get back into a deep sleep, so murmured and wriggled for rest of night, while DH repeatedly suggested trying him in his own room! I live DH to bits, but he can be really immature at times!

Anyway, end of rant. Sorry there are so many sleep deprived people on here.

We also have to feed to sleep during the day..and usually hold him.

Is anyone watching This Morning? There's a guy is on talking about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that he suffered after his wife gave birth. Thoughts anyone?

Yet another member of the bad night club here. Screaming non-stop at 2.OO am, settled with painkillers in that he stopped screaming, but he would not be put down. Similar with feeding to yesterday - preferred the cup at first, then finished off on the breast. He's definitely not having as much as normal, but still having wet and dirty nappies so hopefully he's getting enough for now and his appetite will come back once he's feeling better.

Sorry so many other people have had bad nights too all round I think!

I'm also moulting - thought I'd maybe got away with it this time, as it started pretty well straight after birth before however for the last few weeks I've been finding hair everywhere.

Isthat and Seconds - it must be really tough with your other halves having to work away so much. DH works very long hours, but it's incredibly rare that he actually has to go away. With the hours he does it can feel that I'm doing most things myself, but I do at least get to see him at some point each day. I can imagine it could get very hard at times if that's not the case.

Isthat & seconds My hubby is also away a lot with work - last week Claudia and I flew back from our holiday in the US on our own as he had to go on to San Francisco for another week (it was tough but the airline staff were amazingly helpful!) Tomorrow he's away to London again and next week it's Brussels and London again :(

Ispy Poor you and poor DS I had a little sticking plaster here this morning too - she usually goes down for her morning nap but today she was having none of it, was only happy with me & at that, only happy with me when I was moving! I often think of her as my little personal trainer You said DS was having milk from a cup? A sippy cup?

I weighed myself today and although I'm still about 12lb more than I was I haven't hit 9stone yet so I suppose if I could go one hour without eating cake I might lose some weight I want to start the shred again but I'm too bloody tired!

Work text me asking if I could come in and help. I said no though.

Weejo - it's a tommee tippee tip-it-up cup. It has a soft spout, and isn't free-flowing so he still has to suck to get the milk but it has been the only thing that both he and DS1 would drink from other than me. Can't remember when DS1 started with a sippy cup - know it was after we'd started solids as it he had water in it, and I didn't give him water until he was eating food.

Ispy Just looked them up - they look like a great idea!

Fuck me, make room on the sobbing sofa! J is going out of his mind with pain, I have never heard screeching like it. The neighbours may report me to ss. (He's stopped now btw the calpol kicked in, I'm not mn while he shrieks in a corner). My asda shop is melting on the kitchen floor and he's shit all over the inside of his dungarees. I need a Valium!

Oh no WillYou! Poor j

I keep punching myself in the face when I unclip my bra to feed ds

Another bad night here. Though started well with a 3 hour (!) nap in the living room in his pram from 7-10. Then into pjs and a nappy change and fed to sleep nicely. However then woke me at least every 2 hours, woke about 5 and needed constant resettling with tummy rubs before getting up at 7. His naps during the day are decent though, I start him off on me then move him to his pram when he first stirs.

Willyou poor LO! Hope he's feeling better soon.