December 2012: Dribbles, giggles and rolls!

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Thought we should get a new thread before the night shift

Mine too spotty, I can't work it out.

Oh spotty and seymore when people asks if he sleeps at night I've always said I can deal with the wakes ups as long as he goes back to sleep after feeding. Even if its every hour. I feel for you both.

Well we went down at 10.30, up at 1, asleep again. I'm getting my head back down, we'll see how the rest of the night goes!

Fx you lot get some sleep!

Up now. :( a backwards step compared to last few nights. She is having a decent feed at least.

Ds always used to IsThat. I really can't keep going like this.

mama I hope you get a decent stretch now. Fingers crossed.

Thanks Isthat

Spotty DS used to go straight back down, or if he was awake he would fidget a bit and then drift off. For the last week he's been needing settling and I'm so shattered I've just been bringing him into bed with me, which keeps me up because he kicks and scratches but at least I'm lying down. I've been giving him bigger and bigger dream feeds and it's made no difference at all. Last night he had 210mls of breast milk at 10pm and he was up and feeding again 2 hours later! At least he's chilled out a bit in the day though.

seconds I always get that after weaning, it takes ages for them to go down!

DS just passed the banana test with flying colours. DS1 was poking his banana in his face and he snatched it and gummed a bit. Cue outrage from DS1. At least it wasn't chocolate buttons I suppose. DS1 is being really naughty at the moment.

And again.

Sorry to hear about yet more awful nights, and particularly the staying awake. I agree with isthat, constant waking is better than refusal to resettle. When DS was tiny it always took a good two hours to get him back off, and it was a killer.

Well, apparently it's morning here. Who knew that there were two 5.30s to be awake for in a day before having children!

We're planning on BLW, too lazy to do purees and it seems to be pretty intuitive anyway. Dh tried poking the end of a strawberry at him to lick the other day but only marginal interest, despite all fingers and muslins going in the mouth.

Sorry for being awol I'll still feel awful. m the thread these last few days. Sleep regression isn't over still although I'm getting some rest as he's back in with us from about 3 most nights when I get too tired to keep putting him down just to be woken 1.5hrs later

Dealing with some very frustrating people on my latest project, plus a house sale which is distracting me from spending quality time with him. Got a lot done yesterday while my mother was here to look after him but I could hear him giggling away watching her throw a ball for the dog and it just underlined that I'm spending my time working when I could be with him.
On the flip side it's making money, there's no one I trust more with him apart from dh than my mother, and he's obviously fine . And it's not like I'm back in the office all day. Think once I let work pick up again we might need some sort of au pair though and i

Sorry for my middle of the night whining I always feel much better in the morning I can't for the life of me remember what time ds's last feed was. I usually check my phone though and I didn't see seymore's post at 2:30

Seymore that's really funny about the banana! How old is ds1?

So tired. Actually having a little cry this morning.

Oh Hels coffee and cake for you on the sobbing sofa. Is there any way you can get a nap in?

No A has nap regressed too. Will only nap in sling now or pram if outdoors, wakes when I come in (she used to nap in pram in hallway).
DH working today then away for weekend.

Oh no hels fx for an easy day for you.

We were back up at 5.30 so every 2 hrs, could have been worse.

5:30 start for us too, I too had never seen it pre-baby!

We had a better night, but I still feel ill, and have a cough & runny nose now.

Fingers crossed we get some easy babies today. I can't work out whether A feels ill, possibly with whatever I have- he has the cough, is really suffering with teething, or is in pain with stomach ache etc from his medicine. Or all 3! But he hasn't been a terribly happy boy the last few days.

His daytime napping is a bit worse too.

DD is in the bath, after deciding to open a pot of green poster paint. She was most impressed with the "green monster hands". I'm least impressed with the green (new) nighty.

C sick again yesterday - bad nappies & then projectile vomit at about half four yesterday afternoon. Think it really scared her too as she was quite upset afterwards. No temperature & her mood was fine before & afterwards. I think it was me who was more unsettled! I hate her being ill

I just gave her some of the Dioralyte Relief that the doctor prescribed & didn't give her any milk. Apparently the Dioralyte has some powdered rice in it which works to stop the diarrhoea - maybe it fills their tummies a wee bit too. She went down at about 8:30pm and I was like a jack-in-the-box up & down checking her. She was fine though & slept through until 6:50am this morning. She was quite unsettled this morning though - which I think might have partly been hunger. She's much brighter now - fingers crossed she continues to improve today.

Hope you're okay, hels - cup of tea & some cake maybe?

utopian I'm trying to figure out when to return to work too - though I'll be working from home.

Feeling bit tearful & rubbish since I saw my friend 2 days ago which is stupid as she was only being lovely & supportive. She has 2 DDs close in age now 3&1, but has also got on with parenting really well. We were chatting about how she went to Portugal when DD1 was 3 months & also about Her kids sleep. Just made me feel like I am being totally useless as I have booked a holiday for when A is 6 months but somewhere which is only an hour in car from us & still feel scared about doing that. Also was comparing A's sleep which is stupid but somehow I can't help it. Now feeling crappy & like I must be doing everything wrong for her to be like this.
Also I have to see my friend with twins later about whom several people (including said friend) keep on pointing out at least I only have 1 so can't be that bad! Which is just making me feel more useless

Thank goodness for C's 50 minute morning nap. I got a bit more sleep. Feel pretty exhausted though as she was so noisy last night. Only 2 night feeds after her df but kept me awake every hour. Ugh.

I'm going back to my old work for lunch with colleagues today.

Oh hels - comparing ourselves is useless, but so natural. I firmly believe either babies sleep or they don't - the parenting doesn't have much to do with it! You're doing a lovely job.

My boob is engorged! Never thought I'd be pleased about that but it's a sure sign he slept longer last night!

Hels please don't compare. Was your friend breastfeeding? Ds is my second and I'm struggling so much more this time as I'm bf and he's quite high maintenance.

Sorry for poorly babies touch wood even dd has managed almost three years never being sick, she gets viruses though. I think they're either one or the other.

Barbeasty hopefully it might come out?! 2/3 year olds are such hard work!

Just woken ds up after an hour and ten minutes because I need to go out and my boob hurts

helsbels I'm convinced that it's sheer luck that determines whether or not a baby is "easy" or "difficult". Re the twins, I was out the other night with a friend with twins born in January and I said it must be so much harder for her than me and she, to her credit, didn't simply agree; she pointed out that there remain only 24 hours in the day for both of us and that whether you've got 1 new baby or 2, it's still equally all-consuming.

Z woke up at 3.30am and then at 7.30 but he's been screeching a lot since the last wake up. We can't work out what's up. Whether he's discomfited with his daddy being home and his routine being changed, or if it's teeth or something else, or general fussiness.

Oh hels I'm with seconds it really is the luck of the draw. I also get a bit down when I meet people with chilled babies and get told I shouldn't be doing this, that and the other. It's easy for them to say because their baby can be soothed in ways that DS can't. When you've got a "high needs" baby you just have to do what works for you. Fx for an easier day and night for you.

Barb Argh! I hope the poster paint stayed on the hands?! Will it wash out of the nightie? When DS1 was younger I used to keep a tin of emulsion at the ready, I had to paint the walls every few weeks. Some idiot DH kept leaving biros around.

spotty DS1 is almost 5. Old enough to know better!

WeeJo Poor little C, I'm glad she's feeling brighter this morning.

utopian If you don't mind me asking, what do you do? I've thought about an au pair in the past, but I think by the time I'm back at work both the older DCs will be at school.

MaMa Oh no, espresso time! I hope you have a good lunch.

seconds I hope little Z is a bit more settled now, good news that Daddy is home though!

DS went down at 7pm and woke up at 8pm clearly in pain, he settled down again with the dummy but was still whimpering. DH is out so as soon as the older ones are asleep I'm getting into bed, I can tell we are in for a bad night.

Who replaced my baby with this little whinge bag? He's starving but doesn't want it, wants his teddy but not if you give it to him, needs a nap but won't go down without a major struggle. Best go for a walk to knock him out I think!

Oh there's a surprise. Ds went more than three hours overnight so now I've got another fucking blocked duct might just go and cry