December 2012: Dribbles, giggles and rolls!

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Thought we should get a new thread before the night shift

A good night for sleep?

seymore hope your ds settled back soon after biscuit-gate .
Sorry you're having a tough time with your dp spotty. Sometimes they just don't get it...
snuggled up in bed with ds feeding. Did fancy going up to blackheath or maybe docklands to watch the marathon this morning but after being out most of yesterday I'm knackered.

Course thats not greedy pidj, afterall tis the day of rest...

My dad ran the London marathon last year in three hours thirty three minutes. His first marathon

Thats a really good time.

Didn't work, but smily naked baby is gurgling on his changing mat between us on the bed :)

It was the day after his 50th (so it's his birthday today) I'm really close to him

Pidj glad you got some sleep ds usually is up for the day between six and seven no matter what time his last feed is. I think it's quite clever his they know when they want to wake up

Spotty, well done to your dad.

Horrible night here - awake pretty much either every 90 or 45 minutes from midnight, with 2 feeds. Loads of crying in her sleep and she is licking her gums like mad this morning, and has red cheeks. I gave her Calpol at 6.30pm last night - should I have offered more during the night?

Feel a bit shattered. At least the sun is out.

Bad night but I think half the wakings were caused by me coughing!

He's back asleep now, although quite unsettled. Very mucousy sick and poo :(

Well, after a horrible day of non-sleeping velcro baby A slept from 10-4 and 4.15-6.15 (when DD came in).

If only the good feeling from such good sleep hadn't been completely undone by discovering that DD has fiddled with one of the 2 under-counter fridges and turned it into a freezer.

That would be all our meat, including the chicken for today's lunch, frozen solid. And I only just got enough milk-slush for my cup of tea (so she is still alive!)

Oh barbeasty, what a good night's sleep!

I know I am sleep deprived but I am beginning to despair about baby C's inability to self-soothe at all. Even trying some kind of shush-patting in her crib results in frantic flailing and wide eyes. She also now pushes the dummy out as soon as I give it to her, so my only option is to either leave her to cry, or to hold her until she is 100% asleep. i tried unswaddling one arm to see if she'll suck on her hand, but no dice. She used to be able to be put down when very sleepy but now she wakes herself up again. I wonder if her crib is too small and that's having an impact. Her cot is arriving next week so will begin that transition, but in all I'm just a bit at my wits end.

Mama ds used to self settle but not anymore. I think it's all part of the sleep regression and I really wouldn't worry yet

mama, I agree with spotty, try not to worry too much. My ds doesn't settle too well in his moses basket anymore because he's huge! We're getting a cot at the end of the month so I get him off to sleep in my bed and then transfer him.

Oh no! At least you got some caffeine in! Feel awful saying this after seeing everyone's bad nights but we had an amazing night .
Dd went from 11pm dream feed to 6.30 instead of her normal 4/5am wake up time!! Meant that this morning when ds woke at 6.30 up & ready for the day I actually was too rather than half asleep :)
She must have known I needed it as with the move I was feeling so stressed & tired yesterday that was worried how I was going to cope with dh away for a few days next week. No idea if it was the tiny spoonful of baby rice she tried yesterday that had that effect but whatever it is would be lovely if it continues but doubtful lol!
She's carried on cheering me up this morning by rolling happily from front to back. Then put on a 0-3 dress on her and it was too small but fitted into one of her 3-6 month ones so she's finally growing too. Sun's out as well and couldn't feel more positive today .

Dd sleep got a lot better after moving from Moses to cot and she stretches out now and doesn't wake herself up with her wiggling.

I'm pretty sure I posted the other day at DS self settling for the only time ever. Shush patting doesn't work. I either feed him to sleep or push him in the buggy. He's even started refusing to sleep in the sling because he's too busy being nosey! I've not even thought to worry tbh. I'm sure they'll grow out of it.

If this overtired baby pulls her dummy out then starts crying one more time i may lose it. Best fun is when she fights me putting it back in. I can't work out who's more exhausted, her or me.

Oh ddas that's a great sleep too. We had exactly 2 nights like that about a month ago. I'd be v v happy if they returned.

Oh mama it's horrible when you know sleep would nake them so much happier but they just keep fighting!

DS is like that for is daytime naps, he fights them so hard every time. Just crying and and kicking and arching while I'm trying to cuddle and rock him, try putting in the cot and he is happier but won't fall asleep so I just have to battle him until he gives up and falls asleep.

Happy for you ddas, you deserve it after your stressful day.

Nightmare about your fridge barbeasty! But look at it this way: it would have been so much worse if it was the other way around. Ie if she had defrosted everything that was supposed to be frozen

My neck/shoulder/side pain is so much worse now. I think because a spent yesterday driving (which always makes me tense) and carrying LO around town. Been necking ibuprofen but its not doing much, need to pick up paracetamol I think so I can alternate. On the plus side, got to see all the babies from my birth class yesterday, LO was one of the oldest and definitely the cutest. Was quite fun, everyone sharing birth stories. All the babies seem to be sleeping so well (obviously haven't hit 4m regression!) one guy made me laugh by saying "oh, it's terrible, he wakes up 2 or 3 times EVERY night! I'm so tired." I thought "isn't that normal for an 11wk old...?"

Heidi went to sleep at 2 this morning and woke up 6 times till 10:30 when i gave up hope of getting more sleep. She really fights her daytime naps as well but they do seem to be making a small difference now. Mama i know it doesn't help much but H sounds exactly the same as your DD at this moment in time shes only ever self settled once and i can't put her down in her cot unless shes fully asleep or she wakes up and thinks its play time. Thought it might help you knowing your not alone.

Ds has been screaming horrendously for naps the past couple of days. It's really stressful.

We've just got back from popping to town and having an m&s picnic in the park

Its a very quiet thread today, hope that means everyone is having a lovely day.

Has anyone tried their LO's in a beanbag? I'm looking for an alternative to the bouncer now and have found a beanbag with a strap on it to keep her from rolling out of it, just wondered if anyone else used one.

Hales a friend had one but it was quite flat and only really useful for the newborn stage. Have you got a link?

Spring time picnics are lovely. I must admit it's still a wee bit cold for me- may wait till it heats up a bit if ever! Although we had a good night it's because she didn't wake as when she does takes forever to get her off again. think at this age they are universally quite bad at self soothing as now old enough to get distracted, know how to demand attention etc but not old enough to self sooth effectively!

Hey all, we haven't fallen off the planet, just been having a bit if a nightmare - my mum had been in hospital with viral meningitis! Thankfully not the life-threatening bacterial kind - just as well as T and u spent 2 days by her hospital bed. She's at home now but still really poorly and needing lots of care - she lives by herself so I'm super busy trying to help her and sort out 3 dcs! While investigating what was wrong with her they also found a small benign tumour on her brain! They are certain it's nothing to worry about but it was scary nonetheless.

Am trying to keep up with thread, don't want to miss the meet up.

Goodness WL sending and get well vibes to your mum!

Where we went for the picnic we sat in the sun behind an old building so sheltered from the wind. We all had suitable clothing on though unlike the weirdos in shorts with their shirts off