December 2012: Dribbles, giggles and rolls!

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Thought we should get a new thread before the night shift

FoD it's hard isn't it. We took 15 months for ds2 and were being referred. dd I was on the pill and using condoms!

He won't go to sleep I'm really thirsty and I've got two loads of washing that need folding...

spotty I hate being thirsty while feeding, I normally am, or I desperately need a wee, or both

We're not asleep either, but he had his last lot of jabs today so I expected some fussiness. It doesn't help that I feed to sleep but have a cough and seem to have a coughing fit just as he starts dozing!

Ahh spotty the folding can wait give him to DP so u can get a drink

He went to sleep about 7:45 and dp and I did the washing together (I only let him do the underwear ). Now we're having ben&jerrys. I'm going straight to bed after though!

DS has just gone to sleep, but he's in the buggy and it took 10 mins of pushing. Ho hum! :)

Mmm Ben and jerry's, still dieting here. Saving myself for a pig out at the buffet at J's christening on Sunday.

J Had a sleep on me 7-8 woke for a bottle and I thought there was no way he'd go back down but he went out like a light in his cot at 9 o'clock. Having another weepy day thinking about going back to work, which is ridiculous as its 8 months away! It's just such a demanding job with really long hours and I can't bear the thought of not seeing DS all week. I'm just being silly ignore me.

I think it's because he's been lovely today, belly laughing along to the grand old duke of York (with actions if course)

willyou not silly at all, it's huge going back to work after a lo. Is there any way to shorten your hours or work from home, even if its only temporary to get you and him used to being apart?

WL glad your mum is making progress.

Yay to ben and jerry's spotty, dp bought frozen yoghurt tonight but I can't be bothered to leave the cosy bed now.

Love reading the bfp stories. Mine wasn't until may 17th but for last couple of weeks I've been thinking about what I was doing how much alcohol l drank at that time last year. My pregnancy was a complete surprise and the best thing that has ever happened to me. All the fuss and thought I put into my birth plan which totally went out of the window but don't care cos I have my beautiful ds.

ds has just dropped off to sleep with the help of trusty ewan - how much do I love that sheep!

Willyou - I don't think you're being silly either. It is a massive change going back to work, whatever the situation and it's natural to think about how it will be, even if it is still quite a way off. Sounds like you've had a lovely day with him with all the giggles though .

Have had to put the baby gym away - N kept rolling into the sides of the arches and getting frustrated because he was stuck, or rolling off it completely. Have put some foam alphabet tiles down so he's got a bigger rolling area now. Only a small thing really but just seems like he's growing up so quickly - can't guarentee he'll be where I left him anymore!

First wake up! Four and a half hours...wonder if he will go down again!

WillYou not at all silly. With dd there did come a time when I thought, actually I would quite like to go back to work now, so going back was fine. Plus it will be winter so at least you won't be missing the sun

ISpy N seems to be doing lots early on!

he's gone back down fine! I can't remember the last time he 1, went more than three hours after first going down and 2, didn't spend at least twenty minutes sucking my finger to go back to sleep!

Spotty i would pay for her to do 3 hours sleep now

Willyou i'm like that i go bk in July though

Well he only slept two hours that time hales! Three is usually the max he will go and I think of three hourly as a good night.

Hope people are getting some sleep

O had a very perky and awake evening until 9.30ish (being a sweet happy thing, just very much awake..) but has now slept 9.30ish until 3.45! No dream feed either; Am utterly Dh was even able to give me a massage without him waking. lucky dh, he he; obviously a night of firsts
Doubt it'll be a regular thing but so happy sleeping is back to (better than) normal. Sounds like things are improving for you too spotty?

Cleaned his bcg mark with cooled boiled water and cotton pads this morning and when I had cleaned the crusty bit off (sorry for tmi) there was an obvious 1mm diameter hole. I was really freaked out by it but hv still thinks it's all fine and the pink/swelling has massively reduced but did anyone else's LO have this? I don't like seeing holes in my poor baby..

willyou you've reminded me we need to sort out the naming ceremony now his Supporting Adults are back from travels. Can anyone share what they did for venue hire?

ispy I had a funny moment today realising that there will come a time when he'll be too grown up for me to cuddle him at will.

Well shock of all shocks she managed 2, 2 hour stints last night. I feel so guilty this morning i rang DP while he was in work last night crying about how tired i am. So i upset him because there was nothing he can do and poor H heard every word as well I know she can't understand but i still feel a bit shitty for doing it infront of her

My boobs are rock hard. I know I should be used to it by now, but one was so big I screamed out when I was rolling over. Just waiting for lo to finish feeding then i'll express.

utopian I've thought about the day when ds no longer wants cuddles, just makes me want to bank all the snuggles from now.

utopian big dcs are 8+6 and I still cuddle them at will wether they like it or not you've got a while yet!

Well last night he slept 9-1.45 (including me moving him from buggy to cot), then 2-4.30, 4.45-6.30. Not bad at all mini isthat .

Yes it was a better night! He went straight down after each feed so I feel so much better. He did another three hours until 5:45 then I just fed him in bed and we've just woken up!

Yay spotty!

That's great Spotty Fx you're over the worst of the regression now.

Thanks all, I will talk to work closer to the time. I'm going to ask for 4 days, ideally it'd be 3 but financially not viable. Hopefully I'll eventually go freelance. Oh no Hales, July! What do you do?

Utopian everywhere was very busy for christenings here as most churches just do one day a month. I ended up ringing all the local catholic and working men's clubs but couldn't get in. We've booked the local cricket club in the end. We're booked into my mum'z church where she runs the Sunday school.

And hales there's no chance she'll remember. Get yourself some breakfast and have cuddles in bed.

Glad to hear of good nights. I missed out! She did take a bottle for df, hurrah, and then I fed around 1 or so, and then she was just awake loads. Properly up for the day at 4, me on phone to my mum at 5.30 having a little cry about how fucking tired I am, ten she went down again for about 40 minutes at about 6.45am. Feeling shattered.

Fx this is an anomaly.

Sorry got your bad night mamapo I'm sure it won't last.

I just put ds into his cot with his dummy in (took some persuading) left him and he's fallen asleep

Sorry about all the bad nights. I think we're getting somewhere with Z as he slept through till 6.45! Second night in a row. I didn't think we'd get there until he started on solids because he always seemed desperate for a feed in the night. One thing about him I have noticed is that he's a very sound sleeper, not restless.

The paediatrician told us to wait till 6 months before weaning but is anyone else starting sooner? It's getting a bit beyond a joke for Z as last night my husband was preparing dinner with Z in a sling and Z stuck his hand into an opened baked bean tin. I've realised I've got to be really careful about making sure that there are no (eg) peanuts on the floor.

He's still not really rolling. Anyone else the same?