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January 2013 - part 3 - where we have to stop them rolling off the changing mats!

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octanegirl · 14/04/2013 17:14

Ok, here we go with the new thread - we got to exactly 1000! Hope everyone enjoyed this balmy day. I got Felix out loads in the buggy :)

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Pascha · 26/04/2013 12:25

Hmm Lost might try that, or maybe a booster of some kind, if anyone who uses reusables can suggest one? Its normally just wee, but the occasional poonami creeps in at 5am Hmm

Birdies I'm so glad I'm not the only one up 3 or 4 times a night at the moment. D is very easily disturbed up to about 2am at the moment. No dream feed here either, he just doesn't wake if he's not ready to. Makes me laugh how much we tiptoe around at night upstairs, not putting the light on in the bedroom, being very quiet getting into bed etc. The other night the smoke alarm went off in the hall upstairs so we rushed up, all guns blazing, turned lights on in every room to check, noisy, banging around, and both our sleeping beauties stayed well and truly asleep. (No danger, the smoke alarm was faulty, changed the battery and still went off randomly so got a new one)

Only a very vague routine here too, he just has to fit around what we're doing in the day, luckily he very easily falls asleep wherever he is so thats good.

We booked tickets for Lollibop at the weekend. Anyone else thinking of going?

Angielka · 26/04/2013 13:03

I think it was you birdies a little while ago talking about your diet... I don't know if it will make you feel better, but I eat soooooo much, and loads of cake and chocolate. I was told or read somewhere and I'm pretty sure I didn't just make it up that all the best bits go into breastmilk and that although you should ensure you get enough healthy stuff in there, that too much fat and sugar isn't necessarily a bad thing. You have to take on enough fuel to make the milk and run around getting things done! I think we can go easy on ourselves for a while although I should maybe actually do some of the exercises they taught me at the hospital class this week

Angielka · 26/04/2013 13:05

Oh, and pascha we use reuseable nappies, but for some reason we have stuck with pampers at night. The ones I have (popolini and flip) are not that easy to double up, but I know you can get nighttime boosters for them and other brands.

AppleCrumples · 26/04/2013 13:54

Re food i eat like a bird unless i am.bf then i am soo hungry and i seem to crave sugar. My fav at the mo is toasted pitas with brie inside and lots of butter. I justify it on the basis i must need the extra calories.

Ivy's routine is basically worked around everyone elses. I try to make sure naps coincide with school runs. She goes up to her bed at 8 after dd1 and ds2 both in bed but am aiming to have Ivy go up first eventually. Last night she woke up for a feed 11.30 then slept til 6!

Pascha once asleep nothing bothers her. Last night dd1 found a spider in her room she was making a right racket. Then ds2 was banging about trying to catch it. I was sure Ivy would wake up but when i checked she was flat out!

Birdies · 26/04/2013 15:06

Thanks angiel I was starting to think I was the only one eating rubbish!

pascha and apple X is also a deep sleeper but when she's hungry she's very hungry! Feeds at 2am, 530am, 6.30am, 7.30am. Not sure what happens to make her up so often after 5.30am. Maybe a growth spurt. Again.

creepy how often are your feeds in the day, she must be getting alot in the day to sleep through?

CreepyCrawly · 26/04/2013 15:16

birdies she feeds every 2.5-3 hours. And they're long feeds too, she's a slow eater.

Louise85 · 26/04/2013 17:20

Had a shocker day starting with driving an hour to view a new house, phoning the estate agent and he was "stuck in the office " - why couldn't he have phoned I don't know - so 2 hours in the car wasted...and that was just the start of a horrible day from hell.

Thank crunchies I'm not OTT about routines either - we loosely follow GF, but only coz he naturally suits it - he sleeps when she says he should kinda, but never forced him into it & some days we start at 6 or 7 or somewhere abouts - I don't ever wake him to start the day...

Must have been my comment last night Hmm Blush ... shocking night ...shattered today ... no routine to speak of...has 3 sips of a bottle then screams & arches his back, refuses at least half his bottle then screams again 2 hours later & has had maybe 3 10 minute catnaps ALL day - so we now have a screaming overtired baby...I'm hiding on the laptop while DH deals with him coz I've lost the plot completely. Any of you single mom's/husbands work away lots - I am in awe how you can cope - you deserve a medal and a holiday for a gazillion gazillion years!!

lollipoppi · 26/04/2013 18:05

Oh Louise what a crappy day, hopefully the lack of sleep today will mean a good night tonight !?

Pascha what's lollibop that sounds interesting xxx

Louise85 · 26/04/2013 18:54

Wanted to ask - what is doubling up nappies? putting one over the other?? does it really help coz ds is also waking up coz wee nappies too full so wet him all the way through to the bed...

Lora1982 · 26/04/2013 18:59

Pascha i was told bamboo boosters or hemp were best for the big wee-ers. Ive stuck with a disposable overnight too but im loving the pocket nappies not many leaks which is pleasant.

Pascha · 26/04/2013 19:32

lollibop

glorious · 26/04/2013 19:52

Pascha I'd second bamboo boosters, they are really absorbant. Little Lambs ones are good. Ellen goes 12 hours no trouble in one of their bamboo nappies with a booster so I reckon just the booster would help a disposable a lot.

Pascha · 26/04/2013 20:46

Thanks Glorious and Lora. I will go and have a look at them now.

Lora1982 · 26/04/2013 21:14

We are getting half rolls hes going on his side to get part of the posh tummy time tube thing clearly was worth the fortune they sell it for now is it morally ok to be a nasty mum and move just a little further away so he rolls all the way?

Pascha · 26/04/2013 21:15

I topple Dan when he's at the height of his half roll

Lostbobbles · 26/04/2013 21:38

Sorry you have had crap day Louise, have a nice glass or three of wine or some other treat.WineThanks

I have had an eventful day of sorts. been cleaning up the poonami bombs that keep going off(think must be injections)

Then Fun run walk at dd1 school was not so fun, before we even got started she managed to fall over and get caked in mud from head to toe! Then had tears and tantrums all the way around ConfusedHmm.

Lastly Lois decided to scream all the way home from swimming and then some idiot drove into back of car while I was stationary! And the prick had the audacity to say I should be more forthcoming in accepting his apology. Luckily car was not damaged.

Currently hooked up to the pump while investigating the 'gummee glove' anyone got one? Also secretly looking at the baby jogger citi mini by DH will have a coronary if he even gets a sniff of my pushchair obsession rearing its ugly head Shock

AppleCrumples · 26/04/2013 21:39

Lora thats how ds1 started to.crawl! We used to.put this blue sheep he loved out of reach then he tried really hard to reach it by rocking on hands/knees. He was so determined! shame it kept getting further away as he went backwards

Ivy nearly rolled earlier as she was trying to reach oilatum bottle! I did not knock her over onto her front oh no! i'm lying Grin

I love this age as they start to become little people and their personalities come out. Ivy is the chattiest baby i ever met hv thinks its because my older dcs are always talking to her and they get stupidly excitee when she smiles/laughs/talks back/pukes/poos etc!

AppleCrumples · 26/04/2013 21:43

Lost what on earth is a gummee glove?!

Lostbobbles · 26/04/2013 21:51

www.gummeeglove.co.uk/

AppleCrumples · 26/04/2013 22:05

Oooh thats a good idea! Ivy has been using any blankets she can get hold of to chomp on..and my nipple - although she is now learning that she will become hungry if she keeps doing that!

Lora1982 · 26/04/2013 22:24

Apples your post made me realise that by giving him the muzzy to chew on im making my day harder because it clearly makes him hungry!

Lora1982 · 26/04/2013 23:14

Another dilema. Dexter fell sleep at half nine which if calculations are correct he''d wake for the day at five!! Now do i try and dream feed him force extra sleep hours in him or let it go and probably see the day in at five.

Im going to turn the pump on i think... That sometimes gets him going. Almost like hes jealous that its pinching his food.

Lora1982 · 27/04/2013 05:39

Half four Sad touch wood hes going sleep again now though...

AppleCrumples · 27/04/2013 08:40

Haha lora i meant i take her off boob as soon as she bites so she learns biting nipples will cost her :)

I hope Dexter went back to sleep for you. Ivy has been up since 6 and really needs a nap but everytime she nods off someone makes a sudden noise and he eyes pop open again Hmm Stilll looks nice out so after homework done think we will go for a long trip to park so she will def sleep then :)

Meringue33 · 27/04/2013 13:30

Creepy what do you do about naptime if she eats every 2.5 hours? Do you still do eat-play-sleep?