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November 2012 - In denial about the six-month sleep regression

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StuntNun · 02/05/2013 11:38

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1740697-November-2012-Starting-weaning-what-does-your-baby-eat

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ValiumQueen · 04/05/2013 22:52

What concert PR? Sounds horrid. Sorry if I missed you saying. Fucking hate fireworks.

Evilwater · 04/05/2013 22:54

I'd like to teach Harry a thing or two. Grin I'd love to have Kate's confidence and conviction. I so could have seen chaokty and Kate getting togethere.

This movie is so much better than the original series, I just love seeing kick get beat up. Grin

Evil

PetiteRaleuse · 04/05/2013 23:00

I might not have mentioned it. There is an open air concert up at the castle. Rehearsed and did sound checks all fucking week. Then the finale was an hour of fireworks starting at half ten our time. Would have had great view from garden or from front windows but we put kids' sleep first and closed the shutters, stupidly hoping that would keep the noise out. Ha. Pretty painted shutters might look nice but they are otherwise useless.

I love fireworks, in fact used to go home from Paris especially for the BLS ones in November. But these were crap as a) I couldn't see them an b) they scared the animals. In fact I have a wet patch on my leg I think the dog might have done a frightened wee.

Evilwater · 04/05/2013 23:00

What about deep space nine?
Evil

ValiumQueen · 04/05/2013 23:06

Deep Space Nine is the only one I could never get into.

I love Enterprise.

Must find this film

Evilwater · 04/05/2013 23:20

Isn't werid that when the original series came out they had those flip up communicators, and now we all have them!

Nite.
Evil

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 05/05/2013 00:09

Feeding again......

Kyzordz · 05/05/2013 00:39

Oh izzy :( you manage so well, i'd be on my knees I reckon or worse wish I knew what to suggest. Hugs x

GTbaby · 05/05/2013 02:13

Hello det and pik

Big hugs chasing n lily.

Sry just skim read so will have missed alot.

Well update. I've mAnAged a poop! Does a lil jig. First in a week! Weaning myself off painkillers as I can't Handel being blocked up. N also need to get bk on iron pills Hmm
On SPd front when I lay still its ok. Grin Still can't walk unaided but I'm not in Confusedconstant kinda pain. Still sleeping downstairs, but think I'm gona try stairs tomorrow. I want my bed.
Think I better sleep.

LuisGarcia · 05/05/2013 03:05

Chasing

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StuntNun · 05/05/2013 03:05

Four hours between feeds yay probably because I tired J out with a long bath and nothing to do with the mojito DH made for me earlier.

I have a 1.4kg joint of silverside marinating in a random collection of stuff (bay leaves, thyme, mace, salt, pepper, ground mustard seeds, horseradish sauce and cranberry sauce). WIBU to go and put it in the slow cooker now so it will be extra tender at dinner time?

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LuisGarcia · 05/05/2013 03:16

Depends how slow your slow cooker is. Anything above 59 degrees, yes. If it's 59 degrees then expect me at your door in a few hours

ValiumQueen · 05/05/2013 05:18

What a quiet night. Hopefully you are still all asleep, especially Izzy.

J woke at 4, self settled, then was awake at 4.30. Crap daytime sleep usually means crap night, so I am very impressed. He was not impressed with 4oz bottle, but he seems to have settled again.

Evil, I was hoping they would have developed the beaming up by now. And the hand held medical scanners. I confess to really missing my little flip phone due to its Star Trek-esque qualities.

Stunt I do not think it is possible to over-do a joint of beef in a slo-cooker. Chicken lamb and pork yes, but not beef. Obviously if you cooked it for a week it would be a tad ruined....

I can hear frantic thumb sucking from DD2 bless her.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 05/05/2013 05:42

stunt that sounds delicious. I would put it in the slow cooker now. (Or then)

MissMummy1 · 05/05/2013 06:28

Lily what everyone else has said. You are amazing. Grin

Chasing you are alao amazing but this is not your forever life. Happiness and safety are waiting whenever you are ready x

Brew Izzy

YW bugger about the blinds.

And hope you are feeling better Clarella - I was cured by aspirin yesterday.

Well M slept for 3 hours in her pushchair yesterday while I got everything done downstairs upstairs has been hit by a bomb Confused Flipside was come bedtime she was wired. So I broke all the rules and let her play and chat herself out in my bed while I tried to snooze.

I have a manchild. He is currently camping in the Perthshire countryside with himself and his new stove. I have told him he will need to rehome it if we buy the colony apartment we are hopefully going to see next week that I havent driven past 10 times this week to check out from outside Grin Blush

PetiteRaleuse · 05/05/2013 07:00

Morning all. Gorgeous day here. We're going off to sBelgium for the day to walk in the Ardennes, have a picnic and eat chips.

Lily311 · 05/05/2013 07:10

We were up from 4.30, O is sick. Taking her to dr today, thankfully my uncle is a paediatrician so combining it with family visit. She has snotty nose and infected eyes, poor little lamb.

Chasing, I can't imagine what you are going through. I've never been in an abusing relationship but many of my friends have, it's really hard. As for clingy baby, I think I mentioned that O screamed at everyone till week 19. She would not accept cuddles from anyone apart from me. I took her to osteopath which helped a bit but than at week 19 something clicked. Thanks fuck for that. I'm glad you stood up for yourself.

Oh, it's 30 degrees here. Crazy. But so nice.

kirrinIsland · 05/05/2013 07:18

She slept through!!!! Half 8 til 7. She stirred at 6 but settled herself back. And DD1 is still asleep. If only it were like this every night! They had a busy day though, so I don't think they'll be doing it again in a hurry.

pr sounds like you have a lovely day planned.

I fell off the diet wagon spectacularly yesterday - must do better today...

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StuntNun · 05/05/2013 07:51

The silverside is in! I didn't get up in the middle of the night to put it on but I did do it first thing this morning. I'm a bit worried as I usually use brisket but the butcher didn't have any. I did some research on the Internet and found out that silverside is brilliant in the slow cooker / can't be done in the slow cooker / must be done on a low heat / definitely shouldn't be done on a low heat so I'm going to wing it and hope for the best.

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TheDetective · 05/05/2013 08:05

Very. Bad. Night.

Self inflicted. O woke at 1.30. He wanted a feed. He most definitely did not need a feed. He has done this for 3 days again. So I snapped. Told DP I'd rather be up all night and knock this on the head than go back to two night feeds. Blush

I knew he didn't need the feed. He just wanted it. I was up nearly 2.5 hours perservering. He was rocked and shushed. Even bought the pram up and rocked him in that wish the cot was a giant rocker.

Ended up doing pupd. He worked himself in to a frenzy of fucked offness and I could have so easily given in. I suspect most would :(

But I'm at the end of my coping for more than 1 wake up. He has to learn to self settle and he has to learn to sleep.

In the end he fell asleep in my arms being serenaded with twinkle twinkle over and over for 40 fucking minutes.

He prompty slept til 7.40 and has just woken up at 7.40 and been offered a feed. He took 6oz so not starving at all. He seems totally chilled out and happy. In fact he didn't seem to wake wanting a feed. I just gave one anyway because I feel awful.

He seems perfectly fine. Thank fuck. I was so worried. But he wakes so many times some nights I had to do something for all our sanity.

If he can sleep through or atleast til nearly 6 most nights and is having 5 good feeds plus solids during they day, then there is no reason he should need 2 bloody night feeds. Yesterday he had 2 night feeds, 5 day feeds

TheDetective · 05/05/2013 08:08

Stupid phone. Angry

Plus 2 meals. And water. Which I offered him overnight by the way I'm not that mean!.

O just sat himself up mid feed and burped himself! WTF!!! Hmm He literally did a stomach crunch til he was sat upright. Confused

BigPigLittlePig · 05/05/2013 08:10

My experience with silverside is thus, stunt. After moving into our last house, the ILs came for Sunday lunch. DH had bought a nice joint of silverside, it went in the oven something like 4 hours pre-dinner, so plenty of time you would think. Dsd had a hideous virus with a temp through the roof, we all nodded off on the sofa. Awoke 30 minutes pre-IL-arrival, to find that the beef was still tres rare. Fecking oven was broken, so effectively slow cooked the beef for about, ooh, 8 hours or something. In the end it was lovely still raw inside though.

I have never watched Star Trek, but hand held diagnostic scanner, yw?? Yes please, I'll take 2.

Luis how's things?
Prsorry to hear about missed fireworks, shitty shutters and dog piss.
Kyz tea at 8pm? Tell them you were going continental.

8.20-9.30-2-4.15-7
I need to be stricter about daytime naps when dh is home I think.

TheDetective · 05/05/2013 08:18

I really don't know how others do it night in night out. :(

Maybe I'm just not cut out for this.

PurplePidjin · 05/05/2013 08:26

9:30-1:30, 2-4 and 4:30-6

Finally improving :o

ChasingDaisy · 05/05/2013 08:39

7:30-12:30-4:15-6:30

Looks better written down than it feels.