December 2012: Sunshine, saliva & sleeping more...we hope!

[WeeJo08]

New thread ladies

Tonight is going to be awful shes on her 3rd wake up

We had a good night of only two wakings well I suppose it was actually three as ds has just gone back to sleep but 6am is generally considered getting up time in this house. Just waiting for dd to get up to see if she should go to nursery or not. She's not 100% but she's always happier and better behaved there

Hope everyone managed to get some sleep. It's going to be 18 degrees today!

Spotty, 18 degrees would be amazing, it's pouring with rain at the moment.

It's going to stay cloudy but be warmer for a couple of days anyway...

Ds just ate all his porridge. He gets so excited when he sees it and his cup!

Good night last night! J woke at 8pm to finish his bottle, then straight back down. Then he woke at 3;30am and then up for the day at 7:20!

It was lovely hAving an evening to ourselves for once even if it doesn't last.

Sorry to hear of the bad nights hope you got some sleep FoD and hales

Not a great night here, he slept 8-2 then 2.30-4 and was up until 6.15 he finished feeding at 6.15 and is just stirring now. I feel a bit like the walking dead atm! In total I got 4.5 hrs broken sleep, > insert very tired emoticon here

Bin bags rule! She slept for an extra 2 hours! 7.15 instead of 5.15! And she settled much better after her 3.30 feed as I fed her sitting up not lying down so I guess she was a bit refluxy before. Still took nearly an hour but with much less shouting and more patting in the cot. I feel like a real person again.

Sorry to hear that isthat are you working today too?

J is currently in his cot for his nap but he's throwing a right strop so I can't see it working!

I woke up this morning feeling like we had a great night, but compared to other babies still pretty bad - slept 7-8 on me, 8-9 in pram downstairs, 9-11, 11-1:30, 2:30-5, 5-6, 6-7, then 7-8! I was counting that as one wake up... Still, I feel better today for getting to sleep most of those core night hours. Up at 8 is unheard of here too, it's usually between 6 and 7.

We're following EAST again today - eat, activity, sleep and tidy. He's just gone down for a nap in his pram now, no screaming just pushing back and forth for 10 mins. We need to get rid of this cough though. He wakes up coughing every few minutes, and it's what caused the hour long wake up last night. Every time he got to sleep he'd have a coughing fit. He's just woken himself up now after just 10 minutes :(

Lumpy avocado a success!

WillYou I'm glad you had a good night

Stacks you had a 3.5 hour stretch in there that's good by our standards!

I'm still trying to sort out the insurance claim for our car accident eight months ago

Lumps already! He is doing so well.

Well I didn't mash it very well but avocado is so soft anyway it's my favourite weaning food! So easy he's refusing sleep today though. Three cases of chicken pox at nursery over the weekend. I just hope she doesn't get it before Saturday as we have a wedding to go to!

Mmm avocado Spotty, I'm quite looking forward to eating all the leftovers when i wean j.

Glad T had a bit of a lie in WL and hope your DS feels better soon Stacks

DS is HUNGRY today, he's demanding food every 2.5 hours. 4 7oz bottles so far. He's also started to rub his own head while eating, he's rubbed one side red raw. Hoping he'll go back to sleep, hunger woke him from his nap. And now he's stunk out the conservatory with a poo

Down at 7 then wake ups at 10 12 2 4 and 5, up for the day at 5:45 when daddy brought him down for breakfast.

He had 1/2 weetabix with bm and pear for breakfast then 1/2oz butternut, 1/2oz parsnip, 1/2oz cheese and 2 tbsp pasta for lunch washed down with a bread crust and 1/3 of an Ella's pouch

He has to drop some feeds soon, right?!

Oh, and he eats more if i hold him from half way through. Think he gets tired of sitting up before he gets full iyswim

DS hasn't even had an hours sleep today he will definitely be in bed by 6:30!

Pidj this whole 'your baby only needs a teaspoon of food' is certainly not true is it?! They're bottomless pits! Is R having a developmental leap?

Apparently there's a big anti co sleeping report coming out tomorrow which is going to be tabloid and breakfast tv news...

We've had a good day here. I've interrupted all of T's naps so far today. He's stayed quite happy though. When your LO wakes up, are they happy, grumpy, or screaming? DS sometimes wakes up really screaming and I'm never sure why. Is it "normal"?

We went out for a picnic in the park today. It's been a funny hat and humid day, but no rain so actually really nice. I gave T a bit of raw carrot to play with, but his best toy of the day has been ... a packet of Quavers. He loves the crinkle and ease of holding, it's chewable and flingable :) Why do I buy toys? I'm looking forward to weaning him though, we were the only baby there not eating, though also the youngest.

I started that post ages ago, got distracted a couple of times, and have ended up with a very confused and disjointed post. Sorry.

pidj and spotty you've got a couple of lovely guzzlers there! Dd1 didn't ever show any signs of naturally dropping milk feeds when she was weaned so I had to start shrinking them - she was ff though so easy to monitor, not sure it's so easy with bfing! Might be that their using bf as a drink as digesting food will draw water into the gut so might be extra thirsty while they adjust.

Will wait that report spotty - my hv certainly wasn't anti.

stacks T tends to be v happy when she wakes/is woken. Yr lo might be sad if reflux has woken him - T often wakes/stirs being a bit sick but luckily doesn't generally seem bothered. I do think it bothers her in the night when she wakes being sick though - I guess longer laying down and less distractions.

Stacks sometimes ds Wales crying, I usually assume it's pain that's woken him as he mostly wakes happy.

WL I'm not sure what the content is or how reliable it is

I was taught safe cosleeping in the MLU

R has grown 6cm and is now 68cm long, well over the 50th centile. Last month he was 62 and bang on the 9th. He sits in the highchair and on the floor unsupported for a few minutes, rolls both ways, chats and plays and has lots of wet and dirty nappies. I will brave the hv tomorrow to have him weighed!

Feeds have got shorter, but he's done that periodically anyway. He gets water at every meal, and often food is made up with bm - weetabix, rice etc.

It's probably just going to be a load of scaremongering! Or they feel it's the only way to reach people who don't adhere to the safe guidelines?

Oh Pidj I'm sure he will be a good weight :) DS has dropped five lines and HV didn't bat an eyelid

We had 7 wake ups last night and a velcro baby today. FX for a better night i'm pretty sure her next teeth are about to make an appearance she keeps shaking her head from side to side and rubbing her ears.

Stacks H wakes up mostly happy but occasionally wakes up abit grumpy and wanting to come round before she smiles.