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

[WeeJo08]

New thread ladies

Also I'm cooking a roast, on a tuesday! AND I've done washing and visited a friend! House is a tip though

Utopian have a look at some of the rear facing seats. Something like the besafe izi sits quite high, so DD can easily see out of the rear windscreen, and she could when we put her in it at a year. I think they see more out of the back than facing the back of the driver's seat. I know the besafe says it's suitable from 6 months if they have reasonable head control

A seems to be on a feeding frenzy today. And over the weekend tried a few bits. He liked broccoli, and all I'll say about strawberry is that it makes the sick a bit different....

Mmm pink sick Beasty

I've got a viewer for the house tomorrow so have just done 3 hours cleaning. Jamie was very obliging and had a 2 hour nap in my room. Let's hope they turn up, unlike last time.

Hi, sorry not been posting much but anyone wanting on the Facebook group PM me your name or a link to you and I have to friend you then add you to the group.

I'm sure I know the answer here but just for reassurance - D has a nasty cold and has slept most of the day - is that normal when they're ill? Or am I likely to be in for a sleepless night?

Completely normal honey

I love being a human dummy we've started our high pitched screeching again, it's awful. He's so frustrated at not being able to move exactly where/when he wants. He can roll and shuffle but its still a lot of effort and takes too long. He gets so angry. He will be a lot happier when he's crawling but mummy won't

DS crashed out at 6:30. He already gets up at 5:30am, this is not good news!

honey normal and good and ime not likely to lead to a bad night - the cold however...extra sleep is good as it helps them fight it and you don't want a poorly overtired bubba. Hope he feels better soon.

Got a frusrated baby here too Isthat. He's so determimed to move, and can often get himself to where he wants to be with a combo of rolling, shuffling and very occassionally pushing himself forward. It doesn't always work out though, and you can tell he really wants to crawl. Gone are the days of him playing contentedly on the mat while I get things done - I lost count of how many attempts it took to empty the dishwasher as he kept shouting. He's also fighting his sleep a lot, but he must be exhausted I know I am.

Honey - hope D is better soon.

Ooo I am put The Little Mister in his own room tonight.

sniff where have my ickle baby gone?

ispy we're fighting sleep too love keeping us on our toes these babies!

DS went down at 6.45 and did his customary 30 mins sleep before top up. Then he wouldn't go back down. At 8 poomagedon happened. Gosh weaning changes their bowel movements! It was horrible. So horrible I just kinda stared to begin with, completely flummoxed on how to deal with it!

I've been really sad that ds's poo has changed worse thing is the sick though....it's now real sick! Eugh!

Yeah I'm not looking forward to the sick, much worse than poo.

Don't say that- we've not had any food sick yet (touch wood) and the poo is bad enough...

My lovely loving baby has been replaced with one that is only happy when hitting or scratching me. Or even worse she has absolutely loved pulling my hair out or trying to pull my lips off owww. I hope she sleeps well tonight i am exhausted!

Good luck FoD.

Hope your feeling better WL and Willyou.

honey here's hoping you don't have to experience it for a long time, but I'd take a nappy over real sick any day!

hales I bet its because you pull funny faces and make funny noises when she does it! Thank you I am starting to feel much better, eating is still difficult and tastes yuk which makes me miserable because I do love food!

Third wake up

Hello ladies! Sorry I've been AWOL, the Internet went down again.

LO seems to be napping much less during the day now. He was having two long naps which i was very happy about but the past two days he has had three 20ish minute naps so the worst of both worlds! He has also been kinda grumpy and off his milk so I think he might be teething.

We've given him a few pieces of food for fun. Some melon, orange and a couple of green beans. He seemed to like being able to join in but I think we'll start properly when he is 6mo next week.

He is desperate to crawl as well, but I'm going to miss his excited kicking he does on his tummy!

hales ds2 is really scratchy and hits a lot if he's tired/hungry. He also grabs my hair and pulls at every opportunity. When he's very excited he grabs my face and pulls me in for a big snog open mouthed kiss. That's quite cute but still really quite painful. I spend most of my day saying 'be gentle on faces'.

Four wake ups last night zzzzz

Ds also hits me in the face when tired and hits and scratches his head.

Morning all!
Thought I'd pop in to say hi and give you an update.
It's been a bit tough going here on the sleep front as I've already whinged about on the sleep thread. Amelie is waking about 4 times a night and only napping on the boob or in the pushchair. She seems to hate going in her bed in the day and starts crying the second I put her down.
So I'm forced to go out for two long walks a day! hope I at least lose some weight.

Otherwise she is super smiley, very sociable, loves meeting new people. she's sitting on her own but attempts to crawl are limited to sticking her bum in the air.

We started weening about a week ago (at 5.5m). A combination of BLW and puree. I would have waited a bit longer but DH was keen so this was our compromise.

isthat A also does the big snog. It's hilarious, especially when a friend is holding her evil laugh.

Despite this being bloody hard work sometimes it's brilliant too. I was so worried when I was pregnant about whether I'd be maternal and love my baby and I feel so much love! it's huge and overwhelming sometimes. I'm so proud of her.

That's lovely interweb. Dd1 was like that for a while but progressed to just a quick walk to get her off to sleep then would stay sleeping in the pram in the garden.

interweb your last comment makes me smile..

I'm feeling a bit sad today; dh took an extra day off after the bank holiday to spend with us, and ds is going through a difficult patch - I.e. very easily bored, needs permanent input, gets frustrated by what he still can't do like crawl properly, etc. Before we started trying, I wasn't bothered either way about having children (quite selfish), and dh was really keen. Since ds was born dh has been over the moon, super positive even during the first 6 weeks, and I've found now ds is here I love him and would do anything for him. (And even though I still get wildly frustrated by him I know no phase lasts long..)

After yesterday though dh is saying he doesn't think he could deal with ds all day like I do, and that he still thinks we should have the next one soon but so that 'this way they'll be grown up faster so we can get our lives back before we're too old.' He's not being deliberately mean about him, just sounds really disillusioned, and now I'm terribly sad for O. Does everyone go through this? It was supposed to be one last day of happy family time after the bank holiday, and dh's idea, and now I feel like it's caused more harm than good.

Just want to share my sadness really, don't want people to say negative things about dh.

Utopian I think it's quite a normal thing for men to say. I know when dp and I have discussed the small possibility of having another in five or so years he's always said 'but we will just be getting our lives back then'. We all know it's bloody hard work and spend time wishing they were at that next stage it doesn't mean we don't enjoy them as they are or want to wish their lives away

Well we did OK last night. The Little Mister went to bed at 8ish, woke at 3am for a quick feed, went back into his cot in his room and woke at 5.30 for another feed and then stayed in our bed.

I have to admit it was quite nice to have our room back and the plus side is that now the cot has gone the rooms looks much bigger!

Hi Utopian. My DH says stuff like that too, but I know he's mad about our LO. I wouldn't take it too seriously. It's just the tiredness talking I expect. it sound like he really loves your DS.