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

[WeeJo08]

New thread ladies

You're brave WL dd has tv at breakfast and sometimes either when I'm making dinner or in the afternoon if she's tired and playing up as it gets her to calm down. I'm sure a million people would say it's too much

6 months today . N will be celebrating his half birthday with a bowl of Readybrek made up with cows milk.

We've got a skip arriving shortly, as FIL has kindly offered to help us get rid of the slightly dilapedated shed we never use to clear some more playing space in the garden. Should be interesting as DH hasn't surfaced yet (I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and putting it down to two v early starts in a row, but suspect it's more likely to be a hangover).

Also, I've invited MIL out for the day to stop her pointlessly fussing and flapping while they try to get on with the work so she can spend some quality time with the boys. I apologise in advance but venting may well be required!

Happy halfbirthday, N! C's in next Wednesday. They're all growing up!

Oh lovely Spotty have a great time

Sorry about the bad night/jet lag Mama hopefully you can share a naps today to catch up.

Happy 1/2th birthday N! I do love a MiL moan, so I'll look forward to that DP's mum has been fine surprisingly but his GM is on her last warning! She passive aggressively threatened to call the "child protection people" if we didn't stop starving J As in "oh are they starving you J? Don't worry I'll call the child protection people if they don't stop!" She's pissing me off!

It's one of those mornings where you realise how lucky you are J is chatty and smiley and just a gorgeous little bundle of joy. I think it helps that he slept 10-5, then 5:45-8. I'm feeling very Julie Andrews

Happy 6 months day N

Spotty hope you have a nice time at your village fete. I think that sounds like a lovely thing to go too.

Mama, i hope you manage some sleep today, and that it is just because of a growth spurt.

Isthat yay to self settling working so well for you.

WL good luck with the new TV rules.

Last night H fell asleep at 8 was up at half 8 and refused to sleep after that. I had to revert to bouncing on my birthing ball at 11:45 and she was asleep by midnight. She then woke up at 7:55 woohoo. Shes just drank 3oz of milk and fell back asleep

I forgot to say Utopian O will still want you when he starts to wean. Boys always need their mums.

Willyou she sounds a nightmare i would have been tempted to reply. Don't worry J that silly nan won't bother you for too long as shes going in a home. but i am a bad person so probably best to ignore me

hales at going in a home! Oh and DS has got much much more fussy at bedtime since he's started sleep through (2 whole days yippee). Maybe it's 'a thing' ?!

Happy half birthday N ours is one week today, where has the time gone?!

spotty that sounds reasonable to me. Dds have reached a point where they want/expect it on all the time and it is actively stopping them from doing anything else. We let them have a bit more after T was born and when they've been poorly but it has slipped out of control!

hales DP has given me permission to tell her to shut up as she's upsetting us. It's not too bad for me but she continually insults his parenting. his uncle actually came to us at the christening and said my mum says you're not looking after your baby properly bitch. She's in DP's bad books anyway as she had her MOT done at the garage where he works this week and gave him a sob story that she couldn't afford it. He paid for it and she then told me she's booked 3 weeks in Cyprus for June! Saw us bloody coming didn't she?

at a home hales!

I'd be furious willyou!

I am WL, she comes with his mum once a week. So far the highlights have been you shouldn't hold a baby under his arms as you'll hurt him, don't hold him upright or you'll drop him, don't let him lay on your shoulder he can't breathe and I weaned my baby at 1 week, never did him any harm! Her "baby" incidentally is ~5 stone overweight now. And various comments along the theme of oh you're doing it that way are you? The only way to respond to this is yes, we are. END OF DISCUSSION. Good job I'm bolshy enough to stand my own ground!

Wow Willyou she sounds like alot of fun .

Isthat, maybe it is 'a thing' FX it isn't.

Narky baby is back today so i'm either expecting a tooth or she sounds a little bit chesty so maybe a cold.

willyou I think the only way to survive would be to play criticism bingo!
Poor dd just woke from a mega nap with a mega yell. Nurofen and boobs. Mega nap and DH at home means my house is now half clean...ish!

I just tot them all up to take the piss with DP later on WL.

It's so satisfying when they nap like they're "supposed to" and you can actually get dressed/wash up/have a wee without listening to them wail at the same time

Ds is napping too only thirty minutes so far though! Dp has been to down and ordered dd's new bike for her birthday and come home and mown the lawn and strimmed. Ds ate sausage (nice ones!), mash, carrot, broccoli and cauliflower for lunch followed by a yoghurt.

willyou she sounds a nightmare! I must say I'd be tempted by halestone's approach of playing her at her own game!

Did anyone else buy a Ewan the sheep when their baby was tiny only not to use it very much as said baby refused to be comforted by such tricks? Well last night Z wouldn't settle and was working himself up into a frenzy and his usual Winnie the Pooh thing wasn't calming him, so in desperation I grabbed Ewan. INSTANT CALM. Z's arms that had been flailing trying to play with any and everything within reach just slowly relaxed down and he was asleep in seconds. Honestly, it was as if I'd administered a drug.

WL i'm loving the idea of criticism bingo

Spotty H tried sausage for the first time today it was a huge success. And i know i'm a bad mum but she also had bacon, in all fairness i couldn't of stopped her grabbing it off my plate if i'd of tried.

Stacks i may have to invest in a ewan. I'm guessing you will be using it again?

Sorry i meant Seconds not stacks

hales when I first bought the Ewan and it didn't help much I thought "that was a waste of money" but it is much better now Z is a bit older.

I will definitely be having a look if it stops her being so fussy at bedtime it will be worth it

We've not got a Ewan, but a free white noise app on my phone has worked to settle T a couple of times recently. The one I paid for (69p?) also has a sleep timer which turns it off after x minutes, and turns it back on of it hears baby make a noise.

I'm so lucky I don't have any meddling relations. Worst we get I'd a slight look of surprise at the things which are different now from "in my day".

DS is down for a nap now. He'll usually do 2 hours if I'm holding him, but I've got him in his cot. I wonder how long it'll last.

When do your DCs nap now? Past couple of days T has napped 9-11am then 2-4/5pm. It doesn't seem ideal though as his bedtime is about 7pm, and all baby groups are around 10-11am. I wonder if the long late sleep is affecting his nights?

T roughly has a morning and an afternoon nap but its not really a set routine. Touch wood it seems to work ok and doesn't seem to stop her going to bed between 8 and 8.30. She's not usually asleep after 4ish though.