Jan 2013 Part 4: More noises, movements and more sleep?! Hmmmm

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I leave B during the night until he's making persistent noise - I don't usually wake up til then anyway! He's always wide awake; he's never done the dream feed thing. I tickle under his neck or blow gently on his face to keep him awake...

He's still in with us but will be going in his own room once his blackout blind arrives and we've given it a good Hoover. Probably in the next week or so.

B is still mostly in 0-3 clothes . I've started putting him in 3-6 vests but his other things mostly look far too big on him still (he's 19weeks). Sainsburys stuff is bigger though, as is Asda.

Hubby has taken B out for a long walk so that I can get some of this marking done. Bailey seemed to think that 3 15min naps today was acceptable so he's been doing my head in and I've gotten absolutely nothing done. He's just point blank refused to sleep today.

True meringue, or at least you come across more people who do on here than in person.

Lots of songs here. We're both music graduates so she gets some random classical stuff and her evening lullaby in harmony, plus all sorts of silly things I make up about putting on her socks or whatever. I need to revise the actual nursery rhymes .

I also go for baby talk, I even find myself talking to the dishwasher / other random appliances / plants in it. Not good. I mostly call her Ellen or Els or I'm trying out Nell. I'd rather she wasn't Ellie so perhaps calling her something else would help, or perhaps we're doomed

Well, dd has (touch wood) been much better in the nights recently - one or two wakeups - but has been getting up earlier and earlier, today was 5.30am . She does go to bed really early, 6.30 or 7pm. I would like it to be later but she is always so grumpy and tired by that time.

I sing to her all of the time, usually nursery rhymes I have changed to have her name in them, or songs I make up to the tune of other songs.

I hardly ever call her by her name, just lots of silly nicknames.

Yo. Been a busy few days.

Daniel is generally Dan the Man or Danny. DS1 calls him dannydannydannydannydannydannydannydannydannydannydannydanny... until I gag him.

We do row row row your boat, pat-a-cake, wind the (sodding) bobbin up, Postman Pat theme tune and Roary the racing car theme tune (because thats what goes round and round in this house). Also whatever is in the charts.

Plans all changed for today as MIL is poorly so I have both boys and we have to miss DS1's swimming class. Think we will take a picnic and go to the local country farm park as we have a year family pass so its free.

meringue we sing lots of row row the boat (didn't realise it had so many verses) twinkle twinkle, peter rabbit, and we all do theres a worm at the bottom of the garden! Ds2 sings 'shine' to her i do.not have a Take That obsession oh no

We also genrally call her Ivy boo

Late for school again this morning cos i locked us in then couldn't find my keys but this time head was at door with the admin lady who takez the names of latecomers so a bit ds2 kept saying 'good morning' while i muttered about 4 dcs and feeding the baby! (ds2 well known as v outgoing and bloody nuts confident)

Birdies have fun.

Mrsbugsy Ivy used to sleep well and self settle but now wakes up yelling at random points in the night. Annoying as i leave her to settle after her last feed so i know she can stilk do it!

Pascha for years all i ever watched was roary and thomas. Even now i read your post and automatically sang roary! Have fun today.

So by coincidence have just learned Wind the Bobbin and Peter Rabbit at baby sign class this morning. Sure we didn't have those ones when I was little!

LO enjoyed it, slept on the way then was gobsmacked to wake up in the middle of it all!

In other news, have been sat here feeding LO for 90 mins now in an attempt to create positive sleep association and get him to nap in cot! Every time he comes off I try to put him down, he won't settle, I start again! God this is hard work. If I'd just pushed him round the park as usual we'd be back by now, he'd be parked in hall and I could be getting on with tonight's dinner.

On the plus side, he's had so much milk now perhaps he will sleep well tonight.

Wind the bobbin and theres a frog song... both banned in my house. He can like row row your boat or lump it

Lolli - so scary but glad u home.

Moved to Northern Ireland - would much rather it be back in South Africa with my family though!!! Although I have just booked a nearly 2 month holiday there in November till January - last time I will ever (most likely) be able to have such a long holiday before I have to start work again...

Dd fell over and hit her head on the side of the coffee table this morning, so we went off to a&e to get her head glued back together - not too much blood fortunately.

Ds has been a nightmare on the sleep side - up every 20 minutes from 3:30am for the f***ng dummy again....might seriously chuck it soon - but i do love it at times (like when dd hit her head and ds was tired and crying)...he did roll over for the first time yesterday so maybe thats why sleep is out the window...or its the 4 month sleep regression thing - he's 20 weeks...any advice????

Hi all, back from hols this morning. Apart from the shitty weather it was a lovely week - log cabin in the woods with log fire etc. PIL didn't annoy me too much at all and was actually quite nice to spend some time with them, shock horror! DD's sleeping has gone to shit again though. Before we went away she was doing a 6 hour stretch but she's back to 2-3 hourly wakings now . She seems to have grown loads in the last couple of weeks and is now too big for her Moses basket and her Babybay so will have to get the cot set up this weekend. Not happy about her going in the other room though so reckon I'll sleep on the floor in her room - joy. She's also grown out of her 3-6 mth clothes and she's only 4.5 months! Chubber.

We sing lots of songs too, learnt them all at rhyme time! Wind the Bobbin, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow, Five Little Spacemen, etc.

Lolli hope your ds is better now, that sounds mega stressful .

On the name thing we call Charlie 'Chaz' bit funny when his dad is called Dave....rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit

glad you had fun tugs

took dd to a singing baby group this morning (aimed at toddlers but went with a friend who has a 18 month old). dd was awake and happy in the car, then had boob then slept through the group, then awake again for the car ride home

Typical Bugsy! I was so relieved LO woke up this morning, thought I was going to do the whole class sans baby and be the only person without one on my knee!

Didn't want to wake him myself tho as had had a mad morning. Sorry about the sleep regression Louise, ours hasn't settled down yet. Up from 12-2 last night then up again at 5, had just resettled him when smoke alarm went off .

NI is lovely - my OH is from there :) Beaches are lovely and quiet, tho I guess quite different to SA!!

Hi all
Havent posted for a while. Been following the thread and its been helping to keep me sane.

Am still not well, getting a lot of trouble with my tummy with pains etc. Have been to see a gastric specialist who has told me that this can sometimes kick off 3/4 months after pregnancy if ud has something there all along. The upshot is I am getting so tired out from it and trying to plan being out with LO is getting stressful never knowing if im going to need the loo ASAP :-( :-( has anyone else experienced this?
At least LO is doing great, 19weeks now and rolling back to front. Very strong at tummy time and actually pushed forward the other day - surely too early for crawling?? He is a monster size and into 6-9clothes now. The shoes ive got for his christening are 9-12 months... Such big feet!

Am feeling a bit let down by DH too, as he knows im notwell, but has seemed v happy to let me do the lions share with LO, esp at night. Which was fine when he was sleeping thru but not now he is back to waking at 3am, then 5.30/6... Etc.

Sorry for big moany post!

Lolli hope your doing ok after little one was poorly.

Sorry to hear that Bunny. Do you have a diagnosis?

I have IBS which went away in pregnancy but flared up again there for a while after picking up a tummy bug. It's made worse by stress and sleep dep but seems to have settled down a bit now. I've been taking iron tablets, being really careful with trigger foods and applying some techniques I'd learned before thro CBT. There is a brilliant book I swear by called Breaking the Bonds of IBS by Barbara Bolen.

Hi all, ds1 is much better now thank you

Louise how's your DDs head poor love
Tugs glad you had a nice holiday and it wasn't too bad with the PILS!

Sorry to hear that bunny, sounds awful, have the doctors said what it may be?

We sing lots of songs here too, DS1 loves nursery rhymes so DD doesnt really have a choice but to listen!
Lots of lovely new noises and so cute when she coos at her toys

DD nn is Darcie Chops

Hello everyone! Just been catching up, lots happening!

Dd is rolling front to back, back to (almost) front, and has started trying to crawl. Minx. Definitely getting to the wont find her where I left her stage. She's also sitting up! 24 weeks today - where has that time gone?

It is disgusting weather in not sunny Scotland today, which is a shame as its the childrens gala day.

Touch wood, we're coming out of no sleep city. She has been awful for the last two weeks but she has been napping for an hour now, so fingers crossed!

Normal service to be resumed come Monday when I'm back home ;)

Still no rolling with us and certainly nowhere near crawling!

We have a multitude of nicknames... B, Mr B, Bails, Bailey Boo, Boo Bear, Sweetpea... He's also likely to think that 'let go' is a nickname owing to the number of times I have to ask him to let go of my hair or earrings each day.

Had a nice couple of walks today and met a couple of friends for dinner tonight which was great.

Not sure what we're doing for Father's Day tomo but I'm going to a Jack and Jill sale (like NCT sales) in the morning to see if I can get a jumperoo for B. Bailey got Daddy some Lego so they will both be happy playing with that while I'm out!!

Had a lovelyn

Don't know what I was trying to write as that last sentence...

Ugh its take up to bed time and someone me forgot id taken the sheet off and mattress cover. Matress cover is soaking so his bed tonight consists of two bits of foam with a sheet over... hoping he doesnt move in his sleep.

Hes sitting a bit... til he moves his head. We had a front to back roll/fall and the squealings started. He discovered it while he tried to compete with the hoover. Had a semi amusing moment the other day he locked his legs rigid standing up in a crying fit I was being too slow at getting my boob out and he stopped crying instantly as if to say "ooh what am I doing? Am I standing up" then the novelty wore off and tears fake recommenced

I'm a bit late to the party here but I have something important to say.

Mmmmm cookie nut crunch!

we've been camping this weekend. dd slept really well, not sure if it was the fresh air or what, but I am considering going camping every weekend for the rest of the summer

I've given dd some bits of food to try too; bits of picnic so bread, houmous, etc. She just gummed everything and spat it out.

glad she is better lolli

sorry you haven't been well bunny

sorry Lilli, he not she

aargh lolli not Lilli, bloody autocorrect

Haven't posted for a while but been lurking... busy times. We're going to Poland for a week in a couple of days - getting both girls christened there next weekend (DH is Polish).

Sleep still mainly rubbish but we've had some nights better than others. We're always singing. Molly responds to music so well - it'll stop her mid-scream on occasion which I'm taking as a good sign. DD1 takes after DH for music - very enthusiastic but tone deaf not so tuneful.

If you're poorly, feel better, if your tired, get some sleep. Everyone have a lovely start to the week!

Oh, and if we prop Molly against a cushion sitting, then she sits forward with a big grin on her face, until she topples...

I recommened those emergency foil blankets. Dexter played with one at a group and loved it so I got one. Apparently pound shops sell two for a quid but I bought my ONE on ebay for 99p :-(