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

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happyhow · 28/05/2013 17:58

New thread!

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 Shock. 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.

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Angielka · 30/05/2013 14:20

Good luck for the move louise! Happy birthday Bunty! [cosies up to creepy hoping the youth and sleepy dust brushes off - our babies are the same age so it will, right?]

When I turned 30 DD1 was 6 weeks old so I hope you get to celebrate more than I did Bunty Wink. A couple of weeks later my mum was diagnosed with leukaemia BUT the reason I'm telling you is that my parents are staying at the moment and on Saturday it will be 2 years since her successful stem cell transplant so we're going for a slap-up meal to celebrate. I'm looking forward to it even more than the drink out DH and I have been promised tomorrow evening while the parents babysit Grin.

Last night was the worst yet but I'm wondering if we've hit yet another sodding growth spurt because I'm making enough milk for a dairy and my boobs have started leaking, which they haven't done for weeks. When does this bit end???

Birdies · 30/05/2013 14:45

Aw that's great angiel, hope you all have a lovely time.

It's my brothers wedding this weekend and my DDs have the most beautiful dresses to wear, I'm looking forward to showing off my babies! Although I may end up showing off more than I planned to as I've realised I can't access my boobs without revealing my enormous greying beige support pants Grin

Meringue33 · 30/05/2013 16:15

Same here Angie and he's starving!

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happyhow · 30/05/2013 16:32

Happy Birthday Bunty!

I've still got 2.5yrs til I'm 30. Not as long as creepy though...

Just had a lovely nap on the sofa. Couldn't get B to settle in his cot. Eventually got him to settle on me and I've obviously drifted off too. Oh well! Unfortunately the washing and marking is still where I left it.Hmm

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happyhow · 30/05/2013 16:57

Also, good luck with the move Louise!

For all those people that are loving the new Cadburys creations chocolate, it's very cheap in the co-op... The big bars are £1.32 at the mo! Grin

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glorious · 30/05/2013 17:02

Happy birthday bunty! I'm 30 in July and not looking forward to it at all, so any tips appreciated! Still, I always wanted a baby by 30 and I managed that at least!

Good luck with the move Louise and hope you have a great time at the wedding birdies.

Lovely that you're spending some time with your mum angie.

We've just booked flights for a holiday in Japan in September/October. I'm now thinking we are totally mad but quite excited too!

CreepyCrawly · 30/05/2013 17:55

Sorry ladies, I'm a size 14 8

Hope you've managed some packing louise. I'd love to move house, don't fancy the packing though.

angie have a lovely weekend

CreepyCrawly · 30/05/2013 18:24

Also very Envy of all these holidays. We haven't been away since May last year. How many Envys have been used on this thread already?!

I'm wishing Nancy hasn't found her feet. They're always in her hands, no exaggerating. Makes nappy changes/feeding/putting her in her crib tricky. She's akways just had a good suck on her big toe Hmm

Meringue33 · 30/05/2013 18:32

Cute, Creepy, baby yoga!

Pascha · 30/05/2013 18:33

Aww. I love watching Dan holding his feet. He wobbles round and round just like a weeble Grin

I put him in the highchair for the first time today, just to see how he fits and it swamped him. I'm not starting feeding for another month-6 weeks but he will need to grow quite a lot for me to put him in it for meals.

The cot has arrived this afternoon so thats next to my bed now and the travel cot is away. Much better.

We're off to Kiddicare at Lakeside tomorrow to look at pushchairs again Going to trade in the double for a small single and get DS1 walking a bit more.

Except, someone on the pushchairs board linked this for me and I fell in love Blush so we may come away empty handed and preorder this instead.

Lostbobbles · 30/05/2013 19:32

Had 3rd Jabs today, screamed her head off. Very clingy since but no temp as yet so fingers crossed.

Angie, hope you have a great time with your parents. Sad about your mum but fantastic that she has been in remission for two years.

Birdies- enjoy the wedding. I love little girls in pretty dresses bet they will look beautiful. still sniggering at thought of support pants and baby on boob

Pascha - enjoy pushchair shopping and kiddicare, i've been banned by DH from going to the Enfield one Sad.

Right got to get kids into bed check out Pascha pushchair link

lollipoppi · 30/05/2013 19:37

Happy birthday bunty! Enjoy your stay at centre parcs its going to be nice weather I've heard!

Creepy Envy of your size 8, 18 weeks after having a baby! I'm still sporting the mummy tummy look Hmm

I'm 8months off the big 30!

Happy packing for holidays and house moves !!

CreepyCrawly · 30/05/2013 21:25

Oh lolli I'm not really a size 8. I wish! I don't think I've ever been an 8, I'm all boobs and hips. And now belly too!

I want a new pushchair too. The travel system I've got, the stroller part won't seem to stay up if there's any weight put on it which is rubbish. It's flimsy too so don't think it'd last anyway. I like the Obaby Zezu.

Also any recommendations for a baby monitors? If Nancy is asleep in another room (which is hardly ever but that'll change when the cot goes up at the weekend) I check her often. Are video monitors worth it?

Lostbobbles · 30/05/2013 21:50

Creepy - I love having a video monitor, i never have the sound on at night as i can hear little miss lungs perfectly well but it's fab for seeing what's going on. Obviously for you not much will be going on apart from sleep Envy We have a motorola one which you can move the camera from the control unit.

I want a baby jogger pushchair but don't really need one can't decide between the BJCM or BJCMGT

newbie6 · 30/05/2013 22:25

Creepy, we have the angel monitor with sound and moment, I like it as it reassures me! You can buy it with the video function also. X

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happyhow · 30/05/2013 22:30

We got the angelcare monitor. Haven't used the movement pad yet as he's not in his cot yet but liked it because he sleeps so soundly that it's not obvious if he's actually breathing without really looking! Never thought I'd be paranoid about that - I'm so laid back about most things.

B still asleep after being at the grandparents again this evening. Will be an 11 o'clock wake, change and feed again. Hopefully it goes as smoothly as last night...

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Birdies · 31/05/2013 08:41

I love how we're all saying our age and size when we could actually make it up and no one would ever know. So, I'm actually a size 6, 5 ft 10 and 18. Hee hee. Wonder if we'll ever actually know what we all look like?!

Anyways, X slept for 6 hours in a row!! Hooray! Downside is that I couldn't go back to sleep, so ironically I'm just as bloody tired! But I'm so pleased we're maybe getting back to the days of better sleep.

lost how is your babba today?

creepy we also have a video monitor (summer infant) which I love.

glorious · 31/05/2013 08:46

Yay for 6 hours birdies . Always the way that you then can't sleep though isn't it.

We tried putting Ellen to bed much earlier. She's been going down at 9 but started to seem tired earlier so did bedtime routine at 645 and she slept 7-10, 1030-130 and then it all went wrong with hourly wakings until enormous poo resulting in bath at 630 Sad If only she'd been in one of our bomb proof reusables.

CreepyCrawly · 31/05/2013 08:47

Thanks all. The amount of times I get up to check her, I think a video monitor would be worth it. I really laughed at little miss lungs lost

Hope you had a good night happy, and everyone else!

Well done X! It's typical though isn't birdies, hope you can have a relaxing day.

Nancy has gone back to sleep now, so I'm sitting on the bed reading my book. Going to attempt a 3 mile walk today, that's today's goal apparently according to me pedometer. The dog is thrilled!

CreepyCrawly · 31/05/2013 08:48

Oh no glorious :(

Birdies · 31/05/2013 08:55

A quick question - how long do your babies sleep in the night (inc feeds) before they're wide awake? X seems to only do just over 10 hours in total but I was expecting more like 12?!

Birdies · 31/05/2013 08:57

Ps aw glorious, how shit (excuse the pun!). Hourly wakings are hard enough, let alone having to be awake enough to do a bath that early

Angielka · 31/05/2013 10:16

creepy we have a video monitor and it's a bit obsessive but I love it Grin

birdies dreaming of six hours - well done you. It's so weird, from 7pm until 7am now Molly is basically asleep, but after a decent period until 10ish and apart from after 4am, wakes up crying (eyes closed) and needs either bf or rocking every 90 mins or so or she cries herself awake. It's so bloody tiring.

pascha that looks brilliant. I'm not after a new pram, but if I were...

We've had 3rd jabs this morning and Molly's gone to sleep for now, so we'll see what comes next but I'm bloody fed up of this phase now. Please end. Please.

Angielka · 31/05/2013 10:18

Oh, and Molly was weighed this morning. 8kg. 8! That's 17.6lbs. That's enormous... Hmm

glorious · 31/05/2013 11:10

Thanks creepy and birdies , it wasn't a great start to the day that's for sure. Also got all over my dressing gown when I picked her up, yuck!

Good work on the weight angielka ! And Sad Brew