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

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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 . 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.

Creepy she sounds delightful!

Happy hope everything gets sorted

Took dcs to school this morning then ran around like a loon trying to put the house back together, I love them.but the mess is something else! Also some ants have turned up so madly cleaning to prevent anymore getting in, not helped by the trail of cheerios i found when i got up!!

Ivy slept better last night and i'm pretty sure i can see another tooth now so maybe that was the problem. She is fighting naps today but i think thats because she realises she doesn't have to compete for attention and is enjoying it

Hope everyones enjoying the sun

Sorry about all the stress creepy , and do keep talking to us if it helps, imho this thread is for whatever support we need

Good luck with bridezilla octane !

I'm just finalising a job application for a promotion when I go back to work, eek!

There's a lady whose back garden I can see from my bedroom (at the front not that it makes much odds) who I've seen has a baby about ellen's age. How weird would it be to pop a note through her door and see if she wants a coffee? I'm guessing quite weird so don't spare my feelings!

We get ants sometimes too apple, horrible things. Glad Ivy slept better for you. Does she have a proper tooth now?

glorious, I'd love it if someone posted a note through my door! Why don't you give her a knock and say you've seen her walking or something and you were wondering if her LO wanted a friend. Don't say you've seen her in her garden from your bedroom window

Yes I think you're right on the window/garden thing creepy, I was wondering whether it'd sound better to say I'd seen her walking down the street? I'm a terrible liar though! Bit scared of knocking on the door in case she thinks I'm mad and it's really embarrassing, but I guess it's only a few minutes at worst.

glorious i think that would be lovely. I'm pretty shy and would have loved if someone had done that especially when ds1 was little. Is easier now as you meet loads at school gate and my next door neighbour has 2 little ones. Go for it :)

creepy she has 1 tooth thats fully through and the one next to it is coming through now. Both at the bottom front.

Ivy is currently going round in circles on the playmat eating a muslin! Very cute :) Dp back and has a long list of things to do tee hee!

he hee, she won't think you're a nutter glorious she'll probably jump at the chance of someone to go for walks with who lives so close. The worst that could happen is she says no! And maybe you'll click and have a handy coffee mate nearby. Give it a go!

Hope everyone's doing well and enjoying the sunshine. I am lovely and pink after spending too much time outside without suncream.

DD slept a record 5 hours in a row last night! Then woke for a feed and slept 4 hours. Amazing! Really, really hoping this is a sign of things to come. She has however hardly slept at all today so we'll see.

Creepy that is v out of order of that silly cow woman to be texting your DH. She sounds very immature. I would be annoyed too. Hope he takes your feelings on board and stops replying.

Glorious go for it!

Apples hope your DH gives you a break after his weekend away. And hope the ants have gone! The perils of summer :)

Furniture didn't come and sparky didn't turn up

Glorious I think you should go for it! I would love it if a neighbour with a baby knocked on my door! Unfortunately live on a very quiet road full of nosey old bids lovely elderly couples

Tugs hoping for the same for you tonight!

Happy I'm guessing your not very "happy"! I hate when that happens. Bastards.

Had a lovely day in the sunshine today on the park with ds1 DD and niece and nephew, although Darcie has refused her bottle all day she has had around 15oz, just about to do a dream feed

Mum and dad are taking DD and DS1 to the seaside tomorrow so I will be a bit lost, suppose I could do the vat return considering its already overdue

Well that's pretty unanimous then. Thanks for the thoughts, I'll let you all know how I get on.

What a pain happy . lolli make sure you do something fun too.

I got the job application in and sleep seems to be improving slowly. Really pleased for you on that front tugs.

Went in to check on DD this morning and she has managed to do a 180 and is upside down

happy it's so annoying when that happens.

creepy there must be something you can do to get rid of this annoying girl - maybe she needs to think that you and DH find her very 'funny' i.e. as though you and DH laugh at her behind her back. I know the mature thing is to ignore her, but not sure I could if it was me!!

We seem to be finally out of the wonder week whatsit! Slept 5 hours in a row last night and down to 2 feeds. Though I do have a noisy fan on all night now and the room is darker, so I'm sure that's helped to disturb her less.

I've been trying not to stress about milestones and things but when I read how physical everyone else's baby on here seems to be I'm starting to worry a bit. X is very smiley and very interested in toys and pulling them towards her, but she doesn't roll (did that one sort of half roll I mentioned ages ago but nothing since), doesn't grab her feet and her head is till wobbly so she just stands in the jumperoo rather than jumps. Can anyone reassure me, or do you think she's falling behind? She's now 5 months so is one of the older babies.

DD just slept from 7.30 to 8.30am, with two wake ups for food at 1 and 5. This feels like a miracle. Please please don't let it be a blip (prays to god of baby sleep)

'Still' wobbly I mean. She does have a big head though :)

birdies i went to a baby group yesterday where all of the babies were 4 - 6 months and really noticed how different the babies were wrt their development. For example dd could roll but not sit, whereas others could sit but not roll. I think they all do things at different paces and i bet there are things X is doing that the others aren't. That said, if you are worried then speak to your HV.

Birdies DS1 didn't roll or move all that much at all til 5.5 months, was sitting by himself at 6.5 months, cruising at 9.5 months and walking at 11 months. Today he's jumping off the top of the slide in the garden

Its all normal, honestly.

By the way, after the baby group yesterday a lot of the mums decided to go to the pub afterwards, we all sat in the beer garden and i drank a g and t. Do you think it was the gin that made dd sleep? If so i will have to drink one every afternoon.

Thanks :)

Have thought of something else though - she doesn't coo. She does little squeals and shrieks (in a cute way I mean) and kind of makes lots of 'effort' noises when she wants something (the sort of noise I would make trying to lift a heavy weight!). And she's blowing raspberries. But no 'oohs' or 'ahs'.

Bailey is 20 weeks and isn't rolling yet although I don't think he's far from it. He sits if supported but can't right himself if he falls. He giggles and smiles a lot though and has just started 'singing' over the weekend. Raspberries have made a reappearance over the last week too.

I wouldn't worry too much. She'll get there in the end. X

Ah now, Dan isn't blowing raspberries at all, he does the squeals and shrieks and lots of giggling but no oohs or aahs.

You are your own worst enemy sometimes Birdies . Just to set your mind at rest:

rolling over

sitting

making sounds

See? Babycentre has its uses after all

Now, auntie Pascha is telling you to go and order a Micralite Twofold - chop-chop..

Great links Pascha and Birdies after a night like mine I'd exchange the 5 hours sleep for any number of coos and rolls . No, like everyone is saying, they all do things in their own time.

You have no idea how much I am clinging on to all your words when you say your little bundles have come out of this wonder week phase. M is 20 weeks on Friday (right creepy? ) and I am totally expecting her to sort her shit out and start sleeping again by then or my head might fall off my body.

bugsy great news on the sleep! I might have to break open the gin tonight

B wasn't too bad during the wonder weeks thingy and he's 20.5 weeks now and feeding more during the night...

Birdies you will spend the next 18 40 years worrying about your LO so I've been told!

Ds1 was a late talker which worried me, but then I thought, well it's not like he is NEVER going to talk, and now I can't shut the little monkey up!

They just do it in their own time

Agree it must have been the g&t, you MUST have one every afternoon

la la la [fingers in ears] happy I'm not listening...

Thanks everyone . pascha I'm loving those links, I'm going to only read babycenter milestones from now on!

Ooh I fancy a g&t. Or maybe a nice glass of rosé. Mmmm

angiel I found the wonder week thing to be out by maybe a week or two, but that may be cos of my due date being inaccurate. Either way, they do come out of it, it's great! But obv just check there's nothing else that could be disturbing her too and making it worse, like you moving about in the night in your sleep, or the light through the curtains. As I think those things may have affected X's sleep quite a bit.