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.

I think the light thing could be part of our problem. It's practically daylight all the time with us now. He'll be going into his own room soon though with a blackout blind.

Furniture is coming on thurs now - they hadn't actually booked in our delivery despite me having the info.

Yeah, we've been experimenting with all sorts - blackout blinds been on for a week or so, sleeping bag/blankets, music/no music/ewan the sheep who doesn't bloody work singing/silence... I'm so tired of being tired. Managed two quick naps today though so maybe I'll have the energy to deal with both DDs tomorrow.

Gla your furniture will show up in the end happy

Angie, we have recently had a few good by dd standard nights. Going from 7 to between 11-1 and then back down until between 6/7ish. Last night not so good 7-11-3 and 6.30. But she started front to back rolling yesterday so hoping it was linked.

Birdies I agree with everyone else 5 months is far too young to start worrying about can's and cant's. Just enjoy, I don't want mine to grow up , but I do want her to bloody well sleep

OMG!!! Bailey had a two hour nap over lunch!!!

Best night ever here. LO slept 7.30-9, 11-5.30, 7.30-10!!! I woke at ten and could not believe it, finally felt rested. :)

Loving the sleeping babies (Ellen are you listening?). To be fair she does seem to be improving, we haven't had hourly wakings for a few days... Wish she'd start doing a long stretch of 6 hours again, it makes such a difference.

I went to the sling library today and borrowed a woven wrap. Sooo comfy and not quite as baffling as I feared, though I waa clearly the dunce of the class

I've always been a bit afraid of wraps. I have 3 soft structured carriers with the clips, wrapping and tying properly looks so hard but it's probably not is it?

Daniel only fed at 11pm and 3.15am last night. It's definitely getting better.

I'm missing ds1s nursery induction evening tonight as on my own with them. As i sit here at the top of the stairs rapid-returning him to bed i sincerely hope I'm not missing anything vital. At least Dan is fast asleep already.

Great news meringue, maybe your lo and mine are on the same wavelength. Perhaps they are posting each other tips on a site called babysnet.

sadly dd hates slings with a passion, i have tried every kind going at the sling library and she screams her head off in all of them.

I've got a Kari Me and a Baby Bjorn, the kari me is so easy to tie and very comfy, however DD2 not keen, although not tried front facing yet. She likes front facing on the baby bjorn but i find it very uncomfortable so I don't use it that much. mainly just on my little costco run as she can't sit in the trolley yet really want a vitamix belnder

Babysnet: AIBU? My mummy went downstairs to eat a sandwich, so I woke up and cried til she came back and now I'm feeding. I get to eat but mummy has to wait doesn't she?

Arses! Just lost my post :(

Pascha ivy did that yesteday. She finally fell asleep in the bouncer so i thought i'd make lunch which i nearly didn't eat due to the screaming! We need to remind them: if mummy doesn't eat then eventually they won't eat :)

Also i doubt you will miss much. IME most information will be passed on and lots of parents miss them (i have managed to avoid 2 of these with no lasting damage). Is it for a privaye nursery or one atrached to a school? I forgot how old your ds1 is

Pascha it's really not as bad as I expected, and I'm awful at practical/spatial stuff. I even managed a back carry with DH ready to catch DD (but he wasn't required so I'd try it again). Probably worthy of a post on babysnet.

Shame about your sling hater bugsy . I had a pram hater instead for months but she seems to have got over that. There's always something!

Totally Bugsy I can't believe how often I find babies on here are doing the same stuff on the same day, it's uncanny

Oh good, glad I'm missing nothing much. Its a preschool, he's 3 in September. My friend Emma will let me know the ins and outs at playgroup tomorrow.

I have a Connecta, a Beco Butterfly II and a Manduca (for DH because its black). They all have their uses.

Ahhhh I've been awake since 5. He woke up crying so I fed him, he promptly went straight back to sleep and I'm just lying here! Having fed him at 2.30 also. Why oh why isn't he sleeping till 7 like he used to? :(
He looks so cute in his cot next to the bed in his spotty grobag though.
In headline news: he's learnt how to roll on to his side. Hold the front page!

Scrap good nights post, last night was horrific.

Pampers are rubbish. Leaking poo all the time and endless changes of clothes. He's bang in the middle of the current size (3+). Any other recommendations...?

Glad I'm not the only one with a sling habit (I have a manduca and a stretchy too ). In my defence the woven is for our holiday in September when she'll be too big for the stretchy and we want a carrier each as it's not practical to take a pushchair (trip round Japan).

meringue it really wasn't that bad, the hardest bit is getting them there. You Tube videos are great for tips. I'm practising scooting her round my hip under my arm as it's easiest for me.

Octane is the vest too tight? That always causes us problems. We mainly use cloth which is infinitely more reliable but found Aldi nappies good for disposables. Hooray for the rolling though!

glorious no the vests are nice and loose. Argh! I'll try another brand....
Or cloth - but is it true they get nappy rash easily with cloth?

Not in our experience octane , she's only had nappy rash in disposables but it might depend on the baby. There was a study which apparently showed no difference but I can't find the original so no idea if it was well designed (mentioned here www.goreal.org.uk/guide/index/view/id/4

DD does get some chafing round the edge if we do them up too tightly though, and we usually use a disposable overnight because I don't like the idea of her being wet all night (or changing her if I can avoid it ).

Lost sorry you had a bad night

Octane I use asda little angels and had no probs, or you could try the double nappy trick that seems to work

I've not tried a sling, and never heard of a sling library, must google!

I'm currently using Pampers babydry for daytime and Naty for nights. We found DS1 also did best on Naty, virtually eliminated the leaking overnight.

sling libraries

Mine is defunct, unfortunately.

Wow there is 2 near me! I can't believe I've never heard of it before! Thanks for the link!

I have a 3rd child today, DP had an injection in his wrist this morning ..... And passed out pussy
Which reminded me why it's us women that give birth

Ooh, I love the kari me and DH prefers the baby bjorn, so we get one each . Although M is such a chunk that I have to do it up really tight or she slips down after a bit.

Exhausting day with both DDs. We did loads - making biscuits, market, playground, garden, naps [thank God emoticon] and now I feel like there is nothing left in me. Bedtime soon...

I second Asda Little Angels nappies, they're the best we've tried so far.

Oh dear lost hope you had a better night tonight.

Meringue fantastic that you feel rested, it makes such a difference doesn't it.

My dd hasn't replicated the wondrous sleep of the other night but is doing better with 4 hour stretches now. I'm trying to get her into bed earlier too and that seems to be helping.

at your babysnet AIBU Pascha!

I feel like drinking wine but alas I have none.