December 2012 Babies Half a year already and still kind of sane.

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Oh dear beasty a 5am alarm is never good. We've just am started to talk about when I go back - not til mid aug but I am wondering about that early feed!

I'm still looking for a new job there's nothing about found one I like the look of but they want to know which exam boards I took my gcse's with and I don't even have the certificates

I hear that spotty! How bizarre that they want to know the exam boards - your old school or council education dept might be able to help if you really want to know. I have to go back for 6 months to get a bonus payment which I would let slide if I found something great before, but if not will shamelessly harangue old colleagues in the new year. Our medium term financial situation really worries me.

Same here...I can get copies but the job app closes tomorrow. It's a college so maybe that's why?! Having a really lazy day today dd is playing nicely thankfully.

Good luck today Barbeasty. I have done lots of locum work before, and there's often a hell of a lot of sitting round while nobody knows quite who hired you and what you're supposed to do.

Sleep training is going so well I suspect she's been really ready for it. She chatted herself to sleep this morning, and grizzled (with one proper cry) for 10 minutes for this nap. And the best thing - no risk of waking her up on transfer!

Found a good way to occupy oneself while listening to grizzles and hoping they don't escalate to cries - sorting out spare change. My husband constantly dumps the change from his pockets onto random spare surfaces, which then get removed to a box and a bag, which were overflowing. I've spent the start of C's naptime today sorting UK from other currency, dividing into denominations, counting and bagging it all. I don't have the patience to count the coppers, but with everything else we had a cool £138.10 just hanging out in cupboards in our house!!! What shall I buy!?

Got a message from a friend in Aus who does the same work as me saying she's on maternity leave from September and do I want to cover her when I get back from the UK? Nice to have work fall in one's lap - very rare! Good luck to you others who are looking.

To be fair, after my return last time, it wasn't a surprise.

Just wish I'd taken a phone charger.

Not so good is the reply from MIL to DH asking how it was going with the DC. She says she's sorry but she can't cope with DD's strong personality and tantrums!

If she doesn't carry on having them for 2 days a week we are totally buffered financially. That would be another £700 we'd have to find!

Oh no Barbeasty, could it just be a reaction to you going back to work? Usually they're angels for the Grandparents

Sorry to hear that from your mil barbeasty

Glad sleep training is going well for some. Ds2 was just in so much pain from his teeth. He wanted comforting 4 times between 9 and 3 and them constantly from 3 until morning.

Leaving him with mil later :( really don't want to!!

I found my certificates! Now I just need to fill in the application form, I'm so tired though and have to go out tonight to a nursery meeting so even if I get it done I can't see it being good enough for me to get an interview.

(Sorry I get all 'Woe is me' when I'm tired )

Right, kick up the bum time Spotty, get that application done and stop telling yourself it'll be rubbish! It'll be fantastic and they'll offer you the job on the spot

I'm really sorry about your MiL's tesxt Barbeasty I hope she gets used to having DD and gets back into the swing of things.

Sorry you had a bad night IsThat. You know he'll be absolutely fine and you'll enjoy your running club kind of

I bought an activity table off my local fb selling page today. DS is lying next to it playing with half a swede

I've done day 2 of the 30 day shred today, my legs are like lead!

And well done on the job Mama

at playing with a swede.

First abject sleep training failure - no third nap today. Can't help but feel demoralised but I guess it's inevitable, especially for the third nap of the day which is tricky anyway. Hopefully bedtime happens all right. Have a friend over for dinner who just arrived from Melbourne - have to keep her awake!

willyou shred is a killer but works miracles!

I've just heard from DH and he'll be home before I need to go. Mil is still coming but it just means I'm not leaving her in sole charge of my baby can you be previous third born?!

I've done a before picture IsThat tbh there's not much to lose but my belly needs a really good tone as its a bit muffin topish/jelly belly! I saw myself run in a mirror today, not a good look

I've got to leave in twenty minutes and ds isn't asleep yet!

As of today I've been trying to get him to have a comforter. I've been putting it between us when he feeds, down my top when he's awake and with him when he's sleeping. I hope this might help in the long run.

Thanks for the kick up the arse WillYou I just keep having a mental block at the moment. I think not having any time to myself isn't helping...

Have a lovely evening mama

I'm super wobbly too WillYou don't know why it's not like I've eaten two massive bars of galaxy in two days....

It's just not fair is it Spotty I mean it's not like I had all you can eat Chinese buffet for dinner

Spotty Do it. You can't get an interview if you don't apply.

Things have calmed down a bit. I really do hope it's a reaction to my return to work. She's certainly said a few times that she doesn't want me to go back.

DH went to speak to MIL, who said she was thinking of stopping, but will give it one last chance on Friday. So no pressure there then!

She is coming to our house, whereas they usually go to MIL. That way she can shut DD in her room if she misbehaves, as a time out. Give them both a chance to calm down.

It really had better go well on Friday.

But DH and I have discussed some ways around it (it's taken so long to post this, he's come home & I've put DD to bed!) like him working from home on the days MIL has the DC and him disciplining DD.

He also pointed out to MIL that DD isn't 3 until the end of this month, but is so verbal we tend to expect much more from her and sometimes it's too much.

What a first day back. I guess it has to get better...

We're the same with dd. she's three on Monday but she speaks so well it's easy to forget.

Meeting at nursery went well I feel a million times better just for having some adult company!

Do it spotty - I applied for my current job not as a joke exactly but ...and at least it gets you thinking in the job application way.
isthat totally possible to be ftb - although for lots of reasons T will be our last and there's lots I'm looking forward to as she gets bigger but I'm still sad about it being the end and am totally squishy about her.
beasty that sounds a bit harsh from mil - there's bound to be a settling down phase. Can you chat to her about how to manage dd and agree boundaries/punishments/rewards with dd present? Dd2 is v verbal too and people are always shocked that she's only just 3 and it is so easy to treat her like she's older.
mama great news on the job (not all jealous, oh no). Don't beat yourself up about a nap failure - it's early days with the sleep training. Celebrate the wins and let the 'fails' go.

On of my objectives from better sleep is time/energy to exercise and so motivation to eat less! The belly is indeed jelly.

Thanks WL. Feeling nervous as she's woken for a feed already - could be a hellish night.

Fingers crossed for lovely nights' sleep for everyone

Hi all, sorry for the lack of communication, my phone is seriously on the blink. Been catching up, sorry for no personal messages but good luck with the sleep training; think both dh and I are too soft to manage it. Might regret that later, although he does self settle when he wakes feeling snuffly rather than hungry..

Sorry today was a bit of a challenge with MIL/DD Barbeasty. Hopefully it was just adjusting to the change all round. Totally identify with treating a very verbal child as if they are older thing too - we've definitely been guilty of this with DS1 at times. Also, if it's been a while since your MIL had sole care of DD it's probably been a bit of a shock to her how much her behaviour has developed, six months is a long time when you're not even three.

Good luck with the application Spotty and great news about the offer of work Mama.

Talk of work reminds me that I really need to arrange a meeting with my boss to try and rejig my hours when I go back to accommodate DS1 starting pre-school. I am quite optimistic that it'll be ok, as they are usually very reasonable and I've got a few alternatives to suggest so we should be able to find something that suits everyone. I think I am just putting it off a little bit though, as if it can't be agreed then we're going to have a bit of a nightmare and guess who'll end up having to sort out and put into practice a solution, despite there being two parents in this household

sigh I have my MIL, FIL and BIL all coming to stay for a week.

I only have 2 weeks left before I go back to work and the last thing I want to do is spent a week of that precious time entertaining my bloody inlaws and sharing my baby with them!

This too shall pass FoD, or just be really rude in the hope they'll all bigger off home early.

I'm missing my baby tonight, it's day 3 in his own room I'm up doing the night feed and still cuddling him even though he's fallen back to asleep