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

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First wake up since 10 when I put DS down. But he'd woken at 7.40 (from 7pm) and wouldn't sleep at all for DH/mil (so so glad DH was back and my baby wasn't crying for both of us, although he was sobbing for me).

Ds woke at 11 and has woken now so much better.

It feels like my voice has gone, obviously I can't test it but coughing isn't making a difference!

FoD sounds awful. Just so what you want to do 'oh we go to baby rhyme time today and tomorrow we go swimming you're welcome to come or I can meet you after for lunch'

Oops cursed myself! 2nd wake up since midnight. He'd weed his nappy to death. Not surprising as he didn't eat all day then had 21oz over 2.5h at bedtime.

I'm sure DS will get used to it IsThat, glad you're DP was that at least

Well after hr woke at 2:45 I couldn't get back to sleep until 4:45 and he was awake at 5:30 for a feed now we're up for the day feeling very tired again and have a sore throat/no voice

Am going to try and finish that application form this morning whilst dd is at nursery though

Right where's my coffee......

Go spotty!

Back in bed after settling ds for an hour and he's now back in his room. Think we're going to go swimming today for first time.Will use sling instead of buggy but does anyone have any tips?

I wish they could bugger off home early, but their flights aren't until next Tuesday.

Had quite a bad night in that it took me ages to go to sleep as I couldn't stop thinking and worrying about going back to work.

For sling or for swimming?

Ds' s cough has been getting worse for three days and now he has a snuffle and seems quite subdued. Any thoughts? Can I give calpol to help a cough?

FoD good luck with the in laws. Also i've been worrying about that loads as well at the moment i don't feel ready to leave H at all. Then theres the logistics i don't know how i'm going to work from 3:30pm till 1:30am whilst dp works nights

Good luck with your job application Spotty

WL and Mama hope last night went well for you.

Willyou hope you manage to get a nap today.

Isthat FX his teeth pop through soon so that he can go back to being his happy self.

Beasty i can relate to treating children older than they are my DN is 20 months old and she is treated much older by her parents they need reminding of her actual age constantly. Hope you cam sort something out with MiL.

Utopian H's chest got worse over time the GP was great when i took her and the antibiotics really helped.

2blessed sorry i've no advice about swimming i'm still yet to go with H. Hope you have a great time though.

utopian for swimming, Taking sling cos I can't find
buggy padlock.

My dm swears by calpol. I gave ds some when he had his cold last month but mainly used junior olbas oil and mild vapour rub.

I'm so tired I'm not sure in safe to drive I've got to drop dd at nursery 20 minutes away then go to my dads 20 minutes away then come home another 20 minutes. Hopefully ds will sleep the whole time. Zzzz

Hales, those really are tricky hours! What do you do?

Pretty awful night. C's feed finished around 10.45pm and he went down v drowsy but woke and started grizzling. And crying. And grizzling. And crying. For a very very long time. It was awful. Finally I thought to put Ewan on (which we have but never use) and she drifted off. Fed again close to 5 and then up at 7.30am. Lots of little cries in the morning but she was able to self settle an go back to sleep.

I think it's inevitable that we have times like this, so I will take solace in the fact that she got there eventually. But wow, I'm exhausted.

2blessed try and use family changing with a change table if you can. Otherwise use a travel change mat or extra towel to lie them on the floor while you change. If you're doing that, get them into their swim stuff first, and change them last on the way out. Then it doesn't matter if they wriggle and roll onto a wet floor.

Watch for them getting cold. Probably half an hour max at this age.

Wrt MIL, it really doesn't help that tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of FIL death. So she's a bit raw and on edge. She has had DD most weeks since the new year, but for a short day and not with A.

It's just a perfect storm of toddler dropping her nap, and having lots of change in her life. I had lots of questions this morning about where I was going and where she was going and where A was going. So hopefully it will get better quickly.

We've thought of some options anyway, so I'm feeling a bit better.

FoD make the most of having them around. Let them look after the baby while you get things sorted if you need to. Or go out. Every day, all day.

Day 2 at work and still no meeting with boss or anything to do.

Oh yes 2blessed that's right. It seems logical that once you're out of the pool you should dry and clothe your cold little baby first but don't! Because then you'll pick it up and get it all wet from your own swimmers. Wrap them up in a towel, get dry and dressed yourself, then deal with baby. took me a dismayingly long time to work that out Have fun swimming!

barbeasty going back to work is stressful enough without having to worry if you'll have to sort out other childcare. We'll be doing a combination of nursery & DM doing some days. We knew that it would be too much for her to look after both at the same time due to her age & the kids both still being quite young so we'll be doing a bit of a mad system so we can still save money on nursery fees- wed both at nursery, thurs dd with mum & ds at nursery, fri ds with mum & dd at nursery. luckily dh has every other fri off so some weeks she only has to do one day. Although she is also doing a lot of the pick ups.
If your DM is finding it tough with both don't know if a system like that would work for you.

Mama i work in a factory, the hours use to work perfectly with caring for my dad and getting him to his hospital and Drs appointments. If H manages to fall asleep earlier which i doubt as her natural bedtime seems to be 11pm and DP can get her to bed then she wouldn't wake till i got home so my dad would be ok looking after her. But if shes awake or wakes up then my dad would struggle to look after her. Its so stressful and everyone keeps telling me just to give up work and become a sahm. Which would help i suppose but i can't afford it and i've never relied on anyone for money i've worked since i was 16. Even to the point now where mine and DP's finances are our own and we go halves on everything we or DSD or DD need. I'm thinking of taking all my holidays at the end of my mat leave and applying for some other part time jobs.

We offered to vary the days, but MIL said she'd prefer tohave both for 2 days rather than more days with 1 child each day.

And we'd asked if she was ok having both before TTC, because we'd have put it off if not!

Hopefully it will all sort itself out. I just hope she hasn't moaned to DH's sisters. We have enough digs about MIL moving close to us and not them. History has been re-written to suggest I forced her to move here and provide free childcare.

Hales can you apply to vary your hours or switch shifts to something that works better?

I feel quite ill. I think being tired isn't helping. I may well jump in the bath when dp gets home and go to bed with ds

An early night might be just what you need spotty.

I have a weaning question. We are doing BLW plus a few fruit purées and porridge. But J doesn't seem to really eat much. He'll suck it and spot the food out. Is that normal to start with?

Yep that's normal he will get there I'm sure.

My adorable three year old has decided growling is the correct form of communication when she's having a strop

WillYou perfectly normal. At this early stage it's about experiencing textures and failures. The point in the mouth where the gag reflex starts moves back with age, so they gradually take more in and swallow better.
At the moment most nutrition should come from milk.

Spotty fingers crossed for an early night and feeling better.

Thanks Barbeasty and spotty. We've had broccoli, strawberries and banana today. All were a great hit! The strawberry was almost swallowed whole though, had to drag it back out while he repeatedly sucked it back in

A friend's little 3 year old has started with the growling twenty too spotty. Must be a phase

Bath sounds like a good plan spotty hope you feel better tomorrow.

I feel you're pain FoD, I'm still exhausted after having my dad and brother here and they are my own family and weren't even staying with me!

WillYou nothing much is going down here either. Although we've abandoned the BLW for now.

Sorry about the work/childcare issues hales and barbeasty. It'll still be a while before the paperwork is processed for me to get a visa to work here which is a shame because we could use some extra cash and I would like to do something different even just a couple of days a week.

Mixed result last night - slept through til 4 (dream feed at 10.30) but then wide awake so not back asleep til 5.15, then up at 6.15! It was 2 hours extra stretch and 15 mins less settling than yesterday so step in the right direction!
I've got a sore nip so think I must have had a bad latch for a feed.
spotty def bath and early night for you.
hales tricky hours indeed, although could work ok if dp can get her to bed and she sleeps til you get back. I guess you might need to do sleep training with them both!