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

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This is ridiculous. Will make drs apt tomorrow and then that's it. She's not even down long enough for me to fall asleep.

WL sorry you're having another crap night

Second wake up here so 3.5 hours then 3.5 hours which is great.

Dp has only just got in he has to be up for work in four hours he said the coach driver went through central London so it took them four hours to get there and they nearly didn't get to play we live 90 mins from centra London...

Good luck Barbeasty I'm sure it'll be fine

Argh. We had a bad night. Waking every 1 1/2 hours on average. He had a horrid cold though which is making him really snuffly. Poor little thing :( Tired Mummy though.

Apparently 5:20 in the morning is an acceptable time to come and sort out the neighbours plant hire with a truck with really squeaky brakes in a really quiet village. I can hear his bloody footsteps. Ds is stirring been another 3.5 hours so I'm really pleased.

Sorry you've had a bad night FoD

WL, it sounds like you're doing the right thing with the GP. This sounds weird, but hopefully there's something small and insignificant going on, which is easily treated, and might then lead to an improvement.

FoD, sorry you're also having a tough night.

I think the jetlag is slowly improving. She woke at 230am for a feed but then went back to sleep !!! Needed a bit of dummy replugging but didn't wake until 5am. Now, a 5am start to the day is not desirable, but it's the first time she's slept between 3-5am for ages so I think it's a good sign. Hopefully the 5am will get later and later...

Oh Spotty, that's not on. Aren't there rules about that sort if thing?

Although I forgot to shut my bedroom window this morning and suddenly heard A from downstairs at about 6.50am, so probably have some unhappy neighbours.

I'm sure A will be fine, but I only finished expressing the milk for him to refuse today about 20 minutes before they left and then A wouldn't feed properly. Maybe it will make him take his bottle!

I've had a missed call and an email from my boss. He wants me to go for an interview on Monday for another job. Same level as I'm on, but nicer boss. So childcare to sort (I start back on Tuesday!) and job spec etc to find & read. Not sure if it's an invitation to interview, or a turn up to the interview and you've got the job situation.

Have you seen the new advice for pregnant women about avoiding chemicals? You shouldn't wash, get in a car, cook.... Glad I'm beyond that point!

And good luck with the GP WL.

Good luck with the GP WL.

Hope you have a nice 1st day back beasty.

Spotty i also thought there were rules about that i thought you couldn't start work in a residential area before 7am.

WL and FoD do not read any more of this post!

Last night H fell asleep and was in her cot at 11pm and she woke at 8am. 9 hours sleep yay and she is in my bed drinking her bottle and falling back asleep

Glad to hear some are getting some sleep (said through gritted teeth!!).
Yes, I'm sure there are rules about starting work in a residential area, I think it's 7am.
Good luck beasty sounds like they value you so hope you can work out a situation that works well for you.

I've got an apt with the paed gp at 1.50. Will buy a blackout blind for her room today and assuming the gp doesn't find anything operation no more night boobs will begin. Last night was nuts again and she's up so often she's not taking a feed and then going into a proper sleep. I felt really cross with her last night which is not a good thing.

I hope they figure something out WL

Hope you get some answers at the GP WL.

The veg sticks froze and defrosted really well. I steamed them, transferred straight to tiny Tupperware, which I floated in a bowl of cold water before transferring to the freezer. I took them out 2 hours before I needed them. They were a little softer than before freezing but still fine for him to hold.

Good luck WL.

They weren't working they were just picking it up from our neighbour who seems to own this digger

Just watched dd doing ballet so sweet couple of teething problems with ring sling main one being ds started on my hip but ended up on my front after an hour

Yay for good sleeps hales and spotty!

Glad jet lag seems to be abating mama.

Sorry for a bad night FoD.

Hope you get some answers at the docs WL.

Who's made these new guidelines for pregnant women spotty? Sounds bizarre!

Got my dad and my brother arriving today, they haven't met DS yet so that's exciting!

Ah lovely ski. Enjoy showing him off.

Dr checked ears and throat, no infection so I'm battening down the hatches for tonight. Cot and blow up bed are in Ts room, black out blind is up, nerves of steel steeling...think I'll do a dream feed if she stays asleep for long enough then refuse to feed again for a few hours. I will get her up and cuddle, rock etc but I have to break the snack/nap cycle and get back to the feed/sleep (or even just sleep)!

Good luck WL that's what I've started doing I suppose for anything less than three hours, I don't pick ds up though just pat him, I know if he doesn't go back to sleep or gets more fraught its because he is hungry

Ds hasn't eaten anything today apart from a tiny bit of mango we didn't have time for breakfast, were out all morning and he's been asleep the past hour, when he wakes up he will need boob not food

I don't think it's really a big deal, spotty, main source of nutrition is still breast milk. At the moment I think it's more about getting him into good habits so I don't think one day will make much of a difference.

Good luck for tonight WL. Will probably be hard to start but worth it in the end.

I will try patting her to start with but think she'll probably get a bit distressed. Tbh I've not really tried as I tend to pick up and feed as soon as she whinges as I don't want to wake the bigs who are on the other side of a thin partition wall, hence the move to her own room.

With T having been up all night on the boobs they are now on overdrive and she's not even making a dent! Need to express.

Managed to feed ds half a pouch and a yoghurt whilst making a risotto. Don't feel so bad now!

First bite of real food! Mainly enjoyed squishing the banana but some went in. Big dds were so excited!

Yay to weaning WL, i'm glad that T is physically ok. Good luck tonight.

Spotty i never worry about H refusing meals as she still has her milk.

Also i don't know how you feel about it WL but could u try giving a bottle of cool boiled water seeing if that settles her? Sorry if its a stupid idea.

Hales he wasn't refusing I just hadn't had time to give him anything!

IABU I know I am but I am pissed off! DP has just put DS to bed for the first time in 3 weeks. He's not changed his nappy so it's been on since 3:30, put him to bed in the short sleeved romper he's had on all day so his arms will be cold and only managed to give him 2 oz of formula before J fell asleep. This means he's going to be up all night and he'll wee through all his clothes and the only dry sleeping bag I have for him. I'd have been better doing it myself.

He's annoying me in general, I'm sure he thinks I sit on my arse all day. When I come down from putting J to bed most nights then I have to start washing and making bottles and then the cheeky fecker asks if I'm brewing up. He works 12 hour shifts but obviously that leaves me with the baby for 12 hours too.

I'm buggering off to Zumba and leaving him to deal with it all.