March 2013 - gurgles, giggles and going on holiday (for some of us at least!)

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Thanks for clearing the salt query for me.

stormy and something try coping with sleep regression and a baby with a stinking cold. I too am a zombie.

soyo sorry you are having rubbish nights. Hopefully its just a phase.

Right, it's 2hrs earlier than I usually put her down but she's been a crying and feeding machine all afternoon so I'm attempting an early bedtime. What are my chances of success?

On the plus side I think I may have found a cleaner that is accepting of the PuppyMonster! It's a bloody expensive luxury but as DH and I spend about 1/3 of all quality time together either cleaning/tidying or fighting about it, it's probably worth it!

How are the rest of you managing to keep your houses in a state that you can live in them? I'm finding it hard enough to eat lunch and get a glass of water in between madam and pup's demands! Today I've mostly eaten things I could easily grab so 2 pittas, 2 jam doughnuts, more biscuits than I would like to count. Not ideal!

Agghh im losing the plot. Ds is being a little monster. He just wont go to sleep.

Cleaning? It never ends. My poor washing machine.

soyo getting a cleaner was the best decision my DH and I made years ago. We would (and did) go without a lot of other luxuries to have a cleaner because it enhaced our quality of life so much and certainly does now. Also sympathise with the food situation. I have found that the best way to be able to eat proper food is using a bouncy chair in kichen with lots of chattering and showing of food stuffs while preparing and then lots of fork drumming against plate to keep little one entertained while eating! Or alternatively making full use of the miracle that is the sling!

KF yes we have a very happy home here. Losing a child focuses your mind on what is important plus my DH is my everything and just an amazing partner in life. However that doesn't mean I don't feel and sometimes act like a bear with a sore head in the mornings after a tricky night which is most night here at the moment as DD seems to be going through a prolonged growrth spurt!

As predicted my chances of a successful early bedtime were bugger all. Trying again now! It's a good job this baby is so damn cute & lovely!!!

Good luck Soyo. Maybe she gets a bit overtired and an early bedtime will help? (Hopeful smiley).

Hmmm, cleaning. Hand held vac to grab enough bits of cat fluff to knit a new cat in a couple of mins here and there rather than deploying the dyson. Packets of polish wipes in each room to give table tops a quick wipe over cos bloody everything is covered in formula. Baskets upstairs and down to dump baby laundry in (muslins etc) so it's all together and easy to collect into a load. ignoring the state of the windows totally. Fly lady style daily blitz of one place where crap accumulates. ignoring the giant pile of laundry that used to be called our bedroom.

Cleaning? Hahahahahahah kicks more crap under the coffee table

plonko, I did Classics too! Loved it but the only thing I do with it now is translate the odd bit of New Testament Greek with my lexicon in hand and much guesswork

I am not looking forward to this sleep regression if DD has it too next month We've got into a fairly good routine at the moment. She goes down at roughly 7:30-7:45 and then I wake her at 10:30ish, feed her (with various degrees of success) and she's gone through till 5:30-6 the past couple of nights. She seems to love the sleeping bag too.

We went out for my DMum's birthday tonight and she gave DD her daily bottle. 4oz of ff, down in one! DMum is going to babysit for us on Friday night so that we can go out for a drink or two. I am ridiculously excited about it. It makes the fact that DH is away from 6am tomorrow morning till 10pm on Thursday marginally better

With weaning, I remember making all my own purees for the first few weeks but then found the amazing Ella's pouches and used those (especially when out and about). May do a combination of that with BLW but haven't started to think about it yet. I kept the salt content down in all our food and still do as you can add it at the table if you want extra. Boots used to sell salt-free stock cubes too as they are obviously high in salt but I'm not sure if you can get them still.

Hope you all have good or at least better nights tonight.

Kallo stock cubes are salt free but I saw them in Boots the other day.

We have just got the high chair out fir ds which means I can eat 2 handed again. It also tires him out v quickly so I still have to eat fast to beat the cries , it is a start,

Kallo stock cubes are salt free but I saw them in Boots the other day.

We have just got the high chair out fir ds which means I can eat 2 handed again. It also tires him out v quickly so I still have to eat fast to beat the cries , it is a start,

Haha pud yes formula seems to be on various worktops around the home.opps.

Finally got ds to sleep and has been asleep for an hour. soyo hope your lo gets off to sleep soon.

wing sounds like you have a good routine so enjoy it for now.

So we are on our way to 4 months of being a mummy. What has been the best/worst advice you have been given about being a mummy?

My best advice has been to follow the babies cues in the early weeks and forget about routine. Babies will create and break there own routine.

Worst has been not to let your baby get used to being held/cuddled. (a load of rubbish ds is not fond of being held anymore .

soyo second time lucky? Hope so. Nct friend had your problem and hv finally visited them last week. Hv suggested she transfer baby, stay with them and allow crying to reach crescendo. Pick them up then, comfort but don't comfort feed, place back down again. Repeat. On the third night she had success. Only a sample size of one granted but though I'd share. Cleaning? Ug! Standards have dropped a little but I can't bear it untidy or filthy as it makes me feel unhinged. I have recently tried tackling a room a day which although functions doesn't provide the 'clean house flop down' satisfaction. I think a cleaner is the way to go.
It's our first wedding anniversary today so we three went to beach. Dd had a paddle with me :-) couldn't eat all the lovely food we'd planned as still crook but had a fun time. Dh goes away to Spain for work tomorrow until late next Wednesday. No wonder I feel ill!
Oh, and someone was asking bids ago (pud?) if babies can get hay fever. Apparently it is not until month nine that babies develop allergies to environmental factors but mine still sneezes every time we go in the garden
Finished ides of march film in three sittings as is the new way. Good. Gosling and clooney. But unsatisfactory ending me thinks.
Better get out of bath to romance dh on what remains of our anniversary

Any Russell Brand fans here? I just had the weirdest thing happen... Bizarrely it involves breastmilk!!

I swear this baby's sleeping just keeps getting worse. What a monkey! I'm trying very hard to just go with it & not get too annoyed but its tough having that little voice in the back of your head that knows she can go 7hrs, even if it only happened once, and she was regularly going 5hrs from weeks 4-8 and now it's back to 2. These things are definitely sent to try us!

Popcorn eating smiley... Awaits further news from Leni...

Yes leni cheer those of us up who still have night feeds!

Sounds potentially gross leni .....

It's hard when your baby doesn't consistently feed at roughly the same time during the night isn't it? Anyone else find it mucks up their whole day of feeds potentially because you never know what time breakfast feed is going to be? Which has knock on impact for rest of days feeds.

Sure dawn chorus is starting here.

Yep, the dawn chorus is in full flow here & has been since 4.

Morning all! Well- I have a baby who is...something. No idea what, just something. Could be wind/teeth/oncoming illness/general grumps/wonder week/growth spurt (except prob not as refusing food). We are currently throwing everything at her and seeing what sticks including: calpol, bonjela, infacol, cuddles, seaside walks in sling, seaside walks in buggy, naptime with mummy (she's currently asleep in bed with me but as I'm in a single bed in this holiday home I'm too scared to fall asleep in case she falls out). Symptoms include: occasional unusually long naps but still waking up cross, inconsolable crying attacks, refusing boob but liking bottle (sometimes not always) being happy then suddenly screaming blue murder, fidgety/tense/straininess, constant fist chewing and thumb sucking (not unusual), general grumpiness. (From me as well, kinda ruining the holiday...)

Anyone willing to diagnose?!?

KFF

^My best advice has been to follow the babies cues in the early weeks and forget about routine. Babies will create and break there own routine.

Worst has been not to let your baby get used to being held/cuddled.^

Spot on!

eco there's something about the sun makes babies sneeze.

vj sorry no ideas.

Eco it took us four goes to watch the hobbit when DS was a month old. How I wish we hadn't bothered!

To all of those struggling with sleep regression - I hope it quickly passes! It's not something we're having to deal with yet here, but go to bed in constant fear that tonight will be the night he refuses to sleep. He's done 7-7 the last couple of nights, well cosleeping from 5am as that gives us all decent sleep, but I'm still waking at 5 expecting to have to make a bottle!

Cleaning...I too become unhinged in a messy house. I see my mum every Friday and she often helps out then I cook lunch. At least one load of washing a day to attempt to keep on top of things and if DS decides to nap I try to get as much done as possible in that time. We've also been leaving the house a lot more recently so I can make mess for someone else to tidy it doesn't drive me up the wall.

Vj teething or wonder week was my first instinct. Does he have a temp? DS has been grumpy/clingy with red cheeks, über drool and been slightly warn lately - both grandmas are convinced its teeth.

Leni come back and spill the beans, you g lady!

Best advice? Premake the bottles and warm as needed. Oh and everything is a phase, so just go with it. Worst advice? Make up each bottle when baby needs it. Nhs seriously overestimating the patience of a newborn.

Wing I didn't even study a language - everything in translation . Was very enjoyable though, if only classicists were highly sought after!

Something the small print on my flexi working application says any changes may take 14 weeks to implement. I took leave early (Christmas) so I'm aiming to go back in October, when the money runs out.
Went out for tea and cake in the very luxurious and exotic morrisons cafe yesterday with my friend and her toddler. Grumpy four month old is nowt compared to a screaming two year old who wants to wear wellies but can't. I'm now dreading that stage.

DS has just drained 7oz in ten minutes then looked at me with disgust that there's no more. I think I'm going to have start offering more, and potentially wean slightly early.

Sorry, had to grab the tiny bit of sleep DS allowed me - sleep regression here too

So last night I went to a live podcast where RB was the guest - met him afterwards by chance and true to form, he announced I had 'amazing tits!', so, a bit embarrassed, I said 'Thanks, I've just had a baby' (erm, what?!). He then asked me if I was single, and when I said no, started talking about lactating mothers (he has a well publicised fetish for breast milk) and asked if he could... Well... Have some?! So I went very red and said sorry, I couldn't of course, to which he said he 'just wanted to see it come out' - all this in the lobby of a theatre with stunned people around us...

Bottom line - he asked if I'd leave with him and obviously I turned him down, he seemed pretty shocked as I guess he's used to getting any woman he wants! He asked me if it was 'because of morality' (this had been something discussed in the podcast) so I told him that as I'd only just got a grasp on morality myself, I had to hold on to it

I'd been joking for ages with my friend saying wouldn't it be funny to try and seduce him etc (we've been fans since the beginning) but I can't say I actually anticipated being picked out of a crowd of desperate women (and men!) with my post baby body and when I'm no longer frivolous and able to hang around with celebs...

Oh well, it's a story for DS when he grows up!

Vj how many weeks are you at now? We're in week 12 and DS is exactly the same - refusing food is really not like him. Temp is actually a bit colder than normal bizarrely.

Leni - You go girl! That's hilarious that he wanted to see it come out? Wow. Cherish that moment - I would. Hope you got your picture taken with him and your two breast friends

Leni that's a brilliant story!
We're 15 weeks on Thursday but she was early so going by due date 12 exactly today. Having looked at wonder weeks it sounds rightish, although a lot of the stuff for
12 weeks she's doing already, rolling, grasping etc. gah, I don't know, sometimes I think I should stop analysing and just go with it, screams n'all. Then the control freak in me hits...