DECEMBER 2012: The start of crawling and the end of maternity leave

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Evening all. Stacks I hope you're fast asleep. My husband's out tonight and I am tempted to go to bed soon to get a chunk of sleep while C is settled. When he's home I want to stay up and spend time with him! Stupid husband.

How sad am I - I enjoyed the lunch I had at a friend's house so much I made it all over again for dinner. Halloumi and hoummus on a wrap. I have eaten so much goddamn halloumi today. MMMMmmmmmm.

A pretty good day here. C got weighed - at 7m she's almost 20lb. We then sat in a friend's garden and sunbathed. I took C's travelcot, which is a tent contraption, and she managed to fall asleep in it. Result! Only slept for about 30mins which is a shame but it was pretty hot out there. I need to get her used to it as we're away a fair bit in August and then travelling for about a month in Sept/Oct on the way home, so she has to get used to it.

I admire all of you who keep your finances independent of your partners. My husband and I pool everything. It's how our parents did it so we have followed suit and it seems right to me. He earns 2-3 times what I do so I hope it doesn't come back to bite me.

So tired

Also - about to open some Green&Blacks white chocolate raspberry ice cream. Thank god for breastfeeding.

Oh Pidj, what's going on?

I'm off to bed now! I'm kind of excited parent baton handed over to DH. Just hope I sleep through his wake ups for the first bit of the night.

Sweet dreams stacks!

Sounds like a lovely day mamapo

I forgot how much I love Wimbledon!

Grumpy snotty teething baby

Sweet dreams Stacks

Oh Pidj FX those nasty teeth come through soon.

Spotty i've watched more wimbledon than ever before this week. As whilst i was pregnant i decided that no matter what the sex of the baby i wanted to get bump tennis and golf lessons when they were old enough.

All my diet stuff arrived today so last naughty night tonight and i'm starting tomorrow.

Mama i love halloumi cheese. It also sounds like you've had a lovely day

Hales Fil bought dd her first proper tennis racket for her birthday complete with a pink tennis racket!

Snap pidj! And choking on saliva overload :(

Guess what we were doing while discussing names last year...

R is actually named for MIL's dad. But the tennis prompted the discussion, which reminded dp of his grandfather's name*

*grandfather in Jamaica who he never met

Weighed myself tonight and have so far lost 8lb in just over a week. Just by not eating the fuckton of sugary shite I was eating every day, drinking more so I don't confuse thirst with hunger and snack, and 3x30 min runs a week!

Now only 3stone left to go

Good luck with your diet hales

Wow Isthat, thats amazing. I'm doing that herbalife diet. See how it goes, i'll be sooo grumpy without sugar.

Awww spotty thats so sweet

Pidj it took me a second to realise what you meant then i'm having a thick day

Wow isthat! I've put on a couple of pounds since weaning and better sleep began. Tried to hula hoop in the other direction tonight but I can't do it! Will keep trying as I don't want to end up all lopsided.
Had lunch at a friends today, knew there was a paddling pool for dd2 to play in with her pal so took her sun suit. As soon as we arrived she fell in fully clothed! Luckily she wasn't bothered and did the school pick up on her sun suit as it was drier than her clothes!
Hot weather means leaving Ts window open so black out blind doesn't work properly and door open so light from downstairs hall light (so bigs can see their way to the loo) will come in. Hmm wonder how tonight will go then!

Oh wow i really cant keep up with this thread! Dd appears to be teething a bit! I say a bit because i dont think its causing her too much pain and no bumps yet but the slobbering and chewing have been here some time. Im a bit worried about when the screaming will start but also i will miss my little gummy bear once the teeth arrive

I dont have half the problems you all face through the night but dd wakes up quite frequently. Shes very easy to settle but just the constant broken sleep takes its toll sometimes. Especially as i cant shake off my old night owl habits!

Dd was a late roller and can still only go back to front...she hates it on her front. The past week dd has been having parties in the night which wouldnt be so bad if she didnt have a little roll mid party. Its like groundhog day turning her back over and over again.

This post is very me me me sorry! Theres a lot i would like to say but then i read a new post and oops its gone.

Very sorry for stacks though your poor boobs!

Ginger, would she get upset if you left her on her side or front of a night after shes rolled? H seems to have naturally started sleeping on her side, i've just left her too it. But i wouldn't of left her if he got upset by it ISWIM.

Most of my weight was put on after he was born but in back in the swing of things now. Although it looks like we've got a long road ahead with 3 stone still to go (and that's just to get to the top end of 'normal')

Too hot tonight, bleurgh!

I'm too hot too. Cannot get back to sleep after DS got up at 2. He's been back down for 40 mins now.

Snap, hales - this is C's second night of sleeping on her side. She's also just slept for 9 hours, longest stretch ever! She has been a bit unsettled, crying out a bit but doesn't need anything. I'm up and down like a yoyo though so not as rested as I could be. Fx after this feed she sleeps late.

Belated birthday wishes.

R been sleeping for nearly an hour after a quick feed and cuddle and now I can't sleep. Expressed a bottle but also had to deal with the noise of some drunk.and disorderly lads outside and aftermath with police and ambulance. noisier because.windows are open. Get back to bed and dp is snoring super loud. Aaaaagh.
Hope lo's are managing to sleep in this heat.

ginger ds sleeps on his front and has done ever since he came out of the hammock he had when he was little as he started rolling at 3/4 months and was just furiousevery time I pput him on his back to sleep.

2blessed sorry about you horrible youf outside. If it helps, O has just been woken by the neighbours chicken celebrating having laid its daily egg rather too enthusiastically so we are up for a quick feed

iathat congratulations on the epic weight loss andspotty hope yours is back under control after what sounded like a pretty grim few days. I got gastro a week before our wedding three years ago (almost to the day, had our anniversary on the third!) and sort of have been aiming for that target weight ever since. Hopefully only 3lbs off it now though - hurrah for bf!

We've decided to start ttc again in October. Is it silly that while excited for the potential new lo and for ds having a sibling I'm also worried O is so lovely (in our eyes) that the next won't be 'as good'? I'm being a berk aren't I?

Hope everyone is getting a bit of sleep despite the heat..

Ds slept through until 5:30 and lay chatting for a bit in feeding him now although my milk seems to be in short supply again

Isthat when i gave birth i was the thinest i've ever been, even at the end of my pregnancy i was 1 stone lighter than my usual weight. I had lost 23lbs in all when i weighed myself a week after i gave birth. I need to ideally lose 2-3 stone now

2blessed selfish people outside even though i would of been so nosy i would have watched the whole thing

Utopian, i'm sure baby utopian number 2 will be as lovely as O. But i understand where your coming from its hard imagine having another baby who is so perfect H PFB much haha

Wow spotty is that a good sleep for F?

Happy 30th Willyou i hope i've remembered the right day. Did J enjoy the zoo yesterday?

Bad night here, but i'm going to blame the heat. I'm currently stood by her cot, hoping she goes back to sleep but apparently all the birds are fighting outside