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

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Well I am feeling a bit bad as tomorrow is dp's only day off and he's got a football game in the afternoon against ex pros so won't want to be tired...but then I haven't had a night off ds's whole life and as he seems to be capable of settling without a feed until 4am sometimes this could be my first chance!

Don't feel guilty about it, i tried explaining to DP that i don't get a break he said i didn't work as hard as him. Oh i can't wait to see the struggle he has when i go back to work haha.

We've had an odd day here, T has had 3 10 min catnaps all day and hardly eaten a thing. I've offered extra boob (and its been roasting here this aft) but she's not been bothered. She's been happy enough all day. Just trying to get her down to bed so I can go to my mums to shower and get the nappies washed - the leak is so bad now we've got the water off completely. Turned it on to shower this morning but there's not enough pressure to get water upstairs.
I'm feeling v fed up.
It's our wedding anniversary tomorrow and this morning DH told me he'd forgotten - code for I haven't even got you a card. He's such a dozy sod - he's had opportunity to sort it today and is doing the tesco shop when I get back from my mums. No need to tell me then was there?!

Was she having any water WL? Fx she doesn't feel the need to make up for it overnight...the weather is going to be lovely tomorrow so I hope you can enjoy your anniversary.

Ds was awake when I put him down tonight an hour ago and I haven't heard a peep. He's living solids still and cries between mouthfuls because I don't do it quick enough less interested in feeds though hardly feeds for ten minutes at a time.

29 degrees in our room tonight! Going to do a dreamfeed tonight as I expressed 5oz this morning trying to get rid of the blockages.

Hales what a twat!

Spotty, R's feeds decreased in length when he got into solids. Still as blinking frequent though

Ds was feeding every two hours but last Thursday the HV suggested offering a snack and water after two hours and I realised I'd been feeding him more out of habit than anything he likes attention etc and I think as soon as I heard a slight moan I just assumed he was hungry! I'm going to get him weighed in a week though as he feels really light (I'm probably worrying over nothing) he's so tiny compared to other babies.

Hales dd was ff and would feed 10ish and 2ish in the early days. Dp would always do one feed 2am I hope your dp made up for it in other ways!

Well only the twins came, but it was a lovely afternoon.

We'll be eating leftovers for days like the jelly and ice cream I just had

Poor A has a horrible cold and keeps getting very gunky eyes. He's very grumpy and doesn't like being left. I just want a better night than last night. I think I'll take some cooled boiled water & cotton wool to bed and see if it's his eyes that bothered him.

Spotty, I'd rather bf during the day, make sure he's getting plenty still not sure water and a rice cake is a good substitute tbh! R is also tiny, although he jumped from 0.4 to 9th centile between 6 and 7 months. It's overnight, i wish he'd go back to his 8-9 hour stretches!

Beasty, if you're bfing you can use the milk :)

Spotty I know it doesn't need to be said buy I'm sure your DS is perfectly healthy! And DS is the same. He loves attention, it is gorgeous though when he smiles and giggles when we play with him...

Hales your DP definitely needs to spend a lot more time not sleeping looking after H. Although I hope she goes back to better sleeps for you.

beasty well at least you had a nice afternoon. I would also be really annoyed to be left hanging and unsure by people not RSVPing!

DS has been a bit of a pita this week, he should get a whinging medal for his efforts! I just wish that a tooth would make an appearance. Poor little man.
Tonight it took him over an hour to go to sleep. He just chatted away to himself in bed and kept hitting the bars of his cage bed with his dummy until he ended up throwing it overboard. He did this several times and I went in to shush him and give him back his dummy. Now it's somewhere on the floor, but he is finally asleep! Perhaps I need to take away the dummy... Although he does love it in the car and in the pram...

hales my first week back at work was ok, thanks for asking.

It definitely helps that I live so near to my office so I can pop home at lunchtime and I have a pretty flexible team who are happy to let me work my hours to suit.

I even enjoyed thinking about something other than baby stuff!

I missed The Little Mister like mad though!

Well I haven't actually been offering snacks really as we go:

6:30am bf
7:30 breakfast
10/10:30 bf
11:30/12 lunch
1/2ish bf
4 bf or dinner depending on if previous bf was at 1 or 2
5 dinner if not had
6 bf
6:40 bf to sleep

He has a nap after breakfast, lunch and before dinner, it's really helped him settle into a routine and he's going a lot longer over night (for now anyway!) and his naps are longer.

I probably won't offer snacks until he's after a year, not as a regular thing, as I don't think he needs it? Will be good if I go back to work though.

Hi,

I'm a late comer but can I join the thread please? Dinky Dot (DD) was born just before Christmas. She's no.4 and a happy content pudding.

Stacks-With DS I got a LOT of experience with allergies and weaning, could I help with anything?

spotty-I am too known to follow a 'if it squeaks feed it' approach at times! DD is below the bottom line on the chart for length but above the 9th for weight and heading up! Purely on breast milk so far, weaning hasn't yet really got anywhere.

DD is just getting the head control for weaning, possibly reclined in a highchair, but as she's sleeping ok I'm not too worried about rushing her. She's gumming food happily and interested but still got the tongue thrust thing going. Obviously she's a little slower developmently but this morning she did her first mini-push-up on her front so I was rather proud.

I'm back work 2 days per week, jealous friendsofdorothy about your flexibility!

Welcome Jeff what date was she born? Ds was due 27th dec but came 26th November so is a bit behind his actual age... No 4 means you must be an expert

22nd Dec, poor thing!

No. Jack of all trades, Master of feck all here. Sorry!

Ah well, we will take what we can get!

Ds just had the whole 5oz ebm in his sleep. Fx for a good night!

Can I ask what your DS is up to for a 'bit behind'? The others were fast developers so it's hard to judge where DD is on the scale of average ( they crawled around 6 months, self- fed some foods etc.)

DD can sit if held, but melts forward sometimes, first (few seconds) lift of her head when prone today. No hope of getting items in her (open!) gob...
Very alert and with it though, usually so I'd say. Already real discrimination between people, fear of separation and just this general knowingness about her!

Oh you're good expressing! I hate it so, I got her finally to take the odd bottle this month and it's formula.

It's bad as I express so well, but I loathe it so so much...

Hello jeff
spotty I agree with pidj about the snacks.
T has water with each meal and loves it - she's getting quite good at the sippy cup - grabbed it and drank from it yesterday! I did think when we were out that I wished I'd thought about taking a sippy out with us but didn't. I offered her extra boob in case she was thirsty but she didn't want it.
Job application sent in tonight.
My mum made us a cake for our anniversary - bless her, more jelly for the belly!
beasty glad party went well, I love a bit of jelly and ice cream! Agree with pidj about bm in the eye - when T had manky eyes I used to squirt boob juice in them when out and about rather than trying to keep water sterile etc. amazing how it dissolves gunk.

Welcome Jeff

FoD yay i'm glad you enjoyed your 1st week back.

I don't offer snacks but if i'm eating she usually launches herself to have a lick/bite.

DP did take me for a meal and the cinema this week to make up for not going last week. So i suppose i'll let him off. We're going to watch DSD morris dancing tomorrow. Where i'll get a load of when will you let H start dancing? And won't be able to give my truthful answer of i'd rather plait snot.

Jeff I was only expressing because I had a blocked duct in each boob I don't usually bother!

He was a bit later smiling, not near sitting up unaided just on the later side of average for things.

Well the dream feed obviously didn't make much difference as he's up feeding now. Never mind not too bad I suppose. I had to wake dp to try and settle him though

Welcome jeff

Had a busy couple of days with ds' first trip out of london to go to my friends dd's party. He was so good and sociable.

Happy anniversary WL

Morning all. Welcome to jeff.

So, why is my baby wide awake from 5am? I am so tired! I think she's not getting enough naps, is overtired by bedtime but then can't get more than 9 hours asleep. Not enough!

YAWN.

We met our NCT group for a picnic yesterday - lovely weather and a lot of fun. It was so nice to see all the dads, and very interesting to compare all the babies. This one has 9 teeth but can't sit well; that one has no teeth and is almost walking; this one babbles but the others don't etc.

I dreamt that Charlotte started crawling though - not tentative and shuffling, just picked her bottom up and crawled right across the floor! And in my dream she then pulled herself up and started walkng. No thanks, I'd prefer she wait!

Ds slept again until 7 after that 4:30 feed so can't complain. Lovely weather here today, meant to be really warm

I'm so pissed off with my sister. She's always pleading poverty, couldn't even afford to send dd or I a birthday card, yet has just bought her dd a new sandpit. I don't care about a card for me but to make one for dd and pop it in the post would have cost about 50p ffs

Two lie ins until 6.30am. And only a few wakings in the night. Mostly at 10 and 11ish.

Welcome Jeff.

I've got a couple of hours peace now, while DH takes the DC to church. Debating whether to have another cup of tea or get up and get on with lunch. I think tea and birthday cake are calling!