November 2012 - Summertime, and the babies are sleeping (mostly with a few notable exceptions)

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1800961-November-2012-Is-is-too-early-for-birthday-plans

So please vq for both you and J.

l on a mission today... Currently moving the high chair he is sat in up the room by dragging himself along using the tips of the dining chairs... He already got the wetabix out of the cupboard earlier.

Good morning,

Absolutely delighted to hear you sounding more like your old self VQ. DH is doing ok, thanks. I think he is berating himself for not managing his time better earlier but, like me, he is a fly by the seat of his pants kind of guy. It's going to be a pretty tough few weeks but come September it will be pretty much over.

No storm here and no rain yet. Very overcast though so won't be long now I reckon.

Good luck with the house offer stunt. Is it one of the ones you showed us?

I laid the cot mattress flat last night and turned the sound off the baby monitor. P woke once for her dummy - I waited a bit to see what she would do but she was sleepy crying so I went in to her. She was in exactly the same place as I left her when she went to bed which is unusual. Then she slept without a peep until 6:30. I will give it another few nights before deciding if any genuine impact has been has been made.

That is hilarious pikz! Boy on a mission! P was 'running' around yesterday using a shoe box like a walker.

Morning everyone, marking place, glad it's cooled down
Hope they call the royal baby James (biased because I have one)
Izzy come back soon, must be bloody awful for you reading how all the other babies are eating and sleeping, is this your last baby ?

Actually VQ I always thought that miniStunt#4 would share with J since DS1 and DS2 have shared a room since DS2 was 6 months old. I really hope we get this house though. It's this one.

Beautiful house stunt! Fingers crossed.

QQ. P has started to cry at nap times when I put Ewan on. Should I keep using Ewan with the New Regime or use the music on the baby monitor?

My royal baby name guess is Arthur. Did anyone see the crystal encrusted Moses basket on BBC news - let's hope that basket's occupant isn't a puker!

VQ you are sounding like your old self.

Swit swoo Stunt

Hope Izzy got some sleep.

Perhaps P is sick of Ewan. J is similar so I use music on my phone.

Yes ladies, I am feeling more like my old self. Thank you for your kind words.

Crystal encrusted? Do royal babies not try to stuff things in their mouths? Wonder what Kate's HV has to say about that!

Well, first nap of the day with no rocking. She was totally exhausted mind you as she started eye rubbing at 7:30. DH was fixing the stair gate so I couldn't try putting her down until just after 9. I popped Ewan on (actually forgot about trying something else), put her in her bag (started to cry and crawled off), so we sat down on the floor together and read Peter Rabbit. She was eye rolling by the end but went into her cot essentially still awake although barely. She rolled into her front and as far as I know is asleep. That took about 10 mins in total. I think we will hit the book shop later and get some sleepy stories.

I will try the lullabies on the baby monitor as well. The benefit being that they can be turned on by the parent unit rather than having to go in the room.

pikz I think you are absolutely right with the idea of there just being too much going on. If I can plan nap times a bit better I will try to integrate more down time - p doesn't really do down time right now.

Morning all,

Up every 3 hours here last night. Combination of the ridiculous heat and O banging his head on the cot bars.

Operation Nap in Cot enters stage 2 today, where I actually attempt naps in the cot. As I type he is just waking up from a 35 min nap in his cot . 5mins longer than usual. Good boy.

hi all - can't find issys post but from what I've picked up she's still battling sleep and food?

just to reassure you issy so am I. looks like we're going to move towards cosleeping (at least try him in own cot till we come to bed) and food - well he tries a heck of a lot so I guess it's blw but consumes v little (sometimes none) and changes his mind alot. I'm going with it and low expectations of amounts and just making it fun. 'my child won't eat' book helps.

at the end of the day I have to go back to work - a very physical work - in 6 weeks and my thyroid is still adjusting and I need my sleep!!!

YW my guess is Arthur too. Or Alfred. Or Albert. L could have been an Arthur but it sounded silly with our surname.

Morning all, good night here, 7:20-7:30 and no disturbances. Wish I could give a couple of hours sleep to others as a donation. Unfortunately I didn't sleep very well at all, was just too sodding hot!

Eek det hope you feel better soon :|

vq so pleased you're feeling much more like you, best news I've heard in aaages!!

Good luck with the house offer stunt

I hope the royal bay gets a good name!

Was more I wanted to say but in a rush and can't do my double screen thing

Hi all

Just to log my night - down late at 8.20 (DH put him down in the end because I had to go out to a meeting), up then:

11.10 feed
1.10 needs nappy change (v unusual) which seems to freak him out, then up and down until 3.00. I can't settle him for more than 40 mins at a time but during this time he's refusing the breast - that's a new one!
3.00 turf DH out of bed to settle him. I sob uncontrollably for about three minutes then think 'Get some sleep you silly moo'.
5.00 - accepts a feed this time.
5.50 - up again, DH settles him
6.45 - up for the day.

I suppose at least that shows me he can go six hours during the night without a feed! Feels like he's going through some sort of transition where he's less interested in breastmilk. Not to mention sleeping.

Hope you all have a good day. Weather's broken here - thunderstorms and everything.

I think with the Royal Baby name, 'Charles' will be in there somewhere.

x

... he's not bad at napping though, I'll say that for him. Usually around 2hrs/day in the cot. Good luck to those struggling with naps!

Georgee Jonas seems to be starting to lose interest in BM too - this makes me hope that 'Operation wean him in October so Mummy can be a big fat updiffed chocolate eating porker' might be OK and not too distressing for either of us! He now meeps to let me know he's done feeding and wants to go in the cot - rather than feeding to sleep. And he's napping in the cot as we speak

OK am a weather geek looking at radar feeds - I've been loving this morning's storm but oh my word the size of the supercell coming later I hope I get to my sister's before that bad boy hits.

Fecking men. Why do they exist again?!

He bought new trousers for work. Did he try them on? Did he fuck. So he's left the house in a bombsite in his rush to get to a shop for trousers before work.

O won't stop screaming. He's really really unhappy. Refused breakfast and everything . He's been like this for a week now. So the house is still a bombsite, and I can't move for having a clingon. Fucked off. I need to eat/brush teeth/brush hair at some point. Looks like it won't be til this afternoons nap.

This post took a while. O is 'helping'.

He's still asleep in the cot - its been an hour now! Woo hoo!

Well done bear!

Det I too have a grumpy terrorist. eBay for him today!

J is all refluxy again. The ranitadine works for a while then stops. Grr. No illness at all. Just when I think he is sorted. Do not think it is teeth either as he has six of the fuckers already. His skin is not too bad either which makes me doubt teeth.

What's going on today with our grumpy babies? Are they punishing us for feeling broody? O is awful, haven't had a day like this before. Nothing is good, doesn't want to nap. Just calpoled her and shut the bedroom door, I can't bear her whining, sounds awful but she has been whining since 7am.

LO is grumpy today too. I think it's the weird weather and changes in pressure.

We're due another big storm this afternoon but by Thursday will be back in the 30s with 34 predicted for Saturday. Which is just a pisstake. Heatwave, bugger the fuck off, now.

Be aware bfing peeps that breast refusal is common at this age. My DS2 'self-weaned' off the breast at nine months but wouldn't take formula which was a worry, so ended up being fed a lot of yoghurt. In hindsight this was probably a nursing strike and I could have maintained bfing for longer. Interestingly I did try to prolong bfing but I thought that was a selfish desire to continue for my sake rather than for DS2's wellbeing. Now I wonder whether that was maternal instinct at work. By the time we realised he was never going to take formula it was too late to go back to bfing. Just a thought to remember if it seems like your baby is losing interest, at this age it's probably a temporary situation.

I have big news to update the quiche with but it will have to wait until nap time.

Yup, I'm blaming the thunder and teeth, it's gotta be, right?!! for this.

Pikz I considered offering him for free on facebook earlier. I may still do. Arghhhhhhh.

P is sitting in her high chair watching the rain. Occasionally I can reach around her and stuff a mouthful of fish in her gob.

Also a bag of whinge. It's like she is bored. She probably is!