Hi everyone. It's been ages since I posted last, or indeed had time to read MN at all. T is still sleeping terribly, just turned 7m yesterday - so I took the plunge and moved him out of our room (and bed) and into his own room and cot. I read "the no cry sleep solution" and an hoping to put some of the ideas into practice. Last night we had 11 wake ups... Best sleep was 2.5hrs from 9-11:30. Luckily I went to bed at 9 too.
I'm really trying to focus on daytime naps, so am sitting here holding him after feeding to sleep. This is a step backwards from cuddle to sleep then transfer to cot, however he's been asleep for over an hour now, instead of the 10-40mins he does in the cot.
Beasty - hope work is going better now. Did you get a desk and some work to do sorted out?
WL - that sounds like an eventful trip! Not very safe to keep you waiting if its a fire alarm though. How would you have got out on your own if it really was a fire?
Nutella - glad to hear DS can self settle. How's his sleeping been generally?
ISpy - t is particularly interested in my drinks just now. He does however seem to recognise an Oreo cookie on sight and insist on sharing!
Hope LOs resettled well after the wake ups last night. I'm lucky that T almost always settles with just a quick cuddle, usually 30 secs up to a couple of minutes. It's just so darn frequent!
Utopian - I'd probably keep the money if she sounded sincere about it. When I got married I was very aware of how much we were costing other people - I didn't want to be a burden on them financially, so cut a lot of things out. I wouldn't have accepted the money either. Depends on your relationship though.
2blessed - woo for crawling! (?) We still have no signs of it here, but the few mums I know locally who's babies have started crawling say its a nightmare! I'm still looking forward to it though.
Spotty - I dread childcare fees! I've oy seen one Sophie in real life, and she squeezed easily. If you're not happy, take it back and try for an exchange? I need to look into handing in my notice, there's no way I'm ever returning to my old job. Just kept it for security reasons really. When they stop paying maternity pay there's no point keeping the job longer really, DH isn't in danger of losing his job thankfully.
Mama - T has started hair pulling. It seems to be with intent too, when he's tired but won't give in to sleep. I'm trying to teach the word gentle, as he always reaches out to babies and animals. I think it's working, a bit.
Willyou - grats on the good sleep. I hope teeth don't mess it up for you.