December 2012: the little monsters continue to surprise us.

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I for one have a very surprising baby.

Oops wrote big reply and DS deleted it!

Congratulations Nutella.

Glad you've got an answer Lazzaroo, hopefully you were past the contagious period.

I'm erring on the side of over cautious mother and it turned out I was actually being under cautious! Rang the docs for a telephone consultation and they insisted I take him down at 3 as they don't like to leave a baby that small without seeing them. Apparently the rule of thumb is 6 or more dirty/abnormal nappies in 12h for an under 1yo should be checked out. I've just changed 9 in 11 hours so we're well in there.

Hope the docs were helpful for you Hales.

I can't believe all these babies pulling themselves up, it's the one thing J hasn't been trying to do yet thank Christ.

J is the same as your baby Nutella a generally late riser. I get the odd 6am but he can usually be persuaded back to bed until 7-8 9:30. I don't mind the night time wake ups when he lets me have a lie in.

Waiting for a buggy to be delivered, was supposed to come on Saturday but Hermes have lost it . Tesco were fantastic though, didn't even query it, just sent me a new one on next day delivery.

More teeth on the way here. I hope that's not what's causing some of the poo! I will look neurotic!

Good job you went lazza! Hope dd feels better soon.

Congratulations nutella!

Aww poor J WillYou. Sounds like your doctor is good anyway.

Ds's temp is still spiking once the meds wear off. He's so sad. I'm as sure as I can be that it's not teeth. His wee smells really strong but he had had his nappy on a while and has refused water today (eating solids and normal boob though)

First off - congrats nutella! What do you mean by forgetting such glorious news!

Hmm, some unwell babies around! Welcome lazzaroo, I hope your little one feels better soon. willyou, fingers crossed its nothing serious.

Eating rather a delicious sandwich in a lovely park while C naps. Things are good.

Been to visit a friend who's just had her second miscarriage in four months. Awful news. I don't know what to say, especially as bouncing healthy C is sitting right there. :( they will be the most magnificent parents.

Congratulations Nutella

Welcome Lazzo fx that your LO gets over Rosella soon.

WL hope you have a great holiday and that AF doesn't spoil it.

Willyou, i hope Jamie is feeling better soon.

Mama sorry to hear about your friend.

Seymore i hope the sleep improves for you soon.

Spotty i hope DS's teeth come through soon and that his temperature goes back to normal.

We got in with the Dr at 9:30 he looked in both ears and throat and said they were clear, that he thought it was a teething symptom. I also remembered whilst i was there to mention that her belly comes up into a triangle when she sits up. He had a feel and said that her stomach muscles have a hole in but just to keep an eye on it as it isn't bothering her and to take her back in 4 weeks so he can double check it. I'm a bad mum as shes had it since birth and i kept forgetting to tell him, but in all fairness i did tell the HV at her 1st visit and she told me she couldn't see what i meant.

Oh Hales I've never heard of that?

I really don't think it's teeth. Even with Neurofen his temps not going below 37.5 (he's usually 36.6).

congratulations nutella

hales i had that happen to me during pregnancy - stomach muscles split so my tummy popped out in a triangle when i tried to sit up. i think they said there are two muscles there but they're usually close together and that it could be rectfied easily (when not pg) with exercise. not sure how this might be of help to wee H but thought it might be helpful to say it's not an unheard of thing

spotty have you talked to anyone who might know what's up with ds? there's no harm in going to the GP just in case while they're still so little, especially if the temp's been high a while and not budging

Nah he's ok he's only had it since last night and he's perked up now if it went over 39 I would

Thank you for all the lovely welcomes. Baby lazza has just crashed out on me. She was shattered as hasn't been able to sleep properly today. I wouldn't be surprised f she had another tooth soon (she has had 2 for about 2 months!). Of course, her being in bed this early could mean an unthinkable get up time tomorrow.

She did manage a bit more tea tonight, pasta & garlic bread...one of her favourites

Hope you all have good nights!

Welcome aboard lazza I've found an earlier bedtime improves things actually

Congratulations Nutella

We started night weaning last night. Lots of wake ups, but generally positive so far. Hopefully tonight will show some improvement!

pidgin hope so! Interested to hear how night weaning goes. I talked to h/v about it last week. She said just stop feeding her at night & get DH to do all wake ups! Sounds good in theory but flawed in several areas.....she is currently going through a phase where only I will do at night & DH works away from home 2-3 days a week.

Anyway, I think baby lazza was listening to our cunning plan because she's been ill since then . DH leaves tomorrow evening till Fri so I won't be in fit state to tackle sleep issues till he's home anyway.

Lazza I used to pay ds's bum when he woke up (tummy sleeper) and get him back to sleep that way. If the moaning turned to crying I knew he was hungry. Sometimes it took twenty minutes for him to go back to sleep but he slept through shortly after. When I started doing it I only did it if he woke before it had been four hours.

Prunella apparently its quite common in pregnancy. I'm not worried about it tbh as shes had it since birth and it doesn't seem to bother her, but then she doesn't know any difference so might just live with it. Hopefully it'll go as she gets older.

We've had the 9th tooth pop through during her 2nd nap today. I've been putting her down 2 hours after she wakes and shes sleeping for ages. I'm not sure if its tooth related or because i've been putting her in my darkened room in my bed.

Aaaand that's another 3 poos since bedtime. Someone want to swap babies with me tonight?

lazza he settles fine for me. R was actually born in November (original edd 2/12, revised to 30/11 then he turned up early!) so I'm on that thread too, and apparently it takes 4 days to get results.

Settling him without getting him out of the cot is phase 2 if i need it!

Right, calpol syringe clean, dentinox on standby, sippy cup prepped and dummy to hand! Here goes!

Hope your DS is feeling better Willyou and no more poos overnight.

Welcome lazza, hope DD feels better and perks up

Congratulations nutella, very exciting news

9 teeth hales! Wow! My DS has 3. Hope DD manages to get some sleep.

Good luck pidj

We're trying to get R to bed earlier but its tough. Tonight he bathed at 8 and was in bed by 8.30 and then woke up at 9.15. He had about 10 mins on the boob and then went back to sleep and so far....

Ds' up for a feed, not like him but he's quite warm still. I actually miss the snuggly night feeds a bit it's the only time I don't get smacked in the face/scratched/pinched

Well we were up 1 and 5. Not a bad night at all. 1am was a quick 10 minutes. He's still feeding now but my boobs needed the relief tbh!

I hope all the poorly babies are feeling better. I hate it when they're ill, poor wee mites must be so confused!

Ds has been awful since he woke up. Dp took him downstairs an hour ago. I can hear him crying now but he probably wants his ready brek...dp doesn't think of these things

Meh! Up til 2, slept til 3:30, back out til 4:30 and then shushed til 5:30 and then up for the day at 7:15. I am not in a good way. He's also still going lots and I didn't ask the doctor when I should go back/start to worry.

Congratulations nutella

We would have had a fairly good night, if I hadn't been woken at around 3 by a thud and blood curdling wail. Anthony fell out of bed, poor boy.

He was fine after a cuddle and a feed (and moving all his limbs) but I hurt my eye (occasionally opening my eyes too quickly when I wake up makes me tear a small patch off the surface of the eye or something) so I was awake for a good hour before getting back to sleep.

Serves me right for discussing with DH how we hadn't dropped him anywhere yet.

Glad I'm off again today though.

Oh no WillYou we've been up since four. Ds finally went back to sleep two minutes after dd woke up

If he gets worse today then I would go to the dr again but if he stays the same I would wait it out. If he's still going lots tomorrow morning I would go back or at least get a phone consultation?

Oh dear Barbeasty, good job they bounce at this age! You've done well to go this long, J's dove fallen off everything in the house.

Thanks Spotty, I'll do that then. He's definitely a bit better, food was going through him in 6 hours and now it's up to 10 hours. Still had to change 6 nappies last night though. Ugh to the crap nights sleep too, when I woke at 7:15 I groaned as I knew there was no way he'd go back down at that time!

Congratulations nutella! Exciting!

Hope night weaning goes/webt well pidj

Welcome lazza

Sorry tohear about AF WL, I had a load of PMS symptoms last month but no actual bleeding happily, so wonder if it's gearing up.

We had one wake up/10 minute feed at 3.30 last night, a brief cuddle settle at 4.30 and then yelps followed byself settling at 5.30, without much strategy. Am hoping this gets me off thehook on training and will justkeep on as we are.

Yay! Congratulations Nutella! At first I thought I was going to scroll back to find you had announced you were pregnant! Lol

Sold my crib on eBay it's being picked up today, must not cry, must not cry. Must be happy for excited expectant mum! Sob

Willyou i hope J is feeling better and that you manage to get some sleep today.

Beasty hope A is ok and that your eye is ok now. I bet that gave you both a fright.

H has started dancing whenever she hears music, its dead cute to watch