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December 2012: the little monsters continue to surprise us.

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MaMaPo · 25/07/2013 21:16

I for one have a very surprising baby.

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SpottyTeacakes · 01/08/2013 20:41

Shock ISpy! That's a whole newborn more than ds! He's obviously thriving :)

WillYouDoTheFandango · 01/08/2013 20:51

Wow ISpy, is he a chunky monkey or just solid? They'll all start tailing off now won't they now that they're moving?

J seems to have piled weight on this week despite the illness. He has eaten and drunk nonstop all week. I'm itching to have him weighed but don't want him to poo on the scales.

MiL came and I was actually waiting at the end of the drive with DS! I handed him over and went to the supermarket. I took ages and went to both asda and aldi. It was amazing to be out of the house!

Barbeasty · 01/08/2013 21:00

Ditto Spotty. I had A weighed on Tuesday, and at 15 lb 6 he hasn't doubled his birth weight yet!

IsThatTrue · 01/08/2013 22:10

Wow ispy great weight!

Weighing DS on our scales he's about 18lb. I doubt I'll get him weighed officially again tbh.

DS is feeding to sleep, he woke just after I left for a run. Had a bottle, and screamed until DH walked him round the garden. Then I came home. He was awake for an hour and now in trying to get him down. He's quite viciously pulling at his ears though so I wonder if its his teeth (or lack thereof) that are bothering him.

lazzaroo · 01/08/2013 22:41

Well, my cunning plan failed. Woke at 10.10. Fed her. Still awake. Rocked her back to sleep (17lb 2oz here, 7 months.....my arms ache constantly!). Just woken again. It's going to be another long night Sad

lazzaroo · 01/08/2013 22:55

isthat hope all quiet again now. Baby lazza has been pulling her ears too. She actually makes them bleed! Teeth are such a nightmare. I wish another one would appear, would make me feel better about these nights! She's asleep again...for now! Night all.

IsThatTrue · 01/08/2013 23:00

Night lazza we're up again. I think it was us coming to bed that disturbed him, and he's got this habit when he stirs he sits up, and then is almost fully awake. If he didn't automatically sit up he may self settle I think I must be kidding myself

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 06:25

Both dc are still asleep but I got woken up by next door's bloody alarm Angry then some heavy rain. Just lying in bad waiting for ds.

Lazza it sounds like you've got it really tough Sad

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 07:33

Dp has used the left over roast chicken, which was meant for our dinner, in his sandwiches Hmm

lazzaroo · 02/08/2013 07:59

Nice lie in spotty . Thanks, but it's not too bad! Bless her, she's great in the day. Happy & contended. Just doesn't need as much sleep as me it seems! At least DH back later tonight so I can have a lie in tomorrow. She woke loads again last night, and fed every time. I think she's reverse cycling as she's so easily distracted in the day. Going to try feeding her up today!

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 08:18

It's so hard to feed in the day at the moment I'm finding. Every noise and ds turns around pulling my nipple with him!

PurplePidjin · 02/08/2013 08:25

R was 16lb 9 at 8 months a couple of weeks ago.

7-4-5:30 here. Better but not brilliant Sad

MaMaPo · 02/08/2013 09:05

7-4.30-6.50 here. I can manage that! Husband got home at 1 and still wasn't in bed at 4.30 - he was drunk and fell asleep on the couch!

Some good news re Roark for him, potentially. We have out fingers crossed.

No idea what c weighs, but I'll get her weighed next week (or today if I can be bothered). She is a big girl though!

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MaMaPo · 02/08/2013 09:06

Who the hell is Roark? I meant work!

Lovely thunderstorm going on here. They're so rare in London. I love them.

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SeymoreButts · 02/08/2013 09:30

Hi all! DS is 8 months tomorrow and weighed in at 24lb 3oz last week, I am really struggling to lift him out of the cot and bath now.

He has a nasty virus and has been so unhappy for the last 2 nights. He's covered in a viral rash and very hot, calpol and nurofen alternated every 4 hours are getting him down to 38 degrees. To make matters worse we were supposed to be out for our 10 year anniversary tonight but have obviously had to cancel.

lazza I haven't tried eggs yet because we've been introducing cows milk slowly (and he's been fine, yippee). Did you offer scrambled eggs the first time?

Snap spotty gone are the days of feeding anywhere, it's quiet/darkened rooms only at the moment!

MaMa I love a good storm. We had a fantastic one here a few days ago. When it was directly overhead the thunder was unbelievable, I've never heard anything like, I thought the house had been hit!

pidj I hope the sleep continues to improve.

Anyone still using dummies? I think I need to bite the bullet and get rid. He can't settle to sleep during the day without a dummy unless he's being wheeled round in the pushchair. It's starting to creep in during the night now too, I'm wondering if it could be part of the reason he rarely sleeps for more than 4 hours at night.

WillYouDoTheFandango · 02/08/2013 09:30

Ooh the reverse cycling is a killer lazza and spotty, that's the only good thing about this bug, it's reset J's body clock. I now feed him in a dark room at 9:30am and 2pm whereas before he wouldn't have a single bottle until after 4.

J got up at 11pm for a bottle and wouldn't go back to bed until 1:30am Hmm But DP swapped a late for an early and got up with J at 7:30 the little bugger hasn't slept that late for me all week. I didn't even hear them go and woke up 10 mins ago.

The rain is spectacular here and DP even got the beach towels in off the line before they were soaked. He is definitely in my good books!

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 09:39

Seymore it does sound like a possibility re the dummy. Poor ds I hope he gets better soon. I tried ds with scrambled egg he was not impressed but neither dd or I like egg so not surprising.

halestone · 02/08/2013 11:10

H was 25.1lb 7.5 months she'll be getting weighed again soon.

I took my nan to the airport this morning so she could go to Portugal and my sister has gone to Benidorm. I'm not jealous at all if i lie to myself i may believe it

IsThatTrue · 02/08/2013 12:44

We are nap refusing! I just had to leave him in bed crying so I could eat lunch. He's suckling now but he's not happy about it. He needs to sleep he's only had 20 minutes since 7am and he had a late night last night and was up for an hour at. 5am!

DH has left for India. 2weeks :( thankfully I only have this weekend (alone with ds2 as big ones are at their dads) and then go to my mum and dads for 10 days, and leave the big ones there for another week while I come home to be here when DH gets back.

Oh we're snoozing, I wish I could just let him sleep with my nipple in his mouth but I've really gotta go get some work cleared before we go away.

WillYouDoTheFandango · 02/08/2013 13:19

Oh that sounds hard IsThat, at least you'll mostly have your mum and dad to help out. Are they the sort to baby you a bit? Smile

J's not overly keen on egg Spotty, he'll eat it he'll eat anything but not with the same gusto as usual.

J has been asleep for 2.5 hours now. I will pay for this later!

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 14:53

DD's just eaten half of my bronzing pearls...

halestone · 02/08/2013 15:44

Isthat i hope DS sleeps so that you can get stuff done.

Spotty that will be an interesting Poo later for you Wink

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 15:47

Luckily she generally deals with her own poos Wink I'm so cross though she knows not to touch them let alone eat them fgs!

lazzaroo · 02/08/2013 16:10

Baby lazza napped for 2.5 hours this morning! Why didn't she do that yesterday when dd1 was at pre-school!? And she as had 1.5 hrs this afternoon.

Seymour we don't use a dummy. She refused them! I did do scrambled egg first. Just made sure ut was well cooked and in big enough lumps to grab and shove in her mouth. Have also done egg Mayo sandwiches.

Isthat glad to hear you've got some help lined up. It's hard work on your own. DH on his way home now Smile

SpottyTeacakes · 02/08/2013 16:30

Oh I had ds's drs appointment earlier. Dr will refer us. Apparently the dr comes up from Southampton for this particular clinic so I can imagine it's only run once a month