November 2012 - Next stage car seats and yet more teething

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Vq glad to hear it wasn't as bad as you thought. Big squish to J.

Sophia how are you feeling?

PP you did nothing wrong. Babies are fickle. I can do exactly the same routine every day with a varied result!

Kirrin so sorry about the phone

Fruit hope your ok too.

PR did you get any sleep?

Big love to everyone xxx

Something in the air pidj - shocker here too. Feel like death warmed up

Explosive eggy nappies this morning (sorry tmi) - somewhere along the way, something forbidden has snuck into her diet, I'm sure of it. The question is what, and from where ??

Rubbish night here too, I think I've had about 1 minute sleep. I ended up on her floor again and then she ended up in our bed and she still only managed an hour. Very tired mummy today!

I don't think it was the sleep pp as I reckon to up to 3 hours in the day is ok. And actually a good lunch time nap usually helps. (Unless the 2 hours was late in the day perhaps? I have stopped napping after 3.) Could have been food, but you never know whether teeth are manoeuvring about in the gums agitating them or this nine month weirdness? O has had a few funny nights culminating in the super crap one on Tuesday. I don't really know why it was but I have put my foot down on after 3 pm naps and I am going to cut down on his mid afternoon milk to make sure he has a good tea and all his bedtime milk as that is more important.

They are a law unto themselves really!

These bad nights are a killer aren't they. Last night I was thinking that I'm never going to be well rested again. DS1 and J tag-teamed us last night with DS1 literally screaming with a stomach ache. DH thinks it's because DS1 doesn't eat enough fruit and veg but yesterday he had lettuce, cucumber, gherkins and green beans so he does get some.

I slept about three hours. Just as I was falling asleep LO woke up (at about 4) so I made DH go. But then I lay awake listening which kind of defeated the purpose. Then up again at 8. Hot couple of days ahead. So why am I feeling so shivery?

Good night here, helped that I took O to an open air swimming pool for 3 hours. We are off to my sister today, my nephew is 4. Spending the night there as she needs childcare tmrw, 4 kids under the age of 7, I must be mad.

pidj I don't think he gets too much sleep during the day. Babies are unpredictable, o has a stable routine and generally sleeps through but there are days when she gets up several times. No idea why.

Hugs for those with sleepless nights, hope you can all have a nap.

pr it's already 31 degrees here, I dread to think how hot it will be later today. I hate the summer here, too hot for too long.

Pidj I'll take your and raise you .

Good morning,

pidj I agree with lily. P is probably one of the most routine babies in our group and sometimes she still wakes multiple times - like last night. I am meticulous in record keeping and logging everything but sometimes there is just nothing I can explain. I have started to just tell myself that p is just like me - some nights she just struggles to sleep. Simple as that. It doesn't help on a practical level but it does stop the anxiety.

Like sophia though I try not to have p napping after 3 unless we are out when she often takes until 3 to fall asleep in the buggy anyway. Even then she only usually takes half an hour so it doesn't interfere with bedtime settling.

I think p might have been bothered by her tummy last night. She was dozing in my arms at one point but her wee legs were kicking and she was squirming. DH got up with her this morning and he said she did a poo which was pretty solid and sticky (TMI - sorry) so I wonder if this was the cause. Anyway, she had no breakfast as she slept in then still wanted her normal nap so brekkie has been missed. Is it okay to do this?

sophia I had a knowing smile at your description of your DH. Mine is very much like this - final few weeks of phd are a case in point. I was also reminiscing over our wedding and honeymoon. DH never, ever, ever packs until literally hours before going anywhere. So it was literally hours before flying out for our honeymoon that he realised he couldn't find his passport. I have never seen him so panic stricken. I was so lmackered that I would happily have stayed at home and slept then done some googling so I could tell people all about it!

Hello all! Sorry I've been a bit awol. I'm blaming the lovely PR for putting me onto a woo spooky thread and I've been reading all sorts of scary shit across the internet scaring my big Mummy pants off . Today I'm 'freelancing' and trying not to be on here all day - oooooh nooooos not me sir I shall not be fannying around.

Ok night in Castle Wellies, other than Jonas doing a mahoosive dump at 5am mid feed - so warranting a change and then a call for reinforcements to put him back to sleep at 5.45 as he was all but determined to start the day then. DH is a wonder at getting him to sleep though - he got him back down til 8.20am.

Morning,

Good night here. 7-6-7.30. for those that had bad ones.

pidj I agree with lily and pass. O has a very solid routine and I too log everything but he often has bad nights that I can't explain. Plus this morning he wouldnt eat breakfast, which he usually gobbles up. I just shrugged it off and will see if tomorrow is a better day.

O's cousin is called George and XSIL has apparently become very smug about having a 'prince'.

Have a family gathering here today with lots of people O has never met before so am hoping he doesn't get too overwhelmed.

I realised yesterday that I am making progress with XP. When he picked up and dropped off O I literally felt nothing for him and we only spoke about O. I realised that I am not as bothered as I was a few weeks ago about what he is getting up to with other girls etc now. If I sit and dwell on it I can get myself quite upset but I am much better at being strict with myself now. I am also not too fussed that O spent time with the ex in-laws yesterday. It has only been 2 months which is a very short time in the grand scheme of things so it gives me hope that I can cope with this. Knowing me though, I will be posting in despair tonight as usually happens after I feel like I am getting somewhere

But chasing you have recognised it so you have made massive progress! What a journey you have been on!

Oh YW I think I saw a woo thread yesterday when I went to bed. I am not at all superstitious or remotely into woo but I love a good woo thread. Except I was in bed and I would have pooped myself reading it in the dark.

I'm on ads. I think they're working. sorry fir being a crap dull moany poster.

our nights same as usual though he seemed to do saints of 1.5 hours, then 2.45, then 2, then silly buggers from 4 but he seemed to be snotty/ in pain/ burpy. I tried desperately not to feed him when he woke at 9:30 - it worked but he woke soon after and had a hissy fit till I fed him.

how did you drops feeds bplp? I am doing the pantley pull off during the night and must admit simply cuddling my boob worked at one point.

managed 4 hours sleep which is better than nights of late.

I'm obviously still a crap moany poster..... sorry!

Chasing good to hear you sounding more positive about things with xp. Some down-days are to be expected, but they will become less and less frequent as time passes. It is lovely to see how happy O is too, and I hope you can take great pleasure in seeing him blossoming and enjoying life, and knowing that you leaving xp has in no way had a negative impact on him.

Am very glad to not be bf today, as I have been able to have a nice strong coffee, although am now a bit tremulous (love that word!).

Good luck today lily!

Clarella I was a mean mummy - I presume you're talking about overnight? F was messing around with feeds in the day, going 5+ hours between feeds, and only taking a few ozs (she was mix fed at that point in preparation for my return to work). She wouldn't take extra milk in the day, as she knew she could snack away all night. So I just stopped feeding her for 7 hours overnight (10-5). It was hard, and she shouted loudly for 2 nights. I offered water, and cuddles in the dark in bed. She didn't cry for milk though, just sounded really pissed off. Within 4 days she was going through the night (10+ hours) and had doubled her milk intake in the day.

glad you're feeling more positive chasing I can understand your apprehension but even if it does prompt s small step back, you know you can continue to go forward, looking at how far you've come. you are doing so well!

I honestly don't know if people go by wonderweeks but G has a big storm cloud this weekend! his dd was 26/11. I've noticed he's doing what ww says; investigating every last detail inc food etc to the point of total distraction and uninterest in actually eating any food and even bf. night's are as fucking bad as ever i had to pin him down at a national trust place yesterday, luckily I just looked like I was sun bathing from a distance not squashing my son with my boob so he had nowhere to wriggle to!

oh ok bplp. I suppose we are mix feeding occasionally. hmm I think I'd need a proper plan. perhaps one bottle in the day? he'll be on formula at nursery two days a week in two weeks. he is just snacking.

LOL at squashing baby with boob - good tactic clarella!

lol he's so nosey I often have to do that but I think like little pig he's tending to ignore food/ milk in the day and catch up at night. half of me feels this is natural the other half of me is knackered, driven to ads and at a loss of what to do [insane grin]

It is 16 weeks until Fs 1st birthday. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???! [fall-off-chair emoticon]

Morning fuckers .

I went to bed when O did last night. And thank fuck he slept til 5.30 then decided to be up for the day grrrrr. I am verrrrrrrry thankful for a proper sleep. Even if it was a fucking early start .

DP is getting on my nerves. A LOT. Just little things. Maybe I'm just being hormonal .

I took O and DS1 to my aunts house yesterday. It was my cousins birthday, and they decided to do a sort of school fayre type theme, with games and a raffle etc! (It was to raise money for my other cousin who is doing something - I forget what).

Well, they had a hook a duck, in a paddling pool. Guess who would NOT leave the fecking pool alone? Yup, O. So ended up stripping him off, putting him in with 30 ducks with hooks and he was hilarious, crawling around and thrashing about, water going everywhere, giggling like mad...

He's earned a reputation in the family for being the most fearless baby until he fucking hurts himself of course . He was such hard work though, I ended up only staying 2 hours and missing most of it. I just couldn't keep him entertained without him getting in to trouble.

There was another 9 month old baby there who sat like a little doll, and played with her toys.

Mind you, her sister was a PITA!! Stealing O's toys and her sisters toys to stop O from playing with them! So I didn't feel too bad haha!

In my eat out of the freezer O is getting an unknown mush that I made in a batch cook at some point.