November 2012 - To sterilise or not to sterilise (bottles that is)

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ffs autocorrect VTECH

mm do you know the breeder? Have you already paid up?

Good luck with the move sophia

How exciting sophia hope it all goes well xx

Ahh mm clever M! Lots of fun and games to come. M has been using her vtech walker as a zimmer frame today, walking with it at all opportunities

Not personally and no money has exchanged hands yet. I am sure it is all okay, she wouldn't have gone to the effort of making me up an info pack yesterday and sending me lengthy updates and photos if she was taking the piss, would she? She seems so lovely. As DP says, they are probably just very busy.

She was in touch yesterday? Well I'm sure you're worrying about nothing then :) of course she wouldn't bother giving you updates and sending pictures. A litter of puppies is a lot of work and she pight have gone out for a break now they are getting a little older.

Thank you GT. I am ok but poor J has not had more than two consecutive days without illness it seems. The Gina Ford in me finds it quite hard sometimes, but he is wonderful and I love him to bits.

Take care Sophia x

Panic over. I was worrying over nothing . And he is coming home in 2 hours!!!!

Great news mm.

So she didn't cut those teeth. I'm in for a shit night. She was in a horrible mood this afternoon, not surprised really. Her gum is so swollen and nothing seemed to help, tried gel, calpol, granules, toys, etc.

She is so close to crawling, rocking back and forth. I can't wait actually, will be so much better.

Lily J is also at the rocking back and forward stage. He moved one knee about an inch too. Then fell flat on his face.

Safe travels sophia

Big hug VQ

Ooooh exiting MM! Can't wait to see pics

Have had a Indian head massage. Could fall asleep right now but have a small spider man to look after! He's trying to currently work out how to stand up and hold things with both hands whilst doing so. I blame detective.

We have 6 teeth now so what I thought was sleep regression was clearly teeth. So am now praying for no regression!

How exciting mm so you're getting him early then? I thought he was coming home the 20th, what a brucie bonus

Today R did:

6 weetabix, fruit, raisins
6:30 bf
6:45 nap 40 minutes
10:30 bf
10:40 nap 40 minutes
12:30 scrambled egg, toast, fruit puree, biscuit
2:30 bf
3 nap 90 minutes
5:30 fish, spinach, cauliflower, chips, fruit puree
6:15 bath
6:30 bf to sleep - Ewan has just finished.

In between we do lots of playing - together and independently - and have been to knitting group and to my mum's. I wonder about insisting on naps in cot but a) it would be a huge battle and b) i would be driven insane if i were tied to the house like that. He currently naps on me, in the sling, in the car seat and in the buggy. His 2nd nap was while i crocheted round him! I like the flexibility.

Sophia good skillz! I did the cot base yesterday after dp said it needed two people R supervised from the floor

I think the current problem ishis itchy todger. He was so close though and now it's completely fallen apart

PP you would think he would sleep having eaten 6 weetabix eh?

pp what time did he wake up this am? I'm going to email your routine to my friend.

VQ am trying to imagine eating 6 wetabix !

Thanks for the help, VQ

Lily he went down at 7 then woke at 11:15, 12:30, 1:30, 2:15 and 3:30 i think. Dozed intermittently on dp or i until 5:30 when dp took him down for breakfast.

He's now refusing to sleep and howling in his cot. I will go back in a moment when or if i can calm myself down

PP take a deep breath sweetpea. He can come to no harm in the cot. Glass of water. Big deep breaths and start again.

I know it's soul destroying but he will get there

I miss Luis.

Am watching Nigel slater whilst wating for my water to boil to make my carbonara which is just eggs, spaghetti, pancetta, Parmesan and garlic.

Poured a glass of red, which I can't drink yet as can hear DP struggling with L as he is not wanting to go down.

Manic day working... so just off to catch up.

Today has been mad but on the plus side we have discovered Jonas will happily nap on someone other than me. In the sling. If they're my twin sister. And they keep walking..... . Seriously I do think this week has been a nice gentle introduction to daycare as I'm only in the next room and he's with someone he sees everyday. He's been so chilled about it all or he doesn't miss me or he can't tell me and my twin apart?

I tell you what though think I'm up for mucho and a shag and no fookin work this evening. I've worked til after 11pm every night this week . And it sounds like I've got another 20 hours to fit in this weekend too. I'm gritting my teeth, ploughing through and telling myself the money is going toward decorating the lounge / buying a wood burner. The joys of freelance. I have to remind myself at silly o'clock that it would take months to save up this lump sum otherwise but I'm pooped so it's hard to be rational.....

I really admire all of you going back to work at the moment. It most be so difficult to juggle the two different parts of your life. Let alone the tiredness.

How was your first week back pass? I must say, it really comes across how much you love your job, which is lovely.

So my parents are off on holibobs at 4am tomorrow morning they'd better not wake Oscar... which means it is my first full week of solo parenting

yw I would love to be able to work freelance. My skills are cheap though, other than coaching which I never quite got qualified in.

DDs being a nightmare this evening. LO is exhausted and teething (though I always say that but we still only have two teeth); DD1 is perfecting her aim - she's bloody good at throwing stuff in the right direction. At me, the cat, the dog, at LO. Somehow she never bothers to throw her wooden bricks at her daddy though

Jeezo you have a lot on YW! At this rate you will be bringing J to school to get some peace - I am sure he would go down a treat!

pp you sound done in. I simply cannot see why your boy struggles to sleep - everything seems in place. I know p sleeps much better in her cot but it is very tying. All I will suggest is that it might be worth trying for a week as you can at least strike that off the list of possibilities if it doesn't work. I so hope that you get some peace tonight. I really do.

How are you and J VQ? Are yours back at school now or is it next week? I know what you mean about an inner GF - I tried to ignore mine but to no avail.

Where is kyz? Not seen her for a while.

OMG I'll bet mm is bouncing off the walls!

Have to say though that if I was freelancing the little darlings would still be going to nursery full time.

chasing arm yourself with good books and maybe some dvds. You'll be fine. I understand you're feeling a bit overwhelmed possibly at being on your own for a week