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

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StuntNun · 13/08/2013 19:44

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1820625-November-2012-Thinking-about-first-birthdays-Already

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Passmethecrisps · 16/08/2013 21:41

I love a good welly wedding. Sounds fab, BP.

Good job on the old toe nail dropping offage madam

I miss catbag. And horsey.

Pikz · 16/08/2013 21:43

I still owe catbag a trip to ikea!

Passmethecrisps · 16/08/2013 21:45

Right. Night night quiche. DH is playing tunes from the 90s on the iPad and needs rescued from introspection, stat!

I hope everyone has a good night. Special dust and cuddles to lily and pidj

See you all at toast o'clock.

MissMummy1 · 16/08/2013 21:46

I have a sleeping puppy - who is freaking adorable(!) - and a not so sleeping baby. Who is also adorable. Feeling very blessed this evening Smile

Passmethecrisps · 16/08/2013 21:47

Sad luffs horsey and catbag

BigPigLittlePig · 16/08/2013 21:48

I think MM might be the most awakest quiche mummy tonight!

Night all.

Hope good Saturdays are had by everyone xx

YellowWellies · 16/08/2013 22:09

I'm off to a wellie wedding in October. In Birnam Wood. All babies and little folks are going to be kitted out with fairy wings. Can't wait to see my boy as a curly haired fairy Smile. Hippy weddings rock Smile

YellowWellies · 16/08/2013 22:11

MM he's gorgeous. Hope you're still feeling blessed at 3am Wink

TheDetective · 16/08/2013 22:19

I have good news to report.

A shitty bedtime was had, despite putting him to bed a little later tonight to make up for the late sleep this morning.

Every time I settled him rocking/patting etc. he would wake instantly the second I took my hands off him. He would just roll right over and stand up like a fucking meerkat. Hmm

After the 4th repeat I was loosing my temper internally. I walked out the room, and shut the door. He was moaning, but not crying, kicking the shit out of the cot, trying to climb out (from the sound of him!) and generally sounding pissed off. I wouldn't say he was crying, but protesting more.

Anyway after 5 minutes of this, all went silent. I sat there and waited for ages. And then opened the door almost afraid to look... yep, he had gone the fuck to sleep! Himself! Wahooooooooooooo!

So, if he can do it tonight then he can sodding well do it every other night too Hmm.

Rocking and patting does not make for a happy bedtime!

MissMummy1 · 16/08/2013 22:19

MM has been the most awake quichester all week thanks to Miss-Regressing-Teether - I have just been too wimpy to whinge Blush

Aulay dog has just found his reflection in the patio doors. Hi-lar-ious.

YellowWellies · 16/08/2013 22:59

MM Brew for regressing teethers. No teef here but I bet he's a total martyr when they do.Blush Blush

Jonas is 10 months next week and other than a week of difficult to settle the 9 month regression has either passed us by. Or .... is about to bite us on the arse.

My money is on the latter probably next week when we're on holiday with DH's extended family of FF propagandists for whom the answer to every baby problem is 'hungry baby formula'. They're lovely but I'm so nervous that any chirrup from J will be blamed on my 'eccentric' choice to BF him 'so long' Blush Envy as if it's indulgence. Come on wee darling keep up the good sleeps ranty Mummy has a principle to defend. Wink Grin

daisychain76 · 16/08/2013 23:22

Hello, stunt H still has 2 night feeds plus his bedtime and first thing in the morning one. So, prettty much same as a newborn still!

Very jealous mm would love a dog but our 2 cats would have a breakdown.

fatima good luck for Monday, hope you had a lovely last day of mat leave.

det that sounds good. H has no self settling skills sadly.

Had coffee and a walk with a mum with a baby the same age today. H loved it so feel veryy guilty he doesn?t know any other babies to play with. Just never manaaged to sort out going to baby groups really.

Better go to bed. Working tomorrow.

Oh yes, hope everything goes well sophia.

Kyz · 17/08/2013 00:17

Hey quiche! Missed me?

Not caught up and I feel very guilty for this, but hope all is well?

sorry I have been away for ages a couple of days but I have been frantically decorating e his own room. I cannot fit a sofa bed or single bed in there, so cannot sleep with him. I am dreading it :( needs to happen though and it looks pretty good for a quick job :) just bright and plain but ok :) not sure if I should keep an air bed or something in there for emergency shit nights?

anyway am bollocksed so going to bed but I will be back soon and will try to catch up unless anyone has a summary for me?

Much love, night xx

applepieinthesky · 17/08/2013 01:23

I've decided it's time to come out of lurking and actually start posting again. Please can I join your lovely fred? Thanks

det sounds like heaven to me. I have to rock C to sleep every frigging night. I very much doubt he could sleep without me. Have I spoiled him?

Not quite sure why I'm still up at this ungodly hour when C has been asleep for several hours already. Laying in bed worrying about going back to work - 28th of August so almost upon us. Also bricking it about having another baby. I'm super broody and have been for a few months now. To my shock DP admitted he wants another now too so I stopped taking the pill. He knows this and we haven't been being careful at all. He's also been wanting sex more than usual. Is it his way of saying lets go for it and why doesn't he just say it? I suppose I should broach the subject shouldn't I?

How many quiche babies are on the way and anyone going to be trying soon?

YellowWellies · 17/08/2013 01:56

Stunt we still have a night feed 3 or 4 nights a week. I'm doing one now! You're not alone. I've not pushed dropping one and he does seem to be getting there himself.

Apple helloooooooo welcome back honey! Bah no I don't think you can spoil at this age IMHO. We're trying for another technically from next month but we aren't using anything now and my DH sounds like yours - definitely put 'knock up the Mrs' on his to-do list as it were. We're still BF though so not sure when it'll happen.

Lily311 · 17/08/2013 05:44

apple welcome back

Good night here, she was up crying at 9.30 but settled back after I went in to stroke her back.she is currently singing in her cot and I try not to disturb her :).

As for closeness I know I will feel all her pain. And I will threaten her partners not to hurt her otherwise I will get very very cross hahahahaha, I will be a wicked in law one day. But I'm mostly worried about friendships, girls are horrible to each other, aren't they? I think I will gently encourage her to choose a male best friend.

My mum just wants me to have a little break from O but I don't need one Grin. I think I will leave her at theirs on Sunday afternoon and pick her up on Monday afternoon. That's a good compromise, isn't that? O absolutely adores my parents, she wrapped them all around her little finger.

MissMummy1 · 17/08/2013 06:28

Hi apple

I think that sound like an excellent compromise lily

Puppy and M have tag teamed all night... Brew

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StuntNun · 17/08/2013 06:42

Two night feeds last night and J must have woke up crying about twenty times. I feel utterly shit this morning, tired beyond belief. Maybe it's yet another tooth coming through.

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PurplePidjin · 17/08/2013 07:28

and Brew and Cake for bad nights

Little rascal gave me a battle at around 1 then went through till 5:45! Switched his own Ewan on and played then dp took him for breakfast. He's just having side B and I'm wondering if he'll nap.

Welcome back apple Thanks

Lily, don't if you don't want to - your baby and your ability to decide if you need a break :)

PetiteRaleuse · 17/08/2013 07:40

Utterly shit night. I woke at 1, didn't fall asleep again til 6. Up again now and don't know if we can get dressed and out by the time the lab closes. DH for some reason not seeing the urgency 'it can wait another week' . But mine can't the GP will not be amused if I havnn't done them on Monday when I see her.

PetiteRaleuse · 17/08/2013 07:41

I'm hungry :(

PurplePidjin · 17/08/2013 07:56

PR can't you go on your own? And have breakfast out somewhere afterwards? Brew

daisychain76 · 17/08/2013 08:52

Morning, only one feed last night (done by dh). Pleased but also slightly annoyed as been testing out MIL?s theory he might need more to eat and might actually have to agree with her Smile

Busyq day today~ work all morning, visiting owl sanctuary with DB this afternoon then seeing a comedy evening. Already feeling guilty won?t have much time with H.

Sorry for the bad night stunt. Welcome back apple. Glad to see you back too kyz.

Lily girls friendships are fascinating to observe (dd is 6). They seem more intense than ds?s were and there does seem to be a lot of focus on who is friends with who involved from an early age. Having said that, l don?t worry as much about dd any more as l have heard her doing exactly the same (x do you like y? etc). Do worryabout it getting worse when she?s a teen though.

PetiteRaleuse · 17/08/2013 09:29

It's a 20km drive pidj to the lab and despite not being scared of needles I go quite faint afterwards and I am shit driver when alert. Anyway, almost done now, am in the waiting room.

FatimaLovesBread · 17/08/2013 09:54

Not a bad night here, one wake up at 4:30am. doesn't mention we were at my sisters for a takeaway so M didn't go to bed properly until 11

Welcome back apple I keep seeing you about on other threads.

M decided to be like detectives O this morning, although not as bad. She was having nappy free time and had crawled in to the kitchen to see the guinea pigs. I heard a familiar noise and went in and she was sat in a huge puddle of wee, slapping her hands in it and rubbing it all around the floor! Lovely child Grin