November 2012 - In which the babies start to reach their first birthdays

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Pp. put a pic on FB! I'm going to attempt a hat and mittens now my blanket is done. Found a crochet pattern on ravelry last night.

I want to learn a skill like crocheting. I loved the hats you did last year pidj - they were ace.

Need to write a presentation for Friday - hate hate hate public speaking Also have no idea what to do it on. Oh well.

pig picture them all naked. Or is that for job interviews? Or something.

pp Christmas pud deffo!
Love the blanket gt I also wish I could do something like that but I don't have the patience or talent!
S is also a fan of pick me up, now put me down, sooo tiring!
Hope you feel better in the morning fatima
yw you need to put a pic of betsy on fb, my gorgeous little goddaughter is called betsy so she's all I can picture when I read about betsy pup, not so good when she is pooing in her cage I got a visual of my betsy doing it ha.
Good luck pig I'd be shitting myself. Sorry that's probably the most unhelpful thing I could have said! I'm sure you will be fine though, why do you have to do that?

lily I hope O feels better soon aswell, poor little thing.

Oh and sophia I too would feel horrible about what mil did today, at the end of the day they are all her grandchildren, if she had said no to having the boys she should have said no to having your niece aswell. She at the very least could have gone about it a bit less blatantly if she was going to do it.

Someone just posted this on fb...thought of izzy lol

My children mean everything to me!

READ THIS AND HAD TO SHARE: A HILARIOUS TAKE ON SLEEP TRAINING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BABY: 'OK, here’s my situation. My Mummy has had me for almost seven months. The first few months were great. I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, day or night. Then something happened.Over the last few weeks, she has been trying to STTN (sleep through the night). At first, I thought it was just a phase, but it is only getting worse. I’ve talked to other babies, and it seems like its pretty common after Mummies have had us for around six months.

Here’s the thing: these Mummies don’t really need to sleep. Its just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep and they just don’t need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby Shuffle. It goes like this:

Night 1: Cry every three hours until you get fed. I know, its hard. Its hard to see your Mummy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself, its for her own good.

Night 2: Cry every two hours until you get fed.

Night 3: [Cry] every hour. Most Mummies will start to respond more quickly after about three nights.
Some Mummies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mummies may stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don’t give in. I cannot stress this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the night), just once, she will expect it every night. I KNOW ITS HARD! But she really doesn’t need the sleep, she’s just resisting the change.

If you have an especially alert Mummy, you can stop crying for about 10 minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mummy once stayed awake for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it.

Last night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT!
I cried for any reason I could come up with. My sleep sack tickled my foot. I felt a wrinkle under the sheet. My mobile made a shadow on the wall. I burped, and it tasted like pears. I hadn’t eaten pears since lunch, what’s up with that? The cat said 'meow'. I should know. My Mummy reminds me of this about 20 times a day. LOL. Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room. Too hot, too cold, just right - doesn’t matter! Keep crying!! It took awhile, but it worked.

She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in order to reset your Mummies internal clocks.
Sometimes my Mummy will call for reinforcements by sending in Daddy. Don’t worry, Daddies are not set up for not needing sleep the way Mummies are. They can only handle a few pats and shhing before they declare defeat and send in the Mummy.

Also, be wary of the sleep sheep with rain noises. I like to give Mummy false hope that listening to the rain puts me to sleep sometimes I pretend to close my eyes and be asleep and then wait until I know Mummy is settling back to sleep to spring a surprise cry attack.If she doesn’t get to me fast enough I follow up with my fake cough and gag noise that always has her running to the crib.At some point I am positive she will start to realise that she really doesn’t really need sleep.

P.S. Don’t let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on them, no milk will come out. Trust me

Evening all. Hope everyone is ok, seems I've a bit to catch up on. Been a bit tough again, E seems to be teething some more and is waking in pain :( He has had pre-emptive calpol tonight but still woken several times since going down at 7pm. I am going to write this then try to sleep, i think. I probably won't be as epic with as I am capable of, if at all, sorry in advance. I have read everything though I promise.

sorry to hear about the still broken leg kirrin :(

Oh vq sorry to hear poor J is poorly again! Glad he is enjoying nursery though! Also very sorry to hear about your MIL :(

eek fruit your poor dp, how is he feeling now? And how are you? Thankyou for your lovely comments, I really appreciate it :) It has taken a bit of quiche loving to get me to feel a bit better about things and hopefully it can only get better from here ignores the last few days

glad Oliver didn't get burned sophia I have banished all cuppas to the windowsill after e plunged his hand in one the other day. Thankfully as usual my coffee was freezing so he wasn't burned but it scared the shit out of me!

I think I may get a clarks foot measure too. thanks for the tip jj

Poor you and o chasing hope you both feel better soon

Ouch vq (leg biting)

Netflix sophia mum has it and apparently it's brilliant

hey mnisslaughalot lovely to hear from you again!! I think the general consensus is if they drink water fine don't bother with juice - but over the summer when it was warm weather I gave E fruit juice diluted with water with meals to encourage a bit more into him. He sometimes has juice with meals now but not necessarily all the time. E likes pear, apple, orange, raspberry, pretty much anything really.

madame you did amazingly to get halfway, well done!

GT yes to a live birth thread, how exciting! My waters just trickled out at some point, I think. I didn't really have any to speak of, they certainly didn't gush!

sounds like you're doing really well re the sleeping mm! :) fab

how exciting, yw another little pup! :) she sounds so sweet!

fatima I'm sorry you've felt ignored :( I haven't meant to ignore you, and if I have i'm sorry - It takes ages to reply to everything and unless i'm on my laptop like tonight I can't remember everything. Same goes for you too kirrin and thechick

poor p pass hope she's alright again soon - e is also off food again but not total refusal today.

aww bplp that's lovely for your db! :)

brockle hiya :)

maybe try putting it on eBay Izzy? Sorry to hear sleep is still crap :( really wish i had something useful to suggest.

happy 10 months day those that are 10 months today!

Lily sounds mad, and exhausting. Hope o gets better soon, poor mite.

Gosh this has taken me hours to write so far, I have been into E about 20 times since he went to bed, he is currently sobbing into his blanket, poor soul. Not sure what else I can do for him bar calpol :'( I reckon i'll be on his floor tonight!

Hope you've had a good day chick I bet it has been tough though :(

pr the shopping mall thing is awful isn't it :( It's made me really sad :( My thoughts are with the people and their families, terrorism is horrid.

oh pikz bless you :( you are certainly entitled to a bit of a cry :( hugs

everything crossed e has gained weight at the weigh in eliza

doesn't sound like much of a fun time ditsy hope the sodding teeth come through soon and F goes back to doing a bit more eating and sleeping for you

happy 11 months day to the bear, yw

aw sophia can totally understand why you're upset, I would be too. Surely any/all of her grandkids should be treated the same? They are her childrens' children, no?

I have never had any of this fallyfelly of which you all speak. E has had a tagine? thing from a pot and liked it so I was wondering about making more chickpea type things. I like them roasted personally. Nom.

chasing definitely make the most of it. When e first went to mils i hated it and sat and cried and couldn't sleep. I have since realised that spending quality time alone/with dp makes me a happier person overall. As does getting drunk, obviously! Have fun :)

Sorry to hear things are still stressy apple I think getting an emergency appt would be wise. Have you told dp to look for another job if he's not happy - you're right they're hard to come by BUT if he's really unhappy surely it makes sense to start looking for another job sooner rather than later?

glad you've had a good day at work today det :) I can imagine the tomato allergy being a PITA - alot of sw stuff has tomatoes in, as do alot of sauces etc. I'd be fooked, E loves tomato based sauces

Just been back into him again. Gonna be a long night.

gt sounds like a nightmare - hope it does all fall into place for you, bless you

aww fatima bless you, hope you get better soon!

pp i remember pics of r in hats you/ve done, they are awesome! E needs more hats. Xmas pud will be fab

BPLP that made me laugh!

Best fuck off then I think. He's crying again. Bollocks :(

Fuck me sorry guys that was epic. Sorry if I missed , going to and fro to lo made me lose my place alot x

Kyz that's more like it girl! Good luck for tonight, I hope E settles for you and is feeling better xx

I love it when you get all,epic kyz

Thanks everyone for your support.

I felt better after the walk and less alone after a visit from some other family up the road.

Now I am going to try for a cuddle from DH.

Aww poor E kyz I hope he doesn't have you up and down all night.

Love they post pig I think there are a few quiche babies who have read this!

I am bloody delighted to be able to report that E has put on weight. Finally! She put on 500g in 2 weeks. She now weighs 15ibs 10ozs. Going forward I need to get her weighed every 2 weeks at the clinic but the dietician doesn't need to see her till round her first birthday. She's going to phone me on weigh in days though to make sure she's staying on track. What a relief. Looks like the tube really is gone for good Think it must be down to the quiche positive vibes. Thanks all.

brockle I started wolf hall when DD1 was a baby but never found the time to get a good session in and as it's quite complex I was getting all my Thomas's mixed up. I really do want to read it but the book was so big (I had it in hard back) I have since down loaded it to my kindle but not got round to starting it again. I really must. I'm desperate to read bring up the bodies too. I love the tudor period.

fatima Sounds yuck, hope you feel better soon.

apple Really hope you get an appt.

chasing Hope mission get drunk works out.

Gosh, have forgotten what else I was going to respond to. kyz you put me to shame. E's woken up crying now so better go. I'll try to get back on but if not I'll bid ye all a good night.

Wooooooop! eliza I am so happy to read that! Yay for E.

Yay for a guaranteed nap izzy DS will be fine at nursery.

Hope you feel better soon fatima ?

Spontaneity is definitely harder with 2 bry I often struggle to think of things to do with them, as sometimes even simple ideas seem like a lot of effort by the time you've got everyone ready and out of the house.

Positive news on Kirrinhorse though. Specialist vet had a look at the X-rays and is actually quite pleased. Says it is healing, just slower than we'd like, so just give her more time. Plan is to take her out for a short walk each day for the next couple of weeks, and if she looks ok after that she can go out into a small paddock. So all is not lost :)

How was work chick ?

How was the clothes shopping fruit ? I might have do some that as I just opened the 9-12 month bag and found about a million vest and pretty much nothing else I'm hoping there is another bag somewhere!

I love my journey to work brockle Time to myself! Unfortunately I have to drive but I'm listening to my Harry Potter books uninterrupted and its great :)

I know what you mean about feeling dependant sophia but you are making a huge contribution to your family life - it's not just bringing in the money that counts. It all evens out, it's just a big change to get your head round.
And the MIL issue would have pissed me off too - did she have the grace to look embarrassed?

Glad the worst of the storm bypassed you pennie and good that M liked soft play.
Is HK soft play as lovely as UK soft play?! I went to one in holland that had a bar.

Sounds like a hell of a day pikz - have you recovered? Damp's not such a big deal generally - or is it too much?

ditsy sounds tough - poor LO, and poor you. hopefully some teeth will pop through soon and sleep will be restored.

Hi kyz Glad to 'see' you. Hope E settles and you get some sleep.

YY for weight gain eliza Thats great news.

Had a proper tantrum earlier. She was chewing a book so I took it off her and gave her the TV remote instead and she threw it, and then picked it up and threw it again Reminded me of a teenager going off in a strop and slamming the door - and then coming back to do it again just to make sure you noticed!

In other news, I think I may have broken my nose :( DD1 jumped up to dance just as I bent down to pick up a Lego block and she basically head butted me. She's fine, but I heard my nose crunch and its bloody sore. Not swollen too much though so maybe its still in one piece.

Pig. I learn from you tube. Crochet is easy. Try a scarf for lo for this winter

Soph - glad ur feeling better now. Grand kids are grand kids. Regardless of whose they are.

Kyz So EPIC I got mentioned twice. Was a nice reminder of what's happened recently. Lol

Blabbing watching midwives from earlier tonight.

That should say N had a proper Tantrum. Reads like I did. I would never tantrum. never

Eliza. Woop woop

Kirin. Hope nose is ok

That's good news kirrin hopefully then kirrinhorse will keep improving.

gt you learnt how to make that blanket from you tube? That's awesome!

Clothes shopping was ok, got a few nice things from primark and matalan, I took 2 steps into next and thought better of it and walked back out again, I spend waaaay too much money when I go in there. I do need to get her a nice party dress though, she has a few birthday parties coming up, but I couldn't find one I liked.

Dh is up the stairs with the unputdownable baby.

I want to sleep in my bed with no baby!!!

I'm on page bloody 9 of the no cry sleep solution!! Page 9 is useless when I need to read 256 of the bloody things!! Argh!!

Eliza that is fantastic news. Well done you and well done E. and lots of xx

Just skimmed but eliza that is fucking fabulous news. Yay!!!!!

Wow. Busy night on here. Will catch up tomorrow.

Happy 10 months to those who are there.

Good day here on the whole xx

izzy ((((((((hugs))))))) . That's all. Is the food going ok?

Fruit it is 1 crochet stitch over n over again. With colour changes.
I learnt a few stitches last winter. Then made my sis a scarf for Xmas. Which was one colour n same stitch repeated.

I find it alot easier then knitting. Quicker too!

Seriously. Those who want to. Start of by making your lo a scarf. Choose a ball of yarn. The label will tell you what size needle/hook to buy. And you'll have a scarf in no time! A nice stocking filler!

Tonight has been hilarious. I am in complete awe of those with sleep dodgers. One night and I feel done in. I think I have managed a grand total of an hour's sleep. I don't know how you guys do it and I promise to never again moan at early mornings or the odd dummy cry. I feel like a fucking jack in the box. He is all snuffly so I don't know if it is teeth. Mind, they can get snuffly can't they.

eliza that is fantastic news!!!! Woohoooo!!!!!

kirrin yay for positive news re kirrin horse! Hope your nose feels better soon it sounds quite sore!

Hope you've had some sleep tonight izzy

Crocheting sounds ok gt was under the impression it was harder than knitting. I am still knitting e a jumper. All was going well until elyza was born ans mum hasnt had time to show me how to swe it all together and knit the thick collar bit. Would love to knit some more but am determined to finish this. Don't think it will fit so will have to give it to someone with a smaller person I think!

Bless him he's crying again. Fucksticks :(