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December 2012: we need more chocolate and cake!!

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halestone · 25/09/2013 22:07

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itsMYNutella · 05/10/2013 18:45

And hales could you please post me a bacon butty? Preferably with some brown sauce on! Smile

PurplePidjin · 05/10/2013 18:55

(((FoD)))

Actually nutella R now sleeps 6-6 with 1 or no wake ups, a combination of passing the leap and some gentle sleep training...

WLmum · 05/10/2013 19:41

fod that is so shitty. I am so sorry.
spotty ditto. Mnd is so awful.

hales love the ritual - I never knew my grandparents.

T has had ridiculously little sleep today but has been mostly chirpy and just had a great play before now attempting to feed her to sleep.
DH has got me some Dutch courage for the night ahead in the form of chocolate cheesecake and wine.

PurplePidjin · 05/10/2013 19:51

R used a dummy to go to sleep Confused he hasn't used one for 7 months although i occasionally offer Hmm

WLmum · 05/10/2013 20:20

I wish T had taken a dummy. With dd2 it was such a great sleep cue.

PurplePidjin · 05/10/2013 20:32

Nor does R! He went through a phase at about 15 weeks and loved it but has spat them since. He was chomping on his hand so i tried and it worked! I had to go to the shop anyway so picked up some 6+ months ones for him! and white chocolate buttons for mummy it's very bizarre Confused

Barbeasty · 05/10/2013 20:45

FoD it doesn't rain but it pours. Really sorry. Hope you're doing ok.

Spotty it's horrible. My aunt had it. Probably diagnosed 18 months before she died. DD went to her funeral at about 3 weeks and her family liked that they had the same name (not named after her). And someone from my NCT group had a sponsored walk today to raise money for it because her BIL has it.

IsThatTrue · 05/10/2013 21:29

Hi everyone, I'm sorry I've been AWOL. DS is the amazing non sleeping baby, I'm managing in about 3-4 hrs a night and its affected my ability to concentrate. I've also been dieting and exercising to try and get some 'me' back.

I haven't kept up but just read the last few posts and I'm so sorry to hear about your mum and kitten FoD

WLmum · 05/10/2013 21:31

pidj I always wonder if its nice on the teeth.
Dd1&dd3 are teething together -so cute! Dd1s 6 year molars are coming through as well as having lost one of her baby teeth, and says they don't hurt at all! She was always ok with her baby teeth too - a red chin but not really any bother.

WLmum · 05/10/2013 21:42

2 wake ups so far but both times settled quickly with a 'rock' in the cot.

SpottyTeacakes · 05/10/2013 21:45

Dd's awake too Hmm he's been really unsettled the past few nights must be teeth.

Sorry to hear about lack of sleep IsThat

Barbeasty · 05/10/2013 21:46

DD was pretending to breastfeed her doll this morning. We were trying to work out what she was doing with her other hand.

Turns out she was mumsneting using her phone. Blush

WLmum · 05/10/2013 22:10

beasty hahahahaha!

WillYouDoTheMonsterMash · 05/10/2013 22:11

Oh FoD what an awful thing to happen. I'm really sorry.

Sorry to hear about your GFiL too Spotty.

Sorry about the lack of sleep IsThat, can you see any reason for it?

J is being so cute today. He's been super hungry and really sleepy after hardly sleeping for I know it all and won't do it your way MiL. He grabbed me by the lips and tried to bite my nose, I couldn't help but laugh.

Pidj J has never had a dummy (complete refuser) and for the last 3 weeks at baby groups he keeps preying on the smaller babies and stealing them Shock. We're going to get a name for ourselves!

I developed a 5pm hangover, but luckily by then DP was feeling a bit better and I handed over to him for a bit.

IsThatTrue · 05/10/2013 22:32

willyou I'm not sure tbh. We now have 5 teeth so it could have been that, or his cold, or he's just a bugger who likes waking mummy in the night for some booby!

WillYouDoTheMonsterMash · 05/10/2013 23:17

That's us too IsThat, j had a cold, got 4 teeth and dropped all day feeds a couple of weeks ago, preferring to feed at night. This too shall pass...

BopsX3 · 05/10/2013 23:40

Hi everyone Smile just read the past couple of posts.

(((FoD)))

Oliver doesn't have a dummy either, but he won't go to sleep unless he's sucking the corner of a blanket or a teddies ear or something. Ds1 had a dummy untill he was about 2 and ds2 had one untill about 6 months.

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halestone · 06/10/2013 00:15

FoD so sorry for your loss, your still on my thoughts and prayers.

Spotty sorry about your GFiL i hope your DP gets to spend some time with him.

Isthat i hope DS's sleeping improves for you soon.

Willyou aww i'm glad you've had a lovely day. Grin

WL i hope your cake and wine go down well.

H is still refusing to sleep FX she goes soon. She is also a complete dummy refuser but in the last couple of weeks when she finds one in her toy box then she chews for a while.

Beasty your DD sounds so funny Grin

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WillYouDoTheMonsterMash · 06/10/2013 02:15

Just gave DS a bottle, usual size. He drank it in 3 minutes flat. Didn't touch the sides. One moan and zonked back out again. I told you he was sleepy and hungry Grin

IsThatTrue · 06/10/2013 03:30

willyou see DS just spends all day/night feeding. He's started eating again the past few days but had been refusing real food for a while (I think teeth related).

He's been feeding for 1/2 he but my boobs were fit to burst as this is the first wakeup since 7pm, which I think is the longest he's ever slept! I went to sleep at 10.30 which means I've had 4 1/2 hrs sleep already. I could honestly get up for the day right now (obviously I won't if I can get DS back to bed) I've got so used to surviv

IsThatTrue · 06/10/2013 03:31

^surviving on no sleep.

WillYouDoTheMonsterMash · 06/10/2013 06:41

Fx you got a little more sleep IsThat. Hopefully the food will increase back up and so will the sleep. J has just started eating again after our holiday and is walloping everything put in front of him. I hope DS2 does the same for you.

WLmum · 06/10/2013 07:23

T is such a monkey - every time I say right that's it she sleeps better! After 2 early settles last night she slept til 4.30, fed and sleep til 5.50, fed and sleep til 6.30. Obviously that's not perfect but liveable and not worth tackling in my view.
isthat glad you had a better night. I hope it's the first of many.
Swimming lessons, bike riding, gardening and sorting some photos for us today.

SpottyTeacakes · 06/10/2013 07:26

Ds didn't wake up until gone seven! Dd woke at four though and I just could not get back to sleep.

Dp is going to see his grandad today (if he made it through the night). Apparently he is in a vegetative state now such a cruel disease. I feel bad the children can't say goodbye (for him) but I don't want dd to see him like that. He was always so fit and healthy

PurplePidjin · 06/10/2013 07:36

WillYou R does that, or if he's enjoying something another baby will come and take it. I tend to keep going to the groups where the mums don't just go "it's ok, he can have it" because what does that teach them about snatching/sharing?! I must be really lucky though, i bump into the same nice mums with slightly older babies at all the groups i go to cheap and walking distance not met any cliquey snobs yet! There are some pretty mad 2yos though, I'm reserving judgement till i work out if that's what 2yos are like (my bf's isn't nor are a couple of others i know!) or ineffectual chavvy parents Hmm