June 2013 (3) - teething & not sleeping!

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I broke the old thread! Step this way, step this way.

Rubbish sleep last night, I kept falling asleep with him on me then when I woke and put him in the cot he woke up again.
Is everyone using vitamin drops ? hv said to use them so dutifully been and bought some after checking the nhs advice but how do you got them down ? Oscar just shoved the bottle in his mouth so no idea how much he got, but he had an orange mouth so definitely had some !.
in weaning news broccoli is a big win he loves it

Morning all, dd had another great night but my poor boobs are struggling after 4+ night feeds for the past few months, had to get up despite the fact that dd was fast asleep just to express a little for comfort. I'm not complaining really just praying that this continues!!

Makes me giggle tho as everyone thinks it's because she has had a little solid food, considering what she has had so far I think this is highly unlikely!!

Sleeping getting better here. Two wakings last night and she managed to self-settle each time so not too bad. I think teething is the problem now; we can see two white lines at the bottom so it looks like the two bottom teeth are going to come up at the same time!

I think we're ready to try a method of getting her to go for naps by herself now, without me having to feed her. Though I'm worried she'll stop gaining the correct weight; she's been following her percentile line perfectly with the feeding to sleep.

I think more vitamins end up on the bib than in DD's mouth!

We've been giving sticks of fruit (e.g. pineapple) after her veg each day - she loves them. Will move on to breakfast (porridge) soon.

Madame, in a way I am glad that DD's sleep has got worse since weaning as our family seem convinced that solids are the secret to sleeping babies; despite the fact that DD slept through most nights while being ebf (and she's a big baby)!

I was at my wits end with polly yesterday. Was a pain all day! So last night gave her formula, calpol and then took myself to the spare room to try and get some uninterrupted sleep. And she slept till gone six! Amazing! And perfectly timed as I have a job interview today which as you can imagine has been bloody hard to prep for while on mum duty. Luckily I won't have to try and get through it shattered at least. Wish me luck! I'm wearing a suit and a proper bra and everything! Though unless protocol has changed they probably won't be interested in my underwear. :-)

Good luck Sarah!!

We had a stretch of 4 hours (12.15am after a mammoth feed, until 4.15am) which is AMAZING!!! Hasn't happened for weeks. 2 hourly feeds after that I think but at least I know he can still do it, he's not totally broken!!

I think we've accidentally gone a bit overboard with presents, especially for DS1. We started early, buying some presents early November to spread the cost, but then ended up getting him loads more this month so it kind of defied the purpose..

In other exciting news (when you're a parent, that is), we're going to have a go at potty training DS1 this weekend! I've bought him some pants with Mr Men characters (he loves the books) so hopefully that will be an incentive. Any tips from those who've been through it?

Two hourly feeds over night here still, but they only good thing is she settles right back down again after, so I can't complain too much. And she is back in her crib rather than in with us, so might try the cot again for bedtime and see if that helps with it. Although to be honest, she's only very rarely gone longer than 2 hours, so I think I'm probably used to it, and have adjusted accordingly.

Got a newer washing machine on Wednesday and DP fitted it last night.... I can not wait to have a machine that can do a wash quicker than 3 hours and actually remembers to drain. I may live in the garage with it for a while just to admire it.

Well we only woke twice last night but the second time I fed put him down, he woke so fed him put him down then he was grumbly so jus comforted him until he woke again so it must have taken over an hour. But only wakin twice is something !

potty training - my tip would be don't go too soon! Lots of books are good, sit them next to the loo, sit your DS on the potty every 15-20 minutes. Have lots (and I mean lots!) of pants and trousers around, and socks. Floor wipes and kitchen roll for lots of accidents. With boys as well, when they get to the potty, you sometimes have to deal with directional issues (something more irritating about DS making it to the loo, being sat on it and still there being a puddle because he had his willy pointing in a random direction).

If it's not working, stop. I think we went too soon with DS so nearly 18 months on he still has occasional accidents - and you get no warning, "I need a wee!" means "you've got about 30 seconds" if you're out and about, it's worth knowing where every loo is and being prepared to have no shame and doing lots of "outdoorsy wees".

oh and as for DD, she's gone super clingy! she wants to be held by me a lot, and in the evenings, if she wakes up, she won't resettle for Daddy. This was highlighted when I had a night out and she screamed from 8pm - 10pm on DH, stopping when I walked in and took her out of his arms. Not sure what we do about this other than try to have him cuddle her lots over the Christmas period when he's off work so she gets more used to him.

Hi all - hopefully it's some consolation that things seem to get better (I think I'm right in saying Joe is one of the older babies in the thread? 7 months on 29/12) - we've had a nightmare couple of months with sleep, complicated by hauling him to Australia and Morocco, but we appear to have turned a corner in the last 2 weeks or so. He's dropped the 3am feed completely, is getting less interested in the 11pm feed, and although he wakes 2-3 times a night he always settles himself back to sleep very quickly (well, nearly always, he's still dealing with aftermath of total arse of a cold, very snotty).

And recently we've been leaving him to talk/cry/complain in his cot if he wakes up too early. It was a 'we've run out of other ideas' type decision as we are very keen he doesn't start his day before 7am! On Wed morning he woke at 430am, properly cried for 15mins, slept till 745am, Thurs morning woke at 5am, cried for 9mins and slept till 7am, and today he woke at 6, didn't cry - just chatted for a bit - and then fell asleep till 745am.

So. I was feeling v exhausted and helpless as to what to do as the whole constant waking thing was so long-lived but I'm hoping that getting lpst the whole six months debacle is happening, despite him looking like the next crop of teeth are imminent. Well, at least till the next developmental leap at least!!

Best of luck and I'm keeping EVERY BLOODY DIGIT crossed that this continues,

Sarah - how was job interview? Am off to talk to someone bout some more associate work today, am quite keen to get working again!

It's Lily's intro session at nursery today as prep for me going back to work in January. We went for an hour together yesterday and today I left her for 2 hours. Little traitor didn't even say goodbye to me.

So far I've iced the cake (and ate about a tonne of left over icing) I made for my parents 40th wedding anniversary. I've got 40 minutes before I have to go pick her up. What do I do with myself? What did I do before I had a baby?

Oh my goodness this nursery malarkey is brilliant. She's just fallen asleep in her cot. During the day. Without any fuss. That's NEVER HAPPENED!

I literally went put her in the cot, went downstairs to get her bunny and when I came back upstairs she was KO'd.

I know you have to pay the nursery but seems to be good value for money if it means I now get to spend the afternoon finishing off my Christmas presents.

wow Sunny, that's amazing! I'd pay for that!

Perfect sunny, may she sleep well this afternoon!

Does anyone else fb have a boob pincher?! How can I get dd to stop? She really grabs and twists as well, I have bruises! I try holding her hand ur that makes her want to look at it, but I soooooo can not continue with the pinching.

She also point blank refused to settle in her cot for her morning nap. But did then go sparko on the sofa for a good while so I managed to finish the housework.

That clearly should be fb, not fb clearly I do more of one than the other! And there would be all kind of issues if dd was fbing.

I quit. you all know what I mean, my iPad hates me

Yes I have a pincher and it bloody hurts, I just hold her hand or place her hand on my top which she pinches/twists and pulls instead of me. Dd1 also did this to me too!!

Another pincher here. Its bloody sore (and probably why I still get occasional cracked nipples). Holding hands helps. And now he has a new game of playing with my hair while feeding which distracts a bit too...

I'd pay for that too, Sunny!

No boob pinching here, thankfully! DD has started cuddling me while she feeds (one hand above my boob, another around my back), which is lovely after the phase where she'd get distracted very easily and look around instead of feeding properly. Could you try one of those feeding necklaces so she plays with that instead?

Oh and we only had one waking in 10hrs last night, so I am hoping that she'll be sleeping through again any night now. Although Christmas is bound to mess her up again.

I have a pincher too, but I now have a necklace from gummigems for him to play with and gnaw on for teething which seems to work. I have bruises all over my boobs !

Well I've had 3 days in a row now 7.30-6.00 but like someone has already said we are not letting her get up until 7 sadly tho when she's up she's up singing talking crying there's no going back to sleep but I'm not fussed really I feel very blessed listening to her

Finished work now until 2nd January very excited for the holidays

I've been feeding Z for nearly an hour and I need to pee!!

730-6 sounds like heaven to me. K refused to sleep until midnight last night... He's still awake now tonight at 10pm. He only slept for one hour total during the day (in the car). On my knees....