DECEMBER 2012: Please babies sleep, before you turn 1!

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According to the baby group mums who are pissing me off daily the answer is no Stacks. J's been horrific with them for 8 months now. I give him calpol, neurofen and anbesol and they still hurt. The number of people who say "Oh mine's been fine with them, you shouldn't give all those drugs. Have you tried teetha powders?" If they haven't experienced the horror of the teething wail then they should keep their gobs shut!

R's clingy and needs calpol at bedtime plus teething powder during the day but the acute phase passes quickly, the chronic stuff is ok as long as I'm on top of it with the above. He also wears an amber necklace full time, dunno if it helps but it makes me feel like I'm doing something about it!

Boys both out, feels very odd

Thanks for all the birthday wishes for N. He's had a great day. He loved being the centre of attention at his party and even managed to stay awake for his cake despite nap refusal earlier. He zonked out straight after, but his party his rules . He's now having lots of fun carrying his presents from one side of the room to the other and playing with a giant gift bag.

Enjoy your freedom *Pidge8

Poor J. Hope you manage to get some rest tonight Willyou.

Wrt to teething Stacks, DS1 didn't seem to suffer much at all. He had the occasional bad night/iffy nappy but other than that it didn't really trouble him and he had the full set by 18 months. N on the other hand has really been through the mill with regular calpoling required, much interrupted sleep, and we've only just got sight of the first two molars so there's still plenty more ahead. So, like almost everything with babies I think it really does vary. Will keep fx that T is one of the lucky ones.

Happy Birthday baby Ispy.

A suffers with teeth. For months before the stupid things come through.

We had a VERY busy day today, with church, Christmas fête at the school DD should be going to and then swimming lessons for both DC.

I have to say the fair was lovely. The head was on the door for father christmas, and if we hadn't visited and met her we wouldn't have known who she was. DD was veryquiet though, and afterwards was saying that her best friend at nursery was scared of going to school.

Fx A sleeps better tonight than recently. When you wake up and think oh lovely, 1.45 and then realise actually it's 21.45 you know things are bad!

Dd never suffered with her teeth. We had the odd tears at night time when her molars were coming through. Ds seems a bit more bothered by them but not particularly bad. (Sorry WillYou!)

stacks teething can be a breeze for some, a total ordeal for others. Dd1 was always fine, dd2 a bit bothered and T seems to suffer the most.
Photos went ok but not sure if there'll be much good stuff as dd2 started off brilliantly and then became a bit of a pita, T was not too impressed and mostly refused to smile. Dd2 is still under the weather and slept for an hour after the photographer left which is pretty much unheard of.
I feel a bit coldy crappy so can't wait to get jobs done and get to bed.

Oh no I have no problem with people whose babies teethe with ease, it's when their mums then say "I wouldn't give my baby x, y and z." If your baby is wailing with agony then you do anything to calm the poor thing down.

When ds is grumpy I give him everything I can find

Me too, when my wisdom teeth was taken out I got a dry socket. I went to A&E and they gave me morphine and codeine. If teething is anywhere near that painful then a bit of calpol's the least I can do!

I asked the dr for morphine when I was in hospital recently, I wasn't really in pain just felt really ill and was sure it'd sort me out he said no

Morphine is the bizz! I was absolutely horrified after having the lovely stuff in hospital post c section I was then sent home with paracetamol! How is that similar?!
Ignore all judgey parents. If it works for you that's fine, but I find my baby needs x. I agree though, having had a tooth removed and felt very sorry for myself I'm quick to give calpol. Actually anytime I think they might not feel right - if I would medicate myself for a headache/cold/toothache etc, then I'll medicate the wee uns. It would be mean to make them suffer.

Where's hales? Hope she's ok.

That's it I like a good over the counter pharmaceutical myself so don't like to watch my baby in pain if I can treat it.

He's just fallen asleep now! He's not slept more than 30 mins at a time all day though so not hot high hopes for a long stretch.

Hales hasn't been around for a couple of days has she? I hope she's okay.

Happy Birthday to N, Ispy it sounds like you had a lovely day.

Willyou yay to finding some nappies that work. And i'd ignore the other parents they sound like they haven't got a clue.

Stacks, H's first teeth were easy and she lulled me into a false sense of security where she slept loads. However they haven't all been like that some have come through no bother some have caused a world of bother.

Spotty, H stands independently but has to use something or someone to get up first.

WL i hope you and DD2 are feeling better.

FoD i think your snowsuits sound lovely, i especially love your idea of using them for your next babies I've got H's 1st outfit and snowsuit in a frame, i know i'm weird i'm planning on doing the same for her christening outfit.

Pidj i hope your having a lovely night.

Beasty its sounds like you've had a lovely day i hope its tired A out enough so after his last wake up he sleeps right through.

Sorry i haven't been on for a few days, just been talking alot to DP. I saw the Dr on friday he was brilliant hes referred me or counselling and asked me to go back and see another Dr in the week before christmas. He asked me if i wanted to try some medication but i've refused at the moment as for me taking any medication is a last resort, i've always been like that.

Oh and i also love the festive name changes.

Argh temp of 40.7C can't decide whether to ring ooh, he's tired and clingy but otherwise seems okay?

I've got him down to 38 and he's just eaten the sudacrem out of his first aid kit. I'm taking that as a sign he feels a bit better!

Willyou i hope his temperature is back to normal now, if not i think i would ring ooh.

WillYou I would see a doctor today for a temp that's spiked that high. Yes the calpol brought it down but still only to 38. When I see temps over 40 it always scares me!

Glad your doctor was helpful hales

Hows J this morning Willyou?

I secondspotty - when O had a temp that high it turned out to be an ear infection and all we were doing was temporarily controlling with calpol..

Am up north on business with the young apprentice in attendance. Brought the travel cot but figured as dh isn't here he'd end up in bed with me and we'd have a snuggly night to compensate,, but seems like he's not keen any more. He was wriggling about like a beast and calmed right down in the cot. Slightly but also quite pleased with him for being more independent.

Neither of mine have ever been able to sleep in bed with me/us they just think it's play time! Dd can now she's older but never used to

DD is horribly wriggly in bed, but A sleeps as well in with me as in the cot (which isn't saying much).

We had a slightly better night last night, in that he woke every couple of hours rather than at least every hour.

WillYou love the sudacrem picture, but if I'd probably try and see the dr today too.

Thanks all, I rang the docs and said the magic words: baby with a very high temperature! They've got me in at 11:20. His temp is down to 37.9 but I don't care as he's wailing like a banshee so he needs to see someone!

We've only just woken up, I so needed that sleep and so did J. Thanks for all the advice, I wasn't sure if I was being too PFB!

Glad the doctors went well Hales and glad you and DP have been talking about it more.

Hope you're having fun up north Utopian. J went through a phase of hating cosleeping but he's back to loving it.

Glad you've got an appt WillYou.

I really need to sort out ds' next cat seat, is anyone else still in the infant carrier?! It's annoying because I will have to buy a spare one for my parents car

He's still in the infant carrier and given that he's quite small I can't see him moving up for a few months. My friend downloaded the which stuff on second stage car seats and the maxi cosi priori fix came very high up.