July 2013 - Part 2 - All I want for Christmas is a good nights sleep!

[dinkystinky]

New thread for us to natter away on...

[dinkystinky]

Loving the finding out stories!

J had his third set of jabs this afternoon - crying jags been minimal so far so am hoping he has manned up for this set!

Mil fell down the stairs and broke her ankle yesterday - she and sil (over from US for a couple of days) were meant to be staying with us this weekend..suspect j and his big brothers will stay with me and dh will take sil to see mil instead.

[PhiePhyPhoPhum]

Oh no dinky sending positive healing vibes to mil!

M keeps playing up for DSis who is looking after her now I am back at work, she's been lovely all day for me, smiles & happy then I drop her at my sisters & go to work & come back to find that she screamed for hours whilst I've been at work & DSis has been getting stressed, well this worries me about leaving her now! Argh!

[Abzs]

Weighed today: 8.58kg or 18lb 14oz in old money.

Spoke to hv about possible pnd. I'll see her again next week as the gp too.

Am at my dad's house where J has done his first proper rolls. Back to front then carried on over in the same direction. Of course he did the first one just as I looked down at my dinner.

[dinkystinky]

Hugs Abzs - its surprisingly common for pnd to hit around the 4 month mark and you've had a lot going on outside of having a little one too. Hope HV and GP are supportive and helpful.

Yay for J's rolling. My J has stopped rolling from front to back and just lies there yelling for his handservant (yours truly) to roll him over...

[dinkystinky]

Phie - M is probably just adjusting to the change. She'll settle down soon I promise. Though you do need to get DSis to stop getting stressed - if she can stay calm and zen, M will calm down that little bit quicker.

[Thinkingofmyfabfour]

abzs wow J is getting big! Sorry you are not feeling so great - have you got any friends with babies at all, or going to any groups with J? Even just going for walks to get out the house always makes me feel better. Maybe part of what you are feeling is to do with losing your grandmother?
I just heard about the mother and baby sessions at Belmont cinema on Wednesday's (which is my day with just M to look after). I can't go this week but think I'll try and go soon, I'll let you know when in case you fancy coming along?

dinky that's a shame about your mil, hope she heals quickly!

Well I had my residential course last week, 2.5 days of learning and 2 nights in hotel with M in tow- and she was great! Smiling, cooing generally pretty quiet and extra lovely. I'd say I missed less than 10% of all the talks, and that was mostly through having to go out and change her nappy. So major phew and yay on my part, as it was a bit of a gamble going this year. Couldn't have done it without my sling which I'm now using almost all the time as M now seems to really hate being in the buggy. I've been kind of cold on school run so I've bought a second hand baby-wearing coat which will hopefully arrive this week (in time for the cold snap hopefully!)
M is just over 4 months old now, where has the time gone?

[dinkystinky]

Wow its been quiet on here. So pleased you had a good time (as did M by the sounds of it!) on the residential course Thinking. You must must must go to the cinema - J and I have been going to our local independent cinema to watch various films on a Monday and its lovely (and you can only really do it before the babies get mobile so make the most of it!). Thanks for your well wishes for MIL - we went down to brighton today to see her and she's looking pretty good and fairly mobile so fingers crossed she'll bounce right back.

[cheekbyjowl]

that's good news about your mil dinky

phie hats off to you for returning to work. you're doing brilliantly im sure and hopefully m will settle into the change soon

abz hope you can get some good support around you. are there any other fifo wags nearby who you can natter with when your dh is away

woop for the success in the residency course. that's impressive work

operation sleep is underway in our house tonight. dh has developed insomnia from the broken nights and changed job
j is still waking eveey 90 mins so im now camped out on the floor by his cot in the hope he sleeps better and doesn't disturb dh. Im glad im only 5ft and a bit as im lodged between furniture. praying there are no spiders x

[StillNoFuckingEyeDeer]

How did everyone sleep, cheek?

[SundaySunshine]

Ah Phie, going back to work is really tough, you're doing really well. Hope you're DSis can minimise her stress.

We took L swimming for first time on Sunday. He did really well, even though the water wasn't particularly warm. Stayed in for nearly an hour and then he feel asleep on my shoulder! Interestingly he had his best night sleep for over a month, only woke up twice, but the first wake up at 12.30 he fed enthusiastically for a whole hour. He usually falls back to sleep after 10 mins. So maybe the extra exercise did some good? Unfortunately DD spent most of the night awake and L's (pampers) nappie couldn't compete with the marathon feed so he woke up in a big puddle, ach! Still there is hope that one day I might be able to get more than three hours sleep in one night.

[Beginningofthejourney]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one suffering from sleep deprivation! I've struggled this weekend as its all catching up with me...I don't even expect him to sleep right through but I was excited last night that he actually went 4 hours! I might punch the next person that asks me what kind of night we had! Lol
thinking very impressed I wouldn't have risked it!
Hope everyone else is ok, I can't remember what else I planned on commenting on!

[cheekbyjowl]

thanks still dh went to docs today and got given something to knock him out so fingers crossed it works for him as hes really suffering with it. j is not a sleeper. I think im soft but tried to settle him last night without feeding him. it didn't work but ill persevere. Beginning sorry you're having a tough time with sleep too. if you find something that works let me know!

[Beginningofthejourney]

I'll share if you share cheek ...my nan was told by a doctor that wet sand in a sock doesn't leave a mark! Not sure that's good advice these days! Lol

[dinkystinky]

Cheek, Beginning, you have my sympathy - my j isn't a sleeper either. We are trying giving him a bottle of ebm when he first wakes to see if he will stretch himself out between feeds about more...

[Silver15]

Beginning lol to the wet sand in a sock.

I can relate to the non sleepers. My J has also not been sleeping well. He likes waking up in the night to have a 'chat'. This would sometimes stretch for 3 hrs to abt 5:30am yet i have to get the other 2 ready for school in thr morning plus school run. Last night was good though. He had his imms during the day and by night time he had a fever. I gave him calpol which helped. I've just woken him to feed as the boobs were leaking so much due to lack of action in the night.

[Abzs]

Any one else have snow?

[cheekbyjowl]

no abz but im jealous!

[Abzs]

It's only 1cm, but third week of November = winter round here. First dusting of snow and the geese back in the field.

J has just woken up soaked after a mammoth sleep. Need to get the bedding stripped and through the wash before the men turn up to lay the vinyl in the kitchen.

[dinkystinky]

Well bottle of EBM conclusively rejected when he woke at 10 last night - but he slept till 2.30 then! So I guess it sort of worked...

Wow at the snow Abzs - am dreading it here with the school run as the roads in London are rubbish at the best of times! AT least up in scotland you're set up for it!!

[Beginningofthejourney]

Snow! We have a crisp sunny day today. We had a talk on weaning today at baby class apparently the latest research says that you shouldn't start before 17 weeks but should have started by 6 months, If left til nearer 6 months then move through stages quite quickly. We started about 3 weeks ago and already up to 3 meals a day!

[cheekbyjowl]

tell me beginning how's weaning going? are you doing puree or finger foods. ive tried j with the odd bit of fruit but interested to know what others are doing. I asked the hv why it was 6 months now since our generation were weaned earlier and I concluded that breast milk is sufficient till 6 months but you can introduce solids before then should you choose to. ..but don't start with nut roast and steak tartar

[Beginningofthejourney]

I started with baby rice made with breast milk but T wasn't overly bothered, then tried a bit of puréed carrot, then some baby breakfast of some kind, T became more enthusiastic with this, moved quickly to steaming and pureeing everything, I freeze in ice cubes whats left. So far the only thing he's not keen on is banana. He enjoyed gumming toast...he wants what ever I have! Today he's had 2 bowls of breakfast, a rusk and pear purée for lunch, and 2 cubes of sweet potatoe, 2 of swede and 1 of sprout followed by 2 of apple...I'm worried I've been starving him until now!

[Mrsd77]

Beginning DS was just like that! Hungry little chap!

I saw my GP post hv weighing issue. Is v happy with L and gave me a very balanced view of weaning and all the theories. She suggested I start v slowly as it may encourage L to drink more milk as she was dropping her intake. So we too are on purées at lunchtime. Loves porridge, pear and banana. None on the bib!!! Thankfully she's decided her lunchtime bottle is now not such a horrific idea!

Saw hv on Monday who was (almost) supportive!

[cheekbyjowl]

oh the cold wind doth blow and we sure have snow!

[Thinkingofmyfabfour]

We had some snow yesterday but unfortunately I had dhs car as mine was getting it's winter tyres on. I had no idea how bad his car was till I started skidding down steep hill towards old stone bridge (with 50 foot drop to river). The only thing I could do to stop was deliberately go onto grass verge and skid into passing place just before bridge. I had all the kids with me and may have muttered some sweary types words till we came to a standstill. I don't think wee ones noticed as ds1 was busy exclaiming how slippy the road was
Got my own car back today and dhs car getting winter tyres today. Not the kind of adventure I wish to repeat!

M weighed today and is 15lb 10 and still on 75th centile. I predict she may be one tough cookie when she grows up
Still not started weaning here yet, I'm trying to hold off till 2014 anyway! Any of you doing blw?