December 2012: 1st birthdays and 1st/2nd Christmasses

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We had a crap night again - it seems we have one good followed by one bad. T was up at 1.15 and then again 20 mins later when u decided enough was enough and started letting her cry for a bit and then going in, laying her down, quick rub/pat. She cried on and off til 3.30 and then got up bright as a button at 5.30. Cc tonight. She better learn fast because I've really had enough now!

Ds just had his jabs and was super brave

A survived nursery with no bottle. In fact they said they think no bottle helped him eat more, and he drank lots of cow milk.

DH is still upstairs settling A and trying to get him to sleep not wanting to admit that getting him to sleep at every waking last night was pure luck . Poor DD said on the way home that she doesn't want A sleeping in her room any more because she doesn't like all the crying. In fairness she falls asleep to the sound of him balling his eyes out and I wouldn't like that either.

I loved not having to pump when I got home. I got to prep dinner ready to just shove in the oven in a mo, and got washing done and all sorts!

Bless him spotty. I've postponed Ts til week after next so I can take her. Not looking forward to it. We went to wisley today for the enchanted story trail - it was def worth a visit if you get a chance before it ends on 5th. We went last year when T was just 2weeks old. How time flies.

beasty I def think T is starting to eat more during the day now she's getting the message that night milk is off the menu. Poor dd, dd2 gets upset (and a bit cross) when T really wails.

Glad jabs went okay Spotty, j's will come next week when I'm back at work

Yay to no pumping Beasty, glad A had a good day at nursery.

Poor DD's though having to listen to crying babies. Hopefully they'll get the sleep training message soon.

J's shrieking in his bed as I type. I hate sleep training with a passion.

willyou I hope the shrieking didn't last too long. I'm utterly exhausted and off to bed now but with a feeling of dread.

I hope your nights are ok

Poor dd beasty! Dd had her hands over her ears when ds had his jabs I think it upset her a bit (although I had prepared her) she was begging dp not to hurt ds when he was taking the plasters off.

Ds was awake when I took dd to bed tonight but they both went to sleep without a peep

N's got his jabs on Tue - managed to swap from Thursday so I can take him, but DS1 will be with us too and I can imagine him having a very similar reaction to your DD Spotty.

Good luck to those who are sleep training tonight. Have started leaving N for minute or so before picking him up to settle. It did seem to be helping him to get the message that it's bedtime. I am however currently feeding him so it has had somewhat limited success tonight. Might need yo consider stepping up to full on sleep training but not sure if I'm quite ready yet. Find the minute or do that we do hard and I know I need to toughen my resolve for it to have any chance of working.

I cuddled to sleep after 1.5h of screaming and it was absolutely lovely. I stroked his face and he lay smiling at me before falling asleep. He's v unsettled tonight, he has the most mahoosive molar almost through. It feels like an adult tooth.

We ditched sleep training due to hating it with a passion, so I feel for anyone caught up in it. Fx it works fast or here to support you if you choose to ditch.

O was naturally down to 1 or 2 wakes before Christmas but due to 10 days moving about, sharing our room again, and being boobed into silence at the first squeak,we are back to 3. Hmm. He's still on no day milk from me though, so just need to get back into the norm. He's been super clingy and distressed since we got home though - I had a mild tummy bug 24 hrs ago, so hoping it's not that.

Bastard road is closed

We're not even thinking about reducing the waking yet. This is just us getting him to go down in the cot to start the night! Although he went down at 7 and didn't come into us until 11.30pm.

It was quite a jump in eating yesterday. On Wednesday he ate 1/8 an English muffin, one carrot stick and 3 pieces of pasta. That was all, and about par for the course for the whole Christmas break. Yesterday he ate porridge at breakfast, half his pasta carbonara with veg and a whole pot of fruit salad, all his baked beans and half his toast and a piece of fruit.

I'm exhausted now, after just 2 early starts. Can't wait until tomorrow. And I get a mostly child free day too. Can get the house sorted or just watch the 3rd series of the Killing that I got for Christmas

Imo sleep training either works in a day or two or won't and you should try something else. They're either ready or not, like potty training!

Well, at the risk of cursing it he seems to be picking up the going to sleep in his cot thing. If we weren't seeing improvements we'd be giving up- we said at the start we'd try for a week. But we could tell on day 2 and 3 that it's been progressively better.

But I can tell he built my supply up over the holiday- all I'll say is that I'm pleased to be wearing a black cotton top and a big cardigan. I might try and collect them early from MIL though, purely for my own comfort!!

We saw the HV today, she offered some positive advice on how to cope at the moment, i have really struggled over christmas. And now we have an action plan for H's sleep and getting her back in the cot. She basically confirmed that we were planning on doing it the right way. But said it may take a while as she is so use to being in our bed. It was a really good visit for the 1st time in a long time, i didn't feel judged and felt like i was a good parent.

WL, i have my fx that tonight is a better night for you and you as well Willyou. I'm glad that A is doing better with his cot Beasty.

Spotty where were you stuck? FX your not stuck anymore.

Its my friends 30th Birthday tonight and she's having a party, i'm popping in once i finish work.

Happy new year all! Baby Lazza has turned 1. We had tea & cake at home. She's also now weaned completely to a cup. Was much easier than I thought. In fact, she really wasn't bothered!

I'm just checking in to say good bye! New Years resolution is less screen time. It seems like a good time to stop checking in. It's been SO helpful to share things on here but things have really settled down.

Good luck to all of you ...especially those sleep training...and to those with new little ones on the way.

Happy Birthday to baby Lazza

Sorry your leaving Lazza, if you decide to come back we'll be here for you whenever

Bye lazza! Good luck for the new year and we're always here if needed.

Sounds like good news on people's sleep fronts. O grabbed his water bottle and seemed all set for a massive drink from that till I got the boob out; wondering if I should have now, but he didn't have a huge supper so thought he'd want the nutrients. Has anyone else gone on to cow's milk now they're one? Thinking of it, but when I offered from a cup he thought it was decidedly odd.

And happy birthday baby lazza!

Have just realised I have no new year's resolutions.

Good bye lazza!

Ds has been having cows milk for ages and he has his night time milk in a cup. Fourth night now and he drinks it then goes down with no problems. Soon I will give him his milk before his bath so I can brush his teeth after his milk.

I just booked a holiday not until June but super excited! hope work authorise my holiday request or I quit

Fare thee well lazza
Glad hv was good hales, hope you haven't been feeling low?
Last night was a mixed bag - T cried out at 2 but seemingly settled herself straight away, again at 3 and settled with a quick pat but 4 o'clock was a different story. After over an hour of on/off crying which had progressed from whinging to sobbing I caved and picked her up and cuddled her to sleep. I know she should be going to bed awake but she often falls asleep on the boob while I'm reading with dd1 - tonight I tried hard to rouse her before I put her down but she wasn't having any of it!
I think pidj is right - if it doesn't work in a few days we'll stop but we already have some self settling where before we had none so I'm hopeful.

A has cow's milk when he isn't with me and has done for a while with MIL

And the big news is that tonight he settled himself. In his cot.

Go babybeasty!