The 8th Broadly Gemini Bus- The one where the babies refuse to sleep!

[bringonthetrumpets]

Numero 8!

Hoping for some actual sleep tonight!

Thought my opinion might cause a rise in bus chatter

Great news that he took the bottle Lor! If you're planning on weaning, best to go slow as to avoid mastitis and clogged ducts. You could still pump to stock up as you gradually wean too as the pump isn't always as efficient with getting all the milk out as a little mouth is. Also, it's such a different situation when mum isn't there. It's like the little people just know when we're in the house and will put up a huge fight.... but will be little angels for other people when we're out.

I've often wondered that too Frus Granted, BSL and ASL are slightly different, but I wonder why baby signs aren't closer to the official sign language signs. Either way, I wholeheartedly agree that being able to communicate no matter which way it is, is so valuable for the little people.

I must just have a very easy to understand child. He's always rubbed his eyes when he's tired, used to bite my shoulder when he was over tired (hasn't happened since sleep training began), flaps his arms and legs when he's excited, dives into me when he's hungry or goes extra clingy if he wants a snack (he will be happily playing and then he comes for a cuddle and does a little moan if he's hungry) and if he doesn't want something like food or drink he will put his hand out as if to say stop. I obviously take his communication skills for granted if other babies don't give out such clear signals. That's what I mean when I say I don't think signing is such a big deal but obviously a great help for those who don't have the clear signals from their babies like I do. Also, I'm really talking about signs like "aeroplane" and "cat"...I can definitely see why signs like "food", "drink", "sleep" and "more" are essential to teach babies who need to communicate those particular requirements! I just don't feel babies need to learn how to sign "aeroplane" or "duck" at this young age. Just my opinion

Lor ~ wow that's great that he's excepting the bottle. What a relief for you if you're going back to work soon! I know what you mean about having your body back. I'm rather scared about the deflated mess it will leave me with I've been thinking about buying some chest firming cream but I'm not sure if it's just money down the drain?!

We must have just had our lines crossed somewhere then. When I say "baby sign" I really just mean the essentials. "Plane" and "mailbox" are quite outside the realm of what a small baby needs to know. With that said, M is a shouter and I have no idea what the shouts mean half the time. It's a guessing game. Some sense of direction from her is wonderful and eliminates a lot of frustration on both of our parts.

M is doing lots of down-dogs and its so flippin funny! I have to follow her around today and see if I can catch it in a photo.

Ohhhhhhhh I'm jeolous!

Frus

I've had a worrying/lovely/depressing day! It started off with DH taking Runt to the GP to check out a weird little lump on his head. Got to go back in a few weeks to see if they think it's changed. Then we went out & I got to buy a few bits in hobbycraft. I always buy unnecessary things in there but was v restrained & only bought 2 things that weren't on my list! Once the DCs were napping we pottered in the garden before I made a cuppa. While drinking it I looked at fb & discovered that the friend who chatted to me after that meeting the other day & reassured me that I wasn't being excluded from any groups didn't invite us to her DS's 2nd birthday party. Most of the rest of the toddler group volunteers were there. Not excluded at all... What makes it worse is that I realised Calf was talking about wanting to play with her DS while the party would've been going on. It's really upset me - I feel like my children are being left out because of me. Like I'm ruining their lives! Stupid, I know, but I can't help it.

Still, tomorrow's another day, right?! Pff. Who needs friends anyway?!

I couldn't have put it any better myself Frusso 100% agree. We you, Agnu.

Ha ha. Love the yogi picture on FB. DS is doing that too. So cute.

AGnu Frus is right. Who'd want friends like her and her dcs.

Yaah I agree too Agnu They sound like a bunch of ladies who you really don't need in your life. Spend time with those who care

I find it really hard not to crawl back to bed when I put bpear down for his 9ish nap. I have two choices 1) have a hot shower and get ready for the day without worrying about bpear or 2) crawl back to bed knowing that I would never be able to do that with 2 children. Hmmmm I'm torn!

Well I went and did an 8.30 vinyasa yoga class! First proper yoga class in about 18 months. Wasn't too bad actually.

That sounds very energising Lor! Is DH looking after bubs or are you doing the class together? I've been trying to swap bad naughty snacks for sesame seeds and almonds...now I just end up eating both

I went for the hot shower in the end. Good choice. As I stepped out of shower bpear woke up. Must have been in the shower for 30 minutes

DH had bubs while I went off ON MY OWN to do a class! He always takes him for a few hours on a Saturday though. I got my haircut today too. Last Saturday I went off to the Women Of The World festival at the Southbank from 11-6 and DH had DS.

Ooh look

Good day of rugby yesterday

Congrats Lor! Makes a world of difference, doesn't it?

Rugby, huh?

We're all about the Man U and LFC over here today.

M is crawling around and banging toys together. She also likes to stick her hand in my bra whilst falling asleep and blow raspberries on my boob when she refuses to go to sleep.

Oh yeah. Watching that match now bring

Been in to the St Patrick's Day festivities earlier, then lunch in St James park. Mucky little C crawling around in his Ireland shirt. So cute [Shamrock]

Oops

I wish I had something exciting to write on here. It's been so slow this weekend.

Well, actually I do... DH and I stayed at a hotel at a casino on Friday night for a work-do. My younger sister (21) watched the kids for us that night. I periodically checked in with her through text and she said everything was great and M ended up sleeping through the night. We get home on Saturday morning and my sister leaves.... DS2 comes in and says "We got to see Auntie's house and go drive in the car and she told me that I can't tell anybody" Was my face. I thought he was just making shiz up so I pulled DS1 in and asked him. The look of struggle on his face made my heart break when he said "Auntie told us not to tell you, but she put us all in the car so we could pick up her friend from the mall and bring him to her house" My sister ended up waking up M and putting her in her carseat, strapping the kids into their seats and taking my car out to the next city over to pick up her boyfriend and bring him back to her flat at 8 at night. Dh and I made sure to take 3 hours to calm the fuck down (I was ready to KILL HER OVER THE PHONE) and when I was levelheaded enough to have a conversation she mentioned the detail that her bf locked himself out of her flat and walked to the mall where she could pick him up. It's still just absolutely ridiculous that she never mentioned it AND that she told my kids to not tell us. Her lesson learned; never trust a 4 year old. Of course, when you're 21, everything seems like a good idea at the time and then it's absolutely the stupidest thing you've ever done once you look back at it. Oh my life. She's going to have to give me hourly location updates next time she watches my kids!

Omg bring!!!! The worrying bit is the first thought I had was how did she even manage to pile 3 kids in a car past bedtime? Bpear would have screamed the street down if we strapped him in a car 1 second past 7pm. I guess it was an unusual outing for them all?! Dare I say exciting at first but it must have been quite a worry for your boys Well done for keeping your cool!! I would have gone bananas at her right away which would have been foolish

Bpear is waking up at 6 every morning. He's still bleep bleep tired when we get him up it's just because he's refusing to settle. I'm leaving him this morning. Now he's settling. TG. Learnt my lesson in the last two days. Longer day naps = less night sleeping

He woke again but I did not pick him up until 6:30 I have a suspicion it may have something to do with the lighter morning and the crap blackout blind we've just put up in his room

Has anyone managed to get their LO attached to something? It would soooo help us if he would take to something. My best bed would be leaving him with a soft muslin but I'm not sure a muslin left in a cot is a good idea at this age? Would my thin cardigan be dangerous too?