December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

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Started a new thread for us before we run out of room.

H has had a temper tantrum so bad that she headbutted my chin and then when i shouted no she headbutted me in the eye. I started crying she has a massive hard head This apparently made her cry and stop the tantrum to cuddle me.

At least she came good in the end hales
Poor T had a massive crash today (dhs watch as I was at work but it was bound to happen) - DH was at the kitchen end, T climbed on a dining chair (lightweight cheap ikea) and lent over the back - her and chair toppled over and she head butted the floor. Apparently she yelled til she saw a packet of Pom bears and then recovered! She's got quite a bruise though.

DS tends to cry till distracted with the right thing. I read something saying you shouldn't distract a child from pain - something woo about teaching them their feelings don't matter. DS distracts himself though 'cry cry cry ooh aeroplane, smile point, wait for aeroplane to pass, cry cry cry...' I tend to be surprised though, DS will cry for a very short time, then a couple hours later I'll find the bruise/injury, having been sure he can't have hurt himself.

Remember the horrific 18 month sleep disturbance that was mentioned a while ago? Well we're in it! J has woken for a 3 hour playtime for the past 3 nights. I'm already broken, I cannot keep doing this!

When awake he repeatedly slaps my face and shrieks/laughs. Fed up.

Stacks you can acknowledge his feelings and then distract. 'Oh poor ds that must have really hurt come and have a cuddle, poor you etc...oh look, an aeroplane!!'

WillYou that sucks I hope you get a lie in

Stacks when we were at the playgroup on Friday a few mums commented on how DS falls down and then picks himself up again and doesn't seem to cry much.
If he falls and hurts himself I know about it and of course I cuddle and comfort him. But I distract him or give him a teddy to cuddle/play with too... I think everyone distracts their child from crying. If you can't then you know it must be bad!

My nephew is 12 and still cries (if his mum is around) when he falls down... It's got a bit beyond a joke.

willyou 18 month sleep regression? Lalalalalalalalalala DS is 17 months TODAY and still sleeping fairly well - except for taking ages to go to sleep at the moment and waking up a bit early...

DS climbs on everything. It's a wonder he hasn't fallen down more seriously. DH went upstairs yesterday and DS hung from the stairgate screaming and throwing himself around... It's on the first step so if he had pulled it down that would have been nasty! I do wish we'd gone for screw in options though.

This baby feels like it is trying to burst its way out of my stomach. It is crazy active!

I just had avocado and Worcester sauce on toast. Was delicious. Dp and I are going shopping today and the dc are going to my mums. I'm really looking forward to eating lunch alone! Will miss the dc though it's such a nice day we could have done something fun!

He was up 1:30-gone 5. I could've totally lost it, honestly I was so annoyed. I held onto my temper by a thread. I did get very snappy and I stormed out of the bedroom at one point and had a minute in the bathroom. I cannot cope with that night after night.

Don't blame you willyou!

Hope you have a better night tonight WillYou.

I will not have an 18 month regression. A only has to sleep through the next 3 nights in a row to beat DD to the red book entry of "regularly sleeping through the night"- 17 vs 25.5 months.

Ds is 18mo and one week no sleep regression but plenty of stropping, sulking in the corner and hitting if I pick him up when he doesn't want me to!

Yes, major stopping/ tears if he doesn't get his own way! But I remember with DD thinking we'd hit the terrible twos early, then realising we were nowhere close...

willyou DS has been a pain the last few nights (actually, an angel by comparison) to get to sleep and he has been waking a bit early. Plus I have leg cramps waking me up ...
It made today a bit pants for all of us because I was tired and DH was tired.

DS is obsessed with putting his wellies on. He shrieks at them when it doesn't work and gets really really annoyed. This isn't when I'm getting him ready to go out. It's just whenever he fancied wearing his wellies.
He can put one on himself and will stomp around being very proud of himself.

Willyou i feel your night time pain. I hope you get some sleep tonight.

Spotty i hope you and DP had a great day today.

Beasty, well done to A i hope he manages the next 3 nights.

Nutella, FX you get some rest today and well done to DS for figuring out his wellies.

H also has major melt downs at the moment. I can't wait for the headbutting to stop.

I am off to bed now as i feel abit eugh. Hopefully a sleep will sort it out.

18m sleep regression lasted about 3 days here. But I'm pretty harsh - if there's nothing I can do, I leave him to it and check every 20 minutes if I think he needs it. He usually shouts for a minute or two then chats himself to sleep and at 3am I'm fucked if I'm listening to 20 minutes of that! I switch the monitor off then I can only hear him if he's actually upset (I go in if he's actually hysterical, btw, I don't abandon him to CIO alone)

It does mean that I can often lie in till 8 - he usually wakes around 5:30/6 for a nappy but will play and doze in his cot till later so I turn off the monitor and catch a bit more rest

I'm in bed. DS has been a PiTA to get to bed. In the end I made XP DP it as I was on the verge of running away to sea.

I cannot believe the difference over a couple days. He's completely pushing the boundaries constantly. But he's just so gorgeous too. He learned "nose" complete with pointing (at his, yours, any nose in the vicinity) and he's so adorably proud of himself.

It's a good job I love him

He was hysterical for about 4 hours though Pidj, no gentle chatting here. He screamed until he sounded like he'd be sick so I had to put him in my bed but he still wasn't happy. I'm so bloody tired now!

Ah, ok, I wouldn't leave R if he was hysterical. Or not for more than 5-10 minutes having changed nappy, given calpol and checked the level of his drink

Just sold my bumbo on eBay for 99p! Ah well, you win some you lose some.
beasty we have yet to acheive the holy grail of sleeping all night.

Wish I had some words of wisdom willyou. Really hope its a phase which passes quickly. How often is he staying with xp?

He stays there 2-3 times a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes a weekend night. He keeps offering more but he doesn't get that I don't want him to have him there as I miss out on seeing him.

He slept 9-6:30 with one 20 minute wake last night so much better. I was asleep for 10 so got 8hours: feel worse than I did yesterday off 4 hours!

It must be so hard to get the right balance. Glad he slept better for you last night.

Willyou please don't think I'm having a go.. But do you think DS is unsettled? Because he's changing where he sleeps every couple of nights? He's quite young to adapt to that and thus playing up? Just an idea.

DS is finally sleeping later that 6am here. We followed the advice that someone posted from the sleep fairy for early morning waking... Working well so far. Turns out DS doesn't need his huge sleep in the day anymore!

Dp 'hid' my birthday present in the cupboard with the iron and handheld Hoover I'm not sure if I should be offended or not?!

Spotty well I suppose if you never look in there it was a good idea...I could probably hide elephants amongst DH's stacks of paper to sort/file/chuck... As long as he doesn't expect you to suddenly need that cupboard more often .

maryland there's a sleep fairy?

willyou do you think the changes are unsettling DS? Does exdp follow DS's routine? I find it takes DS 2/3 nights in a change of venue to get used to things. Mind you with the move, growth spurt, teeth.... Who knows what else on top I suppose you can never know what's bothering them.

DS seems to settle better for DH rather than me at the moment. Daytime naps are fine but he can chatter and whinge for over an hour at bedtime on the nights I put him down.