December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

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

He does that when over-tired, I just caught him at the right time i think - on the edge before he got screamy and started hitting and chucking his dinner about!

I have just been in to change a wet nappy btw, so not completely plain sailing

Anytime your up this way your more than welcome to join us in the paddling pool, although i can't guarentee the weather.

WL, congratulations a whole new start

I have just realised i've been making numerous errors when posting in grammer and spelling. I am going to apologise, i cannot use this phones keypad. And i don't check what i write as i just press send. So sorry to everyone.

hales that paddling pool looks great especially if £35- what's the name of it? May have to have a nose for it on amazon.

spotty think what would stop me going for a week is me missing them too much rather than the other way round- they would prob have a blast. Think we could do a wkend and have been thinking if it but till now dd has been so clingy to me that none of the grandparents were willing to babysit for more than a night.

Dd speech has suddenly taken another leap. Putting two words together like mama's keys or hello cat but with it has come mega tantrums! Ds never had them as bad so feel a bit lost in how to deal with them. Normally it's because she can't have something she wants etc so strategy at the moment is to just leave her to it (however embarrassing it is a other people's houses ) as don't want her thinking she can always get what she wants.

No grammar police here hales! Thanks, my boss was so nice when I surprised her with my notice this morning.
ddas T is a mega mummy's girl but was fine with DH when I went away. I always found either walking away from tantrums or moving dds to another room was a good way to nip them in the bud. Comforting them always made them way worse.
After a great night, last night T had me up from 4-5.30. Just appeared to be wide awake. I was so miserable. Fx for better tonight.

That's great that they're being supportive- did they know you were on the look out for something new?

I've booked an opticians appt Sunday and need to food shop Saturday but I've just remembered its the Goodwood festival of speed which means pure gridlock on the roads! We don't usually leave the house but I can hardly see so def need to go

Nope, they are just super nice people.

WL when do you start? It all sounds very exciting

Ddas it's still on the Smyths website at £34.99 its called the Dinosaur play centre. It seems to have shot up in price on the Amazon website though.

WL, i'm glad your bosses where nice about you leaving.

Spotty could you not ring the opticians explain the situation and they may have a cancellation you could take.

Finally had a phone call from the letting agency today. We get the keys to our very first family home tomorrow I am so excited.

hales no criticism here, I'm a stickler for it (took a photo in a certain orange supermarket the other day when the word Porcelian jumped out at me from a sign and facebooked it) but really don't give a stuff on here - we're all typing one handed while wrangling a toddler after all! You make sense and

Fantastic news hales! so excited for you. Hope you've got some bubbles on ice.

After literally hours of battling (including calpol and water) I've given in and fed her. I just cannot cope with these nights anymore. This weekend will bring full on cc. I am so miserable.

I think this time I really have to stop bfing.

Poor you WL is it all or nothing you think?

Hales that's so exciting!!

Can't cycle as it's a forty minute drive away and it needs to be a Sunday so dp can entertain the dc!

I'm this morning. I got woken up by my neighbours chickens at 4am!! There must have been a fox about as they're not usually noisy. I'd just got back to sleep and ds woke at 5:30

We're up to from 5.15 zzzzz. wlmum sounds tough- I really struggle with lack of sleep.

hales exciting!! Have a lovely day in your new house :)

WL sorry for the lack of sleep. I can't cope with lack of sleep it really does me in. When I'm tired I'm miserable, on a super scale. I'm definitely learning that mummy who has had some sleep is the most important part of me being a happy parent

hales ooohhh so excited for you! Hope the moving all goes as smoothly as possible!

DS bit DH really hard on the shoulder yesterday. DH shouted with shock and made DS cry. I'm hoping it is the teething that made DS bite. He does it very occasionally and boy does it hurt!

My logic being that she just won't give up until she gets boob but if there were no boobs we'd all have no choice. It was almost 3 hours of shenanigans last night.

Yes spotty all or nothing it seems. Go out early to the optician to avoid the traffic, then get stuck in town where the only option is to mooch around the shops and have lunch. Eventually the traffic will die down and you can return home!

I'll be ok getting home. Traffic will be gridlocked from petworth and haslemere to Goodwood from about 7am until lunch time. We will just have to leave early, maybe get breakfast out

Good luck moving in Hales.

I was up at 4.45 so I could get up before DD. It's her birthday and we managed to open presents before I left for work. I'm tired though!!

Happy Birthday to your daughter Beasty.

WL, sorry that you've had to come to that decision. I can totally understand the logic behind it. Are you happy about it though? I think sometimes our babies seem to push us right to the end of our tethers.

Nutella i totally agree with you. When i sleep well i feel ready to face anything.

Ddas i forgot to tell you that i showed H the video of your DP throwing your DD up on fb. And she made us do the same to her.

A girl i went to school with has put on fb that her DH died yesterday. I'll be giving DP a huge hug today. I can't imagine what her and her toddler son are going through.

On a more positive note, i'm off to collect the keys to our new house woohoo

WL tough decision but one that's right for you. When I night weaned R I started leaving a no-spill cup or water in his cot at night. Saves me getting up if he decides he's thirsty!

Happy birthday MiniBeasty

hales how horrible but yay for keys :)

Horrific night here, if I wasn't woken by R needing something it was trucks delivering to the shops at 4 freaking am

That's really sad hales

Happy birthday to your dd beasty.

Ds slept for three hours and has still woken up miserable

R had 30 minutes, then I changed his nappy and he's been crying/whinging for 45 minutes so far trying to get himself back to sleep. He's calm if I'm in with him but cries as soon as I leave. Has had calpol and a different type of nappy, calpol should be kicking in shortly. I don't know what to do - he wants to play if I'm with him but is currently crying through sheer tiredness, isn't even standing or sitting in his cot, just lying there miserable