Jan 2014 - can we call it a sleep regression if they didn't sleep in the first place?

[Swannykazoo]

Here goes...

Wee ditto on the shushing, rocking etc for naps. We've had 1hr45 in naps today, spread over 3 naps. Felix there is no chance I would get 2 hours out of Xander for 1 nap either! I am lucky though, as yet we haven't had a sleep regression and he settles himself most nights. I know, we are extremely lucky!

Reading the weaning stuff with great interest. X is 6 months on the 1st so looking forward to getting into food properly. Bit concerned about time on the days I'll be working full time but we'll get used to it I'm sure! I am a bit pfb about X swallowing lumps of things he is gumming but I'm sure I'll get over that too!

Over the mid-week hump everyone!

The newest favourite in our house is nectarine. She ate half a nectarine at lunchtime with none going on the floor, and then raged at me when I wouldn't give her any more. I thought she might get tummyache if she had the while thing. Or as DS said, "she'd be shitting through the eye of a needle!"

For dinner tonight she had risotto (chorizo and pea) and some blueberries. She definitely liked the blueberries more than the risotto!

*whole thing.
This phone really pisses me off with the autocorrecting. It takes it upon itself to correct words even when I've written the right thing. It often swaps 'in' for 'on' and vice versa, just because it thinks that's actually what I meant to say when actually if I'd meant to say it I'd have written it in the first place so stop sticking your oar in you interfering fucker.

Did I mention I'm grumpy tonight?
I'm in bed already like an old lady.

Found you all! I keep losing the thread. Going to try and catch up!

toby I've been grumpy today too. I am also all ready in bed old lady fist bump!

Have done a rubbish job of catching up, L won't settle so I'm a bit distracted!

Lots of talk of weaning, I can't believe they're all getting so old, when they were newborns weaning seemed like forever away! I had read about introducing things slowly but the health visitor said not to worry about it, although things that she's more likely to be allergic to I'll introduce on their own. Remember if they're going to have a reaction it'll be the second time they eat something. Doing mostly BLW, tried a heinz puree today as we had take out and I couldn't be bothered to cook up a few bits just for L! She loved it, although it was very messy!

Back again! Cannot believe it rained for 3 out of the 4 days we were in the south of France. I need sunshine!!!

We have just moved to your approach Toby and mostly give c a bit of anything we're having. It's much easier and she seems game! She is a total fruit fatty though and can't get enough of it. We probably need to be a bit careful with that. However, tonight she ate pasta bolognese and some broccoli purée stuff before her apple purée and pinapple chunk which is a bit more balanced than usual. DH and I also very much enjoyed (hoovered) the hummus I bought for C....

HV was supposed to come today for her 6 month visit but she cancelled an hour before! Was particularly irritated as I'd arranged for the dog to be walked as we were supposed to have a busy day. Has anyone had this visit? Can't really be bothered with it. When she phoned to cancel she asked me how I was and for some reason i said "not at all bad today" and she took that to mean that some days are bad! I'm going to be on their watch list now!

Also can't believe we have a crawler! Eeek! And we thought the first 6 months were hard work!!

Never tell the truth to a HV spged, I learnt the hard way! Sorry your holiday was rainy.

Weaning is going well here. I can attest to the miracle bowel-moving powers of nectarine toby! P likes all fruit, but goes properly crazy for broccoli and baby corn. She shuns carrots and cauliflower, which is fair enough. I might try some fish later.

I've been trying not to post because I know I'm always whining, but I'm losing my mind a bit here I think. P still feeds to sleep almost all the time, and will otherwise only be rocked to sleep by me. If DH tries to help with anything and I leave the room, she screams until I come back. I can't even shower or go to the loo without her and it is doing my head in. Only I can feed her, settle her, sleep next to her, and change her without a meltdown. I've also made my anxiety worse by reading the new stuff about how bad co sleeping is She has slept for an average of two hours for the last three nights, and I'm really worried that I'm going to roll on her because I'm so exhausted. She's six months today, and the longest she's ever slept is four hours, which she's only done twice.

Sorry. Mememe.

Oof, Book, that's seriously tough. My friend who had her baby in Feb ended up using a sleep consultant as they were at their wits' end with DD - they've gone from precisely zero sleep at night to stretches of 5/6 hours. Might be worth trying to save your sanity? Six months is an unbelievably long time to have basically no sleep... Think you're doing amazingly to still have the ability to post coherently on here!!

Oh book I'm so sorry please don't think you can't post here! We are all listening no matter what.

I second the sleep consultant (although I don't know how pricey they are). One of my NCT class had the exact same problems as you since her baby was born until around 5 months and she was so exhausted. The consultant gave them a strict routine/method to follow for 10 days and now he sleeps from 7-7 with one wake up for a feed. She was so skeptical at first but said it was worth every penny.

Cheers angel and felix. I've been looking at a local sleep consultant, but she's not even accepting emails until next week as she's so busy. I've been putting it off to avoid sleep regressions, weaning etc., but things are getting daft now. I feel like such a twat though everyone else seems to cope okay. It'd be easier. If DH could help I think.

book sounds like you are doing remarkably well considering. I've got no advice I'm afraid. We've not attempted Dh putting her to sleep yet and I'm dreading it!

Felix with your nap routine would you wake them up when it got to the allocated time e.g. after 45 mins?

book were all here to listen. I really don't know how you cope. H has only slept through twice and that was months ago and when we have a stretch of really bad nights I feel awful but then we get a better night and I get 4 or so hours in a row and feel better again. I couldn't imagine the bad nights every night

book
L is still a terrible sleeper too, but at least DH can take her for a few hours every morning, I would have had a break down a long time ago without that! I don't know how you're doing it. Don't worry about the new Co sleeping stuff, do whatever you need to do to stay sane!

Nature I think you're meant to wake them. The woman from my NCT class who saw the sleep consultant said she has to wake her baby up at 7 even if he's still asleep, then wake up after 40 minutes on his 9am nap, then he's meant to sleep 2 hours at 12 but never goes that long. I didn't wake Sylvie up yesterday as she only naps around 30 minutes at a time anyway. I'd feel really bad waking her up

So the non-pooing was sorted by nectarine, book? She's just eaten another half so that'll be fun later then

I totally get what you mean about having to do everything yourself.

Bloody phone posting before I was ready!

Doing everything yourself is really tiring and annoying. That's why I was grumpy last night. I was feeling really put-upon. I left DS to make dinner while I fetched DH from the station and when I got back he'd done Man Cooking and used All The Things and not cleaned up after himself. So I raged a bit about that. Then I wound myself up into a right mard about everything

At least DH tries to help, though. I can't imagine how hard it must be essentially doing it by yourself, book. I hope you can get hold of the sleep woman soon. We still on for tomorrow?

Yep. Pointless baby signing ftw! After P not pooing for five days I called the HV helpline. They were unhelpful. However, half an hour later she shat all over herself so it wasn't all in vain

Also, make DS clean All The Things

I found you!

Will post when I get home

Just been to baby group and it's so shit. I hate making small talk with everyone. There's this one lass who talks loudly over everyone and goes on about how her baby has all of the worst health problems ever (mild reflux ) but of course she sleeps through and can apparently roll over at 8 weeks old! The whole time this poor baby just laid on the floor totally still whilst the mother said 'ooh look she's trying to roll again.'

Sorry just had to get my aggression out. I wish this wasn't the only group in my area!

Just spent the afternoon making a cake for DH's birthday tomorrow. It's an iPhone. It took wayyyyy longer than I'd hoped... Hope he likes it!

Is it sad that I can't wait to a) watch How I Net Your Mother and then b) go to sleep tonight?!

Sorry felix but that made me chuckle. Mums can be knobs can't they!

Also have you checked the library as they normally hold rhyme time or something similar