January 2014 babies - The Teething Twilight Zone

[beccajoh]

New thread!

[Naturegirl82]

toby definitely true for us. Teeth don't bother her during the day but definitely do at night.

[FelixFelix]

I'm really not sure re teething. It could be a possibility but she isn't really showing any of the usual signs. Still no teeth here too and she's almost 11 months

She was up constantly. I managed about 4 hours broken sleep all together but was awake for a long time in between. Lots of coffee needed this morning.

[BookTart]

felix and nature.

Tentative yay here. I've been not posting as things actually got worse, sleep-wise, and it was just too whiney Last night she only woke 4 or 5 times though, which is loads better, and DH did the resettling 7-3 which was much appreciated. She won't go in her cot after 9pm at the moment, but we've broken that habit before so fingers crossed we can do it again.

Obviously I'm ill again now though I was never ill until I had a baby. Typhoid Percy

[FelixFelix]

Book I'm whiney so you can be too That's great news though! DP seems to be constantly ill since we had S too. Just having a cold all the time. He's usually never ill so it's weird.

[FelixFelix]

I have a question for you all - what times are your babies napping in the day? S will be 11 months old (!!!!) next week and I'm not sure if she needs two naps or one. She used to have one around 10am then another short one around 2/3pm but recently she's been refusing to nap until around 11/12. She will have a long nap though (around 2 hours) which kind of makes it impossible to let her have an afternoon nap otherwise she ends up napping at 4.30/5 and her bedtime is 7! It means she's knackered and grumpy by 4.30/5pm so I've had to put her to bed at about 6.30pm. Does one nap sound normal for this age or should I really be trying for two? I'm finding it quite impossible to get two in.

[TobyLerone]

I think they're 'supposed' to have 2 naps until well into their 2nd year, but we all know the tiny bastards don't do anything they're supposed to!

M has 2 naps. One about 2 hours after she wakes up (so anytime between 8.30 and 10am, depending on the day), then one about an hour after lunch (so around 2pm). The afternoon one is usually up to 2 hours long. The morning one is often only about 30 minutes.

She goes to bed around 8pm.

[Bambooshoots14]

When h is at nursery he has around 2 hours at 2. If he needs one in morning or afternoon hell have another short one but that's not very often. When he's at home he will never nap for 2 hours so I just put him down whenever he's grumpy sonetimes twice sonetimes none. He's not too keen on sleep at home at all at the moment so is choosing not to nap unless it's on me

[Bambooshoots14]

*2 hours at 12

[FelixFelix]

Bamboo that sounds the same as us. Quite a long nap at midday and will sometimes nap another time but not often.

Tarka kindly linked me to the millpond clinic book on a thread I started in the sleep section and I've had a read of it this afternoon and I'm going to officially start sleep training after we have finished moving next weekend. I have high hopes that it will sort all of our problems out weaning off dummy AND night feeds is going to be hellish but worth it hopefully.

[BookTart]

P's first nap is 3 hours after she wakes up (but 8.30 at the earliest). She's meant to do 45 minutes, but usually wants to do more. Her second nap is supposed to be at 2 for 2 hours, but it is usually at 1 for 30 minutes, thus ensuring that she is nicely overtired by bedtime at 7. Naps are all on a cushion on my lap. I sort of hate them because it is such a waste of time

[TobyLerone]

Yy book. M naps on our bed and I obviously have to sit next to her to make sure she doesn't fall off. When her room is finished, we're going to do gradual retreat for bedtime and naps at the same time as she moves bedrooms.

It's very frustrating to be wasting 2+ hours a day.

[BookTart]

DH did all night last night because I'm not so well. I got 8 hours! This made me think I was back to normal and could do useful things, which has resulted in me spraying mould remover (basically bleach) on the sofa instead of upholstery cleaner. It is totally fucked. I feel terrible

[Naturegirl82]

book please don't be so hard on yourself. 8 hours sleep isn't going to make up for all the sleep you have missed over the last few months. Hope the rest of your day went better.

[TobyLerone]

Get a throw :o

[alteredimages]

Don't feel bad book, like toby says, you can just get a throw. With kids it's only a matter of time until sofas get wrecked anyway. You're just ahead of the curve.

When DD was 2 she got a stomach bug when staying at my Dad's. I popped out to get some calpol and when I came back I found my Dad and brother squaring up to each other, DD screaming and a mixture of poo and mr muscle bathroom cleaner all over the antique sofa Dad had just bought at auction. I managed to save the sofa even though the cleaner had bleach in it by washing it off very very quickly. Still smelled a bit though. DB was all for throwing DD out and had to be restrained.

I stopped posting because I was being so bloody boring, but the big news here is that N has started walking! Or rather, he did it twice and is now considering his options. On balance, he seems to think crawling is the better bet.

I don't think I will continue working. After two weeks I have an absence rate of 40% (it's sort of impressive actually) and we have been living on takeaways since I started. We also have no clean clothes and DH managed to get his car infested with fleas. And DD has headlice again. It's a shame because work was getting better, but this clearly isn't working out plus I am lazy.

DD is obsessed with 'Dangerous' by Jennifer Hudson, which she heard on the radio. Only she can't pronounce most of the letters, so every time we get in the car a little voice pipes up from the back "daynzewoss". She also wants to know what "even if it kiwws" means. So far it is funny but I hope she switches back to "Let It Go" or "Viens Doudou" soon.

Good luck with the move Felix. When is it exactly? Moving with babies is hard but doable. Really try to do a chunk each day rather than leaving it all til the end though.

Hooray Lucy! Good to hear from you mythree. Glad things are going well. I have been a bit worried about becca too, it isn't like her to be quiet this long.

Today I am at PILs and I have a big abcess on my leg which N has been whacking enthusiastically all weekend. It is going to be fun!

[alteredimages]

Re: schedules, N wakes around 6 then goes down for his first nap between 10.30 and 11.30. Second nap is around 3 or 4. He then goes down for the night between 8 and 9. He would go to bed earlier if I weren't working, so will try to put him down at 7 as soon as I finish. His naps are quite short, between 30 mins and an hour, and he feeds to sleep for them but I put him down awake at night.

[FelixFelix]

I agree get a throw! I managed to spill a whole bottle of nail polish down the arm of our sofa a few weeks ago.

Altered good to hear from you. Well done N walking! Also your dd singing along made me laugh

We got the keys yesterday and managed to move two vans of stuff. Doing it again today but S decided to wake up at 11, 12.30, 1.20, then was awake from 3am right through until 6am so I feel dead today. We will be moving the main bits of furniture next weekend and have help from DP's family so should be a bit easier.

[BookTart]

I have one billion throws. It will be fine :)

altered good to hear from you. I am always in awe of how you cope with everything. And go N!

I have a pfb question: does anyone else's baby make a droning noise almost all the time? It is worse when she's tired and very loud when she's eating or playing, but I just ignored it until today. We were having chips and a pint by the sea and people at other tables were talking about the funny noise she was making. She hardly even babbles yet - very occasionally she says mama or baba, but nothing else. I don't need to worry do I? It is incredibly annoying though!

[TobyLerone]

DS used to make a growly noise a lot, especially if he was tired.

[alteredimages]

N growls too when he is tired, also sometimes if he is playing and quite excited or hungry and there is food nearby.

Sounds completely normal to me.

[BookTart]

Excellent. The way these people were wanging on about it you'd think she was doing something really strange. I do hate the noise though. Does my head in! Her grandparents think it is the cutest thing ever though, oddly.

Are you pleased to be quitting that job altered? It sounded like a bit of a nightmare, the way you described them not being at all ready.

[alteredimages]

DD didn't babble much and she spoke a bit later than some (two words together around 18 months I think) but can speak 3 languages now. I don't think it is that concerning by itself.

If you want a laugh, my colleague took me aside this week to tell me that she is worried about N because he isn't saying whole words yet and that 10 months is very late.

[TobyLerone]

altered, your whole life sounds very stressful. But boring it ain't! I hope things settle down for you soon.

M says some recognisable only by us words, but she's not arsed about the physical stuff. She's only just learnt to crawl properly instead of commando crawling, and even then only does it sometimes. She can pull herself up to standing, but can't work out that she needs to move her feet to get somewhere, so just stands in the same place and whinges! She can't sit up by herself, in that she can't go from on her knees/lying down/standing up to sitting. She's certainly nowhere near walking and seems the slowest at doing the physical things out of the babies we know.

I think she will be like DS. He was never that arsed about physical stuff, but could talk in full, understandable sentences by 15 months. He's 15 now and can talk the hind legs off a donkey but has been lying in bed in pjs, watching a film, since 5pm

Clearly I turn out lazy children :o

Anyway, M's room isn't going to paint itself, so I must away :(

[alteredimages]

I'm actually a bit sad because they had sorted themselves out and things were on track. I feel like we had done the really hard slog.

N and DD are really suffering though, and things at home have been not good. DH is also in a tricky point in his career and needs support I can't give while passed out on the couch. that was causing trouble too. I have been consistently ill. Today the access is getting better but N, DD and I have developed chest infections. I just feel like I am messing them about.

[alteredimages]

Sounds like you turn out children who know how to make the most out of a sunday afternoon toby.

Any stress has been made better by BIL coming back from France unexpectedly armed with good chocolate, tea and coffee. He even got proper kinder eggs for DD!

My DF is also out of hospital after his hip replacement last week, so everything is going quite well really.

Apparently I was saying words at 8 months and putting words together by a year but I didn't walk until 15 months. My children aren't fussed at all about talking. N will say mama when really upset and calling for me, and blows raspberries everywhere to ask for water (Egyptians teach their babies to say 'embou' when they want to drink, with predictably spit soaked results). He also says te te when he walk holding on to your fingers, which is another Egyptian thing, but that is it.