July 2014 - sleepless nights but lots of smiles

[NancyinCali]

The old thread is nearly full so here's a new place for us to chat about our July babies. Help yourself to some tea & cake to keep you going through the sleepless nights .

OMG!!!!

oh dear.

Ahem

Well, another crap night! DD was up about 5 times and spent the majority in bed with me. I did Jo Frosts controlled crying a week or so ago in desperation which worked almost instantly to get her into her own cot. She was still getting up, but only twice and was going back to her own cot so it was something. But she's got a cold now so she's been up all night and we're back to square one.

And then DS has been waking up regularly just crying. His back teeth are coming through, but he's also been a little shit quite challenging behaviour wise lately and has spent some time in time out. I've also ended up shrieking like a banshee at him as I'm just so tired and by 5pm or so he just wears me down.
So obviously in my guilty mind his waking is not due to teeth, and is instead because I've traumatised him by shouting at him.

That parent is very ... organised, ismarah.

It must the week for bad baby sleep. DD2 was great on Wednesday night, only woke once for a feed and once to be settled again. But last night she would not let me go out of her room so we ended up cosleeping. The benefit was that she didn't feed again between 11pm and 8am (this has NEVER happened before!) but I hardly slept and my joints are all sore.

Glasses my DD was very much the same except she regressed a month or so ago. Really annoying as I am not used to no sleep.

Hi all sorry have not been around a lot, dont get much time to MN as work took my fancy phone away and bloody difficult on a blackberry.

although apparently I am unwelcome as I have already bought the party plates for DDs birthday ... well they were 20p a pack in the sale so had to really.

I'm all for forward planning liquid.. especially if you see a bargain! I bought a napkin holder with a weight so they didn't blow away in the wind - when we lived in a first floor flat with no access to a garden But we moved into our house a year later, and a year on it's still unused but will hopefully come in handy for DD's birthday party in August

Although invites this early seems VERY organised!

I swear DD will be speaking in full sentences, possibly even reading, before she'll deign to sit, crawl or walk. Or have teeth.

liquid it's exhausting isn't it? DS was a good sleeper too so I am really really not used to broken sleep! If I could understand why they regress like this then maybe I could solve it? But I've no idea!
She's fat as a pudding so she's definitely getting enough to eat!
DS is teething too, his big back ones (which I wasn't expecting, I thought they had all their teeth by about 18 months ) so he's been waking up for calpol too.

ismarah dd doesn't have any teeth yet either, and no signs of!

ismarah be prepared for sleep to disappear once teeth do start coming through I wouldn't worry about milestones if shes happy that's what matters

Someone distract me- I dropped an unhappy ds for his last settling session at childminders this afternoon and now just can't stop worrying. My first KIT day tomorrow but I know he's not in a good mood so unlikely to be happy this afternoon. So far I've done 2 loads of washing, washed up, cleaned the kitchen, baked flapjack, ate 3 hot cross buns and a cup of tea. Now watching rubbish on tv and missing ds..

My nct group and I were talking about 1st birthdays but more as lets have 1 big joint party for them all rather than 8 separate ones!

Elijah is still snotty and so clingy! if i don't hold him he cries.
love him to bits but it's getting on my nerves.
I busted my right shoulder/back/arm last week because he had fever for days and turned into a Velcro Baby.
Therefore if I hold him in my left arm i can't do anything .
sheesh
DD is now poorly. DH late tonight, away tomorrow...the struggle continues.

at least I finished my crochet squares for a Woolly Hug Blanket and posted them today. makes me feel really good to be able to contribute. even if it was a big challange (hard to do while holding a baby).

I might show off and post photos.

Wow zing that is rediculously impressive and boast away! Hope your back /shoulder improves soon - would a sling /carrier help to spread the weight once you are recovered if baby zing continues to be velcro baby?

First day at work ds woke 4.30 got back to sleep in his own bed now dh asleep on me- can I put him in his own bed? No point me trying to go back to sleep as have to get up in 5 mins. Just hoping ds stays asleep long enough for me to wash, dress maybe even eat breakfast. The reality of the first full day without him is hitting hard right now - not having a clue what I'm going to do at work today doesn't help! Schools are always busy though so I won't have a problem distracting myself I'm sure (she says trying to convince myself. ..)

Hope you heal up quickly, Zing.

All the best for your first day of work, ickle.

We've got a someone coming round today to take photos of our flat as we're selling (part exchanging, really). I've been tidying like mad, and painted a wall at nearly midnight last night as it was looking shabby. Now it's all splotchy so I'm going to have to do it with a roller and hope that works.

DD2 is being very clingy through all this and I'm seeing flashes of her bad temper which she gets from me. What fun.

Just checking in and catching up.

Welcome glasses.

Birthday invites already!? I've vaguely thought about having a 1st birthday party for DS5, maybe a joint one with DS4 as his 2nd birthday is 10 days before but that's it so far.

Zing I'm impressed with the crocheting. SIL asked me to tie dye some baby clothes for her this week and I'm seriously regretting it. Every time I get stuck in someone needs me. All the stopping and starting makes it take twice as long. SIL wants it all done by Sunday and the pile of white baby clothes is still bigger than the pile of coloured ones, argh.

We've changed health visitors again and the new one did DS5's 9 month development check. I tucked a photo of him just after he was born and all covered in wires into his red book to show her if she started being negative about his progress. But the appointment was mostly good. He couldn't do most of the things she asked about but he was very smiley and waved his arms about excitedly as if he was trying to fly.

We saw the paediatrician this week too. She was really pleased with his progress and doesn't need to see him again until December. He still sees the physio but hopefully not for much longer. I had to put the car seat down and switch hands a couple of times in the corridor, he's getting so heavy. Each time a random stranger came over to tell me he was gorgeous. It was so lovely. And they were all right of course. He holds onto me when I pick him up, like a little baby monkey and he chatters away. He wiggles his toes when he gets excited, it's so cute!

Great stuff, BabyTiny!

Put 7-month-old DD2 into a 12-18 month dress this morning. It's a bit long but the body fits perfectly. Little chubbster.

DH has taken our girls out to the library this morning so I got to enjoy the rare treat of drinking a cup of tea that was hot from first mouthful to last. And a triple chocolate muffin.

No milk out of nose here, but their passages are very small and close together so it could happen easily, I imagine.

How often does everyone have to cut or file their baby's nails? And what do you do? I usually file DD2's but they grow back so quickly I'm wondering if there's a better way. I could just pull DD1's long nail bits off with my fingers but DD2's are too strong for that.

kiwi we cut every few days- nightmare!

Right ladies can I have a moan- started back at work last week (kit days) and on tue my ds 2nd full day (1st one week before) the childminder turned round and said she didn't think he was going to settle as he wanted cuddles a lot...I was expecting it to take at least a few weeks to settle and knew that he would cry. I've loved being at work, from what she has said ds is starting to settle. Is eating, drinking milk and sleeping so is fine. Childminder isn't very experienced but really get on well with her. Ds had a much better day yesterday but I said we would review when I picked him up as happy to do 3/4 half days next week rather than 2 full days. When I picked him up was bad time as her ds was going to a party and other children were there to take him etc so she said could she call me today. Yes fine now she's said will be this eve. I just want to know if shes going to stick it out as a childminder and settle him or if we need to look around and panic! I worried all night and now will all day! If she's happy to settle him I think she will be great as ds is calm when cuddled and she is fab with other children. Arhh I told her I need to let work know today but she just said would this eve be ok? I called dh to see if I was being unreasonable (I don't need to let work know!) By insisting it was during the day. Arhh vent over!

hi all,

can't believe Elijah is 8 months now!

no teeth here yet and not expecting them any time soon - my kids are "late teethers".
but he is crawling, sitting and just started cruising - slowly making his way alongside the sofa on more confident and less wobbly legs

he is quite long and I don't think I can wait for the 9 months recommended age to swap from baby seat to 5 point harness one.
and thiugh he is not particularly heavy as I busted my right arm/shoulder/back recently it is a massive struggle to heave the babyseat in and out of the car.

bf is now reduced to late night & early morning ones and just once at either lunch time or late afternoon.

he loves his baby walker but really is happiest crawling on the floor, getting into mischief!
hope you are all ok

Well I'm back at work in 2 weeks and have no childcare

Oh no! Are there others you could try?

Luckily a good friend is a childminder locally and has found someone with space so going to meet her next week but so stressful

That is outrageous ickle, so sorry as it's the last thing you need. I would make it very clear to her how disappointed you are and let her know that you will not be shy about letting people know about your experience with her. She may be inexperienced but I can't see she will be successful as a childminder without becoming a bit more persistant!

Well managed to find a new childminder and yesterday was his last one with his old one- she said he was really happy today to which I couldn't help but reply that would be because he just needed slightly longer to settle. Anyway done and dusted. Really enjoying being back at work so focusing on that!

My ds is now crawling all over - having to clear everything away as he's also pulling himself up onto sofas, coffee tables you name it. How are our babies nearly 9 months??! Scary stuff but loving how much fun he is now and loving toys etc!