January 2014 -- the birthdays are coming!

[TobyLerone]

Just wrote a long message on the old thread only to have it not post because we'd filled it.

We really ought to do less chatting and more sleeping

Good luck today nature

I had my Christmas party yesterday so left at 6.30am when h was asleep and won't see him until tonight. Missing him

Thank you to [sorry can't remember who said it] about the baton approach. You are correct. Really happy with how nursery are dealing with it so hopefully we can move on :)

M does the same with the cat, nature.

I am going Out tonight, for the first time since M was born!

Bamboo glad it's been sorted to some extent

Toby have fun!! What are you doing? Just out for a drink or something else?

Christmas dinner with a group of friends. We do it every year. This year will.be a bit strange because one of our number has just been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and has just finished her first course of chemo, so she won't be there :(
I'm driving, so I can get back if need be. And I've told dh he's on his own until we've finished eating! But it should still be nice.

Oh that's sad your poor friend. I hope you have a great time anyway, it sounds lovely! Baby free time!!

Yeah, it's terrible :( She's only 28 and it was such a shock. She's upbeat for now, though. We'll miss her tonight.

I'm such a loser that I don't mind not going out ever
I am looking forward to.a dinner I haven't had to cook :o

I'm the same. I always agree to invites to things then wish I'd just said no. I like my own company

Yep, exactly that!

I've posted on the infant feeding section about this but dunno if any of you can help as I've not had any replies yet. Since switching S to cows milk, her poos have been really hard and she's really struggling and crying when she needs to go. I've googled and apparently it's a common problem but I don't know what to do about it. Any ideas?

Is there a certain amount of cows milk they're supposed to drink a day? Will she drink water? Could you put most of her cows milk for the day on cereal/in food, then just give her some to drink before bed and give her water the rest of the day?

Also, try the usual constipation remedies -- dried fruit, diluted orange juice etc.

There is a baby in there. A wriggly little thing with a good heartbeat. Dated at 10+4 so I'll probably still have my other scan on the 30th

Fabulous, nature!

Yay Nature what is your due date? Sorry I'm too terrible at maths to work it out!

Toby I'm not sure but now I'm thinking there must be a certain amount you're meant to give them and she must be having too much. I'm trying to night wean her again from tonight and just offering water, so that might make a difference. She drinks loads of water and also gets lots of calcium from yogurts/cheese so I think reducing the amount she's drinking should be ok. I didn't even think she should only be having a certain amount tbh, as I'm just used to giving her formula but it's totally different now I think about it.

Due date is 13th July Felix Not looking forward to telling work after Xmas though. There is a lot of stuff going on in our team at the moment that I know about and can't gossip with anyone gah and they are trusting me with a lot of important stuff that I think I will have to advise them to give to someone else as I won't be there for delivery of projects etc.

I was looking into the amount of milk they should have the other day and I couldn't find a recommended amount, only that they should be having three portions of dairy a day and that can include yoghurt and cheese. Not very helpful I know.

Toby have a good night out. Hope your friend battles through her illness, it's horrible seeing people go through it but you can only do your best to support her.

I've all ready put O to bed for the night as she was exhausted. Dh and I were going to attempt dinner at the pub but we came home so O could go to bed. She fell asleep on the changing table Takeaway it is tonight then instead

It will be July before you know it. Re work, it's their problem and I'm sure they will have enough time to think of a back up plan. I know it's hard but don't stress about it. We have just put S down to bed at 6.20 as she was knackered too.

Thanks for the advice on milk. It's bizarre that there's not really much info out there regarding it. I literally wouldn't even know that you could swap to cows milk at 12 months if I hadn't have seen about it online. The HV never mentioned it to me. Tonight I'm going for water in bottles, then only offering milk with meals and snacks through the day in a sippy cup. I'll keep the one bottle of milk before bed as it will hopefully turn in to an indicator that it's bed time.

Congrats nature a summer baby to go with your winter one

Enjoy your meal toby it's always nice when someone else cooks and does the washing up.

Bamboo I'm glad you're happy with how nursery are handling it. We had our first nursery injury this week, a lovely split lip!

Felix I believe they should be having a pint/500ml of milk or dairy equivalent a day from age 1.

Another one here who was exhausted and had an early night. We are now having a dry run of our boxing day buffet, nom nom.

Merry a buffet dry run is a GENIUS idea!

Last night wasn't half as bad as I expected. She woke up at 11.20 and drank some water, then I had to sit in the gradual retreat chair and shush her for 40 minutes until she went back to sleep. But then she only woke up at 3.30 and went straight back to sleep on her own.

Got to blitz the house today for her tea party tomorrow, and got lots of baking to do. I can't be arsed.

Aaah Nature just found out today one of my oldest friends is expecting her first baby in mid-July... Maybe you guys will meet on the July 2015 antenatal group :)

Still keep thinking about Becca. Life can be so bloody, bloody unfair...

Angel I was thinking about her last night. I saw on FB it was her birthday yesterday too

How awful for her poor family :( It's just so sad.

I saw it was her birthday too... So ridiculous that she left us so soon. Lost a friend to cancer a couple of years ago, a month before he turned 31... So utterly ridiculous. Cancer is such a cruel disease.

How is the sleep training going for those who have started? S has been awake since 2 and I'm still sat in The Chair She keeps 'going to sleep' and I wait 15-20 mins just to make sure, then as soon as I creep out (and sit on the edge of my bed for an extra 5 minutes for good measure!) she wakes up just as I get back in bed. I'm still persevering with no milk though. She's had about 4oz water tonight which is slightly less than last night so a small improvement.

Felix I think all you can do is persevere. I have no advice as we didn't actually need to sleep train in the end. O just stopped waking up which was a suprise to us all.

Taking O's picture today as we have bought her an "I'm going to be a big sister" tshirt so we can put it in family's Christmas cards to tell them on Christmas day. Very cheesy I know but we didn't do a big announcement the first time and we only plan on having two.

Sleep training is hit and miss here. She goes to bed fine, with hardly a fuss. But she's still waking a few times a night and I've been feeding her more often than not when she does because she's full of cold again. She sounds really hoarse and it's too mean to leave her to cry in case she's got a sore throat.
She'll be in a travel cot in our room for 3 nights from tonight, so this is bound to set us back.

We seem to be fine with Henry, just ds1 wont stay in bed. He keeps coming into our bed, all night. Which is crap. But he settles really well in our bed at night, to initially get off