October 2014.. Thread 7.. Teeth, tantrums & tickles

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Morning all.

Aside from the odd fluke here and there, there are only three ways I get daytime naps over an hour at this age:

• If I sit with my foot ready to bounce the bouncy chair at any stirring
• If I put her to sleep in the bedside cot and I lie next to her, ready to re-insert dummy immediately at first stirring
• If we are out and she is in the carseat or pram and constantly moving

Aside from these, out daytime naps are usually 30-45 minutes and she has about 5 or 6 sleeps per day.

It will soon come where the sleeps merge together to naturally make fewer shorter naps. My older three have first gone to two big naps at 9am and 2pm. Then eventually one lunchtime nap of 2 ish hours

Under six months is all about frequent shorter naps though, so those with 45 minutes and awake naps, do not despair.

...to naturally make fewer shorter longer naps...

I'm happy if we can get 3 45 min naps, sometimes 4 if she's up earlier than normal. But we usually only get 1 wake up at night usually by the cat so I don't mind the shorter day time naps.
Anyone else's baby like to learn new skills only when naked? First laugh, roll both ways, feet in mouth etc when naked. Crazy girl

I don't mind too much about short naps. Only get longer ones if I'm in bed with her or she's in a sling. She has catnap type things (even 10 minutes seems enough) at least every two hours though, and that sort of resets her mood. Not enough for me to get much done, but not that bad.

We have the short naps, 3 x 30-45min, longer if like goats i let him sleep on me... but also the crap night sleep...i know i sound like a broken record but it helps to write it here!
My OH is on a stag this weekend so I'm feeling more sorry for myself than usual as it's just me and the 2 kiddos. At least I have some easy 'heat it and eat it' food for dinner!

And surely that gives you some days in the 'bank' for when you get to push off without the kids and oh hss them gets his mum over to help?

Yip munday my lo loves naked time, i put her foot in her mouth the other day and she was giggling like mad her nap times are inconsistent aswell, but either my dog or dd1 wake her up most of the time. We are away to our log cabin tomorrow so when we get back hopefully dp will be fit enough to build the cot and then I'm going to transfer her into her own room and start doing during the day naps in their so she will get some peace & quiet

Aww sazzle hope the kids behave for you tonight whilst hubby is away? Dd1 is away to dp's mum's tonight so im going to get packed and apply my fake tan, do my nails etc

Dp was hoping for a dirty weekend but his appendix ruined his chances of that as he is still very tender

Today he's done 45 mins in the sling this morning. Then an hour in his cot at 12 then back in his cot at 2 and not awake yet. I don't really want him to sleep past 3 as then I can't fit an afternoon nap in really and he'll be a horror by bedtime. But I don't want to wake him.

God I'm pathetic, so anxious!

Sazzle, you must be owed some time for sure!

Oh what happened to Moose by the way? Is she on Facebook? Just wondering how she's getting on.

Everything here is totally random sleepwise. Last night was a 1.30am and 6.00am wake up. I'll take that any day. But mostly it's every 2-3hrs. Figured she's teething which explains some of it .

A friend sent this link which made me smile
hurrahforgin.com/2014/11/19/seven-stages-sleep-deprivation

Haha! Particularly identify with the 5.45 phone call!

I loved that I too can totally identify with the 5.45 phone call! And it's so true that as soon as the kids go to bed you get a second wind, I always say I'm going to get an early night and I'm still titting about at 11 o'clock every night.
Baby wing is doing really well at night he is waking once but isn't hungry he doesn't really cry just chatters or a bit of a whinge. Not sure what to do, if I try and give him a bottle he will have a couple of sucks and fall straight back to sleep. It's not the end of the world but obviously I would prefer him not to wake. Anyone got any ideas I'm leaning towards leaving him to it for a bit tonight and seeing if he will settle himself.
My eldest is at a sleepover tonight, I hate it when all my ducklings arentat home it makes me feel sad :( I know she will be having a ball though :)

Ooops I think I broke the thread!!!

Morning, bit of a rubbish night but we're up and watched and dressed! Think she's not enjoying her own room.
How did everyone else do?

*washed not watched. That would be a bit creepy

Impressive munday we've been up for ages but only just got everyone washed and dressed! Rubbish night as DD has a stinking cold, snot and coughing keeps waking her.

Hi all. Everyone else has been up, washed and dressed for ages. I didn't get up until 9.30am and have only just got dressed

Yeah for Lazy Sundays!

Hi everyone.
Dinner & Cocktails out last night so I think I managed about 5hrs out of pyjamas today! DD1 got so muddy at the park I had to strip her off at the front door & bath her when we got home at 3 - seemed fair enough to join her in pjs
Naps are so haphazard here & getting worse so need to do something proactive before it gets out of hand.

Questions to clothes - just out of interest - are you dressing the babies in sleepsuits still or in proper outfits? We're doing a mixture but even though outfits look cute sleepsuits are so practical & easy!

So N has been perfecting his roll all weekend and is super confident at it, easily removing the often tricky trapped arm. Now he is trying his hardest to push forward and making worrying progress. If this was my first ds I'd be so proud, maybe smug even, knowing what I know now however, I REALLY dont want him moving yet. Anyone ever owned a baby cage playpen? I can't be doing with a hospital visit due to swallowed Lego.

Twisted, I'm a fan of the legging and top combo. More than a sleep suit but not as full on as a full outfit like jeans say. I love Zara or h&m for boys leggings/skinny joggers. Easier too I think that all those buttons, just whip down and up again! I like babies in maybe dungerees when they can sit and crawl. For me personally when they can just lie or be in a bouncer chair they look more comfy in simple clothes...

We're still just in sleepsuits here which I do feel quite lazy about but he's so sicky and dribbley that I'm changing them all day and it just seems easier. I guess even I could manage leggings and a top though!

I love leggings on a boy, I think so cute and shouldn't be just for girls. splendide the drool here is out of control. I'm waiting every morning for that first tooth. We go through so many bibs!

We have sleep suits at night and up to the first nap. But having a little girl means we have been gifted a lot of cute dresses/ tights etc which will be great until she's mobile.
She learnt the back to front roll over yesterday and now there's no stopping her

I put DS in leggings as a baby. Can't get away with it now that he's older though! DD is in babygrows at night but outfits in the day since she was about 2 months I think. We've been given most of her clothes so thought I better use them! Lots of tops/trousers/dresses. No jeans, always think they look uncomfortable around little baby bellies.

My ds1 is still in a lot of leggings and he's 4!! he loves them, way more comfy than jeans!

The baby was extra cross yesterday and also the drool reached epic proportions. For a while I've been thinking that it might be her teeth that are keeping her awake in the evenings, because it's not that she's not sleepy or that she's fighting it, but it does seem like something wakes her up repeatedly. Anyway (please don't judge), we gave her a dose of calpol just before bedtime and she slept right through the evening, woke for a feed at 11 and then slept through till 7 and is considerably happier this morning. Obviously I'm not proposing to dose her every night, but I feel like if she's struggling to sleep because her mouth is annoying her then there's nothing we can do about except wait, which takes the pressure off a bit. So all in all I feel better, and only partly because I've had a reasonable night's sleep for the first time since mid January.