November 2014 - The one where we figure it all out... Or at least try.

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Couldn't see another thread ladies! Crap title I know but I couldn't think of anything else!

Thisis how on earth did you manage to put the nappy in the wash!

Dd can get onto her side and then wiggle herself along! I can no longer leave her on the bed. She's pushing herself up off the floor properly now.

DD was doing quite well on her tummy (i.e. could push herself up for a while) until she got knocked back by this flipping cold (thanks for the update on Calpol usage to all who responded! ). Since then I'm really reluctant to put her on her front as she can's breathe properly as it is... DD is no where near crawling (coming up to 18 weeks), but she was getting the hang of throwing hear legs into the air and then twisting over to one side (but not quite rolling over).

Think she's decided crawling isn't going to happen and she's going straight to walking as she's now really strong on her legs - she'll "stand" for ages (with me just giving her some support for balance) with a gigantic grin on her face! She seems so proud of herself!

DD is very strong on her legs and enjoys standing, doesnt roll properly, but makes intents to move forward when on tummy time roll. DM is convinced she wont crawl, but would be like me - straight to walking at 10 months. Apparently, DD is a complete copy of myself, so that mum felt like having me as a baby again.

Evening folks! Been lurking alot and not posting - haven't had any major ups nor downs apart from the usual sleep regression, rolling over, teething and incessant chatting. I am surprised by how much easier / more relaxed it is this time round. We have a pretty busy routine with classes /groups and fitting in dd1's groups too. (proud mum - dd1 aged 7 appeared in la traviata opera royal concert hall last night!!! I want able to go but baby boom and i enjoyed all updates from,backstage).

baby boom is pretty used to having to go along with things and fitting in. She's "helped" out at my work launch events, at fundraising coffee mornings, at school discos and generally had to be a baby about town. Thank god for my slings / wraps!

i am another colouring in lover! Got 2 beaut books for mums day and it has been a good excuse to get my old art supplies out! Find it really relaxing but end up staying up too late to finish pieces!

I think I must be missing out on something. ..never heard of these colouring in books that some of you have mentioned. ...must investigate!

Have a look on Amazon for adults colouring book havent there's 3 or 4 different ones!

Anyone else's babies suddenly very interested in what you're eating/drinking? Dd is not quite 4 months but watching anything we eat with great interest, and this morning made a grab for my toast and sent it flying across the room how am I going to hold off on weaning for another 2 months!

Yes but they'd be the same if you repeatedly put a toy to your mouth. It doesn't mean they're ready for food.

Hello all,
Impressed and a bit jealous that you are all finding time to colour! I too got one of those books for mother's day. Dd1 and I have done bits in it for ten minutes here and there while dd2 naps but I'm mostly just chasing my tail still! My big goals for when dd is past 6 months (arbitrary milestone in my head) are to get back into doing some writing and going to an evening yoga class. Both will be good for my head.
Not sure if I mentioned it but I'm going back to work (PT) in 4 weeks. I hope it's all going to be manageable but thankfully it's PT.

weeonion great to hear you sounding so well, you had a lot on your plate during the pregnancy and around the birth and I'm delighted that dd2 is such an easy little joy for you! My own dd2 has come on so much from all her little troubles as a newborn and is now sweet and smiley during the day (nights still not good). I do think I need to take her out and about a bit more though as for much of ML I've been too tired to face going to morning groups etc. and then I have dd1 again from lunchtime.

We've started some food, dd2 is 22 weeks tomorrow. Taking it really really slow. Sweet potato yesterday was a big hit and she loves suckling bananas. When she is a few weeks older we'll start the finger foods in earnest. It hasn't really made s difference to the reflux yet but hopefully will in time.

Weirdly this cold of dd's is getting me more sleep. One 3 hour stretch and two 2 hour stretches. Although I was so tired I dreamt about sleeping.

I feel a lot of pressure to wean her early. She's a good candidate in that she sits up, has good hand coordination, watches us eat etc but I still want to wait until at least 5.5 months. But friends, partner, mum all suggesting starting soon, especially since she started waking so often.

I've never heard of these colouring books but I know a few people they'll make great presents for, so thanks for that!!

5.5 months is perfect imo for a breastfed baby. I've seen it a few times where if ebf babies are left til after 26 weeks they just aren't that into food for quite a while and would rather boob. Which is fine because they'll obviously get into food eventually, all babies do. And it really is such a mess once you start! I've been giving dd2 sips of water from my glass for a few weeks now, I think it makes her feel so important you can always start with stuff like that to set the scene as it were.

I'm pretty adamant that I'll wait til 26 weeks but might start at 24, 26 corrected.
Tbh I'm stubborn about ds in a way I've not been about anything else before so the more pressure I get to wean early the more certain I am to wait it out! Same with breastfeeding and babywearing!

I've already had "you can't carry him forever" and "how long do you think you'll feed him for?" !!!!!

We'll be waiting til pretty close to 6m as we're going to Morocco when DD is 24wks and it'll be just soooo much easier if she's still just breastfeeding!

Because DS is big, 98th percentile last time he got weighed, loads of people have been telling me he needs solids now (4 months). I downloaded the Baby - led Weaning book by Gill Rapley and it has really helped give me some great explanations on why I am waiting till 6 months. I am super excited about it though. Can't wait to see his little face covered in food!

Yeah I've done lots of reading too and there'a lots of reasons to wait, I'm only agreeing to 5.5 months because she'll be 6 months adjusted.
I'm hoping to still breastfeed part time until she'a a year.

A day of a nightmare here. DD is teething and been moaning for the most of the time. Hardly let me put her down. All day she would eat very little despite me pushing milk in all the time and then out of the blue she is SO hungry that cleared 7 oz of EBM in 1 go. We are going for holidays on Easter, so this should be fun.
Also tonight she decided to refuse BF, up till now it was only during the day she would not bother with the boob. I do hope this was one-off and not a beginning of something new.

Will need to borrow brains of more experienced mums about airtravel with babies towards summer. Dreading it!!

DS has fed every single hour in the last 21 hours. I am exhausted. I finally gave in and gave him formula rather than bf for his last feed at bedtime, hoping upon hope that it will give me a few hours of sleep at least in the first part of the night. The Wonder Weeks app promises that he is in a sunny phase from today!! Heaven knows how long this feeding frenzy will last.

Hippy amy out of the window tonight!

This bedtime so far has involved infacol, Dentinox teething gel and paracetamol suspension. Hhmmmm.

Dd's bedtime involved a swaddle and dummy and it was working great until I went and had a shower so of course she woke up. This child is the world's lightest sleeper.

Hope you get some respite now Thisis, your poor boobs! There are definitely some nights when I just want to screech 'get off meeee'....

Morning ladies.

Hope everyone had reasonable nights last night? Feeling a bit disheartened here. I went out for a couple of hours last night and left DP to sort DD out. I had fed her, bathed her, read her a story as per normal routine. Left him a bottle ready just in case. Apparently she screamed inconsolably the whole time I was gone She was knackered when I got back and fell asleep within 5 minutes but DP was so cross and frustrated. Has anyone else got this problem? I don't know how to tell him tactfully that it's probably because he doesn't do anything with her normally. Can't remember the last time he gave her a bath or changed her nappy even. She will settle fine for my mum, who she is always impeccably behaved for. Help!

Oh no twiglet your dp must be feeling a bit pants about that. But he's not alone! Dd did that to my DP when I left her a few weeks ago. Does he have her lots when you're at home? I've started to get DP to get her off go sleep rather than me at home so she's happy with him.

Another good night from madam, 10-7. Let's hope it carries on! she'll be up 582 times tonight now won't she off to take pictures for the riding for the disabled sponsored ride this morning. Thank god for buggy rain covers!

I agree Greenstone. There are times when it just gets a bit too much. I am hugely grateful that so far he has been fine with both bottle and boob.

I have/had the same problem Twiglet I do the vast majority of DS's care. DP changes him in the morning and takes him downstairs whilst I have a shower and get up but he's always in bed asleep haha, not at the moment by the time DP gets home. I have started to suggest that DP puts him to bed at the weekends as I don't want to be the only one who can do it. DS initially took longer to settle with DP, so we do a tag team if it gets too bad. I still help initially because I don't want DP to feel he only screams with him, and his threshold for crying is lower than mine. DP usually gives him formula (I'm a bit over trying to find the time to express) which doesn't always help because he tends to get more wind on that sometimes.

However...things are now improving after a bit of perseverance and he went down beautifully for DP the last time he did it without any input from me whatsoever! Yay! My other reason for persevering is that I want DS to learn to go to sleep without falling asleep on the boob.

I had another hefty feeding night with DS. Hope the rest of you got more sleep!

Argh, just typed a long reply on super-slow typing ipad, then the Internet crashed and lost it before I posted.

twiglet wow, crawling already! DD is still at the stage of screaming after about a minute if I put her on her front. If I put her down on the mat, she tries to roll then cries frustratedly because she can't do it. She is generally quite frustrated at all the things she can't do and all thr food I won't share with her!
Re shopping: when DH can't come to the supermarket we have to get online delivery because I can't drive. Otherwise the Sainsburys we go to has trollies with a base you can fix the car seat on (though you have to be tall to see over it) or the are trollies with a. Baby seat that is a similar shape to the car seat.
My DH also complains that DD always cries when he holds her. I think it is because he missed a few weeks when he was in hospital and immediately afterwards, and he mostly holds her at night when she is tired and miserable anyway. I can count on one hand the number of nappies he has changed and I don't think he has ever bathed her :(

I've really noticed that DP is a lot less confident with DS when he's upset. I guess I just take it for granted that I (usually) know what to do and forget that's because I have him ALL the time. DP visibly relaxes when I tell him it's wind rather than something he's done. He does rather tend to take it somewhat personally otherwise

DD is very happy about staying with DH, in fact, she lights up when sees him, but he spends lots of time after work with her and always makes her laugh with silly noises and faces. She didnt mind staying with DM she saw for the first time 2 weeks ago. She seems to be quite excited about seeing new people. In baby groups she completely forgets I am around.