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 rolled over from front to back for the first time today, but I didn't see her do it. I was looking at something in the hall with DD1, and when I looked back at the playmat she was on her front. She enjoyed mash and peas at dinner, and had some success at drinking water from a tommee tippee cup though she looked very surprised by the water. She is now in bed and I am not. I am eating poppadums left over from last night's curry!

This morning DD1 went up to the toilet and disturbed DH afterwards. Apparently he was meditating! He came down and had a moan about how he couldn't even get 15mins to himself once a day. I may not have been terribly sympathetic, as I have no idea when I last had 15 minutes to myself without a DC. He regularly gets to read, play computer games, watch a film, have a nap in the day. He gets to go to the toilet unaccompanied, have a shower that lasts more than 2mins, get dressed without an audience, pop to the shop on his own, sleep without having to be in physical contact with another person while lying in one position all night...

mrsA I am the same with the multiple wakenings even on good nights when she lets me lie down. 3 or 4 is normal for us, and she is fed back to sleep every time. The problem with that is that when I go back to work in August I will not be home for bedtime about 3 nights a week and will have to do night shifts after a few weeks. I doubt she would take a bottle. However, DD1 was the same and DH managed somehow to get her to sleep and somehow survived the nights without me. I also suspect I am waking DD2 in the night being so close and wonder if we will sleep better if I could get her out of the bed. Also, now she can roll it seems dangerous to leave her there on her own. But everyday DH says he will get the cot out the attic and I am still waiting.

So the last two days of grumpy baby seems to have resulted in a baby that can do long high pitched squeals! Mostly at the dog anytime she moves, breathes, glances in DDs General direction. I'm gonna guess it wears thin quick but at the moment im finding it hilarious.

Wondering when she will wake up cause she's been out of it since 8 and I only got 2oz into her at 10 o'clock dreamfeed!

When we got our jumperoo from SIL the batteries were dead. We made a mutual decision not to replace them.

We tried sweet potato today, well mashed with a bit of water to thin it. Big and very MESSY success! Poor DS has twigged that "thing in mouth" = "food". But he hasn't quite realised that its only a spoon that produces food so bless him, if you're a second too long with the spoon he'll chomp determinedly down on anything in sight to see if it produces food. A sleeve, a bib, a finger, a muslin......we were in stitches!

My baby can do amazing things when she wants to. She wouldn't feed to sleep last night but cried not too loudly while I cuddled her and fell asleep just before 9. She was stirring and starting to moan at 10.30 but I lay down and cuddled her and we both fell asleep until she woke up at 4.10 to be fed. I have had more than 5 consecutive hours sleep!

Woo hoo Happy!!! long may it continue!

Does anyone know if you can use Voltarol gel when bf? I know you're not supposed to use it when pregnant. ..have woken up barely able to move the top of my back between shoulder blades. ...

Someone broke my baby.... She's still asleep!! Evidently watching her mum push her up narrow bridleways was exhausting!

Not sure about the voltarol, tbh.

We had a bit of a shit night, DS woke at 10.30pm yowling so I got out a bottle. He didn't seem to be drinking much though. Still, every time I tried to stop he started yowling again! One hour later he'd only had 1oz! By midnight DH suggested giving him Nurofen in case it was his teeth and we gave him that and he fell asleep until 3.30.

So it was his teeth after all! Stupid Mummy! I guess he was using the teat as a kind of teether. In fairness its hard to tell sometimes! Then at 3.30 same shit again, took him an hour to fall asleep even though he wasn't really drinking & I didn't want to give him more Nurofen. In total over the course of the night I think he only took 1.5 oz even though I seemed to be up feeding him all night! Then up like a lark at 6am.

I blame the sweet potato for the not actually feeding part as thats never happened before. Yet I was still up as much as ever which was a bit shit. I really don't think I have one of those babies thats going to sleep through, tbh.

Haven't I think Voltaire is ibuprofen isn't it and I've been taking that whilst bf so should be ok?

I also have a baby who likes to stand up all the time, and she was 17 pounds at the last weigh in so my arms hurt too!

We're staying in a hotel at the mo visiting MIL who's in hospital but won't let us stay in her flat while we're not there (I didn't argue as she's ill). First night was ok except DH kept waking me up with his snoring. Last night there was a function at the hotel and we're right over the top of it. It was bearable but DD was quite unsettled, until the music started at 10pm and she woke up. I complained and they said it was supposed to just be background music but I could hear every word of every song. The manager was rubbish and just kept saying he would turn it down. It did get turned down until DH went down and said we weren't paying. So none of us slept til after 12 and she was awake at 6am as normal. Do you think it's unreasonable for us not to pay for last night? They could have put us somewhere else in the hotel but I wasn't moving at 10pm!

cazy definitely don't pay, threaten them with a damning tripadvisor write up as well.

anna once I accepted dd wasn't about to miraculously sleep through the night anytime soon I felt much less angry everytime dd wakes up. Its actually quite unusual for them the sleep through at this age but it does seem to be the worst it gets at around 4/5 months, chin up, it'll get easier. (I say all this having spent the last 6 weeks moaning about it to all of you!!).

Last night she was up at 11.30, 1.30 and 5. Took her into her dad when she woke for good at 6.45 and I've been asleep ever since. This is an improvement. I also think I'm disturbing her, I need to get her in the cot but I feed her to almost asleep most nights, she hates being fed in my arms, the only long feeds she does are laying down...

Ark squeals tuned down a bit after couple of never ending days. Now she squeals to things what excite her (mobile, jumperoo, mummy appearing on horizon), but she makes dolphin noises most of the day.

This is odd, but I must have entered in a complete autopilot during the night. I remember she was moaning, but I don't remember feeding her etc. Unless the two empty bottles on the night stand I would probably start to consider that she has slept through.

Cazy I would not pay. I have been in similar situations before and have gone nuts with the manager. If I stay in the hotel I am right to expect that they will not be causing extra noise themselves to what is traffic noises etc. They have to choose either they get money for people partying or from people staying and sleeping in the place. They cannot have both.

This is why I always stay in Premier Inns. One time when booking out the receptionist asked if we'd slept well and I said "oh absolutely.....except for the bin men out in the street at 6am, haw haw!" And she instantly removed that nights charge!

Then a while later my sis was staying in one and after a night of being kicked by her DHs restless legs she asked for a twin. And they removed the charge! It was nothing to do with them! Premier Inn 4 LYFE, yo.

So does that mean we can take our babies toPremier Inn for free because we won't get a good night's sleep with a baby?
I'm not expecting a good night's sleep tonight, as we have been to 2 birthday parties. DD2 thinks birthday parties are very exciting so doesn't feed or sleep because there is too much going on. I had to change my top in the car between parties because of the wet patch from aching, leaking left breast because she had fed so little this morning.

Lol we stayed in a premier inn on Thursday night and i made the same joke about whether we'd get a refund if DD woke in the night! In the end she was great in the travel cot - much better than her being in the bednest right in my face.
We drove 4 hrs with her on Thursday eve, and then stints of 3hrs and 1.5 hrs on the Friday, going from Surrey to Scotland (a bit further North than Perth). Couldn't believe that she was asleep the whole time the car was moving! We'd been dreading this journey but she was an absolute angel. Now we're on hols for a week with family so plenty of babysitters! Had a wedding yesterday and she just slept in her pushchair the whole evening.
I think the night waking is easing too. Fingers crossed we'll get a calmer few weeks before weaning starts...

No idea what sort of night I'm in for, 4 hour sleep from 4pm!! But when dd woke up she could suck her thumb! Obviously these big sleeps are for processing!

Well into second horrendous night in a row here. About an hours sleep last night as DD screamed the minute I moved. Ended up with her in the bed, spent the entire night lying on my side trying to doze. Think she's poorly - dosed with Calpol every 4 hours 3 times today then missed 9pm dose as she was sleeping. Since about 9:30 have had screaming, hot baby who will fall asleep on me but howls the minute I move or try to put her down. Just given her another dose of Calpol but I am so exhausted I'm in tears. She's been hard work all day and I have to keep taking deep breaths before I pick her up etc as am worried I will be too rough with her because I'm so tired/cross otherwise. I am a horrible mum. DP downstairs asleep on the sofa, if he does his usual come up to bed at 3am and I've managed to get her to sleep and he wakes her up, we are going to end up having a row at 3 in the morning. Thank God new house is rural. Hope you're having a better night than us, ladies!

Hope your night was okay twiglet ! And your dp didn't wake you guys up

Pretty grim, was still up when DP came to bed at 1:30. Gave her dose of Calpol at 3 and within half an hour she was asleep and back in her cot fine, poor little mite. Lesson learned about not giving her the last dose for the day when I know she's poorly. She has a little dry cough this morning so going to Calpol every four hours as recommended today too and give her all four doses as don't think it's going to do any harm and she still doesn't sound right.

Whoops, posted too soon! How was everyone else's night?

Also how often are you giving your DCs water to drink?

Oh twiglet you poor thing, dc too. Hope it passes quickly.

I don't give babydolly any water but I'm not weaning yet. I really don't know what I'll do then because she still won't take a bottle or cup :(

Number of wake ups is down but we still have the hour or 2 at about 2am. Its a killer.

Night not too bad here. 3? wake ups.
Bf here so no water but have tried him once with a Tommee tippee cup with cooled boiled water in it just to see what he made of the cup without wasting any ebm.
When we start weaning I believe you're meant to offer water with food even if Bf.

Oooh we haven't tried water yet. Might see what she thinks of it this week. One ratty baby this morning. God knows how I'm going to tidy the bombsite of a house with her refusing to be put down! thinking of training the dog to babysit

I volunteered to make a bloody cake for my friends baby shower. Why the bloody hell did I do that! Do we reckon anyone will care/notice if I just decorate one from sainsburys?! Dp is gonna have to be on baby duty so I can crack on with it.

Definately decorate a pre-made one. No-one wll notice if its a Victoria sponge or something easy to make. Or if you buy one from a bakery they're usually even more convincing as they're a bit squishier.

Massive hugs for you twiglet. Deep breaths. I'm thinking of you.

We had a slightly easier night - he slept from 6.30 till 12.30, back down again quickly and then got restless around 4.15 but disn't wake properly till 5. Had a bottle then back down till 7! Thats probably the best night we've had since he was born.

I seem to have caught DH's thing which he's largely over, and feel really poorly, so he took him at 7 and I didn't wake till 10.30!

We haven't offered any water all week. I didn't realise we were supposed to! Oh dear, maybe thsts he hasn't pooed since we started sweet potato!

I am BF and hadn't been offering water but DM gave her some yesterday while I was out and she had 3oz and wasn't all that interested in a proper feed for another 90 minutes after that, so don't think she was hungry! With all the dribbling I guess she is losing a lot of fluid so have given her a bit this morning too which she fluffed quite happily. Might try offering it a couple of times a day and see how we go?! Don't think she's likely to over hydrate on that!