October 2014- thread 8. Growing up fast, 6 months already!!

[MundayCakes85]

Morning all! A shiny new thread for Easter.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, I'm off to eat copious amounts of chocolate whilst hiding in the floor of the nursery with Ewan the sheep

Punky I remember you! My baby girl can roll but doesn't do it much (maybe every few days). She can roll from her tummy onto her back and can roll onto her side from her front.

But my eldest never really rolled - he also never crawled but was walking unaided at 11 months (and before that used to cruise around holding furniture/hands/push along toys for months).

Morning. So last night N woke at 10pm so I fed him then he didn't wake til 3?!!! And then briefly at 4 and then at 5 to do an epic poo which woke him up properly so we got up. But this is a HUGE improvement on his normal hourly wakings... It may just be one of those things and hes just got it, he's eating a bit more at meal times or the extra 3oz milk plus full boob at bed time has helped. Who bloomin knows but long may it continue!!!

Yay, well done sazzle! Exciting isn't it!

Well done Ned, long may it last!! Fingers crossed his sleep will continue to improve
Hi Punky, I think every baby is completely different so it's probably nothing to worry about. But we're programmed to worry! Is he doing lots of other things progress wise? Maybe he'll just get up and walk one day

good times sazzle and babysazzle! We've started to have a couple of better nights with only one or two wakings. But last night toddler was up for two hours one n off which is unheard of these days!! And then he woke to go for a wee which is the first time he's done that at night so I didn't mind that one! A busy night for be cause DH is away AGAIN!!!!!!!

Oh dear....typos!

Thanks Flip and Munday, he is close to sitting without support, and pushes himself right up on his arms when on his stomach (chest right off floor) but just doesn't roll! I guess I find it weird as DS1 was and is soooo active and was speed rolling across the room by this point.

Another question though.. What noises are your babies making? DS2 squeals, and giggles, and makes "ah ahhh ahh" sounds, and blows raspberries, but generally is very quiet.. No chattering, cooing or babbling. DS1 (3 years old) has recently been diagnosed as on the autism spectrum so I am watching Ds2 very closely obviously.

I know all babies are different but just wondering if there's anyone else with very quiet babies? I've been driving myself mad googling over these things, without getting any real answers!

Xxx

Punky my baby girl is quite quiet too - goes ah-ah-ah and makes a range of creaky sounding noises and blows raspberries and laughs but nothing like ba-ba or da-da. I can see why you'd be worried with DS1's diagnosis but try not to. Easier said than done I know. I hope your ds1's early diagnosis means you're getting good support and intervention.

Sazzle yay for N! Bet you feel like a new person!

Munday enjoy the christening. The muffins freeze really well btw - I batch cook them and freeze loads. Much easier than making sandwiches for out and about.

Might try the muffins too they sound good and replace the egg and butter...
Thanks for all the Pom pom waving it is actually exciting you're right Goats! We are in London this weekend staying with friends so I'm expecting the sleeping to go tits up but hopefully we can get N back on track next week and operation own room by next weekend.

E won't succumb to the power of the boob anymore. And doesn't like Ewan, or my white noise app, or me in the room!
So I feed her, burp her, put her down and walk away. She's so independent now. And prefers sleeping on her side like a little grown up

Bump have you tried different makes of bottles? Maybe try ones with more nipple-y type tears.
It must be really tough, how's the weaning going?

Oh bump that's tough. Ned will take a bottle more easily at bedtime but fusses in the day with it. Not a full amount - the most is 2-3oz but we are getting there slowly slowly and I hope in a month or so he'll take a bottle any time I throw it at him, and preferably formula but I'll settle for a mix too. A little more freedom for me would be good. In 6 months I've not left him for longer than 3 hours! My ds1 was easier, I was feeding him at least 2 bottles a day by now and I think I was able to leave him for a whole night too. Ned is definitely more trouble!!!

Bump have you thought of introducing a cup? Doidy or just a standard open cup? A friend of mine got her son on a toddler style bottle as he plain refused a normal teat.

Oh bump how infuriating that she'll have water but not milk. How about watering milk down a little and gradually reducing the water content? Obviously not a very useful for big milk feeds cause she'd be filling up on water, but just as a test to get her used to drinking smaller amounts of milk from the cup? I feel for you, the pressure of being the only milk source is claustrophobic at times. I've felt the same at times.

Oh it's so that feeling, being completely tied to them....
Ok so two nights of good replaced by utter horror last night. Hourly wake ups and been up since 4.50am. Going to be a long day, I need to mainline caffine I think....

Oh dear sazzle. There's a bit of light at the end of the tunnel knowing he can do a half decent night though? We had another rubbish night mainly because both kids took it in turns to be awake and I was on my own to deal with them. DS up for the day at 6am too which is very unusual. DD stayed in her cot till 7am so it was bizarrely nice to have an hour snuggled with DS alone I'd still rather have been asleep though!! DH back tonight than goodness, I'm sick of doing this all on my own. God knows how single parents do it.

Bee me too I'm on day six without DH with Lil and my 2 year old. DH is looking after his Mum after a knee replacement. He's home tomorrow night - thank actual f*ck. Knackered and sick of doing everything alone - they're relentless!

Draining isn't it yellow. And it doesn't do anything for my parenting skills. I intend on clocking off for large parts of the weekend as he's friggin away again on Monday!!!!

Wahey both asleep and both transferred to their own beds (the toddler has his stories in my bed while I feed the baby to sleep) washing to sort and then GIN!

Dp worked late on Thursday and didn't get back until 9 it's nearly finished me off! So anyone managing on their own for longer has my sympathy.
Eldestwing has been away to an activity centre with school for three days she has come back today. It's also her tenth birthday today it was horrible this morning when she wasn't here :(
I took the three little ones and her elder half brother and sister to meet her off the coach we took banners and balloons she was mortified but loved it too!
I have five ten year olds for a sleepover tomorrow night I must be mad! hopefully they won't wake babywing and toddlerwing.

Hope eldestwing had a lovely birthday, good luck with the sleep over tonight!
E is down for a nap so I'm furiously tidying in preparation for her baptism tomorrow, got a houseful of family. Bet she doesn't nap then
Feeling a bit sad that BFing is almost over. I've been giving her 3 bottles a day, keeping morning and bedtime boob. Today neither boob was full so think it's nearly finished.

Oh my goodness Buttwing - You're having the birthday sleepover with the other children in the house as well? That's very, very brave, to say the least.

I tend to ship the others out to grandparents when we have a big sleepover, so at least they aren't disturbing the younger children. Even just a one child sleepover usually only happens when one of the others is invited to a sleepover elsewhere - ie one in, one out.

Loving the balloons etc when meeting the coach though