July 2006.....and they all roll over......

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Ladies, thought I would do the new thread as the other one is taking forever to load up.

Hi..I have not posted here before maewest introduced it to me from another thread...i didn't know there was a birth club on here. anyhow just thought i'd say hello. not too clued up on the abbreviations but i'll get there. my dd??? had her injections yesterday..3 aswell. tbh she was better this time than the other times, she didn't need calpol last night, but didn't want her 6pm feed just cried and cried so i put her to bed and she fell straight to sleep. she doesn't sleep thru but only wakes once "normally"!! was wanting to ask a question tho...I dreamfeed her at 10pm ish before i go to bed and then she will wake up at totally different times thru the night. sometimes 2am, sometimes 4am and on the some occassions...rare tho..she will not wake at all. then she always wakes around 6.55-7am unless she fed after 4am then i wake her at 7.30am. is this normal!!?? should there not be a pattern?? during the day she always feeds around the same time, but during the night she is just doing strange things.

morning everyone!!!

jeanie at the way you were treated at surgery!! that is one thing i will never understand, why people object to the most natural thing in the world!!! it gets me sooo mad!!!

kz- im sure you're ds is going through a phase , my dd has started whining which she never used to do, its so annoying!!

and shes also started hitting and biting other kids in toddler group, although most of the time its because shes been hit by another child first!

junior has learnt to use his hands!!!! he keeps grabbing everyything including his spoon when im trying o feed him!! his strar6ted making mess!! i better going got a tired screaming baby hence the spelling errors!!

xmas stocking - i think you are right, especially when he watches everything his nana and me eat! Its a bit weird really...!

He's ok, he whines all the time now and i dontknow whats wrong!
hi caygill - babies are random! dont know if its normal, but guessing so!

babalon- welcome back, ive noticed how bitchy some mnetters can be!! and they are soo narrowminded and gang up on people with different opinions!!

welcome caygill132, junior will normally go bed at 8-8.30 and wakes around 12 for a feed but cant remenber if he woke last night at that time?? but i know he woke around... i cant remember!! i know he woke at 6.30 in the morning for a feed and went back to sleeo till 8.

do you think he might be ready for solids?? it might also be teething?

Hi Babalon soooo pleased to welcome you!

Big welcome to caygill too I'm not the best person to advise you on night time sleep, I have a nocturnal baby

Well, have been rather busy and haven't posted for a while. We are all fine, Zack is STILL a monkey at nights but I think I just have to accept that's the way he is! I've had a cold so it's all been rather tiring, but am on the mend now.

Zack is giggling lots, sucking his toes, demanding to be entertained ALOT, getting around on his back and generally growing up so fast I can't quite believe it!

Zack just woken up so better be off!

xx

Hi caygill, glad you've found us . Sometimes my DS has a pattern, and I think I'm used to it, then it all changes! Just trying to go with the flow. And welcome babalon, glad you and Logan are doing well .

Quick post as going out with DH & the boy in a min. Had great night out last night, DS took 4oz of EBM no probs from the bottle (phew), made him a bit windy tho but then slept until 5am, wow!

Welcome caygil.

Just a quick one ladies.

Pretty much from birth Jasmine has had a sleep pattern during the day. 2 hrs awake and then a 30-45 minute nap.

Yesterday, however, she was awake for 3 1/2 hrs and then slept for 3 hrs. Today she woke at 7.10 and I put her in her cot at 9.05. She is still there now @ 11.25 fast asleep. This is really not like her. Do you think she could be coming down with something. Or is it just one of those things. Am a bit miffed at all this sleeping. Thanx

JeanieJingleBells- oh my god I always feed ds after his injections, how dare she say that to you ESP as it?s the NHS that push bf, if it was a bottle you were feeding from then they wouldn?t say anything. I would be mortified if anyone told me off for feeding, I hope your feeling ok.
I have to laugh when im somewhere and ds needs feeding and people say ?shall I find a room for you? I always reply ?no its fine ill just feed him here? just to annoy them.

Krimbokrackerskayzed- I feel for you, dd has finally settled down with ds now and just annoys him rather than harm him.
I guess he was annoyed at having to leave the park and from his point of view you left because of dd so hes bound to be peed off with her. Hopefully it will soon pass, they all get jealous at some point it?s just a matter of when.
Oh and ds is now in 3-6 clothes but 6-12 socks! Ive created big foot.

Why isn?t ds making much noise, he hardly ever gurgles or coos. Should I be worried?

I read dds baby book yesterday and she was sitting unassisted at 5 ½ months, I cant believe that its not that long away for ds, hes just my baby and we must be settling down as I got broody yesterday and felt sad that he is my last and actually thought about another shock horror hopefully dh will make me come to my senses again.

Babalon ? nice to meet you
Xmasstocking- next step now is drowsy but not asleep, that?s what were currently working on. Ds has a dummy but it never settles him at night if he wakes or in the day if he cries. He just seems to want it to nod off with although im sure the habit will develop.

caygill132- welcome, ds is in a pattern of the same times at night ie 3 bloody times but no pattern at all in the day. I guess they?re all different.

Ds keeps grabbing and pinching me, when I pick him up he pinches my neck with one hand my bingo wings with the other and attempts to eat my neck and if you give him a toy he shoves it all in his face. Dh says he does to his toys what dh would like to do with a fab cleavage ie shove his face in it, [sorry for being crude]

I cant remember how old everyone?s lo?s are.

Ds is 16.2 weeks

sorry for the long post. i dont get out much

Thanks kbaby - we will see how it goes tonight. Josh isn't a 'talker' much either - he 'chats' in phases but on average I would say about 5 minutes a day (usually in one go) of proper gurgling and cooing etc. My friends DS who is a month younger, 'chats' ALL the time which was a shock to me and got me worried but accepted now that I have a quiet one. Dh isn't much of a talker whereas my friend and her DH could talk the hind leg of a donkey so that may have something to do with it?

Hi Caygill, welcome
My DS has a similar erratic night pattern to yours. He slept through for about 2 weeksn, and now wakes up although not always to eat.

WHen I put him on the floor he does lots of kicking, and somehow manages to turn him self around 180 degrees. And when I put him on his front he pushed so hard with his arms that he ends up going backwards

He is pretty talkative too, quite loud actually - very sweet.

DH being an utter pain in the arse, and he is not talking to me at the moment he can be so childish.

ANyway... happy Fridays all

oh, babalon GREAT to have you back, I was quite upset when you left! Still dont know what happened!!! Yes, lots of judgemental cows on MN< but also lots of luverlies.

x

he he brilliant!
Peter Andre and Jordan (oh sorry, Katie Price)
just sang on This Morning "my endelss love"
S was crooning along! Oh dear, no accounting for taste, well I have years to get rid of that anyway.
But at the end Jordan forgot to lip synch to the last line so it was an obvious mime
she did sound very good tho!

He he Sleep _ Josh just shrieked all the way through the song so obviously not impressed - missed the lip sync bit though - whoops!

BTW welcome Caygill - when was your lo born?

ummm - that should be "My endless love"

Amy was born on 24th July so is 4 months exactly today. She is...make that WAS having her nap but the recycling MEN have just pulled up outside our house and are currently dumping all the glass bottles into the back of the van..fingers crossed she will go back to sleep. She is quite a good sleeper..most of the time. She has a morning nap 45mins at 9am and then has 2hrs at 1200 so it gives me time on my own...much needed! Off to a weaning lesson now...don't know what that's all about will wait and see..surely it's just a case of putting food on a spoon and putting it in her mouth..no??!!

Hello all
Welcome back Babalon - we never really met before. Don't know what happened to you but the strategy I've developed with the bitches is to be as nice as pie and qualify absolutely everything so they've nothing to react to. Hope it goes better for you this time round.
Welcome Caygill and happy 4 month bday to your LO!
Well Aidan had his 3 jabs today - so glad you posted yesterday Jeanie or I wouldn't have been prepared. He was so good - just cried once for a few seconds after the second one - what a star! Much braver than me.
Aidan used to sing to me beautifully. Now he's found it's much more fun to shout and groan - sounds a bit like he's in labour actually! Hope it's just a phase.
DH and me had a massive row last night - is it unreasonable to ask him to dry the dishes after I've cooked and washed up? I know he's tired after a day out in the elements but I'm tired too after a day entertaining Aidan. And A woke up twice last night and screamed the place down - as you can imagine that went down like a lead balloon. C'est la vie.

Oh meant to say btw Babalon, great attitude to going back to work - makes me feel a whole lot better about it.

I just try not to post on inflamatory threads - usually anything about breast vs formula, natural vs caesarian, stay at home vs working mums. Although I do often lurk to enjoy a good ruck (does that make me a bad person ?) Does get to the point where you've heard it all before tho.

On the flipside, I've had some great support from MN over the past year or so (much of it from you lot)

Oh & firstatforty, got your email, will try and give you a ring tonight.

hello all, chester here. It has been a while since I have posted but I have been following this thread. The reason I haven't been posting is that suddenly my dd feeding times have decreased. It used to take an hour to feed her and it now takes 15-30minutes. She has also decided that she doesn't like me to talk to people, type into the computer or watch tv - hence my inability to post!

My dd had her first food today - a couple of teaspoons of mashed potato. I am getting very conflicting advice about weaning. One hv saying that if she doesn't get tastes of solids now she will be a fussy eater, others saying baby led weaning is the answer, others saying that most babies get fussy anyway. It is very difficult!
Welcome to Caygill - hope you are enjoying mumsnet - it does all get too serious sometimes. I quite like the silly chats and the cookery discussions.
don't know why i changed my name, thought i would because i can.
must go now my dh has cooked! hooray!
someone asked me what i did for a living but i'd rather not say on this public forum - was it you 1st at 40 or someone else? hope you understand!

Mae: I'm with you lurk in the background but sometimes do post {whispers} sometimes changing my nickname before though!

Babalon: WELCOME!! hope you're are OK gald it wasn't opur fault!

caygill132: WELCOME TOO!!!!!! glad you found us!

Twinkle: sound far from unreasonable to me! Has he had LO for a day on his own yet? If not DO IT! He'll soon appreciate how hard it is! Did this with my DP and he was fab for a few weeks but slacking a bit again (we had that row too today!) ho hum!

Can't remember any more posts sorry! Just a quicky today! Evie will not settle tonight keeps waking up been up 6 times since starting to read todays posts Think she's either teething or coming down with something though! That kind of cry! Typical when DP on nights too!!!!!!! Anyhow gotta go......AGAIN
Night all

hi caygill, dd2 is also 4 months today. Had my weaning talk earlier this week "Have you started weaning yet" "no" Do you want me to talk about it" "no". "OK, see you when she is 1 y old."

Well, she does know I have a ds and a dd1...

Clevergirl, it was me!! (Nixnoo) and only because you asked me - AND I answered!!!! tsk tsk

I feel a bit low today.. mainly due to ongoing fight with DH - who, quite frankly, is being a complete c**k. Massive row stemmed from the fact that the flat was not spotless.. "what do you do all day?" etc - was told I was lazy etc. Just what you need when you are sleep deprived and trying to get everything done, including some part time work. He seems to think I am sitting at home having a lovely time. The truth is I have been biting my nails because I dont get a chance to file them!!

Anyhoooooo a lovely friend is on her way over, so I am going to bend her ear and drink a bottle of wine.

Enjoy your weekends
x

pd: will change my name back to the Xmas one in Dec

Sleep - give him a slap from me and tell him that I haven't cleaned the bathroom for the last 5 yrs (because my DH does it SO much better).