November 2014: The one that needs baby-proofing!

[ladydolly]

And maybe ends with 1st birthdays!!

Argh... - really feel for you Anna and Catg - no fun at all. We had all that with the 1st tooth, and I think we had 8 month sleep regression at the same time - after it was mentioned, I looked it up (didn't even realise it was a "thing") - reckon that was what wee had for about 3-4 weeks when she was around 8 months.

2nd tooth made its appearance yesterday - luckily with a lot less fanfare that the first - LOADS of drooling; a fairly irritable DD for the day and a complete poonami yesterday evening - an up-and-out-the-back-of-the-nappy job...haven't had one of those for ages

Very miserable, clingy baby here today. Could be teeth or could be sad from 2 days at nursery. anna DD falls asleep holding on to my hair and I have also had to stand leaning over the cot until I can release it from her fingers without waking her.
My in-laws are coming round later. FIL is going to improvise something with wood so we can fit a stair gate at the top of the stairs, then they are going to babysit while DH and I go out for dinner for the first time since having DD2. We have never left her with them before so she probably won't sleep, but will only be round the corner.
Someone from work just text me to ask when I can go in before I start back to do some mandatory training things. I start back in less than 2 weeks , didn't know I would have to go in before my first shift and have no childcare sorted. My mum might be free to come over but it is a bit short notice, and there are a lot of things I still need to do with DD1 before school starts. Gah!

Happy I go back next week and they can't make you go in beforehand for anything! I even refused to do a training day on my first day back as felt it was unreasonable.

Baby had session at nursery today I stayed whole 2.5hrs was ok n cook was very good regarding dairy intolerance and will buy in special stuff. He goes Mon for morning on his own then full days from Tue 3 days a week n 4 days after Xmas.

Well, no idea how right or wrong work are to say I have to go in for 'as long as it takes' to do whatever it is I need to do, but I am going in on Monday. My parents are coming, and I am losing a day with my girls :(

Dinner with DH was nice. DD2 refused to drink any formula milk for MIL although she drank nearly 7oz for DH on Monday, but she went to sleep, slept in the cot for a bit, then in MIL's arms downstairs.

Feeling all your pain with work stuff. Went in to buy an outfit (I work in retail) and ended up in the manager's office discussing keep in touch days. Bleugh.

Up from 3.30-5.30 last night. Give me all the coffee!

Slightly better night here. Asleep at 7.40pm, wake and big feed at 10pm . She then went through from 10.30pm to 3.30am which was great and I got the full 5 hours' sleep. Then was awake from 3.30am to 5am. Just couldn't get her to drop off after the feed so I ended up bringing her back to my bed twice to put her back on the boob which she had clearly had enough of, but better that than endless rocking, my back is too sore. Also gave Nurofen, though I want it to be the last night I do that as I think her cold is starting to clear up. She eventually went back into her cot from 5am til after 8am. So not the worst.

It's this wide awake business that just has me baffled.

I saw every hour last night... and then some. I brought her into bed with me at 2 (which was the 5th time she'd woken since I went to bed at 9.30) but she still wriggled around and went on and off the boob til 5 when she was up for the day.

Tired is not the word. The last 7 days have been hideous! At least I'm working from home today so I don't have to put a brave face on it!

oh you poor thing lady, how grim. did you get any sleep at all? Is DD with you or is she back with her CM?

You've really been through the mill. When we had a vomiting bug in our house a few months ago, it took me much longer than the others to feel better again, probably because so sleep deprived and run down from pregnancy and birth etc! Take care!

Oh ladydolly that's rough. Dd slept till 1:30 then I took her into the spare room with me where she slept on my arm till 8! She's only just gone down for a nap now which is weird for her to miss the normal 2 hours after getting up one.

So we are having our first trip away in October. We're going to Anglesey race track with dp as he's doing an event there. It's going to be bloody freezing!!!

Happy I have learnt over time that "work" will take as much as you let them make sure it's put down as a KIT day so you are paid for it. I have sooooo much training that is due its unreal but hey I won't be able to do those things til the training gets done not a bad thing in short term.

Got my dad's wedding tomorrow so 4hrs in car with boys stop at my mum's get changed go to wedding stay at in laws home Sun same 4hr journey couldn't go today as ds 1 is at school.

So I have a load of dresses got the one out wanted to wear that and none of the others fit bloody bigger bf boobies so got one out that's less "weddingy" and normally bit big round my chest and it fits not overly happy with it.
So Dh rings me from work and says go get a new dress I will pay for it I said when do I do this oh just pop to marks Spencer - ok I will just pop with the baby pick up a dress that will fit n look amazing and pop back home all (guess that's how suit shopping must go!!) So no I haven't been to get a new dress admist tidying the house, prepping dinner, packing for weekend, school run and oh yeah looking after a baby!!

Hiya all. I seem to have fallen off the thread what with school hols & looking after both kids, trips to legoland & birthday parties! DS was back to school yesterday so hoping to get chance to pop on a bit more!

lady sorry to hear you & dd have been ill know its exhausting so hope u feel better soon

east men have no idea about how much us womenfolk have to do/juggle! Hope u have a nice weekend & enjoy the wedding

anna for teeth i would def just dose him immediately rather than waiting. Both my kids cut the top 4 plus 2 bottom ones in quick succession & it was pretty painful so we just dosed with calpol before bed then again at 3/4ish when she woke & also rubbed calgel on her gums.

So all this talk of crawling & standing - dd still isn't doing either. She still can't even get onto all fours & just 'swims' on the floor! But she rolls around to reach stuff, & today she moved about a foot sitting on her bum. She sits with one leg outstretched & one splayed to the side so am wondering if she may end up a bum shuffler! Loving seeing all your photos so here's one of dd taken 2 weeks ago.

Omama we don't crawl or stand we roll and back shuffle to get all the Things we are not allowed and ds1 having turned 5 at end Aug means lots of good stuff to steal.

DS doesn't crawl because as soon as he is on his front he rolls to his back. He doesn't pull up either. I reckon he is going to bum shuffle. He also doesn't roll back to front. Now I have written that down and reading what other babies do...should I be concerned?

Cat if you cannot sleep about it suddenly, pop down to HV or GP.
Although probably he will just suddenly surprise you one day doing many things, they all are different. Does he has motivators around house for the movements? DD is a lazy sod, so I have started to challenge her. Eg, sat her near heavy coffee table with rug around and then left the dummy about 10cm from the edge so she can see it. Voila, she suddenly pulls herself up trying to fish the dummy down, never done it before. Last night on plane she was stood up on my knees for most of the 2 hr flight, pulling herself up the front seat to see the plane. Luckily there was nobody sat in front of us. Possibly he can do things just don't see the point of it? I would love DD not rolling back to front, it means a nightmare of dressing her and been a cause for many sleepless nights bcs she would roll around so much she would bang her head, or lying on front would cry for us to turn her back although she can perfectly roll back herself.

Last night DH decided that, for the first time ever, he would get up when DD woke. He went in just after 1, and was there for over a hour before he came down and made her a bottle. She drank a bit of it and fell asleep, but was awake again only about 10mins after he got into bed. I went in and she wanted me to feed her but I didn't as she had just had milk, so I cuddled her until she fell asleep. I ended up with less sleep than usual as I couldn't sleep hearing her crying with DH and it was about 4am by the time she was settled. In 2 weeks I am doing 2 night shifts at work, and they could be very long and traumatic for DD and DH if last night is anything to go by :(

strawberry Thank you. He is a very happy and content chap. OH is convinced he could roll back to front if he saw the point and just doesn't at the moment. Lots of tummy time tried and he just flips onto his back. Sitting up he is very strong. When you stand him next to something he can hold on for a few seconds. Sod it. Sure it will all be fine in the end. X

Well we went from nothing to crawling to pulling up in about 48 hrs. It was quite a shock! One minute I was fretting cos he wasn't crawling, and the next it was "shit! We need to get a stairgate TODAY!"

Shite morning here with complete refusal to nap at his normal time. He then did a long afternoon nap. I sincerely hope this isn't him going down to one nap a day!
No stairgate here as although he's very mobile we only let him loose downstairs! Neither bedroom is really child proof. We'll have to sort that out pretty soon won't we?!

We've had mornings like that MrsA, then she goes back to normal the following day. Currently we're going through a period of very half-hearted BF . Normally she has 4 BFs per day: today she decided she didn't want the 2nd one. For the last week she's been fidgeting around for every feed bar the 1st one of the day - can't decide if she wants to lie across me to feed or sit up...makes for a very "interesting' feeding time

Catg we're not crawling or pulling up here either ....just a bit of rocking! We are getting a LOT of laughter though, especially over the last few days, and that's way more important to me

Catg my first never really rolled sat unaided from 5mths so spent all time Sat, was cruising at 7.5mths but didn't walk til 18mths and crawled for a bit at 12mths basically until a yr I could sit him down to play and leave him and he would be safe, ds2 is a nightmare rolls everywhere and gets things he shouldn't, open a drawer pulls stuff out, no interest in pulling up though thankfully.

dd is a bf monster at the moment, I hopped in the bath with her today and couldn't keep her off them! I think it's to do with last weeks tummy bug.

We've spent this weekend trying to cram in everything we were supposed to do last weekend, it's been quite good despite an 7 hour round trip yesterday and a 3 hour round trip today, dd was brilliant both days. Out for lunch today and she ate pretty much non stop between smiling for anyone in eyeline!

eastmids I thought that walking came pretty soon after cruising! So it could be a long way off yet... she loves standing but shows no signs of walking unaided, she doesn't even like standing without furniture.

Oh we have a climber. He can climb up 3 stairs, much to our horror. So it was an emergency stairgate situation.

He also is quite happy to wobble about only holding onto something with one hand. Everyone tells me he'll be walking within the month. I respond with a fixed grin that in no way reveals how that thought petrifies me.

He's also discovered that if he stands up and reaches he can pull stuff off the kitchen table of its near enough the edge. And of course our kitchen table is always chaotic, with bills and various bobs and bits strewn across it. He delights in pulling himself up on the handles of the oven. Oh and his next task is figuring out how to open the fridge freezer door!

So yeah, its a bit stressful tbh. He's ridiculously busy. Into everything. Nothing is safe. If I'm having a wee he thunders in on all fours like the clappers and as soon as I finish he pulls himself up on the toilet and starts examining the bowl with interest!

We are constantly pulling him away from everything. He's so fast now he can be across the room trying to pull the TV down on himself in 10 seconds flat.

I feel like I'm not ready for all this! He wasn't supposed to do all this so early! He can't even clap his bloody hands yet! As for waving goodbye - forget about it!

I need more time!

So I'm sat up in bed with a bloody nose because in trying to get dd out of our bed and back into her cot the little shit darling flung herself backwards so hard I think she might have broken my nose. Oh and dp is at his mums, this is wonderful.

Shit Ark! Are you ok? How are you feeling now?

Alright this morning, just sore. Didnt stop bleeding till 5ish so im knackered but I don't think it's broken.

So much for getting dd back in her own bed, she was fast asleep in mine within 10 mins.