November 2014: The one that needs baby-proofing!

[ladydolly]

And maybe ends with 1st birthdays!!

Omama the crawling around thing does my head in! It really isn't the done thing at some early o'clock.....

I must admit to being very glad to hear it's not just us though ....here's hoping we all have a better night tonight....

If I pretend I'm asleep and keep putting dd back lying down she does eventually seem to get the message that it's sleeping time not pissing about time, eventually. Usually after I've gone ' it's bloody sleeping time so go to sodding sleep' in a probably too harsh tone. but it works

Maybe trying that tonight then Ark - longest stretch of sleep dd got last night was 3 hrs . Only "win" was that we didn't bring her into our bed and I didn't feed her to sleep. Have no idea how much sleep dh and I got -at a guess it was around 3.5hrs broken up. ..and poor dh had to get up at 4.50 to do an early shift at work . Think it's going to be a take it easy day. ..

So last week DD picked up her first cold (parents should have know better as let her walk around the playground in 11 degrees wearing leather baby shoes). Friday was bad with lots of snot and sleepless night, but then on Saturday morning it all dried up and she's been fine since then. But it made me to knit her mittens and cowl very fast this weekend.

Yes, to waking for play during the night. Last night she decided the midnight was the time to sit up and play with Evan, its tune on shuffle non-stop. I could have killed the blooming sheep! Then DH decided that just letting her play until she's tired and falls back to sleep wasn't way forward and he had to do something. Picking her up and taking to our bed extended the fun till 2.30am. I was furious...

We got Britax forward facing seat. I know it's better to have them rear facing until 15 months, but when we were away during the summer, we had only forward facing seats and she enjoyed so much seeing outside and being able to have contact with everybody in the car, so we decided to go for forward facing. She is very content with it.

Ark - we do that too but if she's not pleased about laying she starts to scream! As we don't want to wake DS its hard to just leave her to it. Anyway last night was better (ish). She still woke at 5am but after meds thankfully resettled til 6.30 & I've managed to get her down for 2 naps today so hopefully she'll feel more rested tomorrow.

We have a new issue - now she's crawling her legs are getting all tangled & stuck inside her sleepsuits & its waking her up. Anyone else have this? How have you overcome it? Wondered about using pj's which means wasting all the sleepsuits I just bought in the next size up but DD is still in 6-9 months so I think too small - next pj's only start at 12-18 months

Hope tonight's better haven't

omama I'm in Dubai (for work though) it's 35 degrees... delish.

babydolly is suffering, I don't think it's the sun because we've kept her out of it but at night she's just burning up, even with aircon on she's been in just a nappy. She's crying in her sleep as well, like she's in pain and will only sleep on me - and she's never been that cuddly so it's really unusual. I just don't know what stage to call a doctor, it's just a temperature and no other symptoms so seems dramatic.

Anyway, I left them sleeping 3 hours ago and I've heard nothing by text so they must be fine!

Thanks omama - dd has had a MUCH better night: she slept through! !!! Woo hoo . It's been a full 12 hrs now and she's still in bed! Mind you, shouldn't get too excited as could easily be a crap night tonight. ... What's really annoying is that I managed 3hrs of solid sleep but then just couldn't get back to sleep again . Think I may have dozed for a few hours.

ladydolly hope babydolly is ok. I'm definitely not an expert but guess the fluid intake has to be upped in that kind of temp? Hope she's better soon

I'm starting to feel like the end of crap nights is in sight, Friday and Saturday night dd slept through till gone 7, sunday evening we went out for dinner with friends and she ate her body weight in peas, grilled chicken and fish and chips and ice cream and we didn't get her to bed till 9 so she was a bit unsettled but slept from midnight till 8 in with me. Then last night she slept through again.

Though I've just jinxed it all haven't I!

Sunday we got compliments from the staff and an opposite table about how well behaved and smiley dd is. She just chatted and ate and made happy squeaky noises the whole time. It was lovely! Not bad going especially as she had only had a half an hours afternoon nap instead of her usual 1.5-2 hours!

Ladydolly I hope dd is better soon. Poorly baby isn't fun at home let alone in a different country

H&M definitely do small PJs as ds has some in 6-9.
Ds has a horrible hacking cough that developed overnight. Any ideas?

Managed to catch up again!
Annarose I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum, not an update I hoped to read on here :-( What a shock for it to happen so suddenly, even if was expected (in a way). Those temper tantrums don't sound fun at all. It all sounds really stressful. DS looks very cute in those waterproofs though!

I started back at work 3 days a week, last week. DD has transitioned to full days at nursery well, and today i dropped her off for breakfast for the first time. All the little babies sitting in their little chairs eating shreddies together was extremely cute. And obviously even more brilliant that I don't have to clear the mess up after!

On the down side the back to back colds and viruses continue. Nothing too serious though, and she's generally in pretty good spirits so I haven't felt the need to keep her off nursery so far. MrsAuk if it's developed overnight I'd take him to the docs. DD has a horrid cough at the mo but it is clearly linked to her current cold - she's getting up all the gunk - so I'm not too worried.

Sleep - with all the colds her appetite for solids really drops, which means more night wakings. I gave in and brought back the dream feed and most of the time after that she sleeps through til morning. In fact her regular waking time is 8am at the moment (I know, lucky!) so we're having to wake her most mornings. I'm hoping that once the clocks change though we'll be OK as she'll just go to waking at 7 (I hope!). Though her usual bedtime is currently 7-7.30 so will that get pulled back to 6-6.30 too I wonder? Going to be a tight squeeze on nursery days!

She's started cruising around the furniture a bit more and is very stable on her feet - I would think she's close to walking except that she is so fast at crawling, will she see the point of it?!!

STILL NO FECKING TEETH!!!!!! oh my god, when will they arrive?!! I'm so fed up of the teething!

omama DD looks so cute in sleepsuits now it's untrue but I have taken back the ones I bought in 9-12m as getting her into them is a nightmare, and as you say it's hard to crawl around in them. We've been buying pyjamas for a while - the supermarkets have them in all sizes I think. Certainly Tesco and Morrisons had 6-9m ones. However I usually put a long sleeve vest on her and then the PJ bottoms (under her gro bag) - I find without that containment from the vest the nappy can move around more and we have had some leaks. In the morning while having breakfast I stick the PJ top on for a bit of warmth and cos I don't have enough washing already

OMG moggle still no teeth? Horrendous. We were late and still have only 4 but it has paused the dribbling a bit at least.

Thanks for your kind words. I'm outwardly fine but inwardly not great - quite frail and wobbly. Find it hard to cope with "extra" stuff. The basics I can just about manage - taking care of DS and cooking dinner. DH is being a legend, super-consoling and cuddly, just as he was with dad. He's just such a kind man. I got lucky there.

Thankfully DS only had one day of temper tantrums - I guess he really was feeding off my mood and acting out. He's been pretty pleasant ever since which I'm absurdly grateful for. He can still get a bit stroppy when you close an interesting cupboard door in his face but it passes quickly so its ok.

He definately has started to get a bit "toddlery" with food though. Last week he'd eat anything and we were very smug. This week? He only wants meat or chunky fish like coley - or toast. Rice and veggies and all porridge/cereal goes on the floor. So we're having to just roll with it a bit. We've even had to pull out the emergency pouches a couple of times.

Oh, and he completely refuses to eat in the highchair but 5 mins later if you're sitting down on the floor with a bit of toast he'll take your hand off for it. Its frustrating that the little feckers keep changing the rules on you!

Last night he went down fine but awoke at 10.30 and then was really up (and upset about it, quite wail-y) till 1.30. Thank god he slept till 7.30 then though. Thats happened for the past few days.

Spotted there's a Wonder Week due tomorrow so that may be it?

I've heard its a terrible one!

Oh Anna it's probably inappropriate to say, but thank goodness it's not just our DD being particular with food and eating. I have no idea where my diverse eating girl has disappeared! I have the Ella's cookbook which I use and I always try to give her our food as well. Last few weeks she has refused every single meal I have made, so it has all been stored in the freezer for "better days", we have one drawer full with her food frozen in all sorts of volumes (I have run out of special baby food storing pots, so improvising...). Instead she would clear off the jar food or just chomp on toast. Judging by her attitude could think I am utterly rubbish cook
In the middle of all that I have done a very silly thing. On Ella's poach it says that you can either squeeze the contents on plate or straight in the spoon. DD had a giggly mood and I decided to do another shortcut for a laugh - squeeze it straight in her mouth. She thought it was very funny. Now I cannot show her the poach otherwise she refuses to eat with spoon, would grab the poach and squeeze or try it in the mouth. I am not very helpful when it comes to table manners, am I?

Anna I spotted the next wonder week fast approaching too. ...am going to lay the blame for the current crap sleeping firmly at its door!

moggle dd will be 11 mo next week and we only have 2 teeth (bottom) at the moment. ..think the next lot have been making themselves known for a while just haven't made an appearance yet. ..wish they'd get a bloody move on

My monkey is 11mths today and at nursery feel a little bad ds1 dh and I have had a chill day at home but got so much done without a baby around and he needs to continue with nursery as only just settling its half term so I have a week off.

Had a family day out at a theme park for under 10s yesterday has about 6 rides, loads outdoor activities and some indoor soft play was great only about 10 other families there despite being half term for some but not all of east Midlands and is just over an hr away, was sunny day and both boys could do everything baby was fine on rides as could sit on seats and were so slow he loved it.

Any first time parents I would highly recommend a child table and chairs we have the £18 Ikea set and had cushions made for seats and its still going strong 4yr later but kiddicare do a similar one and along with the pencil design one's are all in sale for around £25.

Oh, we've been sucking in pouches for weeks! They like doing it and it gets in quickly. Pick your battles, and all that!

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4 times east ! That doesn't sound great.

I took dd off the waiting list for one of the nurseries yesterday. The attested a nursery nurse for being in possesion of child porn sending dd to nursery at all is making me feel sick. I know I'm being ridiculous but if someone can slip through the net like that then.....

Off on holiday on Friday! So hoping dd sleeps in the travel cot okay cause so far any attempts to put her down for naps in it have been rubbish!

ark you're definitely not alone in feeling sick re sending you're dd to nursery - I'm exactly the same. Luckily,the place we're putting dd does loads of settling in sessions (great for both her and me! ) - she loves it and I'm getting more used to it. ...first time I left her in the room for 15 mins without me, I felt physically sick; now she doesn't bat an eyelid when I leave!

Also going away tomorrow to visit the in-laws. Nervous about travel cot as it's getting a very tight squeeze particularly as she wriggles around so much. Will just have to cross my fingers!

Nursery wise we are on week 7 I dropped off yesterday and today and he cries when handed over but had settled within couple minutes as I waited around where he couldn't see me, first 3 weeks he was so unsettled so we are now in a good place. They have been fab with his cows milk protein intolerance.

Ark havent probably too late for you now but DD likes the travel cot SO much more since we bought an extra mattress for it. We regularly use two travel cots (one at parents, one we use when we go away if there's room in the car) so had to get two different sizes - they are just thick foam, one is about 4cm thick and folds in 4 parts, the other is 7cm thick and just folds in half. Got them both on Amazon, about £20 each. She's so much more comfy, less wriggly, sleeps just like at home. And best of all when she has to be in the room with us when we're away, we don't get that awful rustling sound waking us up!

Ark that is terrible re the nursery. How awful. I must admit I've been surprised at how OK I've been with leaving her and I think it's partly because our nursery is sooooo lovely and the girls and ladies there are so caring, always picking babies up for a cuddle if they're looking upset or lost, and you can see how they are genuinely fond of all the babies. Even some of the staff from the older classrooms have told me how much they love DD when they've been in the baby room to help. It feels like a big family even though it's not a small nursery. Definitely go with your gut feelings as well as the stuff like practicalities and ofsted etc. (DD gets all her meals there which is A MA ZING! No wiping up! No food flung on the floor for two whole days!! No whinging cos I'm not cutting up strawberries fast enough!!)

Ark saw your thread about nursery this morning. That's horrible, no wonder you don't want her there. You were talking about the other nursery which seems nice? Go around for visit with DD, usually there are lot's of telling details going on even if the staff know the potential client is on the site and they should try to impress you. Pay attention how happy (or not) are the children there, if facilities are created to safeguard the children and, most importantly, how your DD feels there. You will know when it is the right place for you both. We have been twice to the nursery before we booked DD there. Both times we didn't see a single child crying (we might have been lucky there!) not even those settling in at the time, they seemed content and outgoing. Bigger kids came over to poke at DD and ask if that was a doll in the car seat (she was 6 weeks on the 1st visit). It has both times been tidy and clean, the nursery is purpose built and it feels that everything has been thought through. The second visit DD was 9 months, she was very happy interacting with other kids. And the staff were nice and kind but nobody was OTT (talking to kids in over-animated voice urgh!, pouring compliments over DD non-stop etc) to impress us. Somebody not knowing we have booked DD there have described the nursery as horrible and hospital like and singing praises to the other nursery which for us seemed like an orphanage - abandoned snotty kids crying in corners and place was a tip (not at all like a hospital!). There can be very opposite views on the same nursery so listen to yourself and you will choose the right one. I would think in nurseries it is more complicated to abuse a child than in single adult provided childcare simply due to the huge number of people constantly on premises. If you know a childminder you can trust maybe you will feel more secure with this option than nursery?

Thanks strawberry I think I will be happier using a child minder. My friend is currently doing all her qualifications etc to set up a childminding business so if it worked out with timings I would hope she could go to her, shes also our babysitter and wonderful with dd. I know I'm being daft about it, but we were really happy with the nursery when we looked round that to find this out was a shock and the fact that they won't tell us the details is not helping.

That would be brilliant Ark and would put your mind at rest! Tell her to hurry up that clients are queuing up

Btw, you are not daft at all, I think a lot of parents would have the same reaction.