Jan '07 part 16: We're back in our skinny jeans (we just can't do the zips up!)

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I like Lizz's

That should be 3 to 4 times a night ..... but it feels like 34 !

ahhh thank goodness mine isn't the only non sleeper! i got spoilt with my first one as she slept through brilliantly but didn't get any teeth till she was 14 months and then it was hell! At least DS is getting his teeth now so will hopefully be done and dusted with them earlier! DD is now 3.5 and still getting 2 molars!

UD he's a monkey (son not husband!) quite often I put him in bed with us he stops crying and starts singing! Might resort to trying a dummy again but he's usually not interested in one.

LTH we have the same problem - he usually sleeps on his tummy then rolls on his back wakes up but can't get back over onto his tum again - i even put rolled up towels either side of him to try to stop him rolling over but he pulls them away! Might have to try him in the travel cot to see if the extra space means he'll roll right over - or put him into commando rolling training at the weekend!

Anyone else's LO's crawling - mine is getting very fast and its soo cute - he's also pulling himself up on everything but then gets stuck and can't get back down.

Hattie has developed the habit of waking at 4.30am and nothing will make her go back to sleep, in fact dh left for work at 4.50 this morning and by 5am hattie had woken ellie as well, I was not amused we were downstairs and I gave hattie some milk (was trying to stop oing that as dont want her thinking shes getting milk every morning at 4.30) by 5.20 I gave up stuck hattie in her cot and let her cry for 5 mins and she went back to sleep, stuck ellie in bed with me and she nodded off by 5.35 and I had another hour till 6.30 although they slept till gone 7

Oh God, got my third reminder to book a smear yesterday. I'm deliberately not booking, because my last smear was borderline and I was bfeeding. Guess what? I'm still bfeeding so the chances are it'll still be borderline, which means I'd be sent for colposcopy, and that's something I'd rather not have. I think plenty enough people have been up to their armpits in my fanjo for now thanks very much!

I'm up with ds2 too - either just him moaning for no reason and waking him, or for feeds. I can't be arsed to put him in his own room until he drops the feed - though in fact he has been hopeless at the night feed last 2 nights so he might be trying to drop it. Which is a right PITA itself because it means another enormous hormonal depression and lots of blocked ducts. And it means he'll be wanting breakfast much earlier, so may not make it to lunch without milk, so means trying to get out of work to feed him... And I've got a cold. And I'm a moany cow .

Oh, and I'm fat too. I actually weigh less than I did pre-pg but that's because I still had ds1's babyweight when I got pg. But it's my shape I hate, it's changed so much more this time, I'm carrying it all on my belly which is vast, despite my weight being ok. And yes, yes, the answer is exercise here too. Maybe we should do our own mini-weight-loss-exercise-support thread

Lauren is also a pain at the moment she keeps crying around 4 in the afternoon scream scream scream and then at night I keep getting up at night aarrgghh.

I have a theory about all this baby (cake) weight. Its about to all fall off us really quickly as the LOs have started to move more. I am constantly running after my little speedy gonzales so will be thin by xmas!
And LTH has 4 - so thats why she is teeny tiny, she is constantly running around after 4 of them, so is 4 x smaller than me. Right?

Have just re done cv am very pleased with myself.
And potted up bulbs for spring this morning.
And washed kitchen floor.
And only spent 4 hours on facebook!

Thanks for the job info Wilkie, I sent it onto my Mum. She retired last week, but I'm not going to let her sit around twiddling her thumbs for long!

ps - yes LTH we had scones at Middle Farm!
Was a lovely afternoon, DJ giggled his head off at the ducks! Very cute.
Anytime you want to arrange an afternoon expedition let me know!

Hope DS3 had a good birthday.

Evening.
I'm feeling very sorry for myself. Full of cold

Caught it off Pip. She's been poorly since ...ohh...approximately 5 mins after DH left for his stag do last Friday. It's the first time she's been really miserable and unwell, and it's been awful not being able to help her. Finally broke the calpol open. Dh returned on Sunday pm, and was utterly useless. You see, poor thing was tired after his weekend.

Reading all your posts about your lo's waking in the night made me feel really guilty though. Since she's been poorly, she's woken up c 12 - 1.30 am, then again at 4.30 - 6am, and I've been feeling really grotty. But I should be grateful that when she's well, she sleeps for England.

Anyway, should stop moaning as we're both on the mend. Colds don't normally trouble me but this one has gone right to my head iykwim.

Right, chicken casserole should be about cooked. Off to eat...that should cheer me up

Aloha - I'm not commenting on J's sleep pattern cos as soon as I do it goes haywire cos I've jinxed it. Let's just say I am currently about it.

J has become SO independent with his finger food he now gets cross when I try to give him mashed food. Any suggestions cos all the finger food is a bit 'junky'. I need something easy and healthy. He has started to like fruit more which is great but still having difficulties with getting him to drink water.

DH has just had the ENTIRE series of 'World At War' DVDs delivered courtesy of my saddo dad saving the coupons from the Daily Mail and sending off for it for him. He is so excited......there are 26 DVDs each lasting 50 mins. DH is morphing into my dad. God help me!!!!! Oh well, better than morphing into his dad

Am stuck with my Secret Santa ATM. Really not sure what to get.

Errr....this thread is covered in Rgee's snot!

I thought it was a little slimey! Dirty bint

some of that may be snot dripping from hatties nose and that annoying sound in the background is Ellie coughing every 2 minutes!

Evening everyone!

My lo is waking a lot in the night this week too - she's teething and has a cold as well so makes for 1 very tired mummy!

Went shopping today as I'm fed up with no clothes fitting me right, am toying with joining weightwatchers tomorrow but when dh away it's really difficult to get there with 3 dc. Just need more willpower I'm afraid as managed to lose over 1 stone since lo's birth.

Big news of the day we went to new Brasserie Blanc restaurant in Leeds for lunch and happened to see Raymond Blanc there!! Because dh used to work with him he came over for a quick chat and I got 4 kisses off him

pcf - you have to try the cream tea at Middle farm, its really nice.
Canmummy - ooooh, get you!
eah - poor you!
wilkie - i think snot fest season is upon us!

THANK YOU RGEE!!! Have woken up with a frigging cold. How long till little man gets it then do we think???

SHOES - I know we had this discussion a few weeks ago but I need to find some size 3 shoes for J. I only put them on when we go out with his socks cos his feet get cold but we took him to Clarks to get his feet measured and he has wide feet. Can I find any cheap shoes to fit him???? NO! NEXT are too small. Any suggestions?

mothercare/adams/woolworths all do pram shoes, I do the same as you wilkie it's mainly to keep socks on and luckily the girls ones have velcro across them as a strap so they do the trick (apart from now its getting cold I can put tights on her = problem solved!!)

Had a relatively good night considering they are both full of cold - been up since 5.30am tough meant to be going to a 1st birthday lunch but text my mate to see if she wants us with colds or not!!

get some shoo shoos/bobux/daisy roots wilkie. they're perfect for them atm

I can't even get the little shoes we have onto Dylan. Its too hard. Keep meaning to buy these.

also any shoes you buy off the peg(ie from next/woolies etc etc will be an f fitting.

f is the average width of baby feet appaerntly

ooo I never knew that LTH (Ellie has always been an F fitting so 'average' child I assume!)

Lizz those look good - although all of you with boys could put tights on under trousers - problem solved

ooooooh! I could get those cute little ballet tights!
I think DP would have a fit if I put him in tights (LO - not DP!)

LTH - I am popping in here on Saturday. Its on the way from the station to the Ha Ha bar.

EandH, I knew that from when ds1 was little but stranglly when I got ds3 feet measured yesterday the woman in clarks told me the same.

She said something like "An F fitting is the average fitting so you can get any shoes really...."

I've alway found that shoes off the peg are much harder leather than clarks etc though. They don't seem as comfy IYSWIM