Nov 2007..... Once we pop, we will not stop!!!

[sparklygothkat]

I can finally start this, as someone else has had her baby.. woohooo!

SparklyGothKat - 25 Sep (8 Nov) BOY - Callum Eden
KaylaBMummy ? South Wales - 18 Oct (8 Nov) GIRL - Katie

[RGPargy]

Hi ladies!!

I started a new thread HERE Hope you dont mind!

[sarahloumadam]

Cheers Chocolate but I am sure he only slept through because he wore himself (and us) out! Sorry you had a pants night, sleep deprivation is torture. You deserve to shop at M&S! I regularly treat myself to having the food delivered now - even if Adam stays asleep, I am so worried that he will wake up and demand a feed that I forget half the stuff I went for.

[ChocolateHobnob]

Sarahlou, I think 1 till 7 is sleeping through! Congrats. And well done on his weight - he's doing great.

RG, your night out sounds fab! And Ellie sounds like a dream. Shame she didnt sleep well after...

Fiona/Silk, I admire you for doing GF. How does it work with bf though Fiona - are you making Anabel feed to the routine, or feeding on demand?

We had the night from hell last night. Rebecca didnt sleep more than half an hour at a time until 4 am. Her sleep avoidance really gets to me sometimes! And I'm having root canal tomorrow afternoon, so my parents are taking her. I guess I'm too tired to dread it too much..!

Been into town today - she was as nosy as ever and peered at everyone. Did the weeks shop in M and S - have done this far too often since having her!

[sarahloumadam]

Hello everyone, not much to report apart from the usual which is why I haven't been on recently.

We had some friends down last night and Adam was wide awake for most of the evening cos he is just so blooming nosey! But he slept from 1 till about 7 - does that count as sleeping through?! It does in my book . I woke up thinking I must have gone mad because I couldn't remember his 4 o'clock feed.

Adam continues to thrive and is now 13lbs 6! Eek. But HV said not to worry, all in proportion. HV lovely actually which is a bonus as it seems there are some crap HVs out there. Is actually quite lean at the moment having grown in length (Adam, not the HV!).

Went to look at the nursery which is attached to my DH's work and wasn't overly impressed. Just looked a bit grubby. Think he will be with mil 2 days a week and 1 day in childcare of some sort. Not looking forward to leaving him but not going back till August.

Hope you are all having a chilled Sunday x

[sparklygothkat]

lm, i emailed you, about the carseat base. I discovered that my car actually does have isofix, and was wondering if it was still ok to have it please?

[fiona76]

Silk- I think the 7am start is a good idea. She is so happy on the routine and is now so easy to put to bed. I just went in to open the window in her room while she was having a nap and she was lying awake gurgling to herself- so cute.

RG- If you are interested you should get the book I found it really good although I don't follow it to the letter but it gives me the general idea and she is so happy on it as she is now getting enough sleep.

[RGPargy]

Morning ladies!

Ugh, well we've deffo deffo discovered that if Ellie is out of the house past her "bedtime" then everything goes out the window! DP and I decided to go for dinner at the pub last night (and very very nice it was too!) so we bathed Ellie first and then wrapped her up and took her with us. She slept the entire time in her pram, which meant that DP and I had our first uninterrupted meal (three courses, i might add! ) in almost six weeks! It was lovely and i really enjoyed my wine too! We left the pub at about 10.30 and Ellie had been oblivious to it all. However as soon as we got in her eyes were PING! wide awake. In the end she didn't fall asleep until gone 1am and then woke at 5am. She then fussed from 5am until 8am more or less constantly. Cant blame her tho - she's not had a poo for about a week now and i think she's deffo brewing for an explosion. Her farts are HORRENDOUS!!! If she doesn't have a big poo by the end of today i'll pop into the chemist and see if they have anything that can help her. So i brought her downstairs coz I thought I might as well get up and guess what?? NOW she bloomin' sleeps!!!

Time for breakfast i think!

Hope you all had good nights!

[littleoldme]

Hi all. I haven't vanished, it has just been a busy week.

I've not caught up on the all the posts yet but hope all is well with everyone.

Thomas is fed and watered and being entertained by Dh. I'm off back to bed.

Love to all XX

[silkcushion]

Pixie - it once happened to me in Cardiff in MAY!!!!! I was on a night out wearing jeans, open toed sandals and a short sleeved top cos it was warm. When I left the nightclub 3 hrs later it was thick snow. The roads were all being closed, it was the middle of the night and I was freezing. I did realise how people actually froze to death overnight in their car . I was taken off the motorway by the police eventually as they decided to shut it - found a travelodge at 5am.

Fiona - I follow gf and it's been brilliant. You have to start the day at 7am or it goes wrong - it's to do with the first feed. DD feeds pretty much when she should but sleeps much longer than recommended at morning and afternoon naps. Not a problem though cos she's now going through the night. I would try cutting down the 3am feed if possible so that she is hungry at 7am.

Sparkly - so sorry about the cat

Rg - Megan appears to have real tears, certainly something is streaming down her cheeks when she really gets going.

[RGPargy]

Fiona - what does the Gina Ford programme entail?

Sparkly - awww you poor thing.

Haven't done much really today - at least that's what it feels like! Went to the electrical wholesalers to get some bits to finally put more plug sockets in the front room (DP is an electrician) because we had about 2 sockets in teh whole room and it was just extension lead city! Nightmare! Looks much better now tho without trails of cables across the room.

Out of interest, when do babies start producing real tears?

[sparklygothkat]

I spent most of the evening yesterday crying, luckily Callum settled easy and slept from 10:30-4. I still can't believe it happened.

[fiona76]

Afternoon all!
Tis a glorious day here blue sky and sunny. We are house hunting today seen one already but not interested in it and have another 3 to see this afternoon. I will be so sad to leave this house as it's our first home but lots of good bargins to be had around at the moment.

Silk- so glad your DH made it home he must have been glad to see you last night after his long wait in the snow.

Which one of you ladies follows Gina Fords routine? I following it and loving it DD is reallt happy and settled and having much better sleep during the day. I have a question though. I put DD to bed at 6.30-7pm and she goes straight to sleep then I wake her at 10pm for a feed and she normally wakes at 3ish for another. I then need to wake her at 7 for morning feed she is always sleeping soundly (and so am I) and i'm tempted to let her sleep until she wakes up herself. Will I mess up the daytime naps if I let her sleep in? I'm worried it will have a knock on effect if I let her sleep longer. I guess then idea is she gets used to sleeping between 7 and 7. It will certainly help when I go back to work. Its also better for me (although a bit painful) as I get up at 8.30-9 for brekkie and shower when she is back sleeping. Before I started this routine I sometimes didn't have time for either. I would just sleep in till she woke up and then we would laze around watching GMTV. She does seem happier so don't want to change but I do feel cruel waking her up.

[RGPargy]

Silk - thank goodness DH got home safely (eventually!). Phew!

Ellie slept from about 8 until 3am!!! Then woke again at 7.45, so all in all she's deffo got her night pattern right! Bless her!

[Pixiefish]

silk- thank goodness he got home safely.

I lived in Leeds about 15 years ago and we had horrendous snow. I left Wethedrby (where I worked) and it took me 4 hours to complete a 45 minute journey- total gridlock all over the city. I so remmeebr the fear particularly as I was a woman travelling alone

[silkcushion]

Third night of Megan sleeping through and not needing a night feed. I'm starting to hope that this is a new pattern. She was a bit unsettled. I needed to give her a dummy at 4, 5 and 6. If she was in her own room I definitely wouldn't have woken up as she wasn't crying or awake. She then woke properly at 6.45am

She's currently gurgling away on her playmat. I am waiting for her to tire out so I can pop her back in her cot and clamber back into bed next to a slumbering dh. After last night's escapades we stayed up chatting and drinking a bottle of wine until 2.45am (madness I know) and I could do with a few more hours.

Hope you guys had a decent night's sleep

[silkcushion]

dh has just got home. He left work at 3.30pm cos he'd heard it was snowing and he didn't want to get stuck It should have taken him an hour!!!

[silkcushion]

not yet Pixie police say they have now got the road open and traffic is slowly starting to move so hopefully he'll be back within a few hours

[Pixiefish]

silk- we can't cope with snow cos we're not used to it.
hope he's home soon x

[berrybliss]

evening all!

silk- hope dh gets in touch soon!

Chocolate- hope jabs went well today. They're horrid but he got over it pretty quickly, he was a little flushed for the rest of the day and a little grumpy. He's back to his chatty self today.

sgk- so sorry about your cat, but very good news about Callum!

rg- i'm also a fan of feeding laying down, very peaceful. I've got the Tommee Tippee pump and it works well for me, its pretty easy to use and clean. But i don't have very big nipples!!

fiona-glad to hear you and dh have made up!

I left Coby with MIL for 4 hours today whilst i went to the bank and got a much needed trim. It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. They both had a great time and i got a little me time, so fun was had by all.

[silkcushion]

it's mental - we live in gloucestershire fgs not the bloody outer hebrides

[RGPargy]

Oh blimey Silk, sounds treacherous (sp?) round your neck of the woods!!! Thank GOD the police have some positive info tho, eh? He'll be home soon, dont worry.

[silkcushion]

have spoken to the police. they say that snow fell suddenly late afternoon and the road (major bloody A road) is totally impassable. hundreds if not thousands of people trapped in their cars

have snow ploughs up there but say they have problems where people have abandoned cars to try and walk home!!!!! (hope dh wouldn't be that stupid) they need to move those before they can get people moving. trying to remember what dh is wearing. think he has his new jumper from xmas which is warm and a fleece but no coat. he's going to be very cold, very hungry, very tired and probably very pissed off when he does get home.

the police did say no major accidents though and no one hurt but lots of cars sliding into each other.

i'll let you know when he makes it home

[ChocolateHobnob]

Silk - is he home yet? Hope so! How stressful.

Sparkly, poor you - horrid.

Pixie/Silk - not going to do controlled crying! I'm ignoring the HV. She didnt strike me as someone to trust!

[RGPargy]

Choc - i thoroughly recommend laying down. It was lovely and snuggly!! Sorry that Rebecca's waking up lots again. What a bummer! That HV sounds like a complete twat!!!

Silk - any sign of DH yet? Hope he's ok! I'm sure he's just not phoned because of network blockage. Please let us know when you hear from him!

Sparkly - at your cat.