June 07- Some fat babies, some thin ones...but all equally gorgeous!

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I'm here!

DS goes about 6:45.

Where's the dinner Fury?

St Martins Lane hotel?

Is it a fancy event? Or "just" dinner out with friends/family/whoever (without wishing to be disrespectful to your friends and family)?

looks lovely Fury

Dinner with top big head honchos at new job and CEO of agency .... eek!

It's apparently a sleb hangout?

I am the sort of person that wipes off snot with the back of my hand!

I need to lose weight and learn some manners PDQ

10 of us going so quite intimate

ahhhh the pressure. I feel like Julie Roberts in Pretty woman when she is still white trash. Only without her figure. And face.

When is it? How much time have we got ....?

OK, so DD normally goes to bed about 6.30 or 7 (though often falls asleep downstairs before that). She used to sleep until about 4am, but more recently it's been more like 2am. When she started regularly waking earlier coincided with starting her with littles tastes of purees, and for a bit her sleeping improved, then went back to 2am waking. We'd really like to shift that later, and can think of a few options to try

1. Wake her for a feed about 9.30 when I go to bed
2. Increase the amount of food she gets in the day (she's been having 2 ice cubes worth of veg, twice a day for about the past 10 days now, plus 6 or 7 BFs).
3. Reintroduce the half-bottle of FF she used to get at bedtime, but that we withdrew recently (but I am not convinced as I think we stopped it after her waking returned to 2am)

I did up her "solid" feeds to 3 ice cubes worth today, after looking at some recipes for weaning babies, and seeing the recommended portion sizes were rather larger than what she's been getting. But if anyone has any other suggestions I'd be interested.

Fury, that does sound a bit daunting, but I'm sure it'll be fine.

DS has 4 bottles of FF in the day and has three pretty large meals which consist of fruit puree/veg puree/mashed banana/baby porridge/baby rice. He also has the occasional piece ir rusk or rice cake. He sleeps from 6:45 - 6:30. I'm sure it's the solids that are helping.

I am hoping that more solids will help, Fairy. When she wakes at 2am, there is then another waking up at 4.30 or 5am, then again at about 6am, and sometimes she's then properly awake, or we may be allowed another half hour. But it's wearing me out! (And I know some have it worse, sorry for complaining) When she wakes at night, she does have a decent feed, so I don't think it's just comfort feeding/wanting mum, so I think the answer must be to get more food into her during the day. But she is BF about every 2 hours, so can't up that really.

21st Dec!!

I am going to go shopping for a dress soon.

evening again.

Jammy DD gets more some days than others and it doesn't seem to affect her sleeping habits at all. I think waking up around this time is some sort of developmental thing as they become more aware of their surroundings. No evidence for that thgh, ither than DS started it around this time, and he was practically fully weaned by this age and had been sleeping through all night from 8 weeks old.

DD usually gets 2 or 3 tbsp of breakfast, then either a 2 course lunch or dinner (depending on her sleeping habits) of 2/3 tbsp savoury and 2 tbsp sweet. Somedays se isn;t that bothered and would rather BF all day; other days she has some of what DS and I are having too (if suitable). Tonight she had an oven chip, and she managed to get it into her mouth and chew some off. she was very pleased with herself, but then couldn't get hold of the pear we shared for pudding and was getting really annoyed with it.

Jammy if you put her to bed an hour later does it make any difference?

Nice Fury! Just get pissed and dance on the tables, that way they won't notice you wiping your nose on your sleeve

What sort of dress Fury?

DS does go down anywhere between 5.30 and 7.30 depending on how much sleep he's had through the day. I do wake him at 10ish but lately he's been waking in the night again. He's not on any solids yet though - I'll save that for another month to two (he's not 5 months yet).

just remember to start from the outside and work your way in with the cutlery fury....and whatever you do, don't tuck your napkin in under your chin

I'm dead jealous, I haven't been anywhere halfway posh for quite some time

Annobal, we need a plan for tomorrow..... What time and where? It's been about 3 years since I last went to Putney so I have no idea.

Evening.........see it's busy here tonight.

Fury, St Martins lovely! I have never eaten there BUT back in my youth (when I had NO children or hubbie) I had been to Light Bar a few times. Oh how exciting for you!! Going out somewhere fab.

Am very jealous

As we are usually waking her to take her to bed then don't see the point in making her bedtime later still. But tonight I let her sleep until 7 before waking her for bedtime, instead of taking her up at 6.30 (which is usually when DH suggests and I've been going along with it, but he's working late tonight). So we'll see if that half hour makes any difference? I'm not convinced. I'm also concerned that she was so sleepy, even after waking up totally (and having a good cry) during nappy change and putting jamas on, that she didn't have a big feed before going down.

BTW, been meaning to ask - Daisy, how is Daisy settling in?

I am petrified but I suppose I ought to get back out there and network and flash the business cards again.

TBH though my work life, it's so not my scene, I would rather be mucking out horses. When I told my colleagues last year I was pregnant their response was 'ugh! But you'll give it to someone and be back at work within 2 weeks, yes?'

I swear I am not cut out for all this fancy stuff.

Ahh well. I am thinking LBD, knee high, low cut. Fancy jewellery. Killer heels. If it's cleavage enhancing enough hopefully no-one will notice the size of my arse.

Dress sounds perfect Fury. Just don't drink too much and stay off controversial topics and I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine.

Killer heels and a cleavage is just perfect for this time of year.

You'll be fine!

Well I suppose I better get back to my husband and family.

I am feeling totally ugh...this 2nd baby has given my tummy a weird droop (don't even want to mention what the boobs are like!)

Have a good night

Oh Fairy, me, stay off controversial topics?! If only I knew how!