April 2007 - It's a minefield out there, nipple tassles on every corner......

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ha ha ha ha ha

this and this

both on GMM's christmas list

LOL @ you guys - right off to bed to rest my weray bones.....

weary, even xx

hi folks. back from ireland and c managed great with a 5 hour delay at the airport - the wee madam even slept which she now wont do anywhere else!!!!!
luce - a prexmas meet up sounds lovely!

Morning
welcome back wo
!!! Meant to watch fran lyon thing but parents were here Stiil, dad & dh fixed garage door (would have had to do something before sale)
anyone around?

Morning! How's the packing going SPB?

Well this morning wasn't quite so early. Although dd did get up at 12.30am to start the day and was promptly escorted back to her room She came in wearing her mini mouse back pack and clutching a bear So cute but what with her and ds up and down last night I didn't get much quality sleep!

DS crawled forwards last night for the first time dh and I both saw it which was lovely I think when dd did it she was at bil/sil. But they used to try to make her do it. They didn't tell me at the time but took great delight saying, with smug face, 'oh she did that here ages ago' when i said i'd seen her do it

Ooo he's off again

Morning! Oh dear another early one for you SPB. If it is any consolation, I've been awake since about 5.30am - just keep waking up at that time and can't get back off - think my body's programmed itself, grrrrr!

Good to see you back WO, hope you had a fab time and C settles back into routine quickly. xx

DH off work feeling sick today, poor thing. So I'm hopping in the shower so I can take DD's t nursery....

Morning all. Reasonable night here, really feel for you SPB. Ds was in to me by 6am but I refused to get up until at least 7! F, on the other hand, slept til just after 7am - typical.

CD, hope your dh is better soon and its not too bad a case of man flu

Eddas, bless your dd coming in with her backpack. A little early to start the day though!

Morning again
Did type another post but then T woke up and I lost it
Hope everyone has a good day

Good morning

Feel better today than I did yesterday.

Night 2 of trying to get George to stop waking every 2hrs for booby and wanting to sleep with us went reasonably well.

Put him down at 7 without feeding him to sleep. Quite a lot of yelling but he eventually settled. I'm doing that Pick-up/put-down thing and think we did 8 goes before he slept (as opposed to 26 on night one). Woke twice before I went to bed at 10.30 but I settled quickly him in the cot. Fed at 12.30 back to cot. DH settled him when he woke at 2.30 and naughtily brought him in for a cuddle at 4.30. He slept until 6.30. He looks more rested and we both feel better. Hoping it's not a fluke and he continues to improve.

Supermarket and play session at local children's centre are my plans for the day.

Hope you all have a good day.

Morning leaky, glad you had a slightly better night. >> for even better tonight Enjoy your day xx

No plans for me today as I have ds home from school with an ear infection. He seems much brighter today actually, so will probably send him back tomorrow.

Yes, I meant to say - I had to LOL @ Eddas' DD coming in at 12.30am with backpack on, all ready to go ........ .... Glad you got her back down ok.....

Hope it does continue to improve for you, Leaky. xx

I didn't say earlier but dd came back into our room at nearly 7 again with the same backpack and bear MUCH cuter that time

Got loads of things to be doing, but as usual am sat on here

ds not eating at all atm he had his milk when he woke then wouldn't eat his breakfast. Is quite happy but tis a bit weird. Guess he's just a little poorly. Or possibly the teeth

Off to deal with the lunchtime feeding at the zoo

Just done feeding at my zoo!
Eddas, how is your dd? Assuming she is still off school today. My ds just talks continuously, actually asked him to be quiet earlier as my ears couldnt take any more He is going back to school tomorrow

Hi loves

Hope you are all fine and dandy.

CD, hope your dh is ok.

Eddas, pmsl at your dd. Sort of thing B does, but not at 12.30!

MJ, hope ds is better soon poor lad.

All ok here. B is talking for Britain too, and even worse now she is at school. All I get is Mummy, what begins with A, B etc etc. I know it is great practice, but sometimes it drives me bloody mad!

Feeding time for me now. K is supposed to be napping but is chatting and laughing according to the monitor!

mammyjo, dd is ok now thanks. She is only at preschool(i do call it school sometimes!) so only there in the mornings. She went back on onday, horay! Talks ten to the dozen about anything/nothing she's not bothered as long as she is speaking I have NO idea where she gets it from

Quick question for everyone, do you give the dc's a stocking at christmas? If you do what are you putting in them this year? I have dd's sorted but ds is a bit of a problem. I wouldn't bother but for dd. I'm sure she'll notice if she has one and ds doesn't

Eddas, we give B a stocking, but won't for K. I am just going to tell B that Father Christmas only comes once children are 3 years old!!!!

hi

I have always done stockings - even when M was a baby - but tbh it's my favourite bit of shoppingn and I'm a bit mad really - dh certainly thinks so!

Our washing machine is poorly - still under parts guarantee so we should hopefully get if fixed on Saturday ok.

Well done on the night Leaky! Hello eveyone else.

It's horribly foggy here -not going to clear all day - I walked to baby group though (more often get the bus) - which was good fun and dh came to pick us up - a plus side to the redundancy

Dd2 has a little friend to play after school and dh is going to make them macaroni cheese - another plus

Hello.. was supposed to go into work today but mum caught dh´s vomiting bug it seems and so I couldn´t go in. Instead I´ve made stewed apples and bananas, spaghetti bolognaise (with loads left over to freeze) and fed and watered (and cleaned up subsequent mess) all of us. And gone for a long walk with my Dad.

Not going to go into the boring specifics of my night but suffice to say I couldn´t bring myself to talk to anyone until about 10am for fearing of screaming/crying. Am a bit at a loss really and am not sure if weaning him off breastfeeds would make a difference? I know being on formula is no guarantee of a full night but it does seem a strange coincindence that on the whole it is the breastfed babies that are having the most disruptive nights. Might post on the Feeding board but thought I´d see what my favourite MNers say first...

Sorry I haven´t caught up, hope you are all doing well x

hi maveta - sorry about your night - i would say don't drop the b'feeds just because of the nights - n might sleep better with formula or he might not - no way to know - if you want to stop b/feeding anyway - then go ahead but otherwise i would keep it up and try settling routines etc. it is very very hard though - i think the last time b slept 8 till 5 in her own cot without waking was - July. Oh dear

oh maveta sorry you've had such a bad night
Do we need a "Sleep if for the weak - April 07" thread, do you think? So many of us are having bad nights that it can't be a coincidence, it must be a development thing.
And if anyone tells me differently I'll put my fingers in my ears and ignore them

I agree, it has to be something to do with the stage they´re at.. I feel like a broken record going on about it.. I don´t know if I want to stop breastfeeding, right now I feel very ambivalent about it but that´s probably because I feel overwhelmed with being the only person that can settle him through the night and blame bf-ing a bit (yes I know that´s ridiculous but I am sleep deprived and emotional).

Well if that's how you feel I would say don't do it. If you're making the decision while sleep deprived then that's never a good thing. Maybe give it another few days?
Plus, surely you wouldn't have to stop bf altogether? Could his last feed of the day be formula? (Plus some of the overnight ones?)

I hope you didn't take offence at that, I'm not opposed to giving formula but you don't sound as though you necessarily really want to, just that you think it might help, which it might not. On the other hand you are working at the moment, and really, really need your sleep!

maveta - what times does he wake - random or pattern?

Maveta, maybe you could just try the last feed of the day as formula and see if it makes any difference at all. I have to say that it didnt for F. I dont bf her any more, but cant say she sleeps any differently now to when I did. I know the formula does help for some so it might be worth a try even for a couple of evenings.
If it doesnt work then you can stop worrying that it is the bf causing the problem

And, Ffion has her first tooth!!