April 2007 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[PillockOfTheCommunity]

best thing to say when you can't think of what to say

My mum has just told me I have to go to bed .

In my own house ??

So bed it is, night oh handsome ones, hope to be back on before long to tell you all of my woes..................

Big love and much respect homies .

And bee-yatches .

xxxxxxxxxxxx

And yes pillock you were the best and indeed the only labour buddy(ies) I have ever had. x

OMg - just seen the time, how did it get so late?!?!

Off to bed now as was 1 o'clock last night and I was grumpy today, specially as D didnt have a daytime nap again so need to catch up. Was intending to go to bed at 10 Now I just have to walk through the kitchen without eating anything...

Night all x

Oo what a lot of s!

Leo eats anything!

I do spoon feed him cereal but everything else he feeds himself with his hands, it is very messy but if I try and feed him he bats my hand out the way and turns his head.

He eats roast/stewed meat, fish, pasta, most cooked veggies, he is not great on salad stuff but eats raw grated carrots, sweetcorn and advacado, he loves prawns in garlic, hummus, garlic bread. He has also had (good) fishfingers and sausages etc and he gives everything a go. The only thing he is not keen on is yoghurt/fromage frais.

aargh t appears to be doing the night waking thing again

hi pinions
what's your news? [nosey]
oh sorry, yure in labour, i'll let you get on

morning! also very keen to hear Pinions news Hope the labour is progressing well. Should be due the epidural very soon so hang in there . And sad to hear your news, Oooggs

SPB - sorry you were up so early, hope you managed to get back to bed.

The nights are reaching ridiculous proportions here. Last night was like this:

8pm bed
8.30pm asleep with the help of calpol
10pm wake up, settled back to sleep
12pm wake up, scream, refuse to be settled, into bed with us, very fitful sleeping until
1am wake up, scream, feed, kick me repeatedly in the stomach etc, very fitful sleeping until
2am wake up, scream, feed, kick me repeatedly in the stomach etc., very fitful sleeping until
3am wake up, dh takes him through to sitting room where he watched 1.5 cycles of baby mozart when dh decided enough was enough and put him in his room - cue screeches and cries alternately until
4.30am settle him with the help of medised
7am awake crying and into our bed where somehow I manage to keep him for another 45mins.

This. Can. Not. Be. Normal. I am at my wits end. I am so so so sorry to bore you all about my neverending nighttime woes but it is really getting me down. I just don´t know what to do. This morning it seems like maybe that tooth has come through (though last night before he went to bed I was pretty sure I felt it already so was hoping for a better night) and tbh through the night his general snottiness/coldiness didn´t seem as bad as on other nights. It actually seemed like he just didn´t want to sleep, like he was awake and being forced to sleep. He had his normal naps yesterday, there´s no reason why he shouldn´t have been tired. I really don´t know what to do if tonight is this bad. I think dh might crack up. Shortly followed by me. waaaaaah.

Maveta, sorry you had such a crap night - no advice, although I know when C gets a tooth it usually coincides with a couple of disturbed nights - hopefully now its through he will settle a bit more.

oh maveta i have no advice i'm afraid. Hopefully someone else will be along very soon to help.

Pinions, you are a complete nutter, in a good way naturally

oh and I LOVE the strawberry and orange creams But can't have any atm Bloody diet

Morning,

That sounds hellish Maveta . I'm afraid I've been fairly tough on night wakening with both mine once they get to this age as I think they can get into the habit of multiple wakening after they've been ill or teething. If ds cries before 4am I check he's Ok then leave him to it. If I take him into bed it seems to stimulate him more and no-one gets any sleep.

Having said that dd is still sleeping in our room because I haven't the heart to force her back into her own room.

oh no maveta
Have you posted in sleep?
T was medised-ed last night, twice, think I must have got the non-drowsy stuff

Morning

Waiting in all day for 2 surveyers to come and value the flat. Missing Rhythm Time and playgroup. Boo it's my day off! I'd feel more injured if it wasn't still absolutely whizzing down with rain.

Maveta - no advice here G still wakes every 2-3 hours. We used the Pick-up put-down method and can now (usually) settle him quickly. But it is exhausting.

Ooogs - awful news about that poor woman losing her dh. Makes you feel blessed just to be here.

Pinions - you made me feel all emotional giving me and Ellie some credit for your easier second labour.

My news is that we've had an offer accepted for a house in Bury and with a bit of luck (and no chain involved!) hope to be in there before G's birthday.

Went back to work yesterday. Computer problems meant I was general dogsbody for the day. Can't say I was very impressed.

Sorry if I've missed anyone. Just skimmed thread.

Hurrah for house, Leaky!! Tell us more about it ...... (Show it on RightMove, perhaps ??)

Happy Birthday Louis!! What are your plans for his big day pinions??

for bad night Maveta. xx

Oh Oooggs that is so incrdibly sad about that poor mummy and her little ones. Thinking of them and praying for them.

New thread!!?

So sorry you're having such a hard time Maveta. I am abit like Liath with night waking, if he wakes up he does not come out of his room unless its gone 5ish and he needs a feed in which case I bring him into my bed to feed cos he feeds for ages and I'm lazy! But once he finishes I put him back to bed. He wont sleep in my bed with me anymore, if I try he just wants to play and fidget and may doze for 5 mins or so but then wakes up again. I think I'm too interesting for him and that keeps him awake! If he wakes before then I go in and check theres no dirty nappy or anything then I too leave him to it. If he wakes in the evening (like he did last night) I try and leave him to it, checking on him every 5/10 minutes and trying to soothe him briefly wiothout actually picking him up. If he gets in a state and needs feeding or if I've had to get him up and change nappy I might try and feed him to settle him again before putting him down awake. I sit on the floor of his room (no chair in there) and feed him, I will not take him out his room and definitely not downstairs as he finds that much more interesting than sleep and will then cry when hes put back because he wants to do it again iyswim.

DP's parents made this mistake with N when they used to have him overnight, if he wouldnt setle quickly they used to bring him downstairs and let him watch tv for a couple of hours and keep doing this all evening/night till he fell asleep exhausted. Or they used to lie down with him till he fell asleep but this would often take a couple of hours. They were gutted when my mum had him overnight and followed my strict instructios to leave him to cry a bit, go in stroke his head then leave him again and he fell straight to sleep!

Not saying this would all work with N (your N not mine!) or is what the problem is as all babies are different and respond to different things but thought I would share my experiences just in case it helped!

SPB you were up so early too. Have you tried being a strict mean old mummy too and not letting him get up?

I think I was lucky that my pfb was actually a good sleeper and I didnt need to be too tough with her and then by the time Ds1 came along who was a terrible sleeper I was much more tired and desperate and confident in my parenting to an extent so prepared to be strict iyswim

Morning leaky, you sound a bit hope things pick up. Really hope you get to move before Apri
Maveta, on the sleeping thing, I know this is anecdotal but I slept really badly as a baby, didn't sleep during the day, had to be settled until the early hours of the morning then slept fitfully until early waking. My mum says that at 9 months it's like someone flicked a switch- all of a sudden I slept through most nights. I know it might not be like that but just wanted to offer some hope!
I think T's problem is that he's picking up on the non-sleepy vibes N is sending off, luckily by the time they get all the way over here they're very weak!

Sorry for the essay Hadnt realised I'd written so much!

And I'm being dopey again! I read Lesley's post and thought 'moving by G's birthday' - when's that then?!

Pesha, I've not tried not letting him get up because he would scream for ages and wake us all up. Or is that the kind of thing I'd only need to do once or twice?

Wise words Pesha - Have a horrid night last night too - Not P related though, but the other two - esp DD2

G is one on 12 April. My dad's birthday too.

Just had 1st surveyer round. He was only in the flat 5 minutes! Is that good or bad? He was doing one of the 3 valuations work needs before they tell us how much they'll give us for the flat.

SPB - I am a bit down at mo which is why I haven't been on much. Think it's a combination of tiredness, going back to work and the after effects of all the sad and bad stuff going on in my family.

Dippy - Just for you - my new house

Hi all. How's the reliving the birth going, Pinions?

Sorry you had a crap night Maveta. Ours wasn't great, D was awake from 11 pm - wouldn't have been so bad but he didn't go to sleep until 2 am. At 1 am after 2 hours and a walk in the buggy with dp (no joy) I kept him down here playing quite happily in his cage while I caught up with yesterday's mumsnet posts. Then went up to watch TV in bed - we have a digital archive service as part of our package. Oh the relief when his eyes finally closed at the end of what we were watching but it took us a while to sleep and we're both exhausted. But being woken up every hour sounds much worse.

dp has a late today though my dad has said he'd come and help late afternoon through to bathtime. I'm now taking D swimming and leaving him to get some rest.

Leaky, sorry to hear you're feeling down. Hope work improves. Are you planning to find a job closer to your new home when you move?

Bad Leaky!! Oooooooh, your new house is looooovely - and sooooooo cheap Mmmmm, loving the current decor too - You won't have to do a thing to it!! Wow - you must be soooo excited - Lovely garden too - Nice fmaily home!!

new thead is coming, will do it when I get home from work!!!!!

seems like a lot of the babies are naughty sleepers(or non-sleepers!) for us dd is the pita. She keeps waking up early and isn;t getting enough sleep so she's a complete (insert your own word, I have mine)

That house is really lovely leaky and as cd says very cheap compared to round here. Not sure on Eastbourne prices but ours are ridiculous We managed to find practically the only house of a reasonable price in a nice area. Well we think it's nice am very of the conservatory. I wonder if we'll ever get ours done it's on the vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvery long list of things we'd like to do!

I forgot earlier but oooggs so so I often worry about my dh as he bikes home along country lanes. I panic my arse off when he's not home by a certain time. He has been knocked off a couple ot times and the person in the car hasn't stopped I'll keep up my campaign to get him to agree to a second car. Not holding my breath!