Dec 2007: Gummy grins give way to teething tyrants

[claraquitetirednow]

How about this?

Clara I'm actually quite worried that the most exciting aspect of my day relates to poo...think I need a life!

Skid sorry Milo refused his milk...maybe he just needs to settle in a bit? FWIW at this age dd would often go 5/6 hours without milk (no chance of ds doing the same though!)

We got dd a booster seat for at the table, she was really excited when it arrived "my special girl chair mummy" but has now decided it is "too big" and that she wants the highchair. Hopfully she will get used to the idea soon!

Ooh cazzy perfect your skills and then you can knit me some wool wraps!

Oh and BT my parents and their friends dropped in earlier, one of them saw the anbesol on the table and said "I can really recommend that for mouth ulcers" and my dad said "Isn't it for the other end?!" so I'm not the only one that got confused!

cazzy knitting is SOOOO the new rock and roll! hope you get on okay with it. not that i'm much of an expert, but if you need any advice i'd be only to glad to help confuse you! am i right in thinking that clothkits died a death many years ago? i finally took my sewing machine to the menders a couple of weeks ago in the hope that if i get it fixed i can make some simple clothes for dd, although that feels rather optimistic at the moment
skid must be really hard not to feel guilty, but i remember everybody saying when i was worrying about dd not feeding enough that babies cannot starve themselves - they might play silly buggers but they aren't capable of not eating to the point of harmfulness. have been meaning to ask how your thesis is doing - do you have the thinking time/energy to do any work on it?

has never occurred to me NOT to bf dd just before bed, but given that we seem to be developing a bit of a feeding-to-sleep thing, just like pretty much every other bf-ing mum i know, i think i might try switching things around tonight. oooh, i never thought i get excited about the prospect of milk before rather than after bathtime...

I tried not feeding ds before sleep.... nah wasn't happening! Hope you have more luck, DM!!

Skid I only read him one of the wee baby books before bed, it's just habit from DD's bedtime (except she has 5 books the wee monkey!). I prefer the bottle downstairs but just wanted to think out loud in case there was another reason for the milk immediately prior to bed. With DD she stopped having her dummy at this age but she was always fed to sleep, DS is the other way round, prefers his dummy to sleep so I don't think I'll be able to take that off him just yet.
Also agree that your DS will be ok going that time without a BF. Have you tried one of those wee Tommee Tippee cups with a tiny spout with a couple of holes in with water or milk just so he gets a drink of something? Please don't feel guilty, I am sure the nursery assistants give him lots of cuddles and coos and attention

Dundee I know, with DD I didn't stop giving a milk feed til a lot later on. let us know how you get on

Anybody got any idea how to stop ds pinching? I am black and blue-when he is feeding he pinches my boobs and when on my lap or in my arms he pinches wherever he can reach-it really hurts!

ouch Clairey no suggestions sorry except you could try taking him off every time he does it. That was advice I read on here ages ago but probably applies to older babies

Skid - I doubt he will agree to another one, we've got bf's dd tomorrow but dp is off so wont be too bad, then ive got her 8am- 6pm on monday..on my own.
Also, im sure your ds will be ok, it might just take him a few days to settle. I also think the tomee tipee cups are really good, ds1 had one from about 6 months or so as he went through phases of not drinking from a bottle, then didnt have a bottle at all from about 9 months and just used the cup.

Im loving this warm weather, we had a lovely day yesterday, went for a picnic with bf, her dd and my ds's. Decided not to take the double buggy and just let ds1 walk, big mistake...he kept running off, chasing peoples dogs and all sorts. I couldnt relax.

I hope everyone else is ok

That is me Mrs. Rock and Roll...so the knitting - well dd2 took my knitting and wrapped the wool round all the house undoing several rows in the process - it was only a practise square so I am not gutted, but I have had to undo it and start again. Clothkits is back - it is very cool. Lots of lovely dresses for toddlers and the doll is back (www.clothkits.com). Mind you I started to craft with dd1 - thought we could do some ribbon weaving but in getting her to cut the ribbon she took a chunk of my thumb out - lots of blood!!! I really should leave my children alone - far safer.

We went to baby singing today and everyone was impressed with Evie and her mobility.

Clareq - does that mean there is alcohol? I don't need a lot but I do need some (I like my beer).

Macdoodle - we do swimming with dd1 and 2, but haven't started with dd3 yet - I think when they do all have lessons it will be about £280 plus petrol. I need to have lessons else we won't go otherwise.

Clairey - Ds is doing the same to me, I have a bruise on my right nork from him pinching me!
He keeps hitting me really hard and grabbing, I kept grabbing his hand and saying "no!" in a firm tone of voice and he just laughed at me I think 5mo is little to young to understand "no", though my friend who's baby is 6mo understands it - she uses it when he tries to bite her while feeding!
Think I'll try Loucee's suggestion.

Hi all,

Hope you all are well. Just a quicky - been having a bit of a hard time with DD2 for the past week, hence have not been on. I've been spending my 'internet time' napping instead. DD2 been waking every night at 2am and not going to sleep until 5am - not sure if it is the teething or the eczema but she has been scratching her face very badly and waking herself up and then not settling at all. Her night routine has now become:
8pm: sleep
12am: milk and takes half an hour to sleep
2am - 5am: wake herself up by itching, little milk, very unsettled, sleep around 5am
6am: wake her self up with the itching
8am: wakes herself up with the itching and my day begins...

Despite gloves, creams etc doing nothing to soothe the itching which is mostly on the chin area hence I think it might be due to teething aswell...

Hi all,

Hope you all are well. Just a quicky - been having a bit of a hard time with DD2 for the past week, hence have not been on. I've been spending my 'internet time' napping instead. DD2 been waking every night at 2am and not going to sleep until 5am - not sure if it is the teething or the eczema but she has been scratching her face very badly and waking herself up and then not settling at all. Her night routine has now become:
8pm: sleep
12am: milk and takes half an hour to sleep
2am - 5am: wake herself up by itching, little milk, very unsettled, sleep around 5am
6am: wake her self up with the itching
8am: wakes herself up with the itching and my day begins...

Despite gloves, creams etc doing nothing to soothe the itching which is mostly on the chin area hence I think it might be due to teething aswell...

Oh poor Amani, and your poor dd2, hope things get better soon.

BT LOL at that woman on your bf thread-how was that relevant exactly ?!

Amani sorry you're having a tough time, excema is so difficult to deal with, especially with babies.

DS is 6 months tomorrow where has the time gone? My friends ds (1 week tomorrow)looks so tiny and scrawny next to him-made me face up to the fact that ds isn't a newborn any more.

Am having a slight wobble about blw...I'm not sure I can go through the whole worrying about not eating thing again, even though I know firsthand it is fine! I guess I'll initially start blw and see how it goes, DS might really go for it after all. If not, I can always start offering some mush alongside his finger foods or porridge for breakfast or something. Actually dd used to have porridge, I made it quite thick and she used to grab handfuls of it! (thinking out loud there, sorry for the ramble!)

morning all!
meant to be working so will reply properly later but just had to share this with you...

Dh - who I have to say is wonderful, massively hands-on etc, has always steered clear of nap time as it is normally a nightmare here. I am trying very hard to get dd to go to sleep on her own, in the house, without use of cars, rocking, boobs etc! So it's normally a 30min scream fest while I put her in her cot and do pick up-put down 500 times in a row! So stressful.

Anyway today I have a stack of work to do as I have to teach one day next week, new class and my head is mush and I have no resources etc, so I told him he was in charge...dd was getting sleepy so he just pops her in the pushchair (in the house), pulls down the hood thing, push back and forward for 2 mins and off she goes. Sound. Asleep. Has been for almost an hour now! i can't bloody believe it!

I don't know whether I should put ,, or !!

Anyway hope you are all well, and massive hugs to you Amani you have a lot on your plate and seem to do so well, chin up!

Oh Caz!

Oh Caz!

whoops!

whoops!

bloody hell what is going on?!

phew!

heee heee clairey!

she is STILL asleep - my DH is so f-ing smug right now

he will never believe me again that this is normally hard...

Just typical isn't it Caz

Clairey - I know she made me so cross. I should have just ignored her really. I think I was pretty restrained.

Caz10 - the same thing happened to me...she is crap at going to sleep in her cot, anyway I gave her to dh whilst tidied the house and he said I'll just put in her cot to see. Anyway - ni crying and she slept for 5 hours.

I am going back to work in 3 weeks - I have been a bit teary about it. I know when I am back I'll be fine - its juts I don't want to leave my baby. And it is only for 3 days before the holidays.