Hi all
SPB, sorry to hear of night time problems. I'm not sure it's a question of "SPB's way" or "DH's way" though, it's between baby and both of you (assuming both of you are taking part in it) what works.
Since dp hasn't been doing shifts for a few months, he normally puts D to bed and last time I had to I panicked about it, I was really amazed when D dropped off and I was still tiptoeing out of the bedroom when I heard dp opening the front door, I'd been convinced D would be awake and wailing when his dad got home.
I'm no expert as I've not done controlled crying but my understanding is that it doesn't mean leaving the baby to cry indefinitely, that even the tough version involves doing something when they haven't stopped crying after 20 minutes (what, I don't know!)
But anyway, hope you and your dh can sort it out between you, since you need T asleep and to be speaking to each other to get on with trying to ttc again!
SOL, thanks for asking about the cat. She's still mending but she has the collar off and her stitches out and is gradually healing and sleeping on our sofa a lot. Unfortunately her sister P has been being naughty in the house since L had her accident, and dp and I are both pretty fed up with it at the moment.
We took D for a pub meal with his grandfather this afternoon, we'd hoped to get to a park but the weather turned murky and drizzly at lunchtime before we set out so we settled for a quick look round Mothercare followed by food. New baby really doesn't need any more clothes though I'm quite tempted to get them just one matching set of babygros each, but this is mostly about window shopping.
Next Friday we're finally taking D to visit dp's mum for the first time they'll have seen each other since Christmas . My dad has agreed to assist us on the journey (change of trains at Cambridge, then a bus).