June 08: All we want for Christmas is a good night's sleep!

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New thread!

Top tip: don't ask your toddler what that lump of food is on his top lip, he will peel it off and hand you ... a big slimy bogey. Urgggh....

Morning all- still no Christmas tree heee- it's getting beynd a joke!

Sponge- thought I had said that I'd love to see video. Having seen your gorgeous baby boy in RL, I bet he looks even yummier on screen. Plus I'm a sucker for a heart warming tale at Christmas.

I like 'IsawAmberkissingSantaClaus' Josey

Paro- second what Aberdeen says about layers....in fact I won a German footmuff on eBay the other day that is as thick as a duvet- I'll need it for our day in London on Friday. Babypearls has her first casting!!!

PS- Giraffe lunchers- I am not on the email list so don't know when the meetups are.... don't you like me?

Paro, am in NW England, not as cold as Aberdeen but not mild either! Usually dress C in a short sleeved bodysuit, long sleeved top of some description, dress or dungarees or trousers, over tights as AH suggested, then a woolly cardigan, then for outside a nice thick fleece coat. With hood, so I don't have a hat to lose! but would use hat too in really cold weather. That gives lots of layers to adjust. At night just a sleepsuit, but she's still often in with us so don't want to overdress her, then lots of layers of blankets when she's in her own cot - again so I can adjust as necessary. [sigh, I miss the ease of a sleeping bag tho]

puree, I put you on the email list - have you dropped off again?! Good luck for the casting - how exciting!

systems, total yuck at the bogey story!!

Paro, my two are still in babygros [lazy mummy emoticon] and I put a thick cardi/hooded top thingy on for day, same for night plus 2.5tog sleeping bag (and I put their hoods up loosely at night cos it is so cold). At my mum's yesterday they both slept for hours on her bed - I think because she had the heating up really high and it was so warm and cosy (and she has a waterbed so it must have been so comfy - like being in the womb again!)

I think my two are showing signs of needing less sleep in the day (!). esther hasn't had a late afternoon nap the last couple of days and she cries when I put her down at 9am now. Am trying 9.30am this morning to see if that is any better. They are both gumming toast in their high chairs next to me right now!

I going to have a rant now and wondered what your opinions are: my SIL has asked me and DH (her brother) to be godparents to her son. She has also asked her other brother and his wife and her DH's sister and her husband. SIX godparents! I am really annoyed - I think a child should have two or three godparents. I just feel like she is asking everyone so as not to offend anyone, but in doing that I am offended cos it is like she is only asking me cos she feels she has to. I think she should have just asked DH, her other brother and her DH's sister. I wouldn't have been offended at all! Being one of six just makes me feel like I am not his godparent at all, it is not special iyswim. They struggled to conceive their son and they think they won't be able to have any more kids. She is the sort of person who always does things because it is the right thing to do or because she wants to keep everyone happy, she never just does what she wants. I suppose I am annoyed because I know she probably doesn't really want him to have all six of us but she is too spineless to say 'I am not choosing you, I am just choosing x,y and z.'

Just put T+E down for their nap at 9.30 and it was a success. Unfortunately that means they prob now only need 30mins in the morning not 1hr .

Oh yeah and did I mention that Theo can write his own name

paro Isaac wears (SE England) either babygro and long sleeved vest or Long sleeved vest and top/trousers during the day with cozy toes and loads of blankets as he doesn't like his snowsuit at the moment. At night he is in 2.5 tog sleeping bag, short sleeved vest and babygro. I do both hats and hoods, but he will not have his hands covered - cannot get at his thumb

AH your toddler group mums sound like my SIL who I am inventing all types of excuses not to see next week when I get to my mums.

SBBP I would love to see your video of Alex

On the subject of TV - have I missed when you are going to be on TV Deb?

DH is off work today and him and Isaac are still in bed, but leaving the bedroom door closed with the vapour plug on appears to have worked coz he didn't wake last night

Neenz, I do think six godparents is a bit OTT! But in some ways I do understand how, if she thinks he's going to be an only, she is trying to include everyone now and not relying on having other children to be able to ask for other godparents in the future.

Not sure what you can do on the day time napping thing - my mum told me that apparently all four of us dropped our daytime naps by six months ! How mum coped with four kids under three awake all day I have no idea!

Maybe once they start crawling they'll be more tired and need more naps!

HH, good to hear about Isaac's sleep - and that wasn't said through gritted teeth at all!!

Morning all. Total desperation here as I seem to have given birth to the Bitty child in the little Britain sketch. Tried everything last night, and the nanny has been dismissed now. How on earth do I explain this to my male boss?!

Systems any chance that you could find out exactly what Caitlin's cup is? [totally desperate and would sell my jewellery for a cup emoticon]

Other things to respond to but right now Iestyn is off on one. I'll probably have to breastfeed him...!!

flourymincepies DS has a sleepsuit with bodysuit underneath (long or short sleeve depending on how cold it is) and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag.

If it's cold daytime he's usually wearing jeans/cords, long sleeve bodysuit, jumper. When we go out he has a jacket, hat and gloves, and is always tucked inside a footmuff in his buggy. A lot of people have their babies really wrapped up in snowsuits, blankets and footmuffs, but I hate being too wrapped up, so I guess I don't wrap S up too much.

neenz I think 6 is a lot too. DS only had two. We deliberately didn't have any family at all. When there are family involved I think people can end up getting offended (like you said, perhaps what your SIL trying to avoid) and also we felt that S's auntie's and uncle's etc already had a special role. We picked 2 people with a strong sense of faith, so no-one in the family could complain given that it was a religious ceremony and our family don't all practice their own faiths!

S is asleep downstairs on his mat so need to go and check on him, so sorry for missing everyone else.

Essie let me know when your parcel arrives.

Oh my God, Jeremy Kyle is looking for volunteers - 'has having a baby put stress on your relationship'.
Surely having a programme on 'is your relationship exactly the same after having a baby' would be more amazing?!

OK, dummy has stopped the crying (interesting, no, that the dummy is still being used? He knows his nipples, fake, feeding, otherwise!)

Godparents well, I'm used to children only having 1 and that would be a family member, but I'm chapel. Iestyn has 4 but that's a high number, and we've only added 1 godmother so that I can ask my sister (to ensure she stays speaking to me - that only started again after Iestyn was born). 6 is out of control. You can say no, as well!

Sponge I want to see your video. I'm assuming I'll need to nip to Sainsburys for a box of tissues though? (Obviously; I finished one box in PC World. Shame I don't have a video of that - thinking about it, it must have been hilarious, that 18 year old boy tapping me on the back and me wailing 'my computer's broken AND I'VE JUST HAD A BAAAAAAABYYYYYYY!)

I'm sure there were other things. Iestyn is shouting really loudly so I will return later...

LMAO at your posts this morning Essie! The bitty child and 'is your relationship the same...'

Yeah I want to say no to my SIL re godparent but I think it is too rude. I think the vicar will tell her it's a no-go anyway so I am hoping for that! We are Christians and we want Christians to be our twins' godparents. I have three sisters and DH has a brother and sister. We have asked his brother and sister plus their spouses and my one sister who goes to church to be godparents to T+E, cos all those people go to church. (I suppose we are lucky we have 2 kids, but even with one child I would have only asked three people). My other two sisters are not offended cos they woudn'tbe comfortable getting up in church and saying those words when they don't believe them.

As for boasting... well Theo CAN actually sit up on his own now! I still put cushions round if I am not right there with him but he is very steady and if there is a toy on the floor next to him which he wouldn't be able to get without falling over, he only reaches as far as he can without toppling over and then stops therefore doesn't fall over IYSWIM - I think that is very clever [proud]!

Sponge, no daytime naps from 6mths [scared emoticon!]. I am not too bothered about the morning and late aft naps as long as they still have 2hrs at lunch (which they do at the mo!).

Sponge I would love to see the video but I know I will just cry all the way thorugh!

P&P Good luck for friday. DS hasn't had anything for weeks and neither has dd1 and she's usually really busy.

Feelng really grotty here. I have a nasty cold as does DS. Not getting much sleep so feeling really cranky. I must have a temp as I feel boiling and the heating isn't even on.

Paro DS still wears babygros alot of the time or footless ones with tights under if I want to feel like I'm making an effort. Fleece babygors are very good.
Envious of all of you who have managed to get boy tights, DS has to make do with pretty pink ones!

only time to lurk, but what's the video sponge and where can i see it?

Hope you feel better soon G43. S is suffering with his cold still, so we're stuck indoors again today.

S's naps are a bit all over the place on account of him being poorly. He keeps catnapping in places I can't leave him alone in (like the sofa), so I'm currently working my way through Season 1 of spooks.

Paro bare in mind that we are in an old farmhouse and refuse to put the heating on during the day, Seb wears a long/short sleeved vest and body suit during the day and a snow suit if we go out, sometimes we get him dressed, at night that plus a grobag and a blanket.

Godparents in Cathilic church traditional to have 3 for a boy 2 GF and a GM and for girls he other way round, both ours have 4 2 of each, but each bring something to the table and only one is my sister, 2 are DD's cousins and the rest are friends.

You are all so chatty!

Poppy - Dinner is already sounding stressful, so if I was you I'd arrange another time. It's always nice to have something in January to look forward to? That's the plan for some of our friends this year.Altho if you still haven't got hot water or heating, perhaps you should go to warm up!

HH - I'd just mention that there isn't really a rush hour btw Xmas and New Year. It's my fave time of the year to get to work because it really is so quiet.

Would love to see video Sponge!

I think 6 gp is too many Neenz. Surely you get 2-4-1 if you just ask one half of a married couple anyway...

Essie - I'm sorry that you're pulling your hair out, but you are very funny today!

Oh and Ryder can now run.

I am just dropping in to point out that James can already play the piano - although he does have problems with his reach.

Olivia did a back flip this morning while signing Twelve days of Christmas teehee!!

Essie sorry nothing worked, do you have a syringe? what happened that your Nanny is dismissed?

Poppy your heating fixed yet?

Snowqueen, I would like a nice day suggled up on the sofa watching spooks.

Olivia had the most awful sickness in the night it covered her hair like a hat it was awful.

today she is wearing bodyvest, babygrow and cardi with a blanket over her knees.

AH it just dond on me that Rhiannas other Nursery Teacher is Miss Fraser, how funny is that, your boys will have no hope in my house lol!

S is making me a cup of tea while I'm on MN If only...

Interesting in the 3 GP's fivegomad. I'm catholic and had also heard about the 3 GP's, but strangely I don't know any catholics with 3 GPs. Babies are baptised during mass at my chapel and of the 3 other babies baptised the same time as S, and the four babies baptised at the last service all of them had just 2 GP's. I wonder if it's a tradition that's dying out generally or whether it's more popular in some areas than others?

On the subject of godparents - DH and I discussed who we would choose for ages... but interestingly he doesn't know who his are, and both my godparents were grandparents who have long since passed away.

We had all three kids christened together (last month) They all have the same three godparents. Two friends (married) who live literally opposite us and who have known the kids since they were born (their oldest is 2 days older than ds and their dd is 3 weeks older than my dd). We chose them as adults our kids know and love and who we feel they will be comfortable talking to/going to if we are unavailable. The other is a religious friend who is more in charge of their faith upbringing. To this end he has already sent them advent calenders with little messages about the meaning of advent etc. We hope this will work out for the best and deliberately chose not to have family to avoid arguments, plus family should be there for them anyway, this way they have three new family members.

Ok not taking the piddle now, had HV in this avo and when stripping Olivia she tried to roll from her back to her tummy she has a couple of times made it tummy to back with huge effort, Im so amazed she is trying and almost managing without much effort the other way

Plus she has put on a huge amount of weight this week 12oz I thought she would have lost with being so poorly so was setting myself up for a downer.

Proud mummy

I do think 6 godparents is a bit much but again each to there own, I havent had my kids christetned, think its because my GPs FKd off and dont have anything to do with me and they are family bad choice by my mother!!

josey how funny! guess we did pick Scottish names for our boys (and with a last name like ours (it's norwegian) we though names that could double as surnames was a good idea - we use the boys names for restaurant reservations etc).

josey yeah olivia! what's olivia up to now for weight? Fraser's just 15 lbs 5 oz and I'm wondering if I should be concerned... Others with lightweight babies - what are yours at?

My boys each have 2 godparents and none are aunts or uncles. As sybil said, it's a chance to add new family members!