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

[bitofasnowqueen]

New thread!

I don't know whether commando crawling counts as 'proper' crawling but thanks anyway! As I said to a friend today, he rarely sleeps in the day so he has hours of extra practise!

josey, I'm really sorry, I clearly did read your post wrong cos I thought you meant you hadn't been able to get Oli home yesterday, but she was discharged today. I'm so sorry she might not make it home for Thursday. Will you all be able to go in and spend Christmas Day with her?

I'm insanely bored tonight as dh is out. I have loads of stuff I could be doing (including about five knitting projects I could be getting on with!) but just can't be bothered . Just watching crap telly and browsing through loads of weird threads on MN!

snowqueen, sounds like you're getting on well with your Christmas chores!

Meant to ask you, why are you not giving S any turkey on Christmas day? I only ask cos I've already given A some and wondered whether I shouldn't have done for some reason .

Enjoy playing Father Christmas!

Neenz there are no part time opportunities as they would need to be specially created and they are not taking on any more staff/making new roles next year due to the economic conditions. Basically it's full time or no time. I can't do no time as I think I would actually go mental so full time it is.

Had discussion about nights with Mark. Safe to say it did not go well. Better hope Luke starts sleeping like this supposed baby that people talk about.

Amber - I really sympathise with you on the nights. I know A did sleep through, but that's a distant memory now and his sleeping seems to be getting worse. I got a plantive text from Matt this morning saying "why doesn't our baby sleep through anymore?"

Can't offer any suggestions as we're at a loss - can can only hope that a combination of increased activity levels and more food will gradually make him sleep better but I'm not holding my breath .

Just quickly skimmed through and as a result I'm a bit confused about whether Oli has made it out of hospital or not. I'm assuming not , but am thinking of you either way Josey.

Re: sleeping through - I am trying not to have any expectation that Peter may sleep through any time in the first 12 months, then if he does I will be pleasantly surprised. I think there is some research cited on Kellymom that says that about 40% of babies still don't sleep through at one year old. Sorry ladies, it probably isn't what you want to hear, but at least if you are in that 40% you can take some comfort that it isn't because you are doing something wrong.

I watched Finding Neverland this evening and sobbed because the little boy was called Peter and his Mummy dies (sorry if I have just ruined the film for anyone ). I have also decided that I want to have four boys as a result of the film. I don't always like the way that motherhood messes with my head and turns me into a blubbering wreck.

Essie has set be a bit of a challenge on Facebook by asking me to join some kind of BF campaign and uploading a picture of me BF onto my profile for one day. Essie has done it and so has Neenz, but I am too chicken, largely because some of the young men I work with are also "friends" on there and I can imagine them checking Facebook and thinking "AliP's getting her knockers out what a wierdo." I will ponder a little more before making a decision.

Oh, and the brussel sprouts made their presence felt when they came out the other end. The nappy smelt like adult poo: 'twas gross. [festive gagging emoticon required]

It is 23.40 here, I have 20 more minutes left of being in my 30's - as of tomorrow the granny of the group hits 40!!!!

Not many friends here, so come online and have a virtual glass of fizz with me

Go on, Ali, dare you! (Hmm, am I saying 'Get your tits out for the lads here? Methinks I am. ) It doesn't have to be revealing - how about the extreme bfing one on your mumsnet profile? (Now everyone thinks Neenz and I have explicit photos. I guess I do, but I have even worse ones! There was an evening, I had a drink, made Tim take bfing photos, you know how it is.)

Sponge, Amber, Ali - Iestyn has slept through twice. In six months. (Tim won't count the first time because he woke up for his dummy at 1am. Iestyn, not Tim, obviously.) He's now waking more, but could I get him to take a second solids feed tonight? No sir!
Also, Sponge and Amber - it somehow makes me feel better that both your babies are ff. Because if it would make Iestyn sleep I'd switch right now. (Course, the little bugger won't take anything from a bottle at the mo, so it's all academic!) I'd hate to think I was part of making the situation IYKWIM.

At least he settles well at night. Usually.

Ali, lol at the sprouts! I was telling my NCT mums today that P had a brussel sprout and one of them did comment on how bad the nappy would be, I told her I would ask - and you've just answered!

Deb, happy birthday for tomorrow!!I will endeavour to come back on tomorrow and repeat my birthday wishes!

X posted with Deb! Penblwydd hapus i ti!
Finest virtual pink champagne here. Cheers!
(I'm mixing. I've just had an actual Winter Pimms. Yummy! Hot alcohol is the best.)

x-posted Sponge too.
And forgot to say - Ali, it's not you, Finding Neverland is possibly the saddest film ever (although Shadowlands is quite bad, as is Steel Magnolias, etc...) and I cried for a good half hour AFTER IT HAD FINISHED!!

Deb I am celebrating the last 5 mins of your thirties by having a virtual glass of bubbles in bed. (DH out at work Xmas bash so on my tod)

Sponge - LOL at sprouts being discussed by your NCT group. If not TMI there was no visual evidence of the sprouts, just of carrot and green beans as normal. Just the smell was different. That is as likely to be that he has eaten some meat as it is the sprouts.

Essie, has to be Shadowlands - it is soooooo sad. I cried buckets when I first watched it and still do if I catch it now. Beautiful film but the scene with Hopkins and the son, ohmigod.

And what about The Champ? Or Truly Madly Deeply?

Can you tell I'm a bit of a sucker for a tearjerker?!

Ali, as one of the husbands said today, we do spend most of our days talking shite !!!

We were discussing what we were going to feed our LOs for Christmas dinner. One of the girls has been doing purees but is thinking of doing some 'BLW style' feeding for Christmas Day and was asking what A had had for his roast dinner, hence the subject of sprouts!

Her concern was the smell of the nappy!!

Sponge me too - anything with dead parents gets me going! Have you seen Finding Neverland?
I also cried rather a lot during About a Boy, but I hate hate hate hate bullying of any sort, and that scene where he's about to sing in front of the whole school at that cool concert...oh God...
I've not seen The Champ, though.
Speaking of over emotion, I've been getting all teary at Christmas church services and everything now. All those lines about Mary and her baby. OK, not going to go all Jesus sandals on you (for the second time today!). So to lighten the mood - Tim, the vicar and I sniggered (the vicar did it into his microphone!) at the carol service last night when we sang 'In the Bleak Midwinter': the line 'a breastful of milk and a manger full of hay' was the one. I'd just breastfed Iestyn in the sacristy! (Vicars robing room, the ministers were praying before the service and it was quieter and more discreet than anywhere else.)

Essie, yes, have seen Finding Neverland - beautiful film. KWYM about dead parents .

Love the idea that you bf-ed Iestyn in the sacristy and that the vicar sniggered about it - although I'm glad you told me what a sacristy was ! I'm with your FIL on the atheism!

I'm relieved I'm not the only one getting ridiculously emotional about Christmas - although as I told you earlier my emotional overload has extended to crying at Sainsburys adverts which is slightly insane! It's the whole 'first Christmas as a mum' thing and remembering all the Christmases before when I never thought I'd see this day. I'm such a soppy old cow!

After logging on, have decided to tired and need to go to bed so will come back and read tomorrow, but sponge - S isn't 6 months yet, so we're still working through 1st tastes. Hope A enjoys his turkey!

Thanks snowqueen, just wanted to check there wasn't any reason! He enjoyed it when he had it last week I think - hard to tell how much he ate !

I need to go to be too - night all x

Morning all.

Sebastian finally sleeping until 7.

Guests want breakfast at 7 so I don't get to sleep in.

Morning

Had a lovely morning so far, boys are at school still so I had an early start, Stefan was at the bakers at 6.45 for croissant, then I had breakfast and presents from Nigel and the boys - an IOU for a weekend in Paris when I'm not bfeeding Ethan any more! and 3 big, gorgeous framed photos of my 3 gorgeous boys. I was in tears. As I lay in bed waiting for the banners to go up and the balloons, I gazed at Ethan lying next to me clapping his hands and thought how lucky I am.

I am gathering iit is your birthday.

If so

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBS

Happy birthday debs! S on my knee, and muffins in the oven so need to go.

No more Neverland spoilers please

Five - that is a bummer

Sponge and Essie thank you for ensuring that I'm not alone in feeling like a soppy cow over emotional films. Shadowlands was q traumatic as I remember although a long time since I saw it. I loved About a Boy too. I sobbed in Love Actually which was annoying as I felt as though Richard Curtis had used every manipulative trick in the book to make me cry whilst still making a rubbish film. The English Patient gave me a headache from trying to supress crying.

Ooohh, Deb, Happy Birthday

The Ultimate weepy has got to be The Railway Children, I have given up trying to supress tears in that.