August 2008: Sleep is for the weak

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DUE AUGUST 2008 STATS_
[update 20 Dec 08]
GROUP TOTAL: 62 [BIRTHS: 62]
DELIVERIES [BOYS (34) vs. GIRLS (28 )]
17JUL WhippyVoodoo (29) lives in the West Midlands; delivered DC#2, a BOY named JJ. DD1 19 mths
21JUL IlanaK (35) lives in Central London delivered DC#3, a BOY named Saul. 2DS?s, 6yrs & 3 yrs
24JUL Alittlebitshy (29) lives in East London/Essex; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Henry. DD1 5yrs
29JUL Jennylee (30) lives in West Lothian delivered DC#2 , a GIRL named ?. DS1 9yrs
30JUL Miamla (32) lives in North London; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Theodore 31JUL Dizzydixies (32) lives in Fife delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Cordelia nn Dylan. 2DD?s, 5yrs &2 yrs
31JUL ChaCha (32) lives in Oxford; delivered DC#3, a BOY named ?. 2DC?s, 2&1 yrs
01AUG Gigglegirl (32) and lives in Stockport; delivered DC#4, a GIRL named Imogen. DD1 5yrs, and 2DS?s 3yrs & 2yr
01AUG CaptainCaveman (35) lives in Nottingham; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Oliver. DS1 4yrs
01AUG Alieight (29) delivered DC1, a BOY named Adam 02AUG Daisy26 (??) delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Sophia 03AUG Buckets (32) lives in Southampton delivered DC#3, a BOY named Kurt. DD1 5yrs, DS1 3yrs
04AUG MrsMagooo (25) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Elijah. DD1 2yrs
04AUG Vintagegardenia (35) lives in Dublin; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Edward. DS1 9yrs
04AUG Skytvaddict (40) lives in Lincolnshire; delivered DC#4, a BOY named Lewis. DS1 8mths, and 2DD?s, 7yrs & 11yrs
05AUG Sassylou (35) lives in Cheshire; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Annie. 2DD?s 7yrs & 5yrs
06AUG Newmum0808 (31) lives in London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Emmeline 07AUG PunksNotDead (??) delivered DC#3, a GIRL named ?. 2DD?s
08AUG Expectant (32) lives in Singapore (+7hrs GMT); delivered DC#1, a BOY named Samuel 08AUG Pertelote (31) lives in East London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Marianne 08AUG Poppysocks (31) lives in St Andrews delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Emily. DD1 2yrs
08AUG Rotterpotter (39) lives in Wakefield delivered DC#2, a BOY named Isaac. DD1 3yrs
09AUG Babieseverywhere (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Edward ??AUG Bigboydiditandranaway (36) lives in the Midlands; delivered DC#2, a BOY named ?. DS1 2yrs
10AUG Bealcain (21) lives in Kent; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Delilah. 2Ds?s 2yrs & 1yr
11AUG Chequersandchess (30) delivered DC1#, a GIRL named Amelia
12AUG SazzlesA (35) lives in Cheltenham; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Emma. DD1 2yrs
12AUG Sarahnh (32) lives in the West Midlands delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Tess; DD1 3yrs
13AUG Shazza2002 (28) lives in West London; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Lexie. DD1 5yrs
13AUG Sibh (36) lives in Ireland; delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Eibhlin. DS5yrs & DD2yrs
13AUG Longwayfromhome (30) lives in Argentina (-2hrs GMT); delivered DC#1, a BOY named Tomás 13AUG PhilB (31) lives in SE London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Polly 15AUG Foghornleghorn (23) lives in Northampton delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Lara. 2DD?s 3yrs & 1yr
15AUG SausageAndMash (37) delivered DC#2, a BOY named ? 15AUG Briwash (??) delivered a GIRL named Leila 18AUG TwilightSurfer (37) lives in Tennessee, USA (-5hrs GMT); delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Reese. DD1 4yrs
20AUG Karney (39) lives in Glasgow; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Sonny 21AUG LadyofWaffle (22) lives in Berkshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Joseph. DS1 2yrs
21AUG Mummypud (28) lives in Wiltshire; delivered DC#2, a GIRL named Olivia. DD1 2yrs
22AUG No1putsbabyinthecorner (31) lives in South Yorkshire; delivered DC #2, a BOY named Marcus. DD1 21mths
23AUG HazieDazieandBaby (26) lives in Aberdeen; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Gabriella 23AUG Bohemianbint (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named ? 23AUG Stickybean (27) lives in North London; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named ? 25AUG Warthog (??) delivered DC#2, a GIRL named ?. DD1 2yrs
25AUG Lcy (30) lives in Wales; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named ? 26AUG Libbyssister (34) lives in Oxfordshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Nathan. DS1 3yrs
26AUG Micromum (??) delivered DC#4, a GIRL named ? (6lb 8oz), via VB [EDD 26AUG].
27AUG Iliketosleep (24) lives in Wolverhampton; delivered DC#4, a GIRL named Brooke. 2DDs, 7y & 6y & DS, 4y
27AUG Nezzi (??) delivered DC#1, a BOY named ? 29AUG Petitfilou (36) lives in S Oxfordshire; delivered DC#3, a BOY named Toby. DS1 4yrs, & DD1 2.6yrs
29AUG Cheerfulvicky (24) lives in Cornwall; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Felix 30AUG Oopsacoconut (32) lives in Wiltshire; delivered DC#1, a GIRL named Poppaea 30AUG Ellasmum1 (30) lives in Newcastle under Lyme; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Jack. DD1 5yrs
30AUG Dancerandprancer (31) lives in Devon; delivered DC#2 , a BOY named Oliver. DD1 28 mths
01SEP Cyteen (32) lives in Leicester; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Joseph 01SEP Stillhere (36) lives in Yorkshire; delivered DC#2, a BOY named Owen. DS1 2.5yrs
01SEP Goodie2shoes (??) delivered DC#2, a BOY named Elliot 03SEP Waytoomuchchocolate (??) delivered DC#1, a BOY named Samuel 04SEP Sambo303 (37) lives in Chessington, Surrey; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Felix 05SEP Skybluebelle (34) lives in Birmingham; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Jamie 13SEP Ataraxis (37) delivered DC#3, a GIRL named Lana. 2DS?s 5yrs & 3yrs
16SEP AnnVan (26) lives in Kent; delivered DC#1, a BOY named Sebastian

night poppy hope you have a good nights sleep

ta da!!!!

oh I like that too

Still cant get that holiday dress out of my mind (i know i am sad)

That boutique next to mums shop sells a range of clothing called Poppy chikdrens wear. Some nice dresses and red knitted cardigans too. I cant do or not sure how to do links sorry.

some gorgeous Deux Par Deux stuff on ebay too.

voila

yeah.
so the red cord Laura dress and the Junko Dress and the long knitted coat are absolutley gorgeous in the flesh. Oh and the red cloche hat I adore.

I am thinking of getting the little sheepskin boots for Marcus. I know you shouldnt do shoes yet, But I feel so guilty that his liitle feet may be cold and these are lovely and soft.

Night

there is a difference between hard soled shoes and wee slip on comfy things for the sake of keeping them warm/cosey!

hope they give you a good night sleep
sweet dreams of all things pretty and girly for tonight

night

{{{twilight sets out bagels and fruit cups, sets the coffee maker for 7am, and fluffs the pillows on the sofa}}}

Oh ts you are too good to us.
Thank you for breakfast

2 wake ups here from ds 3.15 and 6.30. Fed and resettled well.
2 wake ups from dd at 1.30, ended up in bed with me (oh dear) and woke again at 3.15 but settled well. fell out of our bed few times, or should I say slipped out, no harm done.

Not too tired though.
Hope everyone had good sleep and not too many wake ups.

Question re weaning??????

I am/was prepared to wait till 6 month mark. Everyone keeps yelling baby rice in my ear. Not to make him sleep through though, but they say he is showing signs.

I would say, yes he is showing interest, all the time. He follows all found,tries to grab, also smacks/sucks in his lips whenever he sees someone eat.
I am not convinced he is physicaly ready though, seems still baby like IYKWIM

Good morning all, thanks for the bagel ts oops what lovely news, though I confess I am mightily - trying to persuade dp we should try for dc2 next December cos I don;t want to be 40 having no 2.... will take me 12 months to persuade methinks!! We are trying to come up with a 5 year plan and I slipped it in (along with dc3 in 2012 but I may be pushing my luck )

no1 I am burying my head in the sand re weaning so cant help at all, but will be interested to hear what the more experienced ladies have to say. I have not noticed ds being interested at all in food apart from watching in puzzlement as we eat

interesting night here - fed ds at 11.45pm (very short feed, about 4 mins). He woke at 2am. I was sure he could not be hungry as he'd fed well all day, so I decided to go on 'boob strike'. I shushed and patted and rocked his hamock - he whinged on, not really crying and one hour later he fell asleep and woke at 5am. I was going to try the same but realised he was soaked through (forgot night nappy ) so fed and changed. I have decided to go on boob strike between 12 and 5 from now on then if that works, try to extend the non feeding time. btw he then slept from 5.25 til 8.40, a good sleep.

at all the shopping last night, poor ds, nothing but stripes for him plus brown/grey/beige YUK (thank god I had a boy as spending a fortune on little things for my niece. wanted to get her those mary jane tights from gap... have you seen them? ultra cute)

With you on the rubbish boy clothes Sambo, after DD it has come as quite a disappointment, although DS does have some nice dungarees. Some of those dresses No1 and Dizzy were looking at were lovely, but how much

With regards to weaning, I am fully intending to hang on till six months - only 5 weeks away, how did that happen? I waited with DD and it was fine, managing OK with DS too even though he's such a big boy. I think they're just interested in everything aren't they by this stage, and would put anything in their mouths if we'd let them. DS kept trying to grab my wineglass yesterday while we were having lunch at my mum's, don't think he's ready for that yet . There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that weaning doesn't help with sleeping so might as well wait.

Eek, just noticed I posted message number 666

...The number of THE BEAST.

Although having said that, when Adam was born he had the number 71 scratched into his head form the monitor things during labour, so that has become our number of the beast!

V to hear of house burglary and car being keyed...absolutely senseless and heartless.

Am I the only person who prefers boys clothes? Admittedly I loathe pink with a fiery passion, and quite like neutrals...although Adam has a fair amount of red, purple, bright green and orange in his wardrobe...

No1 am also burying head in sand re weaning. Over Christmas my MIL (who is lovely) was constantly telling me how Adam was jealous of our lovely food my mother has also warned me that 6 months is the absolute limit for weaning...erm so if I don't wean him then he'll be drinking breastmilk at 18 then will he mother? Have been dithering between BLW and pureeing, but suspect purees will be making an appearance as he's going to nursery in two weeks.

Oh, and for everyone who was wondering...on the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...a really lovely handbag, some gorgeous bath stuff, some books and a box of chocolates...and told me he wanted to buy me a ring but had talked himself out of it as we couldn't afford a really nice ring and he didn't want to give me a crappy one. But now wishes he had said sod it and got me a nice ring. Have pointed out it is my birthday in April...

Right, need to head off and get DP to clean house as BIL plus family are coming over in a couple of hours.

good settling sambo, well done. that's very brave of you, i think - i've never got the guts to try it and just instantly stick DS on the boob when he moans at night perhaps this is why he is such a chubber

that said, had a fab night here - Joe woke at 10.30, fed him one side and he fell asleep. now he has recently been flooding his nappies overnight (again) so I thought I'd try something different and change him at this feed. Obviously this resulted in v wakey baby Fed him the other side and managed to encourage him back to sleep by half eleven, laid him down in his basket and hid snuggled down under the duvet...didn't wake again till half past five 6 hours of glorious uninterrupted kip. I feel human for the first time in weeks, even my kneecap ache has disappeared!

no1 how old is marcus now? i think that if you aren't sold on him being really ready, he probably isn't - like SRP says, he's probably just interested in what you're doing. Joe is nearly 18 weeks and has only just started to stare at us eating (he was eyeing up our toast yesterday ) but it seems more in puzzlement than anything else.

no one has said anything to us about weaning yet apart from my stepmum suggesting i "put a dab of custard on his lips, let him get the taste of it!" Err, no thanks We're leaning more and more towards BLW despite being given all the puree kit, but i expect we'll do a bit of both.

Well done Sambo, that's what I started doing just before I quit BFing. I needed to be confident I wouldn't be heating bottles at 2am! Although the last few nights he's been a little b*gger and only stays asleep on my chest or on his side next to me. Am thinking he might just be cold (even with 2.5tog grobag + 2 thin blankets as we still have no doors on our bedrooms.

Pink bedroom is nearly floored and I have now bought a v pale pink emulsion to remedy the Yazoo-effect. As DD did paint one of the walls herself I am prepared to compromise and just repaint the 2 walls you see best from the doorway. Unless that looks crap...

Got a whole tablespoon of banana/baby rice into Kurt today, he's finally getting the hang of not sticking his tongue out.

I found a lady on Ebay who does bright-dyed baby vests for boys - Bexi I think she's called, have a search.

Hello! just got 5 spare mins to pop on and catch up, before we head out for the afternoon. Apologies, ds2 has done a poo so it whiffs a bit round here....

re. weaning, as you know I started weaning Oliver at 17 weeks. He has been fine, taken to it well, mad keen to chew the spoon (teething) and so far has only shown dislike for banana and cookie crumble! For the first week he was on one meal a day, then I upped it to two and now he's on 3 (he was 5mo on new years day). No probs with constipation or any other behaviours. He is sleeping better at night but that may just be coincidental - I'm not willing to argue the point either way, I just know it;s good news for us . My HV was very supportive of starting weaning - the guidelines are just a guide and we all know our babies best so we should judge when they are ready - not other people. Does that sound arsey? It's not meant to!

As I'm so close to 6 months (2.5 weeks) I'm going to hang on but if this bad night sleeping had started earlier I may well have weaned a bit sooner.....

Sorry that was so brief. Dh wanderd in and said ds might need feeding (very sleepy - only had a power nap this morning) but i suggesed a nappy change first .

I still feel very weak after being ill. Dh and dd much better but they both got to lie in bed/sofa all day while I had to deal witn ds even when my mum was here cos I had to feed him.... so I think I just nee a bit more rest time.

We're trying a Strategy tonight. When ds wakes dh will give him a botthle (prob formula cos can't be arsed with defrosting in the mddle of night) and see if he sleeps on longer. If it's the same wake up pattern we'll revert to normal, but if this helps, we'll have to see..... Was always intending to poss intro a bit more formula at 6 months though at the mo i intend to carry on bf mainly (but if those top teeth come too ds and i could raslly fall out over what he is and isn't (ie me) meant to bite!!)

WEANING

At 16 weeks I started allowing Reese to taste things. By 18 weeks I was offering solids at one meal per day, usually dinner. Tomorrow marks week 20 and I am going to start getting serious with the meals by attempting to do it twice a day. She is just soooo messy.

Reese has had oatmeal, mashed sweet potato, mashed carrot, mashed prunes, applesauce, and mashed banana. She's basically reacted the same way to each of them. She dives in but then seems to fill quickly. I guess I need to figure out a good way to measure what I am offering.

I did not go in any order with offering the food. I did not wait for so many days between offering the food. The only thing I did do was try to match foods we had on our plates at the time.

She does have a slight issue with constipation but that is more from the soy formula she is back on than from the food.

Over the past few days I have noticed that she is really ready for more. The formula just doesn't seem to fill her for as long as it use to. This is a problem in the evening when she mass feeds then soaks through her nighttime diaper. Adding more solids should fix this problem.

Buckets I gave in to dd1 a while back and painted her room pink. I HATE IT! She LOVES IT! The pink is so loud and unnatural, like Pepto Bismal.

Ali sorry about the ring. We were right...he was going to get it. That's dance worthy.