April 2008 - the one where we have to babyproof everything!

[EllieG]

Am I first? Couldn't think of what to call it....

VS - I think she is hungrier, yes, I tried giving more milk, which helped, but then yesterday she spurned more milk for more food (I guess she can't take both) and she did sleep better last night. Woke once at 5.30 for drink water and then 6.30 properly. She is never hungry for her breakfast til about 8 though - does anyone else have this? Should I stop giving a ten o clock feed?

Got to go as DS1 will want to commandeer my computer when he gets back from swimming See you all tomorrow.

Hiya,
Soph73 - my HV told me I should be aiming for my LO to be on about 17oz a day for when she's 1 (which I thought was a good thing to aim for).
My DH is working at Sandy Balls at the moment - it's just up the road from where I live! Hope you have a nice time there OS - when you going?
Think my LO must be teething again (currently got 4) - she's a bit grouchy at the mo and is usually a good sleeper but doesn't seem to settle in the evenings at the mo . My DH told me I was being too soft for keep picking her up but she won't settle again until she's a had a cuddle/feed/calpol and then she'll go back to sleep properly for the night (will just ignore DH!).
I just can't get DD to eat different things at the mo - any ideas? All she wants to eat at the mo is baby rice & sweet potato!

hi all. hope all is doing well
ladybee- the exact same thing happening here- i usually have a dream of a sleeper and the last 2 nights he has ben up EVERY HOUR on the HOUR!!!!! i am goooiiinnngggg mmmmadddddd!!!!! i get sooo grouchy with lack of sleep! and when i leave the room he sounds like he is being attacked and is like a dramaqueen stomping down the hall after me. cant be left alone AT ALL!!! where has my baby gone!!!! holding thumbs for tonight as i start work tomorrow- eeeekkkk!

nursery is going better- they have put lots of effort into him and they all are welcoming. i even arrived an hour early and spied through the windows- he looked content and was exploring and smiling. so feel better about sending him now.

so emotional after watching obamas inauguration! sniff sniff! watching history there! ds watched with me and when the crowd started clapping so did he, then when they waved the flags he started waving at them! sooo cute- made me cry even more!!!! just love him! (although would love him more if he let me sleep!!!)

Well, I had a tiny breakthrough tonight getting him to go to sleep in his cot as opposed to on me - I need to use my voice and say very calmly "you're all right, have a lovely sleep and I'll see you in the morning", very low and soft etc, over and over and he calms down enough to let himself go to sleep - before it was like he'd decided that he simply couldn't sleep unless I was holding him and every single time I went to put him down he'd wake and wail.
Fingers crossed the talking down works tonight.
LittleRascal, are you back to work full time? I am so thankful for my day off tomorrow, it just gives me enough of a reprieve so I don't feel completely desperate about lack of sleep and having to work. Great news about the nursery, so pleased she's settling in well.

Bumpkin, if it's teething it might be texture thing - or maybe if she's feeling a bit mis she just wants her favourites for comfort? Could try yoghurt - the cool smoothness could be soothing for her.

Well, I had a tiny breakthrough tonight getting him to go to sleep in his cot as opposed to on me - I need to use my voice and say very calmly "you're all right, have a lovely sleep and I'll see you in the morning", very low and soft etc, over and over and he calms down enough to let himself go to sleep - before it was like he'd decided that he simply couldn't sleep unless I was holding him and every single time I went to put him down he'd wake and wail.
Fingers crossed the talking down works tonight.
LittleRascal, are you back to work full time? I am so thankful for my day off tomorrow, it just gives me enough of a reprieve so I don't feel completely desperate about lack of sleep and having to work. Great news about the nursery, so pleased she's settling in well.

Bumpkin, if it's teething it might be texture thing - or maybe if she's feeling a bit mis she just wants her favourites for comfort? Could try yoghurt - the cool smoothness could be soothing for her.

oops, sorry double post

Sal of interest?

Sorry, I'm chipmonkey.

My PHN said that Harry should be taking 20 oz of milk and that he didn't need night feeds. Now, given that he's still bf mostly, how are you supposed to figure out how much 20oz is, do I weigh my boobs, before and after? And how can she assume he doesn't need night feeds if you can't see what he's getting?
Doesn't matter anyhow, I always do my own thing!

of course you are

Just noticed that CM isn't registered (yet).

I'm freezing, just waiting for dinner to arrive (Spaghetti carbonara, yum yum)...

Yes, TheLorax, that's what I was told too - I can count on him getting about 9 oz during the day as my CM gives him a couple of smallish bottles during the day, but I have no clue how much I'm giving him while I BF.
My HV based her 'doesn't need night feeds' on the three meals a day though.

OverSimplistica ( Feck it, I can't call you that, Peachy!) I went to the Sandyballs site but couldn't get a pricelist? How much does it cost, roughly? Looking for ideas for 2010! as have booked in Ireland this year, here Trabolgan

Oh brilliant, thanks for that, Ladybee! April might suit us even better actually, since MIL here till then. I'll have a word with dh, but think I might mail her and find out a bit more. I have told my childminders practice (the one with the nursery setup) that I won't be bringing R back there for definite in April (as I don't know whether he'll stop being ill all the time then), so I don't want them to keep the space open and me having to pay unending retainer fees. Will have to sort something out by then, but feeling rather nonchalant about it at the moment - probably living in denial and all that.

I'm now feeling slightly guilty for everyone having no sleep. Honestly, I didn't actively wish it on you

Am so tired I can die. I might do it anyway. Ate a Donut, am sure that'll help.

Hmm, holidays... None planned here. I just want to sleep!

MommyHasaH - bring me some sunshine back, please!

our boiler is making funny noises.

LadyBee's boiler is going to be fine

MOAN ALERT (you do not have to comment lol)

i am poorly still/again, had to sit on a wall doing school run, feel very weak, have lost alot of weight(under 9 stone now and im 5'9), so tired (9pm-7am sleep and exhausted now already) and dh is being nasty to me, says im messing 'us' up cos i have been ill for a week (ish) now. ok fair enough i havent been much company in the evenings and sex is less but i am trying and still doing kids/house stuff. I told him im ill, i wanted a hug htis morning and he wouldnt, he is texting me nasty so i have turned my phone off. Dont know what i am doing anymore. I was a bit rude this morning cos i just wanted a hug and he got up, but the one time i am actually a little rude (no swearing even) he stats like this. do you think one day someone will see me for the wife i try to be?

also do you think im just getting over an illness or if i have some sort of viral fatigue thing? Dont want a GP visit; will just say rest

If it's anything like what I had Scorpio you'll feel shit on and off for a few weeks, with no real symptoms except feeling shit, and tired iyswim. (Not pg are you??)

As for 'D'H, tell him to get fucked. He needs to grow up and pull himself together, I mean, what grown adults conduct their relationship via nasty text messages, really? you're not there to make his life easier, or more pleasurable, it's called a partnership for a reason!

dont know about pg, bit early to tell exactly what i am going to tell him later btw.

thats exactly how i do feel - massive urge to sleep and just run down. he text saying 'you can eat, talk to your friends, your not being sick so what exactly is wrong Steff?' i know it doesnt seem nasty on the face of it but is nicest one so far .

Has he ever been tired?
Really tired, and exhausted, as opposed to only got 6 hours sleep last night instead of his usual 8?

yes, after his operation. He spent 3 days in bed, i didnt let him do anything. (was just a daycase one too). lol @ 6 and 8

I know i have been poor company for the last week, but i am trying to get back up to normal and come 9pm i literally cannot stay awake another minute. Like tonight, he will come home at 9ish after training, i will want to sleep but he will want to see me, but doesnt get it. Am pissed off with this, just want him to realise i am ill not being dick. Thinking of going more and more.

anyway sorry am bringing the thread down again...sure it seems worse because im tired

How have you been anyway? havent spoken to you for yearrrrrrs

I'm good thanks
SOOOOOOOOOOOO busy atm though. Last week I had really poorly boys.
This week I had the BfN course Monday (came home fell asleep on sofa at 6pm) Yesterday morning was BF support at the Children's centre, this afternoon is BF Support at a different children's centre, tomorrow I have a different meeting at the CC, just our monthly meeting about this and that, then I have offered to help staff a 'bedtime' hour at the school tomorrow evening
Thankfully friday seems empty so far but I still have to do homework for next monday, and need to start reading my course material for my degree this weekend too.
That's without the normal housewife/mother stuff!
Oh and since Panda has been sleeping through, the other two have decided not to, I think with DS1 he is starting to wake for the toilet but not understand why he is waking iyswim?
And DD has started having massive nightmares, waking up screaming in tears, sweating with marks all over her where she has been struggling in her sleep

for dd - ds has nightmares like that too, about birds mostly.

goodness you sound so busy!!