Rollin', Rollin', Rollin', Though their gums are swollen, Keep them babies rollin', on't side

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Here we go then

roll up, roll up for the six month food fest.

Better night here, only two feeds at 1ish and 5ish, but at one point bumble was having a real chat to his blankie. DH was on the sofa and said he couldn't figure out who was talking and thought it was DD until he heard me say "shut up bumble". I have no recollection of it

We've given up with the porridge for a bit as it might have been that upsetting his tummy. He's certainly more cheerful now it's cleared his system.

and you know this how, jaunita?

I've had to switch to pages and now not taking an age to load. Was fine till computer did an automatic update yesterday......wish I wasn't such a technophobe and could fix it.

Thanks 5 but I already have a rocking crib in our room that he sleeps in for the first bit but, tried last night, and he just whimpers until I take him back into the bed with me.
Anything for an easy life.
daisy, so sorry, I just can't keep up ith the thread, but what have you changed? Weren't you co-sleeping too my memory is rubbish Have you put LO in their own bed now and they are sleeping better?
Saying that, DS is doing not bad re sleep. Twice now he has slept through from 8-4am Massoheesive boobies!! Then he settle, I see him at 6, but just for a dummy replecment and a whine, then we wake at 8-830! Yahoo!

Do you think that co-sleeping is making my DS clingy to mummy? Or is that just how he is regardless?
Should I be rushing him into a big cot when I am happy with things as they are, except for clingyness, co-sleeping is soooo much easier. Espesh if he has one if his bad nights.
I think it is all very well and god for mum to say, do this, do that, but she is not having to be wandering the house through the night. Running the risk of waking both my children.

HELP! Feel like I am being ignored, or at least lost.

Twink I am a bit hopeless at advice but here goes!
Re daytime clingyness, Becca did not go to anyone until the past fortnight! I try and encourage people to talk and interact with her rather than just coming in and pickng her up.
Night times in our house improved when we put her in her own room. I am also very careful not to get into the habit of keeping her in our bed once she has been fed. Thats not to say she does not stay in our bed when nights are really bad, but I don't want to co-sleep!

I think the clingyness will pass, during the day if I am doing something in another room I always have the TV or radio on so Becca knows she is not alone.

She told you I am crap!

Things very very tender here
Back later.......

Twink all three of my boys were clingy with me, but thats probably because I was their main "carer" during the day so were used to me iykwim. There is nothing wrong with co-sleeping, if it helps you get a better nights sleep, then so what!

Sumo is in by bed for at least half the night. He settles down in his cot every night (he is still in my room) and usually comes in my bed after a feed if he won't settle.

I've been trying to catch up with the thread since our weekend away Should have waited until this morning for Daisy's summary! I can't possibly comment on everybody's posts but hugs to those having a hard time with babies/feeling under the weather/having to deal with unhelpful DHs! And congratulations to Hana on the new job!
Well done to all the rolling babies - E rolled from front to back whilst we were away but hasn't done it since.
She's also doing well with her solids, especially whilst we were away when she was eating loads. Must have been all that Yorkshire air!
However, she's still refusing to sleep anywhere but in the sling during the day when we're at home and we co-sleep at night. She's a nightmare in the evenings too - I can't put her down anywhere except in front of one of the baby TV channels and even then that only works for 15 minutes or so. 2 weeks out of every 3 DH is at work in the evenings so I struggle to get myself ready for bed. I sympathise with everybody with clingy/whingy babies, it is so hard. E is fine during the day though - happily plays on her own. Then she just flips at around 6pm
She was also a nightmare in the car on the way back from Yorkshire from about 6pm - even though I was in the back next to her she wouldn't settle and although we stopped a few times for her to feed, she wasn't interested, just wanted to be held. She screamed for the last half hour of the journey I'm now dreading next month when I'm going to be driving to my relatives in France on my own (13 hours). My Mum is driving down with me but as she's taking my sister's dog we're going in separate cars as we won't all fit in one. I think we're going to have to break up the journey overnight as come the evening E will be a nightmare. My mum keeps saying that she used to drive down with my sister and I, but I'm sure we were older!
And this afternoon we have a consultant appointment about E's high BP. We had a phone call from GOSH last week out of the blue asking us to come along for 24h monitoring After many phone calls to our local hospital to try to get some answers I finally managed to secure an appt to discuss this. Her last kidney scan result was clear so I'm a bit confused as to why we suddenly need to go to GOSH.
Apologies for me post - that will teach me to keep up! Must have X-posted by now too...

Hi again,

Thanks daisy, it's nice to be back!

twinkling I don't know you yet but here is my two pence worth!
If it makes you happy, do it. To be honest i was massivly against co sleeping for the clinginess reason. I didn't do it at all with dd BUT with Ds, I started doing it, loved it, but then gave up Bfing Dp and I decided if I wasn't doing that, and we were gonna be up getting bottles anyway, then there was no point. I missed co sleeping soooo much! Dylan was 3 weeks old when we stopped, went into his own room and he is still a total mummy's boy. I think that is how they are regardless. If it's easier fpr you to continue and you don't feel ready putting him a big cot yet, then don't rush to do it

Quick update for all know do recognize me. Dylan was born drug free after a 13.5 hour labour on november the 19th weighing 6lbs 12. He held his head up off my shoulder the minute he was born and has been massivly strong ever since, he keeps pulling himself up on my hands and trying to take his own weight on his legs!!
He slept through 6.30pm until 7.00am since he was 8 weeks, we havn't had a disturbed night since
He's a lovely chuncky 14.5bs now, but strong as he is refuses to roll or sit by himself. Tbh i think he's capable but lazy!
We started baby rice and porridge about 3 weeks ago, but I suspect it was upsetting his tummy a little, so we've stopped for now.

aaanyway, i'm loving every minute of him so far, i had horrendous PND after dd and am so delighted to have seem to have escaped it this time round i can't tell you

i'm off for a scan this afternoon to see if i have an ovarian cyst as i've had terrible hip and back ache since dylan was born, so wish me luck!

Welcome back to Serendippity & Sausage!

I admit to only skimming the posts this morning, but cricri your post about E's high BP stood out. I know you say her kidney scan is clear and that kidney issues can result in high BP, but have they checked her heart at any time? Any murmurs? The condition that ds2 has results in high BP in the upper half of the body and low BP in the lower half. It is easy enough to check, get them to measure the BP in her legs as well as her arms. Hopefully they are just being cautious, hence the appt at GOSH. HUGS.

I have decided not to go staight onto a dairy free diet. I am going to keep a food diary for a week or so but cut down on any extra dairy I don't stictly need, like cheese.

Oh, and I am looking for a new baby monitor. I have a philips one that we had for ds2, it only transmits noise if it is above a certain level, and even on it's most sensitive settings, it is not picking up when Z is chatting to himself. So, sometimes I think he's been asleep and it turns out he has spent 45 mins chattingand then crying because he's tired and I think he's crying to get up. No wonder his sleep routine is ruined. I am looking specifically for a video monitor of some kind so I can watch him and actually see if he is sleeping without having to walk across creaky floorboards to check. Does anyone have something like this and would you recommend it?

Aww cricri I was actually just wondering what stage you were at with E's kidneys and just sent you a facebook email!
Hope things get easier soon

Welcome back Serendippidy.
Good to see you Cricri. Glad the Yorkshire break was good.
I couldn't put up with M's crying anymore. Put him in the gym creche for an hour whilst ds1 and I went swimming and then we had cake in the cafe. He was a dream in the creche. Typical. He just cry's constantly for me then !!! The break did me good though. I feel better. And am determinded to put him into the creche atleast once a week, maybe twice a week. I think that having a break, instead of being with him 24/7, like I have done for months now, will be the making of me.

Hi everyone, I'm creeping back in again

I hope everyone and their LO's are well, I'm sure I've missed loads but I will try to catch up shortly

Hana congratulations on the new job

A is screaming, be back soon

obs - glad M in the creche worked well for both of you! i think us mummies need more breaks without having to feel guilty about it - especially when they are being a bit trying. and these babies can be fickle! when my M seems bored of me, DP will take him and then he is all smiles and coos over DP's shoulder at me, and does the same to DP if I take him!

Hi serendippity!

heartmum we don't have video monitor but can recommend the BT one with temperature (150 model?) - is very sensitive and can always hear when M is waking up.

thanks to everyone re: what your LO sleeps in...very interesting...have switched to 1-tog since M's room has been a little warmer the last week or so, but still in vest and babygro.

vbab good on you for no-snip decision! not something you want to regret later.

rutho LOL at your DH and his very nice porridge! whenever DP cooks and it turns out ok, he goes on and on about it and asks me at least 3 or 4 times how my dinner was!

pinky, well done re: your mum and LOL at DH's dance! nice to have a cheersquad!

hi to everyone else! this thread moves so quickly i am never able to respond as much as i'd like - i read and then M wakes up and there are a bunch more posts and then i worry about not responding to everyone and then i don't respond at all or it's the evening and i'm just too tired to be coherent...so anyway just wanted to say i do read everyone's posts and even if i don't respond i love hearing about what everyone is doing and being a part of all this.

Hello hello - Daisy did you book an apt at the GP ?
Cr CRi well done for getting an apt - hope its all ok and as for 13 hrs ina car on your own I admire you . I do remember my mum getting us out of bed at 4 am to drive to cornwall and we would sleep for 3 hrs but not 13 !
Today dh at home and she saw how terrible MR can be infact she was in his arms whilst I cooked, hung washing , did another load put teh ironing away ( been there for 3 days) and changed sheets then ran off to get dd1 from nursery. She then slept for an hour so now she is in her cot but I can hear her talking to her clowns so not sure if she will nap now!
QQ Nobody answered it before do Ikea bags come in different togs ???
I have been keeping MR open when I put her down then closing it in the middle of the night.

Obs, glad you enjoyed your time away from M I have been putting P in the gym creche for the last few weeks, and it has been great. He was quite upset with himself the first week, but each week has got a little bit better, until yesterday when he was quite happy for the full hour. It was great to have an hour to myself, plus I guess being in childcare for an hour a week will prepare both of us for September, when it'll be full time.

Daisy, I used to work at a school close to the airport and on parents evenings a few of us would go to the layby after school and before the parents evening started, to watch a few planes for a bit of a break!! Sad I know!

hi again phee ....it's like picadilly circus on here now...great stuff.

twinkling, I had bumble in a side car cot, so effectively co-sleeping. But over the last two weekends when I have been wiped out and DH hs hadhim dwnstairs for the night to give me achance to catch up on sleep we noticed that he was sleepng better away from me. He was also waking for a feed as soon as I went to bed as I think his wee nose got twitching at the smell of mum. so, he has been in DS1's bedroom on his own for a few nights and although the first night was awful for one reason and another, the last two nights have been much better. He has also been feeding much better in the day, by default, as he isn't feeding so much at night. I feel almost human again as well!

We made it out to the park!!! Took a picnic (well stopped off at KFC on the way ) and then walked for about a mile and a half...and DD insisted on walking all the way, even at the scary bit where there is deep muddy water on one side of the path and then a drop to a stream on the other side, and lots of tree roots to trip over. DS1, who only got the stabilisers off his bike at the weekend cycled it as well.....I was having kittens just watching the two of them!

Daisy That's my kind of picnic

londonboots I know exactly what you mean about the fickle babies. A sometimes gets grumpy in the afternoon and as soon as DH walks in she's all smiles.

For the past three weeks, A has been to my parents house on Fridays. Although I missed her and spent the first couple of hours listening for her 'waking up', it's been nice to have a break. Just getting to have a long shower instead of being as quick as possible or drinking a cup of tea while it's still hot felt sooo good.

I'm thinking of moving A to her big cot in her own room as I think the crib is getting too small for her and now that she's rolling over she doesn't have enough room. Has anyone got any tips on how best to make the transition?

phee will the cradle bit of the crib fit inside the cot? Try that for a few nights? or lese put her in the cot for daytime naps so she gets used to it?

hello all and welcome home serendippity.

yesterday i collected my walker from mil's house as she had borrowed it for when sil was visiting with her ds. anyway i have given it a good scrub and O loves it, even though he can only go backwards.

took all the kids to a new soft play place today and O loved it in the ball pit with his big dd's.

daisy my kinda picnic 2!!!!! I HATE Mc'D, Burger King with a passion, but KFC...now that's a different story!!!

Thanks for all your wishes, can't believe that it could take 4-6 weeks to get my mojo baxck

evening all,

just wanted to say hi to the new/rejoiners! Had a quick skim read, lots going on! Hope everyones ok.

I have had a v trying day with constant whinging and moaning from DD, doing my head in! seriously. mum is coming tonight so i can go to best friends wedding rehearsal, i cant wait to get out the door. sorry, its just been one of them days.

Lol at Tittifers daisy!

Going to catch up on a busy day's posting in a minute but first I want to ask you all to wish me luck. We are trying tonight to get dd1 to sleep in her own room, for at least part of the night. I got her this nightlight www.happybags.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=BPL-P and told her Barbapapa will help her to be brave and sleep without Mom. She will be 3 in a few weeks and never managed a night on her own yet. Since dd2 was born dd1 has been sleeping in with me full time with DH in the spare room but I am fed up with the arrangement. I lie awake half the night hoping dd1 won't wake and disturb dd2 and vice versa. Fingers crossed for me please.

hello

Thanks again everyone, for the lovely messages of support- it means so much to me. As you predicted in your earlier post, Hana, I have not been feeling very good today. Quite a lot of anxiety floating about. I am being harrassed by my sister as well at the moment (she's v.much like my mother).

On top of which the house is a state because the chap has come to fit the new alarm this week. So much mess! (on top of the usual mess, the mess is now at critical mass for sure!).

I think we will have to go away when he does the rewire. (Don't get me wrong, he's very good, it's just a messy job, isn't it?).

re- moving to cots- glad it is causing some sleep improvements for people. Mimi is still in with us and will be for a while I think, but she is sleeping really well.

I am interested to know how transitions go, as the cot we have in DD1'S room is massive compared to our old one.

x-posts Suiledonn

Good Luck. OI have found that DD1 goes to bed no problem now she has her own bed and light to put on herself. I hope it works for you!