November 09 - solids and crawling underway but sleepless nights still here to stay!!

[scarlotti]

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Hello everyone, am terribly sorry, I'm useless at keeping up with you all at times :(

We finally have a tooth here! And walking only holding onto one hand. And waving at buses Bryn has his heart scan tomorrow so send good vibes this way please.

Hope you're all well, will try and catch up properly later.

Good vibes to Bryn SirB, how did it go?

Why is he having the scan? (Apologies if I've missed this)

Its 3pm this afternoon. I actually feel sick :( Its for Cardiomyopathy - because DPs died from it, Bryn has to be checked. Its silly that I'm so worried; either way its best to know, and if he does have it its not the end of the world, it can be helped to a degree. I don't want to think too much about if he does have it.

sirboob, I'll be thinking of you and Bryn this afternoon. I hope you get good results. You're right it's best to know early and then deal with it.

Hoping Bryn got on ok today.

Not much news here other than crawling and creating havoc. I'm beginning to realise that this is now my lot in life and I'd better get used to the amount of mess two mobile children can create! I just wish some days that dd2 would crawl outside on the grass and not just eat it.

She is a right carnivore - she nicked a steak off my plate at SIL's BBQ at the weekend and pretty much ate most of it! Courgette & veggies are so yesterday.

The school term has started up here so dd1 was back at nursery today and I head back to work next week. Boo.

DH and I are contemplating whether driving all the way to Leeds to buy a car from a small garage offering a deal which seems too good to be true is a good idea or not. It's apparently been HPI inspected, so it sounds ok. Hmmm.

Went well today :) Got to go back for an Echo at some point soon, but initally looking as if all is fine

Glad to hear it, SirB :)

Morning

Am back to 2am wakings! Argh! Just as I get a night or two of 4:30/5 and I think we're heading in the right direction, it all goes to pot again. I'm hoping it's just a stage to do with teething - but then it's a very long stage if that's right.

He's now moving around a bit more, mainly bum shuffling, which also means more moving around at night. I woke up this morning with him pushed up against me and upside down!

In-laws are down this weekend. They don't know what's going on with me and DH so we have to play happy families. Hopefully after that he will look for a flat and things can start to move forward - this limbo state is very draining.

Hi everyone!
Long time since I've been on but things are going hectic this side of the world.

DH is busy starting his own company! Taking so long, -since DS Johandre was born in Nov.
DS is doing well. Still waking up at 2 aswell Scarlotti. Sometimes he sleeps through but moslty it is up for the 2 of us at around 2.
He still doesn't want to crawl! just lies on his tum. What can I do to encourage it? DD crawled for about 2 weeks and then walked. So scared because I know there can be big problems if they don't crawl.

DS loves mummy's food. I make his food myself and he is gainging weight.

DS and DD are out for the day with PIL. So I went shopping for summer clothes for the DC and have some time to MN. Will really try and come and chat more to you and catch up.

Not been on for a while. Hope all you lovely ladies are all well.

SB Great news

Scarlotti We have the same problem still. He wakes once a night, maybe twice, and doesn't go straight back to sleep. Starting back to work in a couple of weeks

C is rolling around the floor as he's way of getting about and showing signs that he wants to crawl. I still think we're a way off from crawling and walking. No teeth either. DS1 was an early developer so it feels strange that C is so different.

Welcome back tasja. Sounds like life is very hectic. Hope the business is a success!

I'm sitting here watching High School Musical 3, and I know all the words to the songs . DS1 loves it and never seems to tire of it. I think I have an entertainer on my hands.

tasja Are you in South Africa?

scarlotti I hate the sleep regressions. My sympathies. I hope the weekend visit with your ILs isn't too stressful :(

Fruit I don't have a job yet but I can't imagine going back to work with so little sleep. Ugh.

We're waking up twice a night lately, it's totally unsustainable. I think M has an ear infection but a mild one? She's scratching her ear a lot and has a runny nose, but never has a fever. I don't know what to do about it.

Tasja Wouldn't worry too much about DS not crawling - a bunch of our LOs aren't crawling yet (mine incl.) but I'm sure they'll all get there eventually :)

Book recommendation: Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig- just finished, was GREAT

tasja mine isn't likely to crawl, he's becoming an expert bum shuffler! There's no reason why they have to crawl, so don't worry on that score. There is nothing that says they suffer if they don't.

I've been back at work now for 4 months on this broken sleep. Luckily he goes back off after feeding, but I do long for a full night!

hey, just a quick post as I have guests and a glass of wine waiting, feeding bear cub.

Back at work, did my first full week of normal hours. I decided this week not to take the job I had been wanting. It was mine, made clear the interview was a formality, as much to do with no other applicants as anything else! But, this week has been hard starting at 8am, getting my routine sorted, sleepless nights with bear cub (teething i hope, not that he ever sleeps!), and my new team is great, I feel that I should concentrate on getting to work for 8am and enjoy my new team and not take on a new project immediately, where I am likely to fail. I have to be in police cells interviewing overnighters by 7am ready for court that morning and this week, at 7am I have not even been dressed! shame, as we had agreed 7-12pm! nice hours if i could do the start. will revisit in a few months if I am needed.

Roo has 2 more teeth on the way, but not out. he is crawling everyqhere, and wanting to stand all the time, often wakes in the night just to do that. He has a royal wave, does it backwards as still figuring out how to turn his hand around, it is so so cute as he wiggles his fingers at the same time!

I hope you are all well, have been reading, just not had time to post.

love you all, and miss you lots.

Pav well done on your first week back, and I think you've made the right decision. You can always go for that job later on but you need to give yourself the chance to ease back into work first!

My DD is home she's been away for 2 weeks with her friend and family. It's so good to have her back!!

Took the plunge last night and let M cry when she woke up at 1am. We put her down around 9-10pm and she's been waking at least twice every night so I made the executive decision that she can really go longer than that without food. She was awake for about an hour, crying on and off (~10 min crying, 10 min quiet), I went in to soothe her at the beginning and towards the end, then she slept until 7:30am, which was brilliant! I haven't had 5 hours of consecutive sleep for months. I woke up around 7, and spent 20 minutes wondering if she was OK before I finally heard her stirring She smiled when she saw me so no hard feelings apparently :o

We are going to have to make changes here with the poor sleep. C also hasn't wanted an evening meal for the last 2 days and it's made his sleep even worse. Last night was terrible. Bed at 7pm, awake 12am for 2 hours, awake 3.30am, awake 5.15am and then DS1 woke us up at 6.30am. I'm in bits. DH is working the whole weekend to get some overtime before he finishes up work next Friday. I think DS1 will be playing his Nintendo DS a lot today, I can catch up on some much needed sleep when C naps. C has been teething and he's interest in food has become limited, especially in the evening. So sleep and weaning not going too well

C is still in our bedroom because of the poor sleep and we have been co-sleeping from the early hours of each morning. I'm thinking it's time to move him to the nursery.

Sorry for the me post. I needed to vent. Today is a new day. I hope it improves.

I am tired too this morning, but mine is due to me not being able to sleep rather than the baby sleeping badly. And worrying about work as they've told me I have to work later (finish at ten pm already!) of an evening, as "We're not getting everything done". despite the fact we are desperately short staffed, dont have our breaks and work the entire night through til the end and work our socks off. grr. Another vent here too, fruit but it does help! Sorry to hear about the weaning not going well, with ds he went off food when teething but picked up again after his teeth came through. Hope you manage to catch up on some sleep.

A 5:30 am start here today too, teething also messing up the food intake although I am resorting to bananas, pasta, porridge or anything else I can think of that's soft and filling.
Ioan has been in his own room now since last weekend and am not sure it's made any difference really. He comes in with me from when he wakes - last night he slept until 5:30 which was great, but then didn't go to sleep again after. Am sure it's the teething pain that keeps him awake.

At least we're not all alone...

Sorry to hear that so many of us are going through a bad period. I can actually almost join in. Nights are bad as usual, after a couple of great nights which ended (after several breaks obviously) only at 6am we are at 5.30 now and I'm scared that we are going back to 5. And for some reason I'm much more tired these days then I used to.
Paula seems to have picked up a cold, slightly snotty nose and I think she has a bit of temperature but only noticed it when bf her to sleep so didn't check. Will see how the night goes.

Well, I hope the rest of you is fine and enjoying the weekend.

These teeth really are a pain, aren't they? I think we are teething again too. Apparently 6 teeth just isn't enough. We've had a lot more wakings recently. That, combined with the excitement of crawling which means that she doesn't want to go to sleep in the evening nor after her 6amish wake-up. Tedious. Longwayaway dd2 tends to pull her ear and get runny noses with teething BTW.

I've been giving dd2 an egg trial for the past 3 days. The good news is that she loves it, and hasn't had an anaphylactic reaction but the bad news is that she hasn't got off 100% scott free. I'm struggling to say more than that because she came down with a temperature and rash last night so I'm not sure what may have been the prelude to her bug and what was the egg. Bloating, weepy eyes, a temporary rash around the mouth seem to be the worst of it. So I'm left wondering if I can eat cake again

I can't believe just how much our LOs have developed over the past month. Crawling, babbling with meaning, signing, pincer gripping, and for some of you standing and climbing - amazing. I was looking at dd1's baby book and she didn't crawl until 10 months!

I'm back to work on Monday . Lots of things are changing. 2 good friends are moving away , back to work , new hours , new childcare , and new car ! I can't wait for it to arrive. DH is due back in the wee small hours after travelling to Doncaster today to secure a deal. It's more than we can afford, and we're not even sure we can afford a second car but I've done 5 years of isolation in a small village and with having 2 kids to potentially be ill while at work, or need appointments or need entertaining on days off I feel the time has come for me to be mobile whilst DH is at work. It means so much to me - even the freedom to go Christmas shopping!

Sorry to hear from those having tough times right now. I will no doubt be joining you once I'm up at 5:30am to get everyone out of the door by 7:25 and lose my precious hours until 8 or so of trying (often failing) to have a lie-in whilst dd1 pleads for breakfast and dd2 write=hes in the bed. It seems to make a positive difference to things. If I am remotely undeslept my patience with dd1 drops off a precipice. Poor dd1 is in for it soon

I am so sorry to hear others having such shit nights with sleep. I apologise for the swear word there but its required imo, the most descriptive word . Last night was absolutely terrible, but also different to normal. Usually Bear Cub wakes regularly, wants boob, i stupidly give in let him have it, and then he goes straight back. However, last night/this morning, he slept soundly til midnight just after I went to bed, when he was woken by my friend who was drunk laughing very loudly with the boys, she was quiet til they gave her a shot of rum i think (luckily they left soon after!) and he had milk, all fine, then he woke again just under an hour later, milk, then again an hour later and this time he woke, and fell asleep in my arms no boob, put him down and 5 mins later he woke, went onto all fours, rocked, winged, then into sitting position, arms up, wimpering. Picked him up, he cuddled in, one arm out head back, asleep, and every time i put him back down he would sleep for a few minutes and then do the same, would ONLY sleep when in my arms, cuddled. He would be on all fours, rocking like he did not know how to stop! So we did this all night, and then he got up at 7am when DD woke him, and was a crabby boy all morning, til he napped for almost 2 hours at 10am.

It has to be teeth. But they are not here yet. His first two only caused traumatic nights like this for 2 nights before they burst through, they are not there yet.

I am so desperate for sleep it is unreal. But, tomorrow I am going sailing early so that will make up for it!

Update on the sleep situation here - second night of the CIO experiment and she only cried for 5 minutes! But as we went to bed around 1am, after an evening at our friends' house soaking in a hot tub , and she woke up at 4am, I got two chunks of ~3 hours sleep each so not very satisfying. Not complaining tho!

hobnob thanks, I guess it must be the teething. We're overdue for another set at this point. And I don't know why you would have stopped eating cake!

Pav I love sailing! Have a great time :)

longwayaway oh how lovely your evening sounds! what is CIO?

I am totally fed up. My nights have become something I dread. Have been for a long time, had thought I saw some light on the horizon, but now the only light i see, is after many many hours awake when the morning creeps in.

Although after lots of wakings, he finally slept this morning not sure when but restlessly in bed with us and DD woke at 7:45am! she never gets up this late so would have been nice to have had a proper lie-in!

I am meant to be sailing in half hour. I am too tired. the house is a hole and my clothes for work this week have not been hung up. DH is having a lie in (his 'turn'). Bear Cub's bedroom is basically a store room atm, so I am going in there this morning after my coffee to empty it out. It needs a coat of paint as DH never got around to finishing it off, and the new carpet has not been laid in there yet, but you know what i don't care. I want him in his own bedroom asap. I hate it being like this, i feel like I am kicking him out (which I am) and he is standing up in the front room now looking so lovely and cute, i feel very guilty. The bloody room should have been done by now so we would do it slowly and properly. but there is no time. I simply cannot go on like this any more.