SLEEP IS FOR THE WEEK part 7 -- prop your eyes open with matchsticks here

[MegBusset]

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X posted your second post suggests though that the nanny is trying to lead the way and with that I wouldn't be happy about. As far as I'm concerned carers should be supportive of your approach and try where possible and practical to follow the same approach not be making suggestions about how you should care for your LO.

Ginger, you're right about me being sensitive about being away, and that was part of the reason I posted to you all, I don't want to be hard on her for something that isn't much of a big deal, but it's hard to know whether I am being unreasonable. I think I probably am, so hopefully we can just iron out these differences and move on.

You're also right that good CM are hard to find, and she's a good one. I could do without the suggestions, particularly since she's not a mother herself so it's hard for me to believe that she really knows what she's talking about. Okay, enough rambling on. Thanks everyone for the advice, really.

dd has just lay on the floor on her tummy, kicking her legs to the floor, OMG.... a blardy tantrum at 14 mths

LOL Tibsy, it's hilarious isn't it?

whats she gonna be like when shes older, yikes!!?

i already know i've gone and gotten myself a tantrum-toddler. i've only got a few months left of nice baby behaviour and then we're in for it!

ds is currently playing with our remote controls and i'm letting him. guess he can't do much harm.

my friends never called today. either lunch didn't happen or they didn't want a banana-covered mummy in their midst!

when do they start cutting naps down during the day. yesterday Lo had one and today i've tried putting him down for his 'usual' 3 only to have him crying for a while! yesterday was an overly busy day so hence why only one at like 4pm. dont want him to only have one...not yet surely! he's only 8months

Bealcain, is he normally having 3 naps? LO dropped the third one around 8 months i think. they go down to one nap sometime 12-18 months i think ...

Hi Beal,

DS is just seven months, and he sleeps from 7:30pm to 4:30am, then takes an hour nap at 7-8am, then usually a long nap mid-day. He used to take an afternoon kip but he dropped that about a month ago.

You could almost call that one nap a day, particularly if we could somehow push that one hour business back to the 4:30am ridiculous wake time!

Hi Beal,

DS is just seven months, and he sleeps from 7:30pm to 4:30am, then takes an hour nap at 7-8am, then usually a long nap mid-day. He used to take an afternoon kip but he dropped that about a month ago.

You could almost call that one nap a day, particularly if we could somehow push that one hour business back to the 4:30am ridiculous wake time!

wow, are you up at 4.30am every morning?

ds (10 months) now gets up about 6.30. 2 naps at 9aM and 2.30pm of variable length. maybe 1 - 1 1/2 hours most of the time. sometimes shorter, occasionally longer.

DS went to two naps (typically around 9-10am and 1-2.30pm) at 7.5mo. Will cry when he drops down to one, it was bad enough losing my late afternoon tea & Countdown break!

i think in a weird way i'm looking forward to ds dropping to one nap so we can do more stuff in the day. find the naps a bit limiting esp since ds sleeps sooo much better at home than in buggy. sure will be exhausted at the end of the day. will prob have to find other ways to get downtime.

Have you got a walker? Just got one for DS and he loves it, will happily keep him quiet while I prep lunch or have a cuppa!

4:30am. Every morning.

Just did the 10pm dream feed. Now I get a few minutes to myself before hitting the hay. DH is going the morning tomorrow, so I get a lie in. I look forward to it all week long.

Okay, ladies. Off to bed for me. Fingers crossed we get beyond 4:30am because I can't handle a grumpy DH (he does the weekend mornings...).

He's sleeping in the spare room tonight. Lucky t**t.

Enjoy your lie-in RoRo

well roro hope you enjoy a loooooooong lie in this morning

our night was good, bed at 7.30pm, just one waking at 2.30am for a feed, but up at 6.10am

off to meet a friend in town for coffee this a.m sans dd

hope everyone else had good nights and has lovely days today.

not official sleeping business
tam - tried to send you a message, but my email and facebook messaging up the spout. missed the last greys anatomy (think it was the last ), wondered if you watched it? if so, could you let me know the general gist please? ta very muchly!!

Good night Tibs

I knew I shouldn't have suggested DS's sleep was getting better! Another nightmare night: feeding constantly till about 2am, then Calpol, slept till 4ish, awake again 6, 7 and up at 8. Not too bad I suppose but I wanted another longer stretch! He was really grumpy all day, chomping on his fingers, so those teeth are working their way through still.

RoRo: hope you got a lie-in . 4:30 is hardcore waking - DS wakes a lot at night but does tend to go through until 7 or 8 most days which helps a lot.

Amber: sorry you didn't get your lunch - maybe you'll get to see people this weekend .

Morning all.

Tibs for your night (apart from early start).

EP for yours, if it's any consolation I was there with you. We had a frankly appalling night, despite Medised/Nurofen -- OK til 11.30 but then unsettled for three hours despite trying every tactic in the book... finally settled down at 2.30, then woke again at 5, then 6.45 when we brought him in bed with us, where he redeemed himself slightly by sleeping til 8.30.

His fever has gone but he is very snotty and coughy so I guess that's to blame, might go get some cough medicine today. Poor DH also has the cough so had that bothering him all night too.

Hope everyone's having a nice day, and that the LOs aren't woken by fireworks tonight!

RoRo it probably won't help but we're almost always up at about 5-5.30 too. It is hard when you're dealing with night wakings too isn't it. My DD was so shattered this morning that she fell asleep eating an apple in her buggy one minute she was chomping away, the next, out for the count.

DH had her last night and she was very good, couple of brief disturbances and waking at 5.15. I got into bed at 10.30 with my clothes on still because it was a bit cold and I thought, i'll just take them off as I warm up. Next thing it's 5.15 and time to get up I don't think i've ever slept so deeply.

YAAAAWWWWNNNN, stretch....good morning! Lovely lie in for me, followed by a nap with DS, which is one of my favorite things to do on the weekend.

Last night was bed 7:30, feed at 10, feed at 3am, up at 5am. DH took him (in a tiny bit of a huff) out of the room until 7:30am. Then took him after the feed and brought him back at 9:30 and we took a two hour nap.

Tibs, good night! Hooray for you. BTW, I am a die-hard Grey's Anatomy fan, happy to fill you in.

Meg, poor DS and DH, hope you find something to relieve the snotty-fussiness. That's rough.

Effie, teething is just awful. DS is breaking four teeth at the mo, which has been on and off really hard.

Ginger, HOORAY! for you. I am so jealous. I am afraid I will never get that many hours in a row again. Ever. But for you.

So, just a suggestion, but can we do a roll call? Number of kids, ages, and locations?

One, DS, 7 mo., Bethnal Green.

promise have read all posts but rushing ot the door so can't comment on them all atm.

roro we're very ap parents too so i totally sympathise with your predicament over ds. i guess the sensible approach is if ds loves her and you're 99% happy with the care he receives during the day then i would try and go with it. you're entitled to ask her to follow your methods/beliefs but accept that your ds will cry with her at times as i'm sure he does with you. It's so hard though isn't it. I'd be worrying too if it makes you feel any better.

tibs lol at dd's tantrum.....you see i warned you all what happens and you wouldn't listen

hello to EP, ginger, meg amber, beal, chibi. hope i didn't forget anyone?

our night was good ds asleep by 7.30
woke at 7 for day

had a viewing on the apartment this morning so we moved ds'd cot into the spare room where his clothes toys etc are to make our room look bigger and also liek we're not weirdo's having a (nearly) 2 year old still in our room.
anyway we've decied to leave the cot in there so guess that means we've finally accepted we co-sleep and the cot is surplus to requirements (except naps, he's in there now.) funny how he'll settle himself to sleep for nap even in different room (with no tears) but night time he needs us.

god i'm rambling. really better go.

for roll call purposes ...1 ds (2 on 25th jan), in ireland.

hello everyone!

just going to go off topic and answer tibs very important Qustion.

Burke and Cristina did not get married! Of course that was going to happen but I'm very disappointed as I have a crush on Burke and thought it would be fab if they actually got married. Cally (sp?) became chief of surgery and her and George agreed to try for a baby.
Izzy is devastated as she declared her love for George. The other intern guy whose name i forgot realised he was in love with the patient Ava, but it was too late, she had already left to go back to her old life.
As for McDreamy and Grey, well they are hopeless and I do not understand what their problem is. Get it together people!

Ok, that is it for now. hth

xx

roll call - 1 ds, 10 months, north london.