MSE Parent Club - Part 2

ladybirdintheuk

Woohoo - we've managed 5 hours of sleep in one go for two nights in a row. Lets hope this is a new habit, not a one off!

nadnad

money_maker wrote: »

I'm a little easier to pinpoint !!! I'm right in the middle of Coleraine, right beside Portrush and Portstewart !!!

But I work in Derry so I'm rarely to never your side of the country !!

There is very little baby club wise where I am either and as you say Ikea is too far away, 65 miles for me !!!:eek:

aw pity we're not closer we could have had our own baby club!

ladybirdintheuk wrote:

Woohoo - we've managed 5 hours of sleep in one go for two nights in a row. Lets hope this is a new habit, not a one off!

thats great! thats all my wee man has ever managed. and isnt it strange that the longer the stretch of sleep i get the more tired i am! i think i had more energy when he was up every two hours!! (not that i want to go back to that )

SeptemberBaby_2

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Woohoo - we've managed 5 hours of sleep in one go for two nights in a row. Lets hope this is a new habit, not a one off!

Well done, Izzy!! :j

I have been staying up with Jamie until his last feed at 12:30ish and then bed around 1am for the last week or so. Today he woke at 8:15am and the best so far has been 9:10am! . I'll gradually move his bedtime forward to more sensible time and hope he doesn't know the difference .

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Lu_T

Congratualtions Caz. Hope you settle on a name soon. All the options are lovely. Thanks for asking about slings. I'm going to get one for #2 so the info is useful for me too.

Carla - Imogen went into her cotbed at 15 months without any probs. We bought one of those bed rails from Mothercare to keep her in, even though they are pretty low. In hindsight we could have just let her fall out a few times and then she'd have learnt not to! We moved her into a 'big' bed just before her 2nd birthday as we will need the cot again in July and she was moving rooms anyway due to an extension we were having. Just seemed easier.

We do have a baby gate on her bedroom door though so she can't just appear at the side of the bed - she'd love that if she could! I agree that waiting could be a bit disruptive if she perceives the change as the baby's fault. Good luck, whatever you decide.

nadnad

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

I have been staying up with Jamie until his last feed at 12:30ish and then bed around 1am for the last week or so. Today he woke at 8:15am and the best so far has been 9:10am! . I'll gradually move his bedtime forward to more sensible time and hope he doesn't know the difference .

are you joking me!!! he's only little and he's sleeping 7/8 hours straight! no fair . Oz has only managed this on a very few occasions, at the minute he goes down at 6.30 -7pm and wakes around 10.30 and then again around 2.30am and gets up anywhere from 6am to 7.30am (if i'm very lucky!).

chocaholic110

nadnad wrote: »

are you joking me!!! he's only little and he's sleeping 7/8 hours straight! no fair . Oz has only managed this on a very few occasions, at the minute he goes down at 6.30 -7pm and wakes around 10.30 and then again around 2.30am and gets up anywhere from 6am to 7.30am (if i'm very lucky!).

If it's any consolation, Tom still has this sleep pattern!

cazscoob

at last my milk came in yest and its like i have a new baby! she isnt screaming like she was and is feeding every 4 hours! so i had 4 hours sleep straight last night, fed her and then another 4! was ovr the moon lol! she was obviously starving as now she has a content look when she is sleeping and is so much more settled!

will give this freedom sling a go if i dont like it can always relist it and buy another lol!

ladybirdintheuk

That's great Caz - poor hungry baby! At least you can fill her up properly now

Sami_Bee

Becles wrote: »

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We haven't got safety gates on the stairs due to the shape of the bannisters, but I may get one to go across her bedroom door if it proves to be a problem.

Someone on here recommended the fabric gates to me might be useful if you are wanting one to fit a funny space Flexi baby gate

Becles

Thanks - will look at them.

The problem is the Newell posts are fancy. Similar to this one:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_v2FfRnmzmTE/RmMOxPtoLrI/AAAAAAAAABo/L3CB1OQKlks/Railing1.jpg
so my husband said the normal brackets and fixings won't screw on as the post is round and not flat.