No Money Mummy to Millionaire Mummy!!

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tinypawz wrote: »

Again, I'm not a bad mum, BUT I used to let my lo cry....I knew she was clean, dry, fed, burped, warm.......and she cried for about an hour, then fell asleep.....about three weeks of that and she slept through the night, 12-7.

Might be something to consider. Although, tbh, I found it very hard to just listen to her cry.....but in hindsight I'm glad I persevered(sp?)

Me too tiny ....and it worked! :jEven at that age they soon know when to 'grizzle' for love, but for their own sakes and ours routines need to be established asap. ooooh we do sound wicked, but it makes for wonderful nights and days to cherish!!!!

Give it a try Pips Mum and glad you're feeling a bit better.

Sue

mummy2mygirls

I did leave mine to cry at bed time but not this early, cant remember when with dd1 but with dd2 we tried at about 2 weeks and i just felt to bad, she was too little, gave it till about 6-8 weeks and then did it!

She had colic and was really bad early evening and just cried lots it was hard, but she was doing it because of the pain of the colic. He will grow out of the colicy stage soon bless him. The drops etc do help and so did wrapping dd up, but the other thing that helped was a dummy....i really didnt want to give her one but tried and it did help settle her a little.....

Hope he didnt keep you up all night, and im sure this was your oh first day back in work so i hope it all goes ok and your mum can pop over.

xxxx

Bone_Idle

We've been so lucky with our DD - she's been sleeping right through the night since she was about 6 or 7 weeks old, except for the odd occasion when she wakes up (like last night :rolleyes:). We put her in her cot about 9pm and she'll go to sleep on her own within about 15 minutes. The crying only lasted a couple of nights (my mum and dad tell me I was a horror for this!) so we're really grateful!

Though I've heard that the second one does everything exactly the opposite...

Pips_Mum

Well a better night was had by all last night!!

Gave him a bath, a little massage with Olive oil (yes I know it sounds like we are going to cook him but its what midwife recommended for his dry skin!!) gave him his milk from a special anti colic bottle after giving him Infacol (hes not keen on flavour, hilarious facial reactions!!), had a little cuddle till he was snoozy then put him down and.......... silence, blissful!!! He woke twice, second time didnt really want to settle and I knew alarm was going off in half hour so he came into mum and dads big bed for a little snoozy cuddle, he was nice and safe all propped up and protected with cushions.

Registered him as Aidan I am afraid Hampster, his nickname will ALWAYS be Pip though. Went and opened an account for him and managed to get 8% interest for first year thanks to Martin:money: Hope to teach him to be better than his mum and dad with cash!!

OH went to work and phoned almost evry 2 hours as he missed him!! Mum came to help me out but actually we were fine. Health visitor came and weighed him 10lbs 3oz!!! He has put on 1lb in 2 weeks!!!:eek:

Nothing DFW to report still but sure I will get back on track soon x x

ragstoricheswannabe

Hey pipsmum, glad you had a better night.What bank have you opened that account with, needing to open ds2 an account and 8% cannot be missed. may even move ds1's for that interest..........

Bless your fella, must be really hard them leaving after such a short time, i know i could never do it.

My ds1 has better money sense than me, he keeps nicking my brothers and anybody elses loose change if he finds it!!!! then puts it in his piggy bank to save for "a red car like nana's"!!!!!!

Pips_Mum

Its with Halifax, its a regular saver with the minimum you pay in each month being £10.:money:

Pip still colicky, particularly grumpy today but hope he will sleep better tonight.

Have done some DFW things today!!!

• 4, yes FOUR surveys for Toluna so well on my way for my Sainsburys voucher now.
• Did my daily scratchcards and won 50p.
• Have sat and started menu plans ready for big shop tomorrow or Monday depending on when I can get my backside in gear!!
• Made a loaf in BM
• Booked our "Sun holiday" for September. Have upgraded the apartment for an extra £90 :eek: but it meant we didnt have to pay for electric and got digital tv and a microwave.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone x x

hampsterpoo

Hi pipsmum , just popping by to say Hi , I hope you both feel better soon. Your getting there.

Has PIP passed the green coloured nappies stage yet ....:eek: ...ooooo that wasnt a pleasant stage , :rotfl: can't remember how old DD was then but it was pretty early on.

So does Anadin,Parrotseatemall,nurofen ,(PIP) have a middle name such as PIP ,, or Phil , or pi or ip ? :rolleyes:. :rotfl:


Id keep off the star jumps:j :j for a while longer yet if I was you.:p

pineapple123

Hi pipsmum have been following your progress, feel for you at the mo because first few weeks are so hard , you can never be prepared and even when youv'e had children you forget how hard it is.

just remember It will get better, tough at the mo but try and stay positive.

Rest and sleep if poss as much as you can in the day, not the same as a good nights sleep but it keeps you going.

If someone offers help take it and rest, dont worry about the house looking abit messy everyone understands , no one expects you to be supermum, and dont try to be it.

If Aiden is in discomfort with Colic , he wont settle , so no point leaving him to cry, you will get stressed and upset especially if tired.

finally well done in addressing your financial situation, doing something positive and asking for help/advice.



sending my best wishes .

(sorry I expect you know all the above anyway, just wanted to give you my support)

Pips_Mum

Hi!:hello:
Yes I think it has just dawned on me that I cannot be supermum as much as I would like to be. I am now pottering round a bit more as scar is much less painful, house is still a bit of a tip but at least Pip is fed, watered and loved!!
His colic is still there but Infacol and a cuddle seems to be helping.
Mum has taken this week off to help me out, which is nice of her.:A

Ive listed 2 things on Ebay, carried on doing my daily scratches and surveys. Managaed to get the months shop for £64 in Aldi which I was pleased about, it really does help doing the menu plans. Bit of a tedious job to think and write them all out but worth it in the end.
Filled in and posted the form to claim child benefit for him today, going to pay it into my "I dont want to go back to work yet" fund as I figured the child benefit is to benefit him and having his mummy at home for longer would benefit him!!:rotfl:

ragstoricheswannabe

Hey pipsmum, glad to hear your scar is getting better!!!!! dont forget to apply for the tax credits...........

well done on still getting on the internet to do the dailies and yay for your mum helping out. My mum helped out the week after ds1 was born even staying over as oh worked away then and it was a god send.

love rags
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