MSE Parents Club Part 9

emlou2009

My nan has just rung me to ask me to pick up her blood pressure prescription for her tomorrow, as she only has enough to do her til tomorrow afternoon
I am scared to go out after the ice day just before xmas when I got stuck halfway down a slope in the ice, with the buggy wedged in the road!! And then I have to get to her house as well after that!
Of course I dont begrudge doing it at all and I would rather I fell over than she did, but I am going to feel awful if I cant do it! Its losing grip of Seth that I worry about, as if I fell and lost grip and he went in the road.... _pale_

scruffy96uk

Yeah it's cold here 2 -10 by the cars temp thingie

My_Fathers_Daughter

Well done on your second night ladybird. I read your diary with interest.

FWIW, our 'routine' goes like this:

Get changed into clean vest & sleepsuit downstairs, bottle with daddy and cuddles.

Kiss for daddy and upstairs with mummy, into fleecy sleepsuit or sleeping bag and lay down on mummy's bed.

(usually)
Feed and cuddle for 5-10 minutes, long enough for a good feed, not long enough for comfort sucking (you probably know the point).

Cuddles for 5 mins with heads on same level (I scoot down the bed, thereby moving my boobs away and moving in for better cuddles and kisses!)

Pick up baby and walk calmly to Benjamins room (having made sure earlier that all lights are dimmed) and pop him in his cot with a kiss and his elephant.

I kneel next to his cot and sing twinkle twinkle for a few verses. Getting slower, quieter, leaving gaps between verses as I go along (so he is not dependent on the rhythm and my voice). I also try to stand up at some point whilst still singing, my old bones creak too much!!

Try to sneak out of room!!
Or
Say night-night baby boy and walk out, hoping that he settles without crying.

As soon as he cries for more than say 20 seconds I go back in and reassure him, lay him down and sing another verse of twinkle twinkle.

I try to make sure I leave the room before he goes to sleep because I think that this is the best thing for him, and I don't want to be standing there for hours just to stand on a noisy toy (how I feel for you last night!!)


Most nights it works, some nights it is tough, but at least this way I feel I am helping him to build a skill, rather than just desperately trying to get him to sleep IYSWIM.

I am certainly much less frustrated than I was when I fed to sleep each night.


Although we may be removing the feeding from our routine soon...my baby is growing up! At least I am glad I started this routine before he started refusing booby!!

ladybirdintheuk

Oh, Southern meeting up - I work on Wednesdays, but can take a day off with a bit of notice. (I'm off worth Thurs and Fridays) - where are we meeting?!

Elle, we are in a stage at the mo where there are new things every day - not big things - mostly things I notice her understanding - normally toys or food!

sparkle03

jillie1974 wrote: »

i chatted for ages this afternoon oops!!

hi sparkle!!

Hi :hello: ah well its allowed, Im sure you learned something while you were here so it was time well spent!

elle_gee

Em, I know it won't help for tomorrow, but could you persuade your nan to sign up for one of the chemist delivery things? We get Rhys' meds delivered to the house because some have to be ordered in, so it saves me picking up the prescription, dropping it off at the chemist, then having to go back after a few days to pick it all up

emlou2009

Wow, MFD! Reading that we are quite mean

Bath and playtime, then dried/talced, the battle of getting dressed/bagged for bed, then a cuddle with daddy while he has his bottle, then laid down in the cot, quiet, sharp exit! We almost never have to go back in, we sometimes hear him crawling up and down the cot and he sometimes has a little squinny, but he goes off on his own

jillie1974

lappy being put down as its the last part of the murder thingy on itv.

chat tomorrow!!

scruffy96uk

MFD forgot to say yay for clappy little boys!

My bedtime routine is quite strict it works for us and I've stuck to it from a very early age. I'm another mean one em

SeptemberBaby_2

jillie1974 wrote: »

lappy being put down as its the last part of the murder thingy on itv.

chat tomorrow!!

Me too! Back later.

xx