MSE Parents Club Part 12

weezl74

Krystaltips wrote: »

I've just set Aimee to work emptying the dishwasher... She was quite excited by the responsibility... Wonder how long until the novelty wears off....

*hoping it's not kristal's posh china in there*;)

Krystaltips

Lol, like I'd ever have posh china

Tsstss, glad your cat came back OK!! We lost 2 last year... One came back via a hefty (but not as hefty as a vet would have been) RSPCA bill and the other one never returned...

got-it-spend-it

aless02 wrote: »

haha, i didn't know that weezl! Even more reason not to get one

Becles, this is why i was scared of having a boy before finn came along. Not sure how i will handle it when puberty hits! :rotfl:

Chaucer- check out The Wife of Bath *Hopes she has her literary references correct so early in the morning*

Hello lovelies! Can anyone offer sleeping advice please? Henry is a nightmare to put down in the evening at the moment. He either takes ages to go to sleep (2 hours last night- started at 6:30pm and put him down at 8:30pm) or else he goes straight down then wakes up every half hour. He's six months old and currently we cuddle him to sleep then put him down. Is he just too old for this now? He does get very distracted by anything and everything, which I think is what keeps him awake. Nothing's changed in his bedtime routine and both OH and I have tried. Any ideas for getting him to drop off in his cot?

I have a yukky sore throat and cold today and would dearly love to go back to bed for a bit, but instead I think I will have a day of cleaning and gardening.

Krystaltips

I think bending over the cot holding him down and rubbing his back until he gives in and drops off is the way to go really... Sometimes I still have to do this with Caitlyn and she's generally OK at going down... Also a glow worm or similar is good for distraction...

weezl74

Krystaltips wrote: »

Lol, like I'd ever have posh china

fair play! You're too sensible for that malarky

all my wedding denby is up on a high shelf now until Kezzie is 14

SugarSpun

I'm so glad the prodigal cat returned

Weezl, reusables ARE impressive! We used disposable liners though, so the poops weren't around very long. I found the pee to be horrendous - washing the nappies every two days meant that the first one since the last wash would make my eyes water. I wonder if Molly's pee is supposed to be stinky, actually.

I'm sorry Kezzie's a bit colicky. We found that lying Molly along my forearm against my belly and walking about helped jiggle the wind into a more comfortable position by the exit, if that helps? But I'm glad Fergie's turning into a regular little poopmonster

M and I are fine - feeling a little bit robbed after we came second in the photo scavenger hunt yesterday but it was so much fun for the most part that I don't mind. I'm a bit worried about him because he's feeling a lot of pain again, and although the pain is likely to be chronic he can't get the good painkillers unless he checks into the hospital.

tsstss7

Krystaltips wrote: »

Lol, like I'd ever have posh china

Tsstss, glad your cat came back OK!! We lost 2 last year... One came back via a hefty (but not as hefty as a vet would have been) RSPCA bill and the other one never returned...

Krystal ((hugs)) for your missing cat...the worse thing really for me was not knowing what had happened rand I'm not really a cat lover but she is my ds's baby so I felt bad for him too...

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Chaucer- check out The Wife of Bath *Hopes she has her literary references correct so early in the morning*

Hello lovelies! Can anyone offer sleeping advice please? Henry is a nightmare to put down in the evening at the moment. He either takes ages to go to sleep (2 hours last night- started at 6:30pm and put him down at 8:30pm) or else he goes straight down then wakes up every half hour. He's six months old and currently we cuddle him to sleep then put him down. Is he just too old for this now? He does get very distracted by anything and everything, which I think is what keeps him awake. Nothing's changed in his bedtime routine and both OH and I have tried. Any ideas for getting him to drop off in his cot?

I have a yukky sore throat and cold today and would dearly love to go back to bed for a bit, but instead I think I will have a day of cleaning and gardening.

Umm he could be colicy? 6mths is still really little so cuddling to sleep is ok if thats what works best for him and you. But the constant waking thing makes me think there is probably a physical reason why he is waking up.

aless02

GISI, there's just so many different methods it's almost impossible to give "advice". A lot of the stuff we do is stuff we've been doing for a couple months now, so not sure how it would work on introducting it to a 6 month old?

I think you have two options, really: 1) commit to a gradual withdrawal routine, similar to MFD's Twinkle Twinkle thing of gradually leaving the room, etc.; 2) go cold turkey and just leave him to cry. My favoritest book is written by a paediatrician specialising in children's sleep and he goes into the details of the pluses and minuses of each method, but basically the first is seen as "gentler" but takes a good level of commitment and time. Method 2 is "harsher" but works much faster and is simpler with less variables. Ultimately, it's parental choice which path you go down but he does have some interesting scientific citations of why "cry it out" does not harm/scar your baby in the least and how actually crying can have an amniasic effect. I'll sht up now because I'm a big nerd, but it's interesting to say the least. He's a Real Doctor rather than some pop-culture phenomenon like Gina Ford or Baby Whisperer.

Also, how are Henry's naps? Perhaps it's bad daytime sleep that's making him restless at night? I think 6 months is supposed to have 2 good naps (morning & afternoon) a day.

No real answers, only theories...you might prefer someone more experience like Caz or Tara answer here

Krystaltips

weezl74 wrote: »

fair play! You're too sensible for that malarky

all my wedding denby is up on a high shelf now until Kezzie is 14

Lol, SIL bought us an Anthony Worral Thompson dinner service as a wedding present... It's poor quality, we just use it... And in my opinion, I would leave the wedding denby up high until Kezzie leaves home if I were you... My Mum got out her good china when she thought we were old enough to take care of it but my brother and I broke 2 of the bowls in a heated discussion over who should be washing them up...

Thanks Tsstss... We think she might have just rehomed herself, she had a very funny temperament... She wouldn't come in the house half the time... I'm sure she's happy wherever she is anyway, cats are very good at looking after themselves... You never see a homeless person with a cat after all...

Sorry to hear about DH SS... I'm assuming he doesn't want to put himself at the mercy of the German care system if he can help it?

The only problem we've had with the washables is when Hubby isn't proficient enough at removing solids... But the upshot of that is he has become very proficient at removing them from the washing machine door, which in turn made him take a bit more care at the nappy stage...

elle_gee

Morning all..

Rhys is still zonked, last spotted in an awkward position of half rolled over, arms stretched about his head, holding his dummy as if offering it to the headboard.. funny kiddo! I've been up and dressed since 7am. Am expecting my former trawler fisherman Grandad to appear around 9am to sort those whole fish for me

No plans here for today. Dreary and cold looking outside so think it might be a stay at home day. Physio got in touch last week and is (apparently) coming round tomorrow morning so perhaps some intensive crawling [STRIKE]training[/STRIKE] encouragement is called for :cool:

*hugs* for the tired mummies. Not really got any sleeping advice cos we've always left Rhys to do his own thing, including staying up until midnight which isn't for everyone. The occasions where we have put him down and he's not settled, we've just got him back up again and given him another half an hour.

Oh, Grandad just arrived! Hope everyone has a good day xx