MSE Parents Club Part 14

r.mac_2

gill_81uk wrote: »

Quinny casters have been announced on facebook - is one of them september baby? One of the names is missing so it may not be.

whats a quinney caster?

kitkat5566 wrote: »

Thanks for your help everyone I dont know whether my method of feeding isn't helping.. as I express and bottlefeed and if he is still hungry I top him up with aptimal. My MW and HV seemed to think it was ok, I might get some of those TT anti colic bottles as I need to get some of the bigger size ones for when he is taking bigger feeds, I have got a boots voucher that I can use for them the reviews seem good. I will try the 'leg cycling' otherwise we have actually had a good day today, no tears.


I do think this is just something he has inherited off his windy father

My first day today alone with the baby

no - shouldn't really effect baby. Aptimil suited us better than sma, but thats not the case for everyone. Also, are you using anti-colic bottles. I know that CTN tommee tippee and Dr Brown are meant to be good options.

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

I have a problem and I have put off talking about it for ages so please be kind.

I can't keep my baby awake by 6.30pm he is hysterically tired and whilst I try my hardest to keep him busy and awake and going until 7pm this often (think practically every night) ends in tears and tantrums.

He sleeps from 7pm straight through to 6.30am at the earliest, quite often until 7am or beyond (it was 8.30am on Sunday). He naps every afternoon (for the CM) for 2-3 hours (or more) but I still can't keep him awake.

I keep telling myself it is a phase and I am lucky and it will pass in 6 weeks but it hasn't and it isn't getting any better. I try to pick him up from the CM as early as possible as often as I can but sometimes I simply can't get there until 6pm, which means I only get 30 mins with him before it all goes downhill.

Sorry to whinge on and I am sorry to those who have the opposite problem but has anyone with older ones gone through this who can tell me it is going to get better?

huge hugs. You must feel quite sad and down. I know our babies have had different sleep issues, but LO has a similar problem. My inlaws get annoyed that I won't 'let' Annabel stay up late when they are visiting. they don't understand that because I have implemented a routine for so long, she hasn't the ability to deviate from it yet. She flakes out at the alloted time and can't be coxed to stay up. SO much so she asked for bed :rotfl: (bet you didn't think I'd ever say that to you ) So you aren't alone.

You could consider a couple of things - if you were to get CM to give him two shorter sleeps, he might manage another 1/2 hour or so. Alternatively, could you work his bedtime back by 5 mins every few days or so?

I know work is a bit topsy turvey with you right now - any chance you could work earlier and DH do the drop offs so you can get away earlier to do the pick ups? my friend does this and says she prefers missing the breakfast mess, and getting the teatime mess instead!

or perhaps he's having a bit of a growth spurt and needs the extra sleep at the moment and will adjust again?

I hope you find something that works for you xxxx

3onitsway

MFD I have absolutely no advice but can offer you a hug. I remember going back to work full time in the September after J was born in May. Our childminder was ex OH's sister so she'd give him his tea then a bath and i'd pick him up after work in his pj's, take him home, give him his bottle and put him to bed. I absolutely hated that winter, dropping him off on a dark morning, and picking him up on a dark night. I lasted a year before deciding to go part time evenings - but that's not for everyone, and is no help, sorry!

It's a phase, he'll soon be wanting to stay up later and spend time with his Mummy. Then before you know it he'll be 13 and won't want to spend any time with you at all.



I have a funny story I wanted to share last night - but MSE was broken.
J's latest [STRIKE]annoying habit[/STRIKE] obsessive compulsion is to hide stuff, usually keys, combs, scissors, bits of elastic band and usually under the fridge freezer or in the understairs cupboard.

Yesterday morning, I took chicken breasts out of the freezer to defrost in a bowl on the side in the kitchen. Later on, I went out to start dinner and the chicken had vanished, just an empty bowl. I asked OH if he'd moved them - no. So we guessed J had hidden them. We tried all of his usual hiding places, searched his bedroom...nothing. Thought maybe he'd given them to the dog, if not we'd find them in a few days when they started to smell. :eek:

Half an hour later, the woman next door knocked on the door holding my chicken breasts, "Are these yours?". She'd found them in her back garden where he'd thrown them over the fence. :rotfl:

Well, we found it funny anyway.

r.mac_2

3 - that's brilliant. He didn't fancy your cooking then :rotfl:

jillie1974

3--- at least it was real chicken fillets and not the other fillets lol!

gill_81uk

MFD - yay you fixed it

R Mac - it was a comp that Caz found a month or so ago where you applied to be a quinny tester and they chose 25


3 - LOL, I bet it wasn't so funny at the time when you wanted your tea though

3onitsway

r.mac wrote: »

3 - that's brilliant. He didn't fancy your cooking then :rotfl:

That was my Mums thinking too - he obviously didn't fancy chicken for tea.

I still haven't found my keys...they're not in a usual place this time.

My_Fathers_Daughter

3onitsway wrote: »

Half an hour later, the woman next door knocked on the door holding my breasts, "Are these yours?". She'd found them in her back garden where he'd thrown them over the fence. :rotfl:

Well, we found it funny anyway.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

This made me laugh!!!



Thanks again guys - as always just posting on here makes me feel a little bit better. I know he will grow out of it and before long I will be moaning that he won't go to bed. I think it is the stropping that is getting me down as much as anything. I didn't mind the 7pm bedtime when it was an hour of solid quality time until 7...at the moment it is 30 mins of fun and 30 mins of awful hassle and screaming Tonight was particularly bad too


I pick him up at about 5.20 most nights but :shhh: don't tell work!!

Sarah_Joanne

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Anybody after a walker/truck with bricks?

Stolen from grabbit so be quick!

That's fab. Pretty sure that £25 down to £10 is not 36% off though

Susan I thought your letter was very well written and I can't think of any way to improve it. I'm sorry again for the way you were treated and I very much hope your letter can change things for other people in the future.

I'm very sorry for all the hospital stories. It's not fair that people be put in such situations when they are already distressed. I have had a couple of occasions in different hospitals where I have been treated in a way which made my experience worse and I don't understand why it has to be like that.

MFD no ideas on keeping Benjamin awake I'm afraid. Will your new job be any better for finishing a little earlier?

I really ought to be packing now as we leave first thing in the morning.

r.mac_2

oh dear 3. Not sure what to suggest. A would hide them in the washing machine or the washing basket - but I'm guessing it was J that hid them and not V. Perhaps L has ieas about a car for her birthday/christmas as well as a horse etc.....:D

Sarah_Joanne

Did anyone else see this on Mothercare and think of Izzy?

http://www.mothercare.com/Early-Learning-Centre-Wheelbarrow/dp/B0038W23FM/sr=1-12/qid=1285016145/ref=sr_1_12/279-0436686-8748420?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=44622031&mcb=core