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Sammie_03

I'm afraid it's forever Nutella. _pale_
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*Nutella*

Sammie_03 wrote: »

I'm afraid it's forever Nutella. _pale_
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Noooooo!

mozzyc

I sold ours! He was getting frustrated in it. He's getting 3 big Xmas presents though, one from us and one each from my brother and hubby's sisters x

mozzyc

Gilly, enjoy your beer! x

katiechoc_2

Sammie_03 wrote: »

Well ladies I have some sad news, we are officially packing up the jumperoo next week to make way for our Christmas tree. It feels like the end of an era.
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I really didnt know what you were going to say then - I just saw "sad news" and my heart dropped. And then its about the flipping jumperoo :eek::rotfl: poor Noah. What will he do without it?! What will YOU do without it?!

I've raised ours up again, its on the top notch now, on the middle one he was thumping really heavily on the floor which can't have been good for him Or the guy downstairs. Much quieter when he was in it this morning!

Nutella I'm so jealous of your sleeping! How have you got her to drop the night feeds? I was up for over an hour last night trying to get G off without a feed, then an hour asleep, then a feed, then 30 minutes trying to get him off without a feed again. I know if I feed him he'll have 2 sucks and fall asleep straight away - he's not actually hungry every time.

Sammie_03

Sorry katiechoc!!

I suppose I have the memories and pictures of our time spent with the jumperoo to look back on. We don't have the room for it now and Noah has an activity table and walker for Christmas so they will need to be in the lounge too.

Just been to the charity shops to buy the boys some books, apparently the boys have read all the books I bought last time. I have decided to quiz them on the books though as I don't believe them!! he he no wonder they hate me!!
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katiechoc wrote: »

Nutella I'm so jealous of your sleeping! How have you got her to drop the night feeds? I was up for over an hour last night trying to get G off without a feed, then an hour asleep, then a feed, then 30 minutes trying to get him off without a feed again. I know if I feed him he'll have 2 sucks and fall asleep straight away - he's not actually hungry every time.

To be honest, I think it was a combination of her being ready for it, me being determined to stop the feeds and a good portion of sheer luck I'm under no illusion that it'll be a permanent thing though - every evening I expect her to start waking up again... She used to wake up twice a night for a feed, but I no longer believed it was about hunger, I think it was comfort and habit - because on the rare occasion when she stayed in my bed she'd sleep through. I guess one advantage of FF is that you know how much they're having and you can control that - I started reducing the amount of milk she was having at night from 180ml to 150ml to 120 ml to 90ml over a week, I had planned to keep going lower until I reached zero, but then suddenly one night she slept through, so I decided to go cold turkey and offer no more. The next two nights she woke up and wanted feeding and took an hour to settle without it. She cried and cried, I went in every minute (lurking outside counting to 60...) to put the dummy back in and say 'time to sleep' (our sleep cue). No cuddles, no picking up - this makes it worse as she thinks she's going to get fed and then discovers she isn't... The following night it took her 20 minutes to settle, and last night she didn't wake up at all.

A friend of mine paid for a baby sleep consultant (yes really!) and I picked her brains and did what she'd paid a fortune to be told... The consultant also said that feeding them can in fact encourage them to wake up again later in the night because it gets their digestive system going, which disrupts theis sleep.

It's all a bit strange and I have no idea what to expect tonight, but if you're prepared to go cold turkey and refuse him milk, you'll probably be in for a few messy nights and then he'll hopefully realise there's no more milk to be had.... I think this is what Gilly did too, and she was spot on when she said that it wouldn't be pleasant and I would be knackered, but I think it was the right thing for us. I would never refuse a feed if I thought she was genuinely hungry, but I know her hunger cry and it's different.

She's starving when she wakes up in the morning though, so I have to be ready with a bottle within minutes or all hell breaks loose! She's too hungry to go straight for solids, so I give her 90ml of milk first thing, then get her changed and dressed - this buys me a few minutes to get her breakfast ready. She then wants milk again within two hours instead of the usual three/four, so she still has the same amount of milk in 24 hours, she's just shifted it to daytime instead, which I like! :T

turtlemoose

Nutella, what's the password to read the blog?

Fluff, I'm loving the not genetically related comeback....that should leave a few people flapping for what to say next!

Tell me to bog off if this is too personal a question, i was wondering if you picked a donor who looked similar to you (hence the red hair)? Or have I got it totally wrong and it doesn't work like that?

Reuben is doing my nut in with food! I cannot have anything to eat or drink without him grabbing it! and if its something unsuitable so i wont let him have it, hes a right stroppy little diva. Argh!

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turtlemoose wrote: »

Nutella, what's the password to read the blog?

Uhm, I had no idea there's a password?!... I just clicked on it and it opened Sorry that's not at all helpful, but I wasn't asked for a password.

mozzyc

I don't think Charlie will ever grow out of his midnight bottle with the way he cries for it. He literally grabs it out your hand and starts gulping lol x