MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 2

Cake4brains

Happy Mothers day to all. I must have jinxed myself yesterday when I wrote on here that the girls only wake up once before 6ish. I was woken approx. every 1.5 to 2 hours by one of them until 4am when both woke and wouldn't go back to sleep :cool:. Hardly slept since then even taking them in my bed they still kept complaining and Mollie was 'talking' away to herself for about an hour at half 5.

DH left for work 3am so we are both absolutely shattered now. He did come home with 2 cards, he'd written lovely verses in them and I burst out crying! And 2 bunches of flowers :T

I do feel for you ladies whose partners didn't make the day special for you, but I do think you should tell them how you feel. My DH knows how much being able to celebrate this day at all means to me, and I feel very emotional today as I never thought I would be able to say I'm a mummy .

Moneypenny, we've just had to buy more long sleeved vests as all their pretty dresses are short sleeved. They also wear them under their grobags and trousers/leggings

Which reminds me, does anyone use baby leg warmers? I'd never heard of them until I stumbled across them on PINTEREST. Think I might have to give them a bash, Im sure I must have some long socks somewhere :rotfl:

Bex, re baby monitors, we went to Mothercare last week and the BT 200 was reduced from 49.99 to 39.99, took it to the checkout and it was reduced further to 31.99. Its really good, basic but just what we wanted

Thanks for all your replies on naps and waking through the night. So we are normal after all :rotfl::T

Aimless

I have some leghuggers ones, they're pretty cheap on eBay. Great for putting under his trousers when he's in the carrier, or instead of trousers when it's really hot, as they're bamboo.

*Nutella*

martafdz wrote: »

Oh my, nutella, yours is an odd case! I'd be very crossed! Lol I'd probably stop buying presents for him altogether, I'm understanding normally, but I give what I receive and call it karma!!

Every now and then I ask myself why I bother, but making an effort with these things was such a fundamental part of the way I was brought up (as was saying thank you for said presents - I remember being made to write cards to everyone who'd given me a birthday or Christmas present - I used to hate it! ). I don't normally spend a lot though.

I might not have been given any presents today, but this morning he gave me a kiss and said 'happy mother's day', then told me what a brilliant mother I am. That was nice, and matters more to me than a bunch of flowers would have*

*Although I'd quite happily have both!

*Nutella*

Dirt and dust - where does it all come from?! :eek:

Just mopped the floors downstairs, and the water turned a dark shade of grey. It's only a few days since last time I mopped those floors (when, guess what, the water turned a dark shade of grey), I hoovered on Thursday and we have a strict ' no shoes indoors' policy. I've always been slightly obsessed with cleaning, but have got worse now that we have a baby who spends most of her waking hours on the floor. I'm trying to tell myself that the filth that was on the floor and which is now turning the water a dark shade of grey will help build up her immune system...

*Ro*

All I know Nutella is your Oh is One lucky man to have you

morocha

Happt day mummies ! dh and I do not celebrate it, he gave me a card on friday from him and dd thanking me for J and nice things about me and my dd also wrote nice things. i had a bad night and feel rubbish today, he has cooked me breakfast and now i going to do some cleaning job that i should do but im too tired, also get to keep the money.

can not wait to hit the 12 wk mark and get some decent sleep, less crying and family helping me out with J, feel so overwhelmed at the moment.

martafdz

I'm going to attempt a proper routine: nappy change, top and tail clean, oil pampering/massage, vest and gro bag, feed in bedroom, ewan whilst I tell her a story, then more ewan whilst bouncing her to sleep and cot. The plan is to make her sleepy and eventually skip the bouncing altogether, how does it sound to you? I am trying it today for the first time, but she "chatted" and smiled all time when I was reading a story. Should I take that off, or will she understand it's bed time and not play time? Anyone had any luck with routines? I don't want to try control crying unless I'm desperate.

Gillyx

It takes a while to implement a routine Marta. You want it to be concise with the same order every night, so she learns to know what is coming next i.e sleepy time.

Tonight she would smile and chat though the story as she wasn't to know it was bedtime but it will come x

savageHK

BadlyWrittenPoem wrote: »

Have you considered just holding her over the toilet while she does the poo? Obviously would be more difficult when out but if you're at home and know that she's doing a poo, it might be easier. (I do this all the time because I do elimination communication but I realise it's not for everyone - just mentioning in case it helps.)

Hmmm I'm vaguely interested in this but haven't read anything about it other than I know it exists. How does it work - I take it you either need a special wardrobe; or not be fussed about cleaning up accidents? Now that we're almost 3 months old most poos are predictable (after feeding, held upright, with a specific facial expression) but wees are *not*....

Marta thanks for asking about me, I missed a while then we were away for a week and you ladies have been so busy it's taken me a while to catch up (nevermind the new thread!!). Also much easier on FB, I'm in one of the MSE groups but not the one you're in

I'm not waking up properly in the night anymore either, at first it was wake up, sit up, feed baby while reading threads on phone - now it's open an eye, pull baby closer, access nipple, fall asleep, wake up, reattach bra... Yep, co-sleeping here Must really start trying to put him back in the co-sleeper cot at some point but it's just so much easier not to and he sleeps so much better in with us. Does mean I don't catch up as much with you ladies. Also can't reply easily unless I'm on the laptop.

*Nutella*

martafdz wrote: »

I'm going to attempt a proper routine: nappy change, top and tail clean, oil pampering/massage, vest and gro bag, feed in bedroom, ewan whilst I tell her a story, then more ewan whilst bouncing her to sleep and cot. The plan is to make her sleepy and eventually skip the bouncing altogether, how does it sound to you? I am trying it today for the first time, but she "chatted" and smiled all time when I was reading a story. Should I take that off, or will she understand it's bed time and not play time? Anyone had any luck with routines? I don't want to try control crying unless I'm desperate.

We introduced a bedtime routine when she was a couple of weeks old, and it's worked very well for us. Ours is bath, cuddle in hooded towel, cream (in the early days I also did a bit of massage, but she's too impatient now!), milk, bed. All done in a dimly lit room, which was important for us as it really calms her down and helps her understand it's bedtime. Story doesn't work here - any talking and she starts to smile and talk back, which we don't want at that point as it wakes her up too much, so we sing or put on the frog (or Ewan before he died). Will definitely introduce a story when she's older and can understand them, but for now it's music only!

I definitely think a routine is the way forward - whatever it looks like depending on what works for you; what matters is that you do the same things in the same order every night. She will soon associate those things with bedtime