MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

BeNiceToMySelf

Katiechoc sounds worth it for £300!

Big hugs for Nutella's LO, it sounds so sad. Saffa you are so right about silly grown up rules.

My 8 month LO has a vague routine of going to bed about 9:30/10 pm, wake up about 6 for milk, back to cot for 2ish hours. He has about 2 or 3 naps in the day. I don't try and force him into a routine as I find that I get stressed and he gets upset.

Went a bit naughty in the Sainsbury's 25% off and Tesco 25% off today. LO doesn't have much summer wear in 6-9 months and is about to grow out of 3-6 months. I bought a pooh romper, a pack of sleeveless bodysuits, a pack of short bodysuits, a 'guess how much I love you' bodysuit and 2 packs of socks! I wanted some cream/ brown socks for a while and found some in Next and then Tesco. I'm feeling a bit bad so might return some of the Tesco stuff...

lazywife

No Benice, keep it all, when I have a big spend on T I feel guilty and then realise I've spent no more than I would have probably spent on a dress for me... and I just don't really like shopping for me much now (not really used to my new body shape, and now T's 12 months old I don't think it's shifting any time soon).
Glad it was a good laugh Katiechoc, nice to get paid too!
Booo for LO struggling with the next stage at nursery Nutella, I anticipate in a couple of years T will have the same problem. The first two rooms are interlinked and they have a sort of roaming time some days, so they get used to all the staff(?) and different rooms, so the first transition isn't too bad, but the stage that they then move to the downstairs room I think will be a challenge, hopefully he'll be old enough then to understand a bit of reasoning. Give your LO a little extra squeeze tonight from all of us.
Got all excited to get T some cruiser shoes, but Clarks Outlet didn't have his size, so a trip into town I think in the next few days. (his chunky monkey feet caused a little trouble!) They said the main Clarks will have the stock no problem (just have to pay full price.... grumble, grumble LOL!). He was really cute though, the pair he had on obviously felt really weird so he was walking about like a spaceman!
L.xxx

Bangton

benice I'm still fine thank you for asking - I'd keep the clothes too. I don't think it sounds excessive.

I too am struggling with my new figure lazywife. I just spend my money on little one now as I just don't like myself in anything. I was a size 12 now I can't get the pill because my bmi is 32! The doctor said it's common post pregnancy and not to worry but my eating is shocking and I've had a real shock at how fat I've gotten! So I'm cutting back before it gets further out of hand! !

Katie. . Must find on demand! I never watch telly hardly so I've missed it but I'm nosey.

Nutella. . So sad for your lo. I hope she settles soon

Anyone else got a 4am riser? Anyone know how to stop it?! For the last week little one has been doing this. We think it's a phase but need a plan to stop it if it becomes the norm. When I went to bed last night I had to close the window because kids were still out playing and shouting I'm having to go to bed that early!

Have a lovely day everyone. I'm off to a country park shortly for the day with my mum and lo. I love a good day out! ! X

*Nutella*

Thanks everyone for your kind words and thoughts. LO is still struggling, but I think things will improve slowly but surely. She still screams hysterically when I leave the room or go to the loo or do something where she can't be held or sit on me (like when I'm getting lunch ready), and last night she woke up whilst I was at yoga, and it took OH over 30 mins to calm her down and get her back to sleep - she screamed and screamed because I wasn't there We'll get there...

Bangton, my LO was a 4am riser for about a year and we never found a solution I'm afraid. Tried changing her bedtime and her dinner time, but I think she's just an early riser. Since the clocks went forward she's been sleeping until 5am, apart from this morning when she was wide awake at 3.45! It's going to be a long day at work. Have you tried blackout blinds? Might help if it's a new thing caused by daylight rather than your LO being an early riser by nature?

Benice, I agree with the other comments re. the clothes - keep them!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine x

Oscar_the_Pug

Hi Bangton, my LO has also been rising super early recently, generally around 4.30. Some of the other mums at baby group said the same so I was hoping it was related to the hot weather. Fingers crossed as I am back at work soon and will be tired enough with her usual 6.30 wake up!

BeNiceToMySelf

I'm keeping the clothes! I like him to have some brand new stuff too. I've been so good getting used stuff that I think we deserve it.

No early rising here but always late to bed - 10:15 last night.

I'm struggling with my weight here too. I go to a mum and baby pushchair exercise called buggymovers on a Friday. We're entering race for life in July so I'm trying to get my fitness up by jogging round with buggy at other times too. I eat the same food as LO so it's full fat dairy which can't be too good for weight loss but I'm hoping I burn off the extra with bfing.

Nutella hope LO feels better soon x

continualdiamond

I'm still here, I have been reading just not posting as haven't got much to say.

Officially it is my last day of maternity leave tomorrow

I'm going to write lo a letter tomorrow night about what we've done in the time I've had off with her and put it in her treasure box so she can read it when she is a lot older.

My lo isn't an earlier riser as in 4am time but does wake up between 5 - 5:30am usually for a bottle. I'm debating whether I then keep her up to see what happens purely because we've always put her back down afterwards and she sleeps till roughly 8am with breakfast about 8:30 - 8:45am.

But when I go back to work properly as in my 3 days after May 1/2 term as it stands it means waking her up to leave the house at 7:45am to be a nursery for 8am.

Not sure whether to keep her up after that bottle to see what time she would then possibly go for a sleep in the morning. I need to be up at 6am for work anyway so if she's awake at 5am that will be me up for the day.

Re weight I'm a ww follower so was back at ww meeting 9 weeks after I had lo as they don't let you back at ww until your post natal check and my Dr wouldn't do that until lo was 8 weeks to go hand in hand with her 1st injections.

I had 4 stone to lose to get back to my goal weight and so far have lost 2 stone 2.5lbs. It's crazy cos I'm in size 16 clothes and years and years ago I was really happy being a size 16 but because I've reached goal and been a size 12 I'm not happy with how I look at all at the moment and desperately want to get back into all my size 12 clothes.

Big hugs Nutella. I did the 2nd part of my course this afternoon, just 2 hours and lo was only down the corridor in the creche and whilst they didn't come and fetch me when I walked back in I got the biggest smile from her which was hidden behind a dummy and rosy red cheeks. She'd cried a lot they said, they'd calm her down with rocking her and she had her dummy but then she'd turn round and realise it wasn't me and then cry again and that was the circle apparently. Though they did manage to give her her milk and something to eat which of course I was pleased about.

Oscar_the_Pug

Hey everyone, can I ask how long it took your LOs to settle into nursery? We've been trying to settler our little girl in gradually and today was her 5th visit. 1st visit I left her for 5 minutes and she cried, the next 3 visits were an hour, and I was away from her for about 40 minutes each time and she cried on and off throughout. Today was a 2 hour session, and I left her for 1.5 hours and she cried for the first 45 minutes and then on and off and was howling and in floods of tears when I went to collect her.


I had hoped that we could both gradually adjust to nursery/work a day a week from now til when I'm back properly in July but the signs so far aren't great. I don't cry or get tearful in front of her and I make sure to stay at least 15 minutes before I leave her and after I collect her so she sees me looking relaxed, speaking to the other children and the staff and playing with her. I just don't know what else I can do, and it would be really interesting to hear if anyone else had a similar experience and how long it lasted.

lazywife

I did settling in a little differently Oscar. For the 1st session I stayed and played for the whole 2 hours, then next time snuck out only for the last 20 mins of a 2 hr session, then stayed only for 30 mins, now drop and run (!) but he will occasionally get upset if he's on a clingy day, but not too bad. I took the route that if he knew I trusted all the key workers playing with him with me watching, then he's happy with them, and feels comfy in the space as he's used to playing there.
So relieved to hear others struggle a bit with post baby shape. I'm looking forward to the structure of work so I don't just graze and eat all day (T has some sort of food/snack every couple of hours and so I end up doing so too!).
L.xxx

*Nutella*

Oscar, my LO goes to nursery 3 days a week, and it probably took her a bit longer because she's not there every day. A boy who's there 2 days a week needed even longer than her. For us, I'd say it probably took a couple of months for her to be properly settled. But it's hard to say what's 'normal' as children are so different. The only thing I can suggest is make sure she sees you leave - say your goodbyes and head for the door, don't hang around and don't be tempted to keep going back if she's crying (she *will* stop) - even though it's hard it helps build up trust, as she isn't worried about you suddenly disappearing, and eventually she'll learn that you will always come back. If she's got a toy or blanket or anything like that which she is attached to, I'd bring it along to the nursery. Hope it works out for you x