And then there were 2 :)

[misscrazycooki]

Oh my god hun. Hope its all sorted easily x how come social ain't paying your rent if he signed off hun x

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[Daisy2011]

Oh no! Lifes hard enough without him gambling money as well. Its sad that he pulled such an emotional card on you to avoid your justifyable anger £60 goes a long way when you are struggling.

Can you ban him or lock him out from the site?

Lovely to hear that Lexi is trying out new things

give him a flea in his ear.
x Daisy

 

[deedee84]

Oh my god hun. Hope its all sorted easily x how come social ain't paying your rent if he signed off hun x

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Our application is pending hun so we should hear something soon, gonna be cheeky and try get it back dates to when we moved in as apparently we could of claimed a small amount with us been on low income anyway, worth a shot at least! xx

Oh no! Lifes hard enough without him gambling money as well. Its sad that he pulled such an emotional card on you to avoid your justifyable anger £60 goes a long way when you are struggling.

Can you ban him or lock him out from the site?

Lovely to hear that Lexi is trying out new things

give him a flea in his ear.
x Daisy

I know hun, like i said the money was won so i wasnt so bothered about that, well it would have been nice, but like i said if he hadnt of won anything we would of managed! I gave him what for for the emotional side of things though, i told him it was unfair etc! He said from now on if he wins anything and wants to take it off he will get me to save the code so that he cant spend it! Dont wanna ban him or lock him out of it as his poker is what keeps him sane through his anxiety, its like a hobby to him, just glad there are free tournaments etc that he enters into so that hes not spending money on it all the time...otherwise i would consider banning it as i reckon he would spend a hell of a lot more on it!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Aaaargh why cant Lexi sleep well all night instead of just the beginning...i dunno what to try with her, as i write her routine down for last night you will understand why!

So she fell asleep again around 7 ish so by 9 i dream fed her downstairs as i know what happened last time i left her...she was awake every hour from around 12! We went to bed at 9:15pm and she woke for her first feed at 11:45pm, she took a good amount...well for her anyway, just over 3oz and slept until 1am, then 3am where she only took an oz so woke again at 3:35am, took another 2oz and then woke at 4:40am before waking crying at 5:55am...i just got her out of the cot this time and she was wide awake! so we came down and shes just had her fruit porridge and is sat watching the tv!

Oooh also forgot...Monday when she had the bad night and i left her in bed with Jamie while i got sorted downstairs, after a while i heard her screaming...like for ges so i rushed upstairs as i thought OH was ignoring her, got in the bedroom and he was holding her up and covered in sick, she had projectiled all over the bed, her eyes were rolling around, she was floppy and absolutely red hot, so i stripped her down, i was so so scared, i had no idea what was wrong with her, got hr down stairs in the nud (well she had her nappy on) changed her nappy gave her a spoon of calpol and she was fine, even before the calpol kicked in, god knows what was wrong, dunno if she was over heating with been in our bed with her blankets on and the heating on or what! Was just glad she perked up downstairs!

Here she is playing with her sister jolly octapus after the scary episode:



Little chubba

xx

 

[KillerPenny]

Glad to hear she is ok after that episode hun. Can't imagine what you were thinking x They do panick us don't they hugs x

 

[deedee84]

They do indeed...she has had a cold too so maybe it was partly that who knows!! xx

 

[deedee84]

We didnt seem to have such a bad night last night, well at least it didnt feel it anway, i decided i would wait to go into feed her until she started crying and that worked well! She fell asleep on the sofa at 8:50pm after been fed at around 7pm i took us up to bed at 9:15pm where she woke straight away for feeding, put her straight back down after and she then woke at 11:25pm, 2am, 4:10am, 5:30am and 6:40am so she hasnt done too badly!

I've started weaning missus too...shes 16weeks old so only a week before i can but shes ready for it, i was just giving her the odd bit of baby rice before bed before but now were full on breakfast, dinner and tea and shes loving it although she wasnt too kean on the cauliflower cheese and potato for last nights tea i'm not going down the blw route i've decided, it would mean waiting until Lexi was 6 months and even the hv said she wont go that long, purees at the start worked fine for my other DD, i just increased the lump consistency of it the older she got and she was never fussy with food and ate well!! So just gonna go with what i know!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Eugh...bad night!!! Kept her up later last night too as there were things i wanted to watch plus she fell to sleep around 7:30pm and didnt start stirring for a feed until around 10:30pm! She was asleep by 10:45pm and up in bed for 11:20pm! She woke for feeds at 1:10am, 2:25am, 4:30am, 4:45am, 5am, changed her nappy at this time in case that was the cause of her waking, she was wide awake after so i just walked out and closed the door, she talked to her self for five then nodded off...so did i, until the stupid smoke alarm went off and woke the whole house that was at 5:25am so again, restless Lexi wanted comfort feeding! She is currently still asleep...yeah, ok for some aint it lol, i'm bloody shattered, gonna force myself to nap this afternoon, its doing my body no good this lack of sleep, feel like a zombie come the evening!

Last school run of the week dunno why i hate it so much, but seems Elise shares my feelings although she does love school! So proud of her, shes been put onto the stage 3 books at school so we read that last night and she breezed through it, shes getting all her spellings right weekly apart from week 2 where they had to learn 'ocean' and 'orange' didnt matter how many times i got her to write it or explained things she still got em wrong but tbh, they are difficult words for a 5 year old! Shes doing super good at adding up and doing her 2 and 3 times table, shes utterly awesome

xx

 

[Daisy2011]

Hi Deedee,
Well done with Elise shes doing really well!
Hope you get a good nap in and Lexi settles down a bit. How frustrating to be up so much.

Hope things look up and you have a happy weekend
x Daisy

 

[deedee84]

this is getting so frustrating now...i'm really hoping a growth spurt of some kind is to blame for Lexi's nightmare sleeping patterns of late 8 times i got up last night, its exhausting and i have felt ill now for the last week, dont know if thats a bug or just because i am so worn down but anyhow it doesnt help! So Lexi was fed roughly around 8:30pm last night, i took her up to bed at 9:25pm where she instantly woke wanting feeding, she was wide awake when i put her in her cot so i sat in my room watching the monitor until i knew she was asleep before going downstairs! I went to bed around 10:40 and she woke for her first feed at midnight exactly! After this she woke at 1:30am 2:50am, 4am, 5am, 6:10am, 6:45am and finally still awake at 7am getting whiney i finally got up with her! And now shes laid on the sofa looking like shes gonna nod off any time...i've tried changing the temperature in her room...makes no difference, tried changing her nappy half way through, makes no difference, slept her on her favourite blanket, with her favourite blanket and without it, still no difference, tried leaving her to whinge but she gets into a full on tiz...all i can think is either growth spurt (if they have one at 16weeks) or her teeth playing up, she had calpol around 8 ish last night and slept quite well from there and as the night wore on she got worse and worse with sleep...maybe the meds wearing off!!?? Every time she wakes her hands are straight in her mouth poor babba!! tbh I just need sleep...its wearing me down now i'll be honest! She had a good stint of waking at 1:30 and then 4:30...where the hell did this pattern go, i know everyone says shes stil young etc but seriously there has to be a reason for waking hourly, its getting beyond a joke now!!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Oh...and now shes asleep on the sofa!!! Wonder if now she will sleep for a few hours seen as though she hasnt all night

xx

 

[Daisy2011]

Oh Honey it must be exausting.

It does sound like shes either teething or ill. Are you getting up each time?

can you get oh to split the night with you then you could at least get half a nights sleep. Becuase its not fair that you are doing the lions share of it all.

just hope that things settle down soon and you and baby can get back to an easier schedule.
xx Daisy

 

[deedee84]

Think i may have to suggest it to him as i have looked up on the internet and it seems they have a growth spurt at 4 months old as well as the horrid sleep regression which could last 2-4 weeks if not longer it did say that a child who has a dummy will take longer to settle as they will want their dummy putting back in every time they wake so i guess i'm kinda lucky there as Lexi wont have one
Fingers crossed she gets back to her 2-3 wakes per night very very soon because 8 times is just ridiculous! I even waited last night until she started crying before i went in, tried rocking her etc but nothing apart from the bottle worked! I swear Elise was never like this lol!

xx

 

[deedee84]

wowzer...just realised just how long Lexi's abysmal sleeping pattern has been going for well last night we had a good night, finally got back to the "good" routine! Missus fell asleep 8:50pm, we went up to bed at 10:30pm (couldnt miss my x-factor lol) she didnt wake for her first feed until 1:30am and then she woke at 4am, 5:45am and lastly 7:30am when we got up needless to say moo is happy this morning and so am i So she has just enjoyed her fruity porridge washed down with some milk and is now currently kicking the hell out of my legs



Yesterday i felt awful...i was so snappy with everyone had no patience what so ever, i think it was just down to tiredness and not getting much sleep that night! But me and Elise baked...usually were pretty good bakers but yesterday it went tits up, did the bun mixture but didnt have enough bun cases so elises mixture ended up been put into a cake tin with currents and we hoped for the best, my buns were ok but i made the butter cream, followed the instructions down to a T but it was too runny and i had used all the icing sugar so i stuck it in the buns anyway haha, they taste ok so thats the main thing!

Todays plans consist of ironing Elises uniform and thats it, made sure i did the majority of the ironing and a good old fettle of the house yesterday so that today can be filled with nothingness...good old lazy sunday is in order with my little family...well Lexi and Jamie seen as though Elise is going to grandma's to play with uncle Lewis for a while

xx

 

[Daisy2011]

Glad you guys had a better night. Mum and daughter cake making sounds fab even if you had runny icing!
Heres to a happy sunday.

xDaisy

 

[deedee84]

It was good fun, was lovely to have some time just me and Elise, OH never seems to take charge of Lexi when i'm around, its always left to me so i feel like i never get any quality time with Elise...deffo more cake and bun making is needed especially as Elise absolutely loves baking and decorating cakes and buns and i just like eating them dieting is gonna be so hard haha!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Lexi has been awesome today, really happy, shes eaten well, ate all her breakfast, ate a quarter of a fromage frais and then ate half a rusk mixed with her milk and puree'd strawberry for tea, she only left a small amount of that! Shes had a nice bath in the big bath, i make it shallow enough for her to lay flat in the basin and she lifts her legs really high before dropping them making huge splashes, she adores bath time! After the bath she had tummy time but didnt roll and then i tried her in the doorway bouncer for the first time and she love it, had a little jump and a spin around! Shes not had much sleep today so i'm hoping shes gonna have a good night...fingers are massively crossed, but i'm gonna expect the worst so if she does well it will be a pleasant surprise!

Not gonna be able to update now for around a week...well 10 days or so...due to our diabolical finacial situation were having to put this laptop on buy back at cash gens just to give us enough money to get by until OH gets paid! Gonna miss checking up on here and updating this journal, you watch, Lexi will do some super first timers during the 10 days and i wont be able to update


Anyway TTFN and as arnie would say "i'll be back"

xx

 

[Daisy2011]

Oh honey sorry that your laptop has to go in. I hope that you get some good news soon and someone can help you out and lift the worrys. Wishing i had won the lottery becuase it would be lovely to be able to help.

Good luck with the next ten days hope by the time you next post shes only waking twice in the night and youve had a lie in.

see you soon
x Daisy

 

[deedee84]

So i am finally back...wish i was bringing good news with me but its not to be...OH got paid today and they havent paid him a full wage again...we owe more out than we received and now i am genuinely worried how we will manage xmas as OH's not entitled to income support, the government reckon a family of 4 can live on £110 a week as if, Lexi's costs are knocking on £35 a week just for her! Its a joke!
had more family problems, feel like they are all slating us, jus wanna get em paid off and not bother asking them for help again, OH's family have been awesome, they have GIVEN us money bless, his mum spent £55 on Lexi on clothes as she had outgrown all hers n we couldnt afford to get any! My mum has been fine, shes lettin us off with the £40 we owed her, its my brother, been telling dad that we could afford to give mum her money back because i had gone out which is so wrong, but dad has more or less said he wont lend us again because of that, rather than asking my side of the story which certainly isnt my brothers version by any means!

In the world of Lexi, weaning is going fab, she does tend to like squaking and laughing while eating which in turn ends up making her gip, shes gettin better though and is loving it! Shes still not sleeping through, in fact shes been worse since her jabs, for the past few days she hasnt self settled like she used to so its been hard as i wont give in to rocking her to sleep, not starting bad habits like that! Finally tonight she has gone down and not even wanted a bottle, i'm sure shes gettin fed up of the milk! Last night she fed at roughly 8:30pm and didnt wake until 2am, but then she woke at 3am, 4am, 4:30am, 4:45am 5:45am 6am 6:30am dunno what it is, she has a good stint and then goes all to cop!

She hated her jabs last week, she had to have 3 and she screamed the place down, all the other mums looked gutted that they had to take theirs as missy wa first in, i made OH take ehr though i couldnt do it! She gets weighed again soon too and also had my appointment through for the paediatrician...15th November so we shall see what he has to say about her weight!

Lastly...as much as my brother has done my nogging in of late i have had good news...his fiancee is finally pregnant after trying for just over 18 months and funnily enough the baby is due on Lexi's original due date...1st July crazy stuff...cant wait to be a blood auntie love my OH's neice and nephew like they were my own but its not the same!

xx

 

[deedee84]

Forgot to keep tabs on Lexi's sleeping last night, i made the huge mistake of going to bed late though, she fell asleep around 8:30pm again so at least shes in routine in that respect, i took her up at 10:30pm and i went to bed at 11:40pm, can remember missus waking at 12:50am then after that she woke that many times i couldnt tell you the time, the worst stint was between 5am and 6am...i got up to her at least 7 times which is not good when you've had zilch sleep and your throat feels like you swallowed a thousand razor blades needless to say i'm feeling a tad sorry for myself this morning and it doesnt help that it too half an hour to get Elise out of her pit for school and when i called up to her for the last time she replied with some right attitude...give me a "terrible two" year old anyday because i swear she was an angel back then!

OH pisses me off too, just wish now he's on longterm sick that he would help with the feeds, i was that tired last week that i got Lexi out of her cot for a feed and she slipped through my arms, i managed to grab her legs but jeeze she could of fallen on her head, i just sat and cried at the thought of what could of happened if i hadnt of caught her, even telling OH about that hasnt kicked his ass into gear into helping, all i get is that he doesnt go to bed while late!
My mates also asked me to help her with her little girls party bags this morning too, OH said he wont watch Lexi as "he has things to do" ffs!! think he's trying to prove a point as when we lived up near his family he used to go out friday night, leave me with Elise as a baby and he wouldnt come home sometimes while Sunday, it was one of the main reasons i went ahead and signed for a house near my family without him knowing as i was fed up of everything, now were over here he keeps making comments about how its funny that the tables have turned now and its him that gets left with the kids...errrm difference being i leave him with Lexi while i take Elise to school and on the odd occasion i nip into town for a coffee with my friend, its not like i'm coming back 2 days later, but he's been funny about today so i'll just have to help when i can and hope Lexi has a happy day like yesterday!

xx