~February & March Mummies and Babies~

[talulahgosh]

I buy dried and hydrate them too, but even a drop of prune juice will do.

I am so exhaustes tonight, got that bone aching, eye stinging tiredness going on. Been baby secret shopping though. Can it be Christmas NOW please?

 

[diane]

I have an idea for my secret santa eep! Can't wait to get buying all the pretty wrapping paper and cards etc!

 

[clairebear22]

Thanks girls.

Sorry i couldn't join in with secret santa. We're depressingly poor at the moment hopefully we'll have some disposable income soon. In less than 2 months we'll be with the in-laws and i'll be taking Jack & Harry to toddler groups etc. I can't wait to get them socialising.

Oh and Jack now makes 'ca ca ca' sounds and 'ba ba ba' and he xame upstairs looking for me earlier saying 'mumumumum'. I'm taking it that he meant me lol x

 

[kat1988]

thanks for organising the secret Santa I'm so excited I actually 'eeeepppped' out loud when I got your pm!

sorry I've been MIA the last couple of days ladies, we spent sat with my dad and my cousin who has a 4yr old boy, another Jack! and we spent the day on a working farm with lots of animals, and had dinner with my Nan and all the family it was loverly. Then spent yesterday with my stepdad, and my mums friends again a loverly day, not spent to much time with family in so long!

having issues with the small one at the moment as well, she's dropped her morning nap, so now will nap at about half 12 for 2 ish hours and then she's napping again at about 5-6, which is fine except she was going to be at 6, so she's waking up tired and hungry and VERY grumpy at 6, any suggestions how to tackle this?

 

[Msclaireypants]

When you say she's waking at 6 tired and hungry I assume you mean pm???

If so, Spencer is doing the exact same thing! He's dropped the morning nap, maybe falling asleep at 1 or two then not being able to last until bed time so having a nap at 5 which is far too late. I was out doing food shopping tonight but Billy let him sleep 5-6.15! Didn't go down until halfan Ihour ago x

 

[nicky1987]

Is there an 8 month sleep regression????

 

[kat1988]

yes clairey, that's exactly what Ruby's doing! she didn't go to sleep untill 8 tonight, I know that's nothing in comparison, but it's really bad for her!

I'm going to google the 8month sleep regression and see if it exists cos it would explain alot!

 

[kat1988]

the 8 month sleep regression is a real thing :/ I found this:

http://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/8-9-10-month-old-baby-sleep-regression/

 

[Msclaireypants]

Spencer doesn't suffer from sleep regression... he suffers from no sleep! Haha!

Seriously though, his daytime naps changed literally overnight so the article makes perfect sense x

 

[lovelylily]

We're having night and nap time issues at the moment too. He's acting like he's not tired (I actually did a one nap day this week and got the best nights sleep yet, but missed his cues the next day and he got overtired). But I wonder if some of it's developmental cos it started when he went into this latest leap.

Kat - I find jack often wakes up grumpy from his second nap if his first nap is slightly late. Have you tried putting her down 10-15 minutes earlier for her first nap and see how she is then? That, and offer a snack before her second nap?

 

[nicky1987]

Bedtimes are awful here at the minute!

 

[diane]

S still has 2 naps a day but then she's always loved her sleep. At around the 8mo mark we did go through a sleep regression thing tho where she was waking every morning at 4.30/5. She's back to usual now tho so hopefully it will pass too for you ladies xxx

 

[clairebear22]

Harry has 2 naps a day now and also sleeps well at night. He still wakes anywhere between 2-4am so i have bought back a night feed to see if it makes a difference. I hope your LO's are sleeping well soon.

My boys have terrible coughs they sound like chain smokers!! x

 

[lovelylily]

That's what we're having, Diane, early morning wake ups, or 1.5 - 2 hour night wakings for no reason. He seems to alternate between the two

Jack's still on 2 naps really, but I have to cap one at 30 minutes or we can't fit them both in. He'd cope on the occasional one nap day if he ever slept past 6.30 I reckon but isn't really there yet. Most babies don't drop to one nap til after they're one though so I'm hoping to hold onto two as long as I can!

 

[diane]

Ditto! I'm not ready for one nap a day haha! Xxx

 

[HopesDreams]

& wee O seems more content this week on 3 x 30 mins. He only woke at 3am last night & I think he would have settled himself again but in my sleepy stupor I lifted him & brought him into my bed. I just wanted to sleep.

 

[Msclaireypants]

Spencer's second bottom tooth is on it's way in! Big slit in his gum

 

[kat1988]

we were up at half 5 this morning :/ im shattered! I'm going to watch for her cues really closely today and put her down asap and thanks for the suggestion LL I'll give her a snack before her 2nd nap and see if that helps any, I'm not sure if any of this will work tho as we have to go out today an will be out most of the day! I hope u all got more sleep xx

 

[diane]

Hybhvg

 

[HopesDreams]

That's what we're here for Diane. We've all come through so much together, even though we've never met! *hugs* I wish there were something I could say or do to help you. x I hope the gp appointment leaves you with more of a sense of "this will get better". xxxx