March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[Mrs. AJ]

Happy mothers day! Honestly I found traveling with an infant pretty easy, it is traveling with a toddler that is hard! when he was little I would wear Connor through the airport and push the stroller/carseat combo using it to hold our carryon luggage then gate check the stroller and seat.

oh and try to feed her during takeoff/landing as it will help withthe pressure in her ears.
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[Cherrybump]

Hey ladies, ive just got soe spare time to pop on lol

Paige seems to stay awake more through the day but prefer to be holded alot to . tryed rocking and swaying or just letting her lie on my legs but shes one fussy little girl.

When ever she's sleeping i try to get things done around the house and forget about this lol Plus i wanna start getting on my this losing weight lol but when i find im bored or i get food on the mind i go looking

 

[rose.]

AmyB I think we should make the most of feeding to sleep while we can for now its not doing them any harm and it is so lovely having a sleeping baby snuggled against you all chilled out with a full belly!

Yay for so many good nights sleep! I am hoping it continues although jabs this week so I doubt it will last for long.

Mrs c we could have done with a mini crib to put Alfie in between the basket and his cot! However he has settled in really well so I am pleased I was thinking of getting a swinging crib (which is smaller than a cot but bigger than a basket) but I would have needed bedding etc in that size too so I thought it wasn't really worth it as I didn't have any already.

Cherry I am struggling a bit with food at the moment as when Alfie fusses in the evening I can't be bothered (and don't have time!) to cook anything healthy. We have had so many takeaways and fast food in the last week as hubby's been working late a few nights that I feel disgusting! I am also obsessed with Ben and Jerrys ice cream at the moment! I am going to make a real effort to be healthy starting tomorrow. Don't want to start looking pregnant again LOL! I also hope the weather cheers up again so I can get out walking with the pram

Alfie fell asleep on me just after 8 tonight and was not a happy bunny when I woke him for his bath at 8.50!! I hate having to wake him but never know what to do in that situation I don't want him to wake up at 12 thinking its time for his bath!! Tomorrow I am going to bath him at 8, see what happens. I think he may be ready for an earlier bedtime as he seems to be sleeping until quite late in the morning for the last couple of days.

 

[Kte]

Mmm Rose fish food, cookie dough and half baked - my fave's. Out take away's deliver ice cream for afterwards as well, very naughty!

Just a quick hi from me. I'm drained from two fussy little girls. Chloe has something, not sure what but she is down right miserable with it bless her. So I'm worn out before the week has begun. How can I still get that 'Monday is coming' feeling on Mat leave?! So much for being a lady of leisure for a bit

Sophie is now smiling For so long we have had wind smiles we were being a bit over cautious but yesterday and today for sure she has been giving us happy smiles. It's great as she chats away to us and then beams. She is making sure it's impossible for me to get a photo though!

 

[anna1986]

woohoo William slept all night! 7:30-5 he then had a bottle n slept til 6:10!!

 

[rose.]

Kte I love cookie dough - I also like chocolate brownie! Any ice cream is good though hope Chloe gets better soon, and in glad Sophie is now smiling its such a lovely feeling.

Anna, that's amazing!! I can't wait until I get that sort of sleep

 

[JenJen80]

mmmmm Caramel chew chew .

 

[Amy_T]

Haha loving the ice cream talk - cookie dough is amazing!

Holly doesn't do too bad with sleeping really, tends to have one stretch of between 4 and 6 hours but often every 3 hours. What I expect really. Its our toddler we have issues with, our 2 year old regularly wakes in the night for more than 3 hours at a time, any ideas gratefully received!!

 

[anna1986]

oh no amyT my 2year old often wakes up to 3 times a night too. but she has a drink and goes straight back to sleep now. still annoying though wen your baby sleeps longer than your toddler! does your 2yr old still nap? I have to limit sophies nap otherwise shes up n down all night. x

 

[Amy_T]

Yes she does nap... Well 9 times out of 10. If she has a good night we will always try and get her through the day without one but its a vicious circle as she naps too much, she has a bad night and is consequently unable to get through the next day without a nap! It is the length and time of the nap that we control now but no matter how tired she is it doesn't make a difference. Last night for instance she was shattered but took an hour to get to sleep, woke up at 11.30 until 2.30, woke again at 6 but went back off until 7.15.

I don't know, its all so confusing but we are getting to the end of our tether as she shares a room with our 7 year old who is affected too, she ends up really tired at the end of the week if lucy has had particularly bad nights.

Hey ho, I'm sure we will get there, Grace (the eldest) was a shocking sleeper too (although in a different way) and she is much better now. X

Sorry for the non baby related rant there!!

 

[MrsChezek]

Half Baked is THE best ice cream ever as it combines my two favorites!!! I also like chunky monkey and from Russia with buzz. Now I want some!!! And it's 9am

 

[skeet9924]

Happy Mother's Day!! I agree chez it sounds so surreal!!

I'm so jealous if you ladies that have full night sleepers.. Carson is 10:30 until anywhere between 1-3 then back asleep and up between 7-8

 

[Kte]

Amy: Sorry, no advice, if Chloe is up she is soon back down - usually a misplaced teddy. Unless she is ill or I decide to drag her into bed with me when OH has gone to work (he leaves at 3am) but that's rare as too many sleeps with me and she is a complete monster with me.

Sophie's sleep last night was 9.30 - 1 then 1.30 - 4 and then 4.30 - 7. So 2.5hrs-ish a piece. It's okay but she was fab last week when I was up all hours. Knew it would happen Its still pretty good tho. She has pretty much been awake all day, she got about 45mins nap time in but I had to wake her to fetch Chloe

 

[sportysgirl]

Skeet, Poppy doesn't sleep through yet either. She normally feeds about 11, 3 and 6. Be nice when she does sleep through.

I also like ben and jerrys!

 

[AmyB1978]

I sometimes feel so confident and capable in being a Mom and other times I feel like I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Today is not a confident day... She won't nap, all she wants is held and nursed... If I let her slep on me we'd be fine but I try not to do that too much. She goes down at night,btypically... Why won't she nap?

Sorry, having one of those days. Do any of you have days where you are emotional and feel like the worst mom in the world?

 

[Amy_T]

I frequently have those days Amy and I've been a mum for more than 7.5 years!

 

[anna1986]

amyB - yep in the 26 months ive been a mum ive prob spent half of that feeling like I have no idea what im doing!

 

[JenJen80]

AmyB my little one is like that every day at the mo and I've just taken to going with the flow.

 

[AmyB1978]

JenJen, I just don't understand hey she will sleep, most always, in her bassinet at night but I struggle so much to get her to nap, especially off of me, during the day. Sometimes she doesn't "act" tired but I know from experience that staying up too long is not a good thing or her. I also worry that letting her sleep on me will " spoil " her and mess up her sleep at night and in the future...

Sorry for the selfish posts, just having one of those days

 

[anna1986]

Amy - i let my daughter sleep on me all the time up until she got to big n heavy. Sometimes id be sat on the sofa for hours but it never stopped her from sleeping in her bed overnight or during the day if i decided i needed to get on. BUT i enjoyed that time with her. Im really sad that i dont get to do that much with william as im always up n down with my toddler. Enjoy the sleepy cuddles x