TTC #2 Cycle Day 1 7/16/13

[SazzleR]

It went really quite well, thanks, Sarah He was more difficult to settle than normal, staring around his room as if to say 'ooooh, this is different, getting fed in here!' But he slept til DH woke him for his bottle, settled straight back to sleep then went til 4.40. I brought him bed with us then but that was pure laziness cos didn't want to be up & down for the rest of the night His arms were also quite cold so think I'll dress him more warmly tonight. Stupid August weather!

When I watched him on the monitor when I woke in the night, he was fast asleep with his arms stretched right out to the sides as if he was relishing the space. Bless him. Think he may have been a bit squished in the Moses basket

I've just put him down for a nap in his cot to see if that helps him to get a decent sleep. No doubt he'll be awake after 30 mins as usual but we'll see!

 

[SazzleR]

He did only sleep for 30 minutes

Glad Wesley is sleeping better on a night for you, Sarah. That's a great stretch of sleep he's doing. Hope he keeps it up for you

 

[Sarah lo]

That's great he did so well in his big cot, bless him for stretching out! Wesley likes to sleep starfish-style too

I've started dressing Wesley more warmly too this week (that might even be the real reason he's sleeping better) I've got him in a short sleeved vest, sleep-suit and a winter sleeping bag (2.5 tog) he seems to feel the cold, bless him and my thinking behind the winter sleeping bag is that his bedroom is 23 degrees at the moment and in the winter we heat his room to 23 degrees so makes sense he needs the same amount of bedding. It seems to be working anyway, last night he slept from 7 till 1, then back down till 4, came into our bed and slept till 6:30. A massive difference on the 4+ wakings a night he was doing last week.

Ugh, don't talk to me about nap times, I completely despair with Wesley. He still fights it and actually nothing helps. Yesterday I had to go to town at 11:00 and guess when he decided to finally fall asleep on DH? 10:45. So I then had to move him to his car seat hoping he wouldn't wake up. He woke up. And wouldn't go back to sleep. He cried all the way there, all the way round the shops and all the way home again. I give up.

Well we've been very busy house-hunting this week, we've got appointments to see 4 more houses between now and Tuesday and 2 more we need to make appointments to see. We've actually decided not to move to York just yet, we just can't afford to at the moment. All the houses in our price range are a bit yucky and when I priced up childcare I nearly had a heart attack! It costs the same for one child in York as it would cost for both of them here. So we're going to buy here and travel for 5 years (work are paying our train fares for 5years) by which time Wesley will be in school and already being on the property ladder, we will hopefully be able to afford something nicer in York if we still want to move by then.

It's all very stressful though, I thought house hunting would be fun but it's a bit of a nightmare. We already lost one house that we really liked because someone else got in there first!

 

[SazzleR]

:wave: It's been very quiet in here! We've been down at my BFF's in Stratford since early Monday & just got back this afternoon. Was so lovely to spend a few days with her & her DH. We went to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor while we were down there. Rex loved it! He's been into Thomas since he turned 1. Our house is full of trains & tracks! We're off to see the new film at the cinema on Friday actually

Has Wesley continued to sleep well, Sarah? How have things been going this week?

Leo is still quite unsettled. Wonder week, sleep regression & teething all rollerd into one I think He didn't sleep to badly in the travel cot the past couple of nights so I'm really hoping things might be on the up again!

 

[Sarah lo]

Hi girls I hope everyone's OK. I've been offline for a couple of days because I broke the screen on my tablet last week and its only just come back today. I tell you what, I will never ever EVER be careless with my tablet ever again, it cost me £95 to fix it!

Well we took Wesley for his hospital appointment yesterday and they said he probably has a hole in his heart. So we have to go see a specialist for another scan (same doctor who did the extra scan on his heart when I was pregnant). The consultant we saw yesterday said it sounds like a small hole if that's any consolation (not really mmuch consolation tbh), but she did say that there's a chance it could close up on its own. We will have to see what the specialist says. So it looks like it's my turn to ask for prayers

After the appointment yesterday we had to take him straight upstairs for an ECG and he was so good, bless him. He charmed all the nurses in the waiting room and they were all cooing over him. Then he sat perfecting still while they did the ECG. He's such a sweetie

 

[Sarah lo]

Hi saz, we cross posted there. None of us have been on in ages and then 2 of us post at once!

That sounds like a lovely couple of days what is it about Thomas, little ones absolutely love it. I wouldn't mind but the narrator's voice is so irritating! its all about peppa pig in our house though

Wesley is still a bit unsettled in the daytime but he's sleeping really well at night (touch wood) last night he slept from 8 till 2:30, then was up again at 4 before going back down till 7. That's the best night's sleep he's ever had!

 

[SazzleR]

Oh, poor little Wesley Got everything crossed for good news, Sarah When's your next appointment?

Glad he's sleeping better for you What are we going to do about these boys' naps though?! I despair!!

I hate bloody Peppa Pig but Rex loves it Nick Junior is often on in our house. He's really getting into more grown up boy stuff like the Avengers & superhero stuff at the minute though so I'm hoping Peppa Pig may be left behind soon!

 

[Sarah lo]

We have to wait for an appointment now. She said if we don't hear from them in 6 weeks give he a call, so in away that's reassuring as if she thought it was serious she surely would've referred us urgently.

 

[SazzleR]

I agree. If it was really urgent, you'd have been sent ASAP. Poor little guy having to have tests

Leo has been soooooo clingy today Unless he was sat with or being held by one of us, he wasn't a happy bunny. I want my happy baby back!!

I've got a cinema date with Rex tomorrow Leaving DH with Leo & a bottle of EBM It's only the second time since having Leo that I'll have done something alone with Rex. Can't wait!

 

[Sarah lo]

Wesley is really clingy too. It must be their age. I hope it doesn't last much longer

Aw that'll be lovely for you and Rex. Thomas film is it? Olivia still hasn't been to the cinema. I'm holding out till something she might enjoy comes out.

Olivia is starting in the preschool room at nursery first week in September. She's been going upstairs to trial it for a couple of hours each day she's there and she absolutely loves it. She gets all excited about going, it's so sweet. When I pick her up she's all full of stories about what she's been up to.

 

[SazzleR]

Sorry you've got a clingy boy too I hope it's just a passing phase cos September will be a nightmare when DH is back at work if Leo is still like this

Yeah, the Thomas film. I'm actually looking forward to an unseen Thomas film I've seen all the others about a hundred times each

Aw, bless Olivia. That's so cute that she's excited about the big girl room at nursery Can't believe Rex starts the school nursery in less than 4 weeks. When did they get so grown up?!

 

[Sarah lo]

Tell me about it, Wesley is a nightmare when I'm on my own with them. I spend most of my days out and about with them at the moment as he's only happy when he's in his pram

Ha ha I hope you enjoyed the film

Its scary how quick they are growing up. We'll be buying their school uniforms this time next year!

I've just been watching Kyle's ice bucket challenge video on Facebook, so cute! Olivia came over to see what I was watching and made me show it to her over and over and OVER! I think she likes kyle lol, she kept asking if she could go play with him

 

[SazzleR]

I've had to buy uniform this year, Sarah! The foundation unit wear the same uniform as the rest of the infant school. He's going to look so grown up

Aaawww! Olivia's cute! I haven't seen the vid. Will have a little nosey now

The Thomas film was actually ok & Rex was a little angel. Shame he spoilt it by being a pain in the shops afterwards. Grrrrr!

 

[SazzleR]

I can feel a tiny little tooth in poor Leo's bottom gum. His left central incisor is coming through That explains a lot. Hope it pushes straight through & doesn't take forever He's so young to get his first tooth!! Only just 4 months. Rex was 6 months old before his first one came through. I feel like my little tiny baby has gone already

 

[Sarah lo]

Oh no way! No wonder he's been a bit grumpy. I hope that tooth comes through quickly. That is early. Olivia was 7 months when she got her first tooth. I thought Wesley had one coming the other day but it was just a lumpy bit on his gum thankfully. Poor little Leo, you'll have to crack open the dentinox!

Well I am currently having a cheeky hot chocolate in Costa coffee while Wesley sleeps! He is such a monkey when it comes to napping that I daren't move him from pram to car so what's a girl to do? I've been here for an hour and a half and still no sign of him waking up

oh bugger, looks like I spoke too soon, he's actually just woken up back to it I suppose!

 

[SazzleR]

The tooth hasn't pushed through much more today. Looks like it's going to be a slow one Great

Hope you enjoyed your hot choc Daytime sleep is just the same here. I give up with it!

We took Rex bowling today, along with our niece. I've wanted to take him for ages but wasn't sure if he'd play. But they did brilliantly. It held their attention for the whole game & he only stropped at the end cos he didn't win They used that ramp thingy to bowl & had the guards on the gutters. It was a success I'd say!

Hope Leo cooperates tonight & is down for the night before Dr Who starts! We're big fans in our house so I don't want to miss it!

 

[Sarah lo]

Aww poor Leo! I hope it doesn't take much longer.

Ha ha so Rex was a bit of a sore loser at the bowling, Olivia is just the same, we got her this "10 in a bed" game for her birthday where you have to fill your bed with toys and whenever she loses she gets really angry and throws her bed across the floor

Wesley had some formula for the first time last night. It wasn't the biggest success ever tbh. He drank 5oz, then immediately puked up most of it and diarrhoead the rest out about 20 minutes later.

Guess what, Wesley fell asleep all by himself tonight, I'd just finished his bath, put his jammies on and given him a little feed and he didn't seem tired so I put him on his playmat and sat down to watch telly. He was facing away from me so I didn't realise he'd fallen asleep until DH came in and saw him. So unlike him to fall asleep without any help, so naturally the first thing we did was check he was still alive

 

[SazzleR]

He's a sore loser at everything And DH very firmly believes in not letting him win so we often have losing tantrums

Do you think the formula caused the tummy upset or it was just coincidence? Poor little guy!

Wow to self settling to sleep! We're nowhere bear that point! Rex can only just about manage it now!!

How is it August bank holiday in this abysmal weather?! I'm freezing! I keep sneaking the heating on My parents came to visit yesterday & they babysat for us so we could have a date night It was lovely! We just went to Nandos & the cinema to see The Inbetweeners 2 so nothing flash but it was so lovely to be out just the 2 of us. It's a rare occurrence with my parents not living here & the in laws never offering. The boys were angels for grandma & grandad too

Rex went to see a little Postman Pat live show at Meadowhall today. He was great & sat through it really nicely. We had lunch out afterwards. Shame he couldn't continue his good behaviour for that

 

[Sarah lo]

OMG I'm actually having THE worst night ever! Its 4am, Wesley's been up since 2 and has only just fallen asleep on me now. Olivia is in bed beside me because she wet the bed. She's been here for the past hour and is still wide awake DH is now soundo in Olivia's bed while I'm sat here wide awake

I don't know about the formula, I'm tempted to try it again as I'm not sure if it was a coincidence. It was "poo day" anyway and I had had a bit of a dodgy tummy that day too.

It was rotten weather here today too. We didn't do much, just went to visit DHs parents. Bank holidays don't quite have the same shine to them when you're on maternity leave. Its just another day at the mill how was the inbetweeners?

 

[SazzleR]

Aaawww for the rough night. Did it get any better? Hope so.

If it's any consolation, me & DH are running on empty too Rex has started waking up crying & screaming for one of us in the middle of the night & then wanting to sleep on his own. Poor DH has been sharing Rex's single bed for half the night for the past 3 nights. Then Leo has been waking up earlier than usual. Probably his tooth causing it. So he's been in with me from about 4ish, been all squirmy. Dreading DH going back to work

The Inbetweeners was really funny Def worth a watch!

Sounds like it could've been coincidence with the formula. Try it on a non poo day

Rex has been taken to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park with his cousin by the ILs today & DH has gone into work to get sorted for the new school year. So it's just me & Leo. Just having a quiet day, playing with him