Moos

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Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And just as you get all that sorted it's time to > wean and you're back to square one... ;-) OMFG, so true. Twosling just starting on solids, and trying to get breakfast into both of them was a hilarious cockup this am... eeek!

Goose Green seems a particular shame, given the recent huge investment in a wonderful new playground. The snobbish comments are unfair in my view (unless they were intended ironically?). Plenty of people of all sorts using the parks and playgrounds carefully putting their rubbish on top of or even next to overflowing bins, rather than walking a block to an empty one. James, it's great that you're onthe case and also hurrah for the people who've taken the trouble to report rubbish to Southwark. We can all also help by picking up a few bits of litter on our way home, grim though that can be... euww.

Baby massage definitely helps, learn the 'Tiger in the Tree' hold. My current baby got very windy for a week or 2 when first mixed-fed, about 2 months old. It got better as his system adjusted. It's horrid to see them crying though, you have my sympathy.

*speechless*

Rely on kind friends to have you and SB1 over for afternoon playdates and tea, so you can sit and chat and feed SB2 at least once a week during the witching hour while someone else is responsible for stuffing food into the older one. Major lifesaver in the early months (*sends out silent thanks... you know who you are*) My older one doesn't nap any more, but I'd guess it would be a good idea to try to get them into having at least one nap at the same time so you can have a break. Best of luck! I still haven't got it figured out either. Supper time always seems to involve grizzling chez Moos.

I should have posted this ages ago, but somehow the days with a baby just slide by.. Some weeks ago I posted a question about how to help my baby move from needing the security of being swaddled but being big enough to break out to feeling happy sleeping in a sleeping bag. Quickbrownfox very kindly sent me an Ergo Cocoon, which to put it simply solved the problem. Twosling was able to escape from a swaddle by this time, but he was kept feeling snug in the cocoon, and I was able to use the shoulder poppers to release one arm at a time. That probably sounds crazy but there was a phase when if he had one arm free he was happy, but with both free his little fingers started twingling together and he woke himself up. Now almost 5 months he's still using the cocoon as a lightweight sleeping bag. Anyway - QBF, thank you very much. Really kind.

Head-boppers?

Oh how tragic, the fading of the Python from the collective consciousness.

Drat it, didn't manage to pause on any of the subliminal messages (except the easy first one). Now my head's been messed with!

And get your feet done at Glamorous Nails on ED Grove. Even though I have wellies on today, I know there are pretty toes underneath, most cheering after months of sub-standard winter feet.

we did have a little life back pack. we thought it was cute, Moosling hated it. Ho hum, he wore it anyway. But quite quickly we found it better to train him (woof woof) to hold hands and start to be road aware. Now not far off 4 he's quite sensible and though rather naughty in many ways and not a great listener (what do we expect, he's 3), will stop instantly when we yell Stoooooooooop! in the street.

Saffron, laughter! I'm such a dope... didn't get it. Sense of humour: early victim of sleep deprivation! However, when I am a famous sleep expert scrillionaire due to the publication of "Dr. Moos' Reverse PPO" I will of course credit you.. Fuschia, was it the blog that you posted recently of a woman getting her baby to breastfeed, although only for comfort? Anyway, it's not bottle feeding per se that's our challenge, only the feeder. Grr. Ruth and KateW - thank you so much, very reassuring. Will persist and persist. Not fun for me to be the sole dependency, and tough on Mr. Moos too. Trish, what can I say - ouch. If I'm right, Trishlet is a week younger than Twosling but big for his age? Have you perhaps got a candidate for weaning on your hands? I'm fairly sure it's not hunger in our case, unfortunately. Anyway, may the (healthy) sleep fairy visit us all tonight. Laters Moos

Now they're having a go at Peckham! Is nothing sacred?

My almost-5-monther is in the MacLaren XLR he's had since birth. It is a bit big & bulky though.

Saffron, am trying the Pantley technique for Twosling's dummy settling... bless the little pop, he's quite a sucky baby, and think he's a bit young to take it away altogether. Some moderate success, but unfort means he takes a long time to settle, and he's waking 2-3 times an evening at the moment even before we get to the 11pm feed. Sigh. Doesn't he realise when Glee is on? That's a roundabout way of asking what reverse PPO might be? Fuschia, sounds like a plan...but see above. Hopefully just a short phase related to moving him from bedside crib to own cot in own room. I am still taking him to our bed to feed and co-sleep in the night once he wakes at 2am, though I'd be a lot happier if it were 3am. Bah.

Saffron, am trying the Pantley technique for Twosling's dummy settling... bless the little pop, he's quite a sucky baby, and think he's a bit young to take it away altogether. Some moderate success, but unfort means he takes a long time to settle, and he's waking 2-3 times an evening at the moment even before we get to the 11pm feed. Sigh. Doesn't he realise when Glee is on? That's a roundabout way of asking what reverse PPO might be? Fuschia, sounds like a plan...but see above. Hopefully just a short phase related to moving him from bedside crib to own cot in own room. I am still taking him to our bed to feed and co-sleep in the night once he wakes at 2am, though I'd be a lot happier if it were 3am. Bah.

Thanks Fuschia. Good idea to try another time of day, maybe post nap. I've been resisting introducing another bottle, but perhaps for a few days will do no harm. Trouble is of course we aren't willing to go cold turkey and let him cry until he will feed, so it's going to have to be a question of persuation. Zzzz Moos

Oops. I introduced Twosling to the bottle in his second month and ensured he had a bottle of ebm (later formula) several times a week, to make sure he'd take the bottle happily. He's now taking 2 regular bottle feeds/day - but with my other half extremely busy at work in Feb and March including weeks away, I forgot to ensure that he'd take it from someone other than me. (Besides, baby Moosling would have taken a bottle from the Childcatcher himself as long as it was warm and full enough!) So for now all my plans to give myself evenings off and the possibility of early nights have been scuppered, as Twosling screams the house down if either his father or granny tries to feed him. We've tried for a few nights now, with no improvement. Am getting very tired a a result, with an 11.30 bedtime after Twosling's late feed, and back on breastfeeding duty by 2 and through the night. Twosling is nearly 5 months. Anyway, a cautionary tale for anyone else who might not have thought of it, and if anyone has any experience of getting a baby to take a bottle from someone other than his mother, I'd be glad of any advice.

I'm still here. I'm just not funny any more.

Everyone's different, Queenie, some are more openly emotional than others. I respect your opinion, but perhaps you could consider that your way is not the only way. Or even simply express your views with a bit more kindness and understanding?

If you don't mean to be unsympathetic then don't be.

Waaaaaaaaah!

Popcorn, anyone?

The peasants are revolting!