Thankyou all for your kind and reassuring words, I feel like such a whinger lately! All I do is moan and whine about how I feel....I hate being like this. Anyway...
Kris, yeah, I have issues with my mum and the fact she doesn't come here much, though lately she seems to be making a bit more of an effort. There's other issues too, but it's all a looong story, too long for now
No we haven't been to sleep school. I seriously considered it a few weeks/months ago, but never made the call. I don't think I could do it. I can't stand to hear Lil cry, especially now being soooo overly emotional. It would all be too traumatic for me, not to mention her, with a new baby and new routine, kwim? I know when the baby comes I will be even more desperate for sleep, but I will deal with that when it happens I guess. If I am struggling then, then I will consider sleep school again. The last two nights she has been sleeping better. Only two wake ups and going straight to sleep after a bottle. DH has 5 days off soon and we are going to try giving her water instead of milk for those days to see how we go. Maybe she'll decide it's not worth waking for?? Wishful thinking maybe, but its worth a try! This morning she woke up at 7.45. It was sooo devine to sleep in a bit, with DH in bed too!
Disgirl, sorry you are feeling yuck. Hopefully it won't last too long. How lovely you got such beautiful cuddles with Ben though. Lil won't lay in bed with me anymore. She will snuggle next to me on the lounge sitting up, but not laying in bed.
Jen, thanks for your advice too. We are going to try to get her off the bottles at night when DH has more than a few days off. Maybe that will trigger her to sleep through...who knows! We have had some loud night road works happening outside, some nights literally outside our units. And I swear some of our neighbours are soo inconsiderate and the noise they make all echoes around in her room and our hallway. I think sometimes that's what wake her.
I'm glad to hear that Beau was being better bahaved today. I think Lily might be teething again too. She does the head hitting and head butting thing too and she also bites everything- the lounge, her soft toys, towels, clothes, me....anything that is soft and spongey gets seriously chomped on! She's also got a rash around her mouth and is drooling like nothing else. THough I cna't see any red or swollen gums...maybe her teeth are just moving.
Kaz, glad to hear Pip is better now. And Lily LUUURRRVES mandarines too. My mum has a tree in her yard and Lily just picks them off and chomps on them, sometimes skin and all if your not quick enough to peel it!!
Well for us, we had a much better day today. Lily slept well, well it was good for her! Two wake ups and sleeping in til 7.45! Then she was in such a great mood all day. Mum had her for a few hours while DH and I went to the movies (saw the second Narnia movie) and had lunch together just us. It was really nice to spend time together it's been waaay too long! And Lily loves it at mums where she can run free in her yard and play with my neice. She was so cute when she came home too, every time DH and I had a cuddle or a kiss, she came in between us and held her arms up to get some lovin too. Just too precious. Then we made a bit of a game of it, DH kissed me and Lily made kiss sounds so I had to kiss her, then DH then her.... Then she was just making kissy sounds to me all night to kiss her. Ugh, she knows how to melt my heart!! (And drive me insane....)
She's only had one sleep today, so I am hoping that maybe that might make her sleep more tonight. She's still sleeping twice a day most days, only not sleeping twoce if we're out or if she's very involved in her playing, like with my neice and nephew, or friends. Maybe she's sleeping badly at night cause she's sleeping too much in the day? Though she only usually sleeps 40mins then anywhere between 40min-1 1/2 hrs for her second sleep, so not much more than two hours a day on any day if that. Which is pretty normal from what I can gather.
Anyway, going to have a shower and go to bed, night all, hope it's a good one!!
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