I checked out the vid - the movement is a reflex from being in the womb & she'll grow out of it soon & yes she does look distressed.
Mr I slept from about 4pm the other day - big mistake as he woke at 2am & wanted to get up, so I've been making sure he gets up in the evening (also DH gets to see him) The first time I got him up at 9pm, didn't get to bed till nearly 11 - its all a learning experience.
He's a thumb sucker now, which is good for settling as (like his brother before him) he cracks up if I put him down sleepy, but (unlike his brother) I just encourage the thumb into his mouth and he's happy. With DS1, nothing but being held or fed would settle him.
Hi Natty - ha ha don't hold back, tell us what you really think, it's probably the same as my reaction anyway!
Hi Snowy - exactly, I did mention that to her but she gets angry if it's not what she wants to hear so I dropped it. She insisted that it was crawling so I just went, oh wow isn't she clever. Ridiculous I know but she HATES to be told and I can't be bothered arguing with her.
Hi Ubba - check it out when you can, wow that article is interesting isn't it, it upset quite a few people. What are your thoughts? I haven't had to use controlled crying yet so not sure how I feel about it. I guess there are times you have to use it and times when you shouldn't/can't. Hmmm, tough one.
Hi Telly - let me know when you've seen the vid.
AFM - well my blissful 5 nights of uninterrupted 10 hours has gone AWOL, Amelia lasted nearly 7 last night so still good I know but it's still strange, I thought she might've found a bit of a night time routine but maybe not. I'm still wondering if she's going through a growth spurt, she's not unsettled so far today however. She started crying at 5.00 am so I went and got her, I got a bottle ready and by the time I came back she was asleep, only problem was I'd put her in the bed with DH to watch while I heated up the bottle. So of course I left her there, I know I should've put her back in her cot but I didn't want to wake her. She did stay in our bed until 7.00 am too....I really need to start trying to get her to go back to sleep in her bed. I think she might've woken because she had really cold feet - does anyone else's bubs suffer from cold feet? Her socks had fallen off as I didn't use her Grobag last night but a long sleeved/legged onesie.
We have a birthday party to go to tonight, I wanted to take Amelia with me but my 17 year old nephew has asked if he can look after her - we're going with my sister and her husband and it's her son. He's fantastic with Amelia (this is the one we think might be gay, not that that means anything ha ha) so I feel bad saying no. We will only be around the corner and I figure its a good excuse to only go between feeds for a couple of hours so I'm going to do it. Will feel weird, I've only left her with my mum and mum in law while I've been to appointments. I trust him totally as he's really great with her but will just feel weird. I don't even feel like going out, the thought of trying to find something decent that fits scares the crap out of me, too hard basket really!
the baby is in distress.. poor little thing. and i can't believe they honestly think that's crawling?? are they THAT clueless on child development?? how strange..
Ubba i liked that article. i actually forwared the link to a friend of mine who's been having troubles with her 1 year old and sleeping, she still doesn't sleep more than 6 hours at a time. she doesn't believe in cc, and a few of her mums from mums group have been having a go at her, and saying that her dd is 'naughty' for not sleeping. wtf? so i sent it to her. hope she likes it!
Hi Telly - terrible isn't it! And I hate to sound horrible but yes she is that clueless....when she came into the hospital to see Amelia she didn't even want to hold her as she hadn't a clue about how to hold a baby...I know not everyone has held a baby but given she's 28 and she was 8 months pregnant you'd think she would've at least had an idea!!! Funny though, she just emailed me to say that her baby has been waking up at 2.30 am and 4.30 am and doesn't understand what's wrong........she usually let's her sleep 6/7 hours through the night! Welcome to stage 2 of....the week 1 of nothing but sleeping and eating honeymoon is over. At least she'll be feeding her more, I was really concerned about that, it's so bad for their health and development to not get enough food in the first few weeks especially.
I tried to find that video but I think she may have removed it. It says she only has 2 videos. 1 is the baby in the bouncer and the other one is her preggers. Hmmm, maybe she has found you on BB and has seen your posts......
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