Sanchez - glad you got a better night the other night. If co-sleeping helps then don't be worried about doing it - what ever works hon!! How was last night?
Sangie - Izzy is much the same when it comes to sitting. Quickly topples forward and kind of sits in a squashed frog sitting position. She'd be quite good at yoga me thinks! LOL! How's Ethan's day sleeps going now? Ours are improving again - finally! Sending day sleep vibes your way!
Art - I read your thread about your DS' bedtime issues. Hopefully the kiddy gate works. I feel for you. I love getting Izzy to bed early so I can have some down time with DH and a wine or two I feel ripped off when she doesn't go down until 9pm which thankfully is very rare. I hope things improve soon, he's such a gorgeous looking little boy I bet it's hard to stay mad at him!
Pooley - Frazer is a growing machine! Izzy has the same issue with rolling. Had tummy to back rolls sorted weeks ago but now she can get onto her tummy herself, she seems too stable to be able to roll onto her back. It's so frustrating for both of us! I hope she masters it soon.
Kelly - don't worry about T not doing too much just yet. They are all so very different. My two nephews rolled about once each and that was it. Neither crawled or showed much interest in it until about 10 or 11 months then once they did it they got bored within a couple of weeks and decided to walk! Crazy. With regards to the swim pants, we use the Huggies ones with bathers over top as yeah, they are still a bit big for Izzy. I fold the top of them down too so they are a bit tighter around her waist.
AFU - the current score for sleep school is: Izzy 2 / Sleep School 0. LOL! She defeated them yet again but it was actually a really produtive day. I was given a much needed confidence boost which helped me push her a little yesterday resulting in close to a 2.5 hour morning nap! WOOT WOOT!!!
The nurse who looked after us on Thursday really brought Izzy's frustration cry to my attention which was a breakthrough. I knew the cry as she's been doing it when she gets stuck on her tummy or is overtired. I just didn't think to let her whinge a bit as we don't do controlled crying in our house. But as the nurse pointed out, it's not controlled crying. She's not distressed, just a little whingy and mainly because she still relies on me so much to help her out, to get her comfy, to get her to sleep, etc. She finds this terribly frustrating, especially as she is such a determined and active baby (they actually said she's 4 months but wants to be 8 months ) so sometimes she just needs to vocalise her frustration and anger then she'll be right. Well it works a treat. She got it off her chest for all of 5 minutes yesterday then off she went. She woke about 40 minutes later and had a few small whimpers then off she went again. I was thrilled! Understanding that cry has made a massive difference to my confidence and attitude in the past 24 hours and I feel like I have some sort of control (and freedom!) again.
We're busy packing this weekend. Only 3 weeks until we move - eek! We've done quite a bit already thankfully.
Gotta run. Izzy is calling!
PS: yes, banana is shocking for staining clothes. My nephews clothes are ruined from banana stains!
Last edited by Taurean; January 30th, 2010 at 11:23 AM.
I feel ripped off when she doesn't go down until 9pm which thankfully is very rare. I hope things improve soon, he's such a gorgeous looking little boy I bet it's hard to stay mad at him!
) so sometimes she just needs to vocalise her frustration and anger then she'll be right. Well it works a treat. She got it off her chest for all of 5 minutes yesterday then off she went. She woke about 40 minutes later and had a few small whimpers then off she went again. I was thrilled! Understanding that cry has made a massive difference to my confidence and attitude in the past 24 hours and I feel like I have some sort of control (and freedom!) again.
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