Re: Re: naps & milestones

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Helen wrote

>I'm looking forward to him

> sorting himself to an after lunch one and hope that he realises that

that's

> what he's supposed to do next.

When I gave up work my Grandmother told me that I *must always* put Kieran

down for a nap after lunch. I hated to tell her that he'd normally had 2

1/2 to 3 hours just before lunch! But this works better for me because if

he sleeps after lunch I have to wake him up to collect from school.

Cerys

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Hate to say this but Emma rarely got up before 9am, slept between 11 and 2,

and then went to bed at 7.30pm. This started when she was about 7 weeks old.

She eventually dropped her long daytime nap - ooh about 5 weeks ago! (she's

4).

Now she is up at G knows what time in the morning - she doesn't wake me up

even if we co-sleep, but creeps downstairs, puts on the TV and raids the

fridge. As some of you know we went for the door chain option to keep her in

her room (could open the stairgate) but had to stop that when she got her head

stuck one morning. For a while I was organised enough to put out a drink,

bowl and cereal etc and she sorted herself out. Now we have school she gets

what ever is in the fridge and toast when I get up. She will sleep if I let

her at about 4pm for a couple of hours, but then won't go to bed until 9. But

mostly goes to bed at 8pm.

So she slept, but she didn't eat, and had tantrums from 18 months until 3

1/2. We all have our crosses to bear.

Sue H.

SAHM Emma (4)

BFC

Co-chair Breastfeeding Counsellors Panel

Region 7 Secretary

Harrogate, Wetherby and District Branch

" There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into

babies. " - Sir Winston Churchill, BBC Radio broadcast, 21 Mar. 1943

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>So she slept, but she didn't eat, and had tantrums from 18 months until 3

>1/2. We all have our crosses to bear.

Oh Sue how I envy you that sleep earlier on in life! Steffi was never

in bed until 9-10pm, got up at 8am, dropped daytime nap at 20mo when I

dropped feeding her at that time, woke 27 times a night until she was a

little over 2yo (co-slept otherwise I wouldn't be here!)

But no regular tantrums. Ever.

Always fed well (having seen her appetite for 'real' food we all now

understand why she was forever wanting a feed - even my mum admits

that!).

And now, having started pt school, she goes to bed at 6.30pm and sleeps

12 hours!

--

Sue

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At her peak Emma would start throwing herself on the floor at 10am and not

stop until 4pm (stopping then to sleep). I seriously doubted by abilities as

a mother at that time. My sister was living with us at the time and strangely

has decided that motherhood is not all it's cracked up to be and is waiting

awhile.

The big thing was that there was no rhyme or reason behind it. She would be

making it up as she went along. She would specifically ask you to do

something quite simple and then when you did it, she would scream and shout

until you finally worked out that you held the cup in the wrong had when you

gave it to her - or something equally as benign. I guess she was only trying

to control her own environment, and her speech was appalling until she was

about 3, so I didn't always pick up on the finer points of her requests.

But I still think the 6 hr tantrums were taking it a bit far! Thank goodness

for a DH who actually likes food shopping and QVC! Going out to the shops was

a bit of a culture shock when I eventually started doing it again.

Sue

Sue Woollett wrote:

> >So she slept, but she didn't eat, and had tantrums from 18 months until 3

> >1/2. We all have our crosses to bear.

>

> Oh Sue how I envy you that sleep earlier on in life! Steffi was never

> in bed until 9-10pm, got up at 8am, dropped daytime nap at 20mo when I

> dropped feeding her at that time, woke 27 times a night until she was a

> little over 2yo (co-slept otherwise I wouldn't be here!)

>

> But no regular tantrums. Ever.

>

> Always fed well (having seen her appetite for 'real' food we all now

> understand why she was forever wanting a feed - even my mum admits

> that!).

>

> And now, having started pt school, she goes to bed at 6.30pm and sleeps

> 12 hours!

>

> --

> Sue

>

> Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online?

>

>

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Helen wrote>>>. Or do I just

stop worrying as he's happy enough and let him sort himself out. <<

I think you have answered your own question.

My children have always drunk a lot of milk when younger. DS1 now six drinks

only a small amount but at 2 was still drinking nearly 2 pints a day ( milk not

beer) he is not fat and always ate well the weeks he was growing and nothing the

weeks he wasn't. I got myself quite worked up about the eating but cutting down

on milk just made him miserable not hungry so I ignored my HV and got less

stressed and he sorted his milk drinking out when he was ready.

HTH

Mc

SAHM 6, Olivia 3, 1, 15/3/00

Nearly Ex-Editor Wallingford and District

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Sue H wrote>>But I still think the 6 hr tantrums were taking it a bit far! <<

Hey I don't think I hate you now, for all her sleeping.

If she can carry on for so long as a toddler, imagine how long they'll last as a

teenager!!!

Mc

SAHM 6, Olivia 3, 1, 15/3/00

Nearly Ex-Editor Wallingford and District

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Sue H wrote>>Hate to say this but Emma rarely got up before 9am, slept between

11 and 2,

and then went to bed at 7.30pm. This started when she was about 7 weeks old.

She eventually dropped her long daytime nap - ooh about 5 weeks ago! (she's

4).<<

I'm afraid I now hate you, mine all believe that morning starts at around 5am.

DS1 never slept in the day for more than a few minutes (DS3 is the same so far).

DD slept better having around an hour and still needs a nap but not if I can

help it (though coming home from the school run she sometimes falls asleep if

I'm not careful) DS2 was defiantly the best having 3 hours on average but since

she started nursery two weeks ago, refuses to sleep now.ahhhhh

Mc

SAHM 6, Olivia 3, 1, 15/3/00

Nearly Ex-Editor Wallingford and District

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But my DS has nearly gone off milk altogether now (21 months). Ever since

the bottle went at 19 months he has drunk less and less. I really must

change the milk order as I seem to be drinking the full cream now, no wonder

my waistline is non-existent.

Does he really need the pint the HV recommends?

He does eat cheese, fromage frais, butter, drop of milk on cereal etc.

I offered him apple juice, warm milk and cold milk this morning all in open

cups.

He drank the former mainly, and the milks he only tried small mouthfuls,

HMMM!

> Helen wrote>>>. Or do I just

> stop worrying as he's happy enough and let him sort himself out. <<

>

> I think you have answered your own question.

>

> My children have always drunk a lot of milk when younger. DS1 now six

drinks only a small amount but at 2 was still drinking nearly 2 pints a day

( milk not beer) he is not fat and always ate well the weeks he was growing

and nothing the weeks he wasn't. I got myself quite worked up about the

eating but cutting down on milk just made him miserable not hungry so I

ignored my HV and got less stressed and he sorted his milk drinking out when

he was ready.

>

> HTH

> Mc

> SAHM 6, Olivia 3, 1, 15/3/00

> Nearly Ex-Editor Wallingford and District

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sue Holden wrote:-

> At her peak Emma would start throwing herself on the floor at 10am and not

> stop until 4pm (stopping then to sleep).

Gosh the face on floor episode in Woolworths and the gravel on the forehead

scenario at the bird park seem so trivial now. We videoed the latter just to

show him when he is 18!