Cutting the strings...
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Topic: Cutting the strings...
Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Subject: Cutting the strings...
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:01pm
.... DH and I have decided that it's time for a certain someone to sleep in her cot, in her own room, for the first time tonight.
She's been sleeping in her cot during the day for 2 months now, so she's well used to it. She's been consistently sleeping through the night for almost a month. Luckily we have a double bed in her room so I will be sleeping in there with her tonight, just in case. I don't know why I feel so nervous about this! She'll probably sleep well... I'll be the one waking every hour 
Anyway. Wish us luck! I'm secretly hoping she hates it so I can keep her in our room for another week. But we've gotta do it sometime... ------------- 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:04pm
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Good luck my darling wee Pickles!!
I'm sure all will be fine and you'll be wondering why you didn't do it sooner! I had no choice, after a week or two, the basinette was moved from our bedroom into the hallway outside our bedroom door, Simon couldn't handle the snuffling and whimpers haha. Best of luck to you lovey!  -------------  My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:18pm
Awww  (which I bet you will need more than Miss Hannah, she probably wont notice a thing!)
Im secretly glad its you and not me though ... I havent even managed to contemplate it yet ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:18pm
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Oh Good luck!!
LIke Serenity said I'm sure it will all be fine! What has she been sleeping at night? We had to move Maddi into her bed a few weeks ago because she had fully out grown her basinette. I must admit that even though She only moved a few meters away (she was sleeping right next to my bed) but I found it hard the first night to get sleep. I had gotten used to hearing every move and it was just reassuring knowing she was right there. Maddi loved it though. It finally got her sleeping right through again ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:20pm
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She's been in her basinette in our room - which she still fits in, just. So another couple of weeks and she'll have no choice!
Thanks ladies -------------
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:22pm
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Best of Luck Charly!! You guys won't know whats hit you when you realise that you have your bedroom to yourselves again!! Look Out!! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 6:43pm
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Good luck Charly
It's great that you already have a spare bed in her room, I found it fantastic to be able to sleep in Michaela's room when she was ill or unsettled.
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 7:28pm
Awwww! I hope she settles in well, but I hope you settle in to having a room to yourself even better  ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 7:55pm
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Good Luck ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 8:44pm
Good luck Charly  I haven't got to that stage yet either. We're going to move Livvy out soon but are going to wait until after all our travelling and she's settled down.
I hope she doesn't even notice and drops off easily. -------------  
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 9:00pm
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Good luck! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 9:16pm
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I'm sure it will be fine.
Give it a week and you guys will be working on her sibling   -------------  
 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 11:32pm
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Bahaha Bobbie! Just what I was thinking too!
Good luck Charly! I freaked out the first couple of nights as Jack was only 6 weeks old (couldn't handle the snuffling like a hedgehog), and I had dreams that invisible pixies were holding him over his cot and were threatening to drop him... Needless to say I was incredibly sleep deprived so that could have had a part in it (I hope! Otherwise I'm just nuts).
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 8:17am
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I hope the move went well, I was gutted when Spencer out grew his bassinet and had to moved ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 8:20am
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Bahahahah Kate!
I think DH would die of shock if we had sex
Well, that was a raging success! Down at 8:30pm, little grizzle at 2:30am for 30 seconds (she just dropped back to sleep by herself), and awake and chatting to herself at 6:35am! This is the kid that wakes at 5am without fail!! I slept like a log. I'm going back to my room tonight...but I know I'll probably end up in Hannah's room 
Time to dismantle the basinette -------------
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 9:05am
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Glad it went well Charly. I bet that extra hour and a half sleep was bliss!
DH mentioned something about sorting out the girls room today so that we can move them in there
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 1:17pm
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Yay Charly! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 1:19pm
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Yay Charly and Pickle!! Thats great news!! Man these babies grow up too fast! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 2:35pm
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Glad it went OK. They really do grow up waaaay too fast, don't they? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 2:51pm
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Glad the big move went well for ypu guys ------------- My beautiful big girl Sienna 15.04.06 Double the trouble double the fun Noah & Lola 10/11/07 |
Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 28 June 2008 at 9:05pm
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Thanks everyone
I'm spending the night back in my room with DH tonight. Baby monitor is on and sound checked. -------------
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 8:25am
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Yay!
How did it go last night? x ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 9:11am
Annoying 
I felt completely happy in our room. Hannah was happy and slept right through (excpet a 30 second wake up when she threw her dummy out of the cot at 3am). But I ended up in her room at 2:30am cos our monitor keeps picking up the neighbour baby crying, along with a huge crackly sound
It does it during the day (which is cute, cos you can hear the mummy singing lullabyes and the baby chattering), but at night it's annoying. So tonight we're going to turn the volume off and hope the lights on it wake me up. Hannah cried at 3am when she threw her dummy out of the cot. DH heard her and he'd sleep through a train coming through the house so we should hear her if she's going for it. She's in the next room, so it should be fine. Chances are I'll end up in there again.
Kinda defeats the purpose of putting her in her own room. -------------
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 9:28am
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Oh dear about the monitor... does it still do it if you change the channel?
We have Harry in his own room without the monitor - I found that I kept waking at every little snuffle that was picked up by the monitor. We have our room then a kind of lounge/study area then his room, we just leave both our doors open and we can hear him really easily. Yay for Hannah being happy and sleeping straight through though! That is fab! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 10:03am
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Do you have cellphone plugged in in your room? Our Monitor we had to put on the second channel cos channel A was too crackley and we also found if there was a cellphone charger plugged in in the room whether a phone was on it or not it would make the monitor noisy. If yours has cool flashy lights surely it is high tech enough that it has other channels to choose from.
Glad its going well tho Josh started sleeping well during the night when we put him in his own room cos we werent waking every small cry and we would leave him to cry longer when he did wake up so now he generally falls back asleep on his own. He slept from 9pm to 8.30am last night so good luck -------------   
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 10:13am
Thanks, Liz 
That's awesome, WRX! DH has his cell phone charger plugged in...could see if that does the trick
Our monitor doesn't have other channels
We'll see how we go
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 10:27am
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Oh no, sucky about the monitor. Chloe is in the room next to our bedroom though, and I hear her when she wakes up (I hear the cot creak, lol) and I can definitely hear her when she cries. So hopefully you should be sweet! We tried a monitor but it was so crackly, we could actually hear better without it.
Yay for Hannah sleeping through tho (apart from the dummy-throwing, hehe)  ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 10:42am
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Can you still hear her from your room? I found that I didnt really need the monitor on as I woke up BEFORE every waking. Of course now I tend to incorporate Tom's crying into my dream and think I have gotten up when I havent
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Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 1:32pm
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We find heaps of things interfere with our monitor.
Electric blankets, phone chargers, laptop Oh and the microwave lol (not that we use it at night ) If we turn EVERYTHING off, no crackly noises------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 4:14pm
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Glad the first night went well , C was in her own room from 3 months, she was just too big by then for her bassinette, she was fine ....as for me ...well, thats debateable
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 5:39pm
LMAO i do that too!!! i dream that i hear him so i get up and go get his bottle . . its really weird ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
nzpiper wrote:Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 29 June 2008 at 5:46pm
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I dream Josh is crying too i only wake up when he gets to the screaming stage now.
We use a monitor cos my parents have 3 cats and have to keep the door closed so even though we are in the next room we can hear him without the monitor. -------------
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