Can't get hold of Cecile! What to do!!!

H.A.K...going completely off topic, well, sort of - but, have you ever thought of starting a parenting style blog? What, a bit like this one? http://livingwithherladyship.blogspot.com/ lol! ;)

H.A.K...going completely off topic, well, sort of - but, have you ever thought of starting a parenting style blog?

oh, don't worry - it's coming up for the 4th anniversary of me not knowing what to do with children! I'm not a natural mum either really, but then it dawns on you that [i'>they don't know that[/i'>! I think a lot of what worries us is just to do with us - you know, them changing their routines upsets our routine - the one we've only just come to terms with! It's a classic - you've just finally had the eureka moment of understanding what Cry#23 meant and then they go and change... oh yes mummy, that problem was sooo last week! I'm onto something else now! Get with it! So in a way, them changing isn't actually a problem with them, it's an issue with us, so stepping back and at least trying to stop analysing (which is a very adult thing to do - babies don't analyse, they just live for the moment) and worrying and stressing could be a good move. I think that's why second-time mums are that much more relaxed, because they just don't have time (or the inclination) to focus on the minutiae of what bubs is up to. Bless him, my DS has been shifting his single daily nap back from morning to afternoon for months now, and of course it got to a stage where it fell during lunch/ pick-up - he just couldn't last until after we picked DD up from nursery, but he was used to getting his best sleeps in his cot (like 2-3hours), whereas in the buggy he'd only sleep for 1 hour. Welll... tough really. He had to fit in and that was that. I guess had he been my first, I would have stayed at home to let him sleep, however inconvenient the timing, but hey... that's not an option, so I'm not going to worry about it. Anyhow, back on topic. Don't worry about the daytime naps. Watch the cues, not the clock - if he shows signs of being sleepy, pop him down to sleep... if he wants to play, let him play. BUT get the night sorted as soon as you can. Keep if dark and boring at night - there's no fun to be had! There will be some glitches, of course, and some off days, but work out a plan with your DH that suits you and your family and stick to it... everyone sticks to it. It's so reassuring to know that babies don't have any expectations of what their mums should be like and will love us unconditionally... even when they're being pickles. It's because we're so special!

hAHAha Hello.Again.Kity you are funny. I actually sat in the car today and realised I have no clue what i am doing...one day I think one thing works the next day it don't so i try another, I have confused myself so much that I feel like a cat in a tumbledryer. All in all he does not sleepmore than 3-4 hours during the day. He wakes up at night talking, then he gets up and stand demanding attention, then he starts crying eventually. He sleeps in the am and then again in the afternoon so only 2 naps normally or if the day is a desaster coz I am the cat in the tumbledryer then 3 naps... I am the first to admit that I am not a natural when it comes to knowing what my son wants...i look forward to the day when he can tell me out right so there is no more misunderstandings that ends up in tears (not him, me :-0)

How old is he? Could he be trying to drop a nap? Just wondering, 'cos my two were/are infernal when they've tried to shift their routines, and of course, Mummy Inertia likes the predictable "no, you go to sleep at X o'clock [because I can then have a coffee without having to hear you whinge'>" [big protest'> "Ok, I give up! Do what you want and see if I care if you're tired!" [starts crying'> -> meh.

My DS is driving me nuts at night, I am desperate and need to do something....i made peace with the fact that I have to get up at night but he has now started to stay awake for longer...i can't get hold of Cecile can someone give me some contact numbers or email ads?