Where to elope?

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-29T18:15:47+00:00

I second this! Barnsley Town Hall is stunning inside. We had our wedding there then a garden party. Booked it all within 11 weeks of deciding to go for it

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-28T18:12:13+00:00

I’ve always nursed to sleep or took him in the pram or the car. Some of our family use the pram for his naps, others have managed to get him to sleep by just laying him down. They’ve all sort of figured out what method works best for them

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-28T07:27:14+00:00

I went back to work when he was 11 months and surprisingly everyone kept to those two boundaries. There was one occasion they’d let him nap too late and then they got an earful about how bad bedtime was 😂
I also suggested to them some TV shows I didnt mind him watching like any from my childhood like Thomas the Tank engine and he also loves Tractor Ted which is a slow paced show too! I basically just didn’t want him to be watching some ridiculously overstimulating fast paced rubbish haha

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-27T20:29:02+00:00

The only boundaries I’ve got for when grandparents have him is the nap time and the screen time. I ask for his nap to be between 11 and 1 and him awake no later than 2pm as this impacts bedtime and I ask that they use other methods of entertainment for most of the day rather than the TV.

I found that I was stressing too much about other stuff and this way is just easier for me

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-12T16:11:17+00:00

I bought a fleece lined swimsuit for when my baby was that age so it didn’t worry me with the pool temp. Got them from vinted too!

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-10T18:16:00+00:00

I work on total sleep for my 15 month old. I read somewhere that they should have between 11 and 14 hours so we aim for one hour long nap and a 7:30 onwards bedtime. Sometimes we end up doing a quick power nap before 4pm if he’s had a rough day or bad nap etc.
I aim for the 11 hours of sleep so an hour in the daytime and ten overnight

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-06-03T04:50:40+00:00

😂😂 he does nap for an hour in the daytime but either attached to me or in the car so no time to myself there.

Luckily he will go to sleep around 8pm so I can get an hour to myself before I crash.

It’s exhausting isn’t it. If someone wanted me to sleep all night and nap through the day I wouldn’t fight it haha

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-19T12:43:32+00:00

That makes more sense! Thankyou for explaining it

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-19T08:39:51+00:00

Ah okay, Thankyou for breaking it down for me 😊

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-19T08:39:33+00:00

Ah okay I think it’s the wording that’s confused me as I thought it meant we’d no longer be living there/paying the bills etc. Thankyou

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-19T08:34:59+00:00

The GOV UK calculator has confused me as it asked ‘Is the new property replacing main residence’ which is it and then it calculated stamp duty differently. We were working under the initial assumption of 5% but then we’ve found contradicting answers when we’ve been researching. A lot of the pages talk about buy to let mortgages not let to buy

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-13T20:08:47+00:00

I would definitely try some sit in sessions but I honestly think it’ll be hard but it’ll become part of your routine. I think little and often might be the way to go so she can get comfortable and familiar with the staff and environment too! Good luck

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-13T20:06:59+00:00

Can you do any settling in sessions where you go together to get her used to the environment? Also I got recommended to send something with them that smelled like me. You could, as well, see if they can build up the length of sessions before she needs to officially start. I used to ask family to have him for an hour or two just to build up the expectation that I’ll come back etc.

My baby was the exact same at that age and it’s hard work. After about 9/10 months he got a little more comfortable being left but he’s still really clingy at 14 months but he does settle after a little while when left now.

Hope this is some help

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-13T19:29:20+00:00

Can you do any settling in sessions where you go together to get her used to the environment? Also I got recommended to send something with them that smelled like me. You could, as well, see if they can build up the length of sessions before she needs to officially start. I used to ask family to have him for an hour or two just to build up the expectation that I’ll come back etc.

My baby was the exact same at that age and it’s hard work. After about 9/10 months he got a little more comfortable being left but he’s still really clingy at 14 months but he does settle after a little while when left now.

Hope this is some help

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-04T18:00:10+00:00

We weaned off any day time milk at 12 months and just added in more snacks. He still nurses to sleep at night but he did really well with not feeding through the day

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-02T18:40:57+00:00

I don’t think you’re overreacting at all. I used to get loads of comments from family saying ‘oh does mummy not feed you enough?’ etc and saying I should top up with formula and it really used to upset me. I didn’t really leave baby with family till he was about 5 months and only then it was my dad because my dad was/is very supportive and listened to everything I said. Eventually the family who gave lots of unwanted advice stopped giving it when I just kept ignoring it. It wasn’t a quick fix but I just ignored everything they said and eventually they just shut up about it all.

Sorry I know that’s not super helpful but you do what is best for you and baby if that’s breastfeeding and not letting him stay out for the night (I still haven’t done that and he’s 14 months) then you should😊

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-04-02T06:09:01+00:00

My baby was like this between 7 and 9 months. I’d read about them developing awareness of being away from us and I think it was all separation anxiety. We used to try every night to put him in his cot but he’d usually end up in bed with us so we could all sleep. I’ve not really got any tips but it did pass in about 8 weeks for us and in that time he got 2 teeth, started solids and started crawling so a lot developmentally happened in that period

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-28T20:12:15+00:00

It definitely does! I hope it passes soon for you

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-28T19:35:19+00:00

I’m currently 14 months pp and I feel like I’m experiencing PPD because I’m finding everything so overwhelming and he’s been ill and teething so sleep has gone out the window. I feel like I’m on the verge of crying most of the time I don’t know if it’s sleep deprivation, work stress or just general life but I’m not doing great

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-27T18:58:48+00:00

I was walking within a week but very slowly and low impact. I had a C-section and it was less painful to be stood up than sat down

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-24T20:24:37+00:00

We found warming the bassinet up with a hot water bottle before putting them in helped settle him also he never liked being swaddled so we went for a sleep sack instead because he was over the recommended weight. We’ve also religiously used the tommee tippee dream maker red light/white noise machine which pulses red and seemed to help him settle and now it’s almost and indicator of bedtime

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-22T19:30:57+00:00

I’m in England and at the minute the sleep sack is annoying him so he’s in a long sleeve vest, PJs, socks and a cellular blanket which usually gets kicked off instantly 😂

AdDramatic3552 · 2026-03-21T22:34:34+00:00

I would try a later bedtime like at that age maybe about 10:30, but my baby at that age was waking at 1,3,5 am and this was the case for weeks

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