Who's awake and why?

[BuntyII]

3.30 am and I am watching Ben and Holly with DS. He has inexplicably decided that after some months of sleeping 7-7 he would like to get up in the middle of the night

So what are you all doing up

DS (4 months) needed fed but I'm celebrating. He's usually up every 2 hours but he slept from 730-4! I have a baby and toddler group in the morning, I can't be bothered with it but hey ho. No excuse really. On the plus side: dog is behaving, my mind is clear, no pain or niggles. Hugs to everyone whose had better nights than this.

Woke up to feed 4 week old ds who then went straight back to sleep but is keeping me up with his newborn grunts and whistles and snuffles and startle reflex antics. If I'm totally honest I'm also worrying about what seems to be an issue with tongue tie and hoping we can resolve it soon. Am using the time to order proper swaddle bags on amazon and snack on cereal. And go on munsnet of course! Sorry for those who have early starts tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that, OneNight.

I am awake because I am caring for my DS who is severely disabled. He has only just dropped off to sleep. It's usual to be up until about this time. I can't remember the last time I got to sleep before midnight, and 2am or 3am is classed as a good night. A bad night is being awake until 6.30am or even all night. Four hours unbroken sleep is classed as a good night too. My DS is a mid-teen, so life has been like this for a long time now. Before that, I was someone who needed my 8 hours. I still am, but I just don't get it.

Well I've had my few minutes on mumsnet to wind down a bit, so I'd better try to get some sleep now before the school alarm goes off for the rest of the family. Thanks all for the company. The wee small hours can seem quite lonely, and it's been nice to know I'm not the only one up.

Night all.

My ex has made my anxiety raid it's head. From the essay of an email. In a bad mum, thick and dont listen to him. Sigh. Currently in tears and need to hug my son

And all the very best to you, WhatWould

wonderboy that sounds very hard. I hope you manage even just a little sleep

whatwould sorry to hear you are so ill. i hope you too manage even a little sleep

Thank you WonderBoy that's very kind. You must be exhausted. I hope you manage to get some sleep before the morning routine begins :)

HowamIgoingtocope I sincerely doubt that you are a bad mum. Your ex sounds dreadful. Do you have coping techniques for your anxiety? Sending a hug

Thanks One but I'm not actually that ill as such, well apart from the whole cancer thing. Thankfully I only have a few days each cycle disrupted by the steroids. I know everyone copes with what they have to, or doesn't, I suppose, but sleep deprivation is so utterly grim. I have huge sympathies for chronic sufferers

ragged I Googled the Inn. Wow!

Im up so i can get a work out in before work. I have to do it at this time as the dcs are sleeping snd its the only time I get to myself.

I am imagining myself on this beautiful swing bench snuggled under a blanket enjoying the sea breeze :)

Enjoy your workout alwaysstressed

I had a lentil Dahl for tea, and it’s made my belly swell and 💨 and the planes have started to take off 🙄

Coughing, coughing and erm coughing.

I am not even sure why I have been awake since 4. I am watching the breakfast club

Oh I love the breakfast club. Might dust my copy off at the weekend when dh isn’t about.

It’s a good easy watch thought it might send me back to sleep but enjoying it too much 🤣

Up because I'm 8 months pregnant and pretty much not sleeping at all anymore. Particularly bad night as DS climbed into the bed about an hour ago and proceeded to wet it in his sleep so been up scrubbing the mattress and somehow still awake 😭 will need to get up in a couple of hours...

Also coughing. So tired but constantly coughing.

I had wisdom teeth removal on Wednesday and woke up in pain from it.

I tend to go in seasons of sleeping really badly and then sleeping well, so it might be that I woke up and then realised it hurt!

Because a ex from way back has been in touch for the past few days, and we've just been video chatting for the past 5 hours and have only just got off the phone, think I need a strong coffee to process it all.

Another who's child is the culprit! Dd is 2 and woke up at 3.30am begging for cereal. Tried taking her back to bed afterwards but she was still awake after nearly an hour of lying still so I gave up and we're watching Peppa. I said no to baby shark.

Me. Trying to cope (and failing miserably) with my 7 week old daughter who, over the past few days, has developed awful eczema on her face and won't leave it alone.

Flatwhite poor baby and poor you. My sister had lots of skin problems as a baby. She used to have sleepsuits with foldover mitts on the sleeves, so she couldn't pull them off like normal scratch mitts. I imagine they must still make them as they were very useful. Sorry if you've already thought of that. I hope you both got some sleep

I hope everyone who was in pain or feeling unwell is feeling a bit better this morning

I fell asleep about 4:45 & slept until 11am (!). > 10 hours last night. Once a year. Bliss.