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Why are you awake?

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Notopel · 31/01/2020 03:30

I’m awake due to sciatica and the start of a cold. I’ve taken some ibuprofen, had a cup of tea and now settling down with some Wolf Hall (can’t wait for book 3). Alarm was set for 5 for a morning Peleton workout. I’ll probably end up falling asleep at 4:30 and snoozing my alarm.

Why are you awake?

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ragged · 31/01/2020 03:36

I just don't sleep at the times when it's convenient.

If I turn out the light & put on a podcast I will eventually sleep, but it's so Fing' boring before sleep comes. I get very fed up with the boredom.

maddiemookins16mum · 31/01/2020 03:38

Indigestion. It’s cleared but I’m wide awake.
Just made a cuppa and the cats think its brekkie time.
It’s also tax return deadline day (I work in tax) and it’s going to be busy at work.
That said, just checked my wages have gone in....yay.....pay day 😄😄😄

DramaAlpaca · 31/01/2020 03:39

I often am at this hour. I'm a classic night owl. I've just got into bed but I'm not sleepy yet. I don't need to be up early tomorrow so I can sleep in as long as I want.

Hope your painkillers kick in soon.

luckyrabbits · 31/01/2020 03:40

Worrying about things at work!

ChelseaCat · 31/01/2020 03:42

Breastfeeding my 5 week old - MN keeping me awake! Grin

Sciatica and cold combo sounds miserable @Notopel - feel better Flowers

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Notopel · 31/01/2020 03:42

Yay to pay day 😀😀😀 January has been soooo long.

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LauraPalmersBodybag · 31/01/2020 03:43

Feeding my baby. He wakes so much I went to sleep at 8.40 yesterday evening so I can piece together enough sleep over a broken night. I think he’s just dropped off in my arms again and I can put him down.

Feel better op, and enjoy Wolf Hall. I really want to read that!

Vellichor · 31/01/2020 03:44

I haven’t been sleeping well due to back pain and I stupidly fell asleep after dinner and now can’t sleep. My alarm is set for 5.30am as I need to leave early for work so I will probably start to get tired just a little before that.. at least it is Friday. And payday!

LauraPalmersBodybag · 31/01/2020 03:44

And snap @ChelseaCat!

FlowerTink · 31/01/2020 03:45

Night feeds for my 3 week old, like @ChelseaCat says it keeps me awake!

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Notopel · 31/01/2020 03:45

Thanks @ChelseaCat. I hardly ever get a cold but this one is going to be a horror. It’s had a lead up with a pre-fever few days and now it’s at sneezing stage. I look forward to the chesty cough 😷

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CaramelCrunch · 31/01/2020 03:46

Feeding the baby! She's got a cold so it sounds like the hoover from teletubbies is attached to me right now...

SnowsInWater · 31/01/2020 03:49

I'm awake because it is afternoon in Sydney 😊 It is stinking hot (34 degrees) so I am chilling by the pool with a naughty glass of cold white wine. My excuse is a late lunch,

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Notopel · 31/01/2020 03:50

Lots of night feeds. I’d completely forgotten about those as my DS is now 6. I followed a completely crazy sleep training routine where I’d wake us both up by 7 am (actually set alarms), after night feeds. Makes me tired thinking about it.

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LolaSmiles · 31/01/2020 03:50

Feeding a colicky baby.
CaramelCrunch that made me laugh. It's so hard when they're not themselves.

fullofpolroger · 31/01/2020 03:52

Hope you feel better soon OP.

I'm up because I have a 13mth old who needs permanent supervision in the day (as well as a teen and husband all needing a piece of me). During the night is the only quiet time I get to browse the internet and catch up with the world. My baby sleeps well so It's a delicious bit of me time. I call it my 'sleep break', which my husband thinks is funny. Like a lunch break but it's an hour awake during the night. I fancy a cup of tea now you've mentioned it but I never actually get up!

readyforchangenow · 31/01/2020 04:04

Painful sore throat. Feeling very fed up and sorry for myself

MandalaYogaTapestry · 31/01/2020 04:08

No goddamn reason. Just woke up at 3.35. Went to sleep at 23.30. Need to be up at 6.30. Don't know what's wrong with me but exhausted with this sleep pattern. Not worried about anything, a couple of work deadlines but they are manageable.

hibiscuswater · 31/01/2020 04:17

I'm listening to my daughter coughing.

Tibtab · 31/01/2020 04:17

8 months pregnant 😂 what even is sleep?

anothernamejeeves · 31/01/2020 04:18

My 4 year old is poorly with high temp and crying in pain
We went to gp earlier who was unconcerned but still wondering whether to take him to a&e

Megan2018 · 31/01/2020 04:20

Woke up to feed baby, baby back asleep but now I am wide awake Hmm
This is happening a lot at the moment so I am exhausted- if I slept when she did I’d be fine!

LauraPalmersBodybag · 31/01/2020 04:27

@megan2018 poor you! The same just happened to me - i spent an hour feeding, changing, settling etc,got him down and lay awake in bed until he woke again!

Are you turning on lights when your baby wakes? I’ve got a gro egg but nothing else, I find I get back to sleep better if it’s dark.

Adelais · 31/01/2020 04:28

I woke up with a headache and now can’t get back to sleep. Also 38 weeks pregnant so struggling to get comfortable enough to fall asleep again anyway!

Billyeyelash · 31/01/2020 04:29

Awake because it seems to be my new thing, fall asleep at 11pmish, wake up with a million worries in my head. Obviously amplified in my head during the early hours.

Hope all these little babies settle and you can grab and couple of hours sleep.

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