Anyone up in the wee small hours of Christmas Eve??

[imaderrygirl]

Not the Christmas Eve I hoped for.
Sitting on DS(17)'s floor - he went out last night to a 'gathering' of 4 or 5 friends - obviously badly misjudged his alcohol intake. DD went to collect him at midnight and then phoned us distraught - he was passed out on the bathroom floor where it turned out he had been for 2 hours; he had been very sick and was freezing cold. DH and I went over there and it took 2 of us to get him onto his feet and out to the car. Made a judgement call that he didn't need hospital but put him to bed in the recovery position, brought his body temp up and put a very large bucket next to him. I've stayed awake by him just in case and I'm glad I did - he was awake again at 3.45 vomiting but barely conscious.

This is insanely out of character - he's never ever done it before and is usually Mr Conscientious. We'll be having a serious conversation tomorrow when he's in a fit state.

I sent DH to bed because he's done a 7hr round trip today to see MIL who is in the final stages of dementia. He was worn out before this drama even unfolded.

Poor old DD has work at 9am tomorrow.

I have about a billion Christmas Eve jobs to do before all the extended family arrive for Christmas. Not relishing the prospect on zero sleep.

It is one bloody thing after another.

Oh bless you, it will be ok. Try to rest x

Mum’s jobs are never done are they. Merry Christmas to you x

Yes, have been ill for the past week and sleeping in one hour fits in between coughing bouts. DH went out for "a couple" and have just heard him come in 😡 Not sure how angry I have a right to be, only goes out once a year and not got loads to do tomorrow (today!!) but FFS it's Christmas Eve!

Hope you are okay OP, that sounds really really hard.

Urgh you poor thing. He's going to feel wretched when he comes round. Can you get at least a Power Nap in today?

I'm up due to raging sinusitis and a husband and very elderly chihuahua hogging the bed. I've decamped to the spare room.

You still win hands down in the suffering stakes though!

You poor thing! Glad that he’s ok and not needed a hospital visit. If it’s insanely out of character, then he is hopefully going to be very apologetic tomorrow.

Anyway you can fit in a nap at some point tomorrow so you can get a bit of rest?

Sorry to read this OP - what a horrible thing to go through for you all.

We're a wake in my house. DS who was meant to be arriving back from uni in the morning just turned up - with a friend in tow (expected friend, not time!)

So just had to make up his bed and calm all of the dogs down. V loud and stressful, so will probably be awake for the day now! 🥴

Hopefully you're able to get back to sleep before the morning. Write a list of jobs on your phone (or on here for us) so you're not thinking about them in bed!!

Oh that’s rotten. I did a similar thing to my mum when I was 16 (never drunk vodka again and I’m 49 now!)
I’m awake, mind racing a bit but fortunately not ill like some poor pps

By tomorrow I mean today! Brain like Swiss cheese at the moment - currently enjoying the delights of the 4 month sleep regression.

You poor thing . I think it's something that so many do when they're experimenting their adulthood. It will be ok he will be mortified and poorly but ultimately it will be a lesson. I'm up with raging ear ache at the tail end of this not covid virus . I went to bed at 10.30 and woke up an hour later in agony. I'm at work at 8 and wondering how I'm going to get help on Christmas Eve

I’m lying here wide awake. Got family staying and my poor dad has not stopped coughing in the guest room since I came to bed at 0030. I’ve been in and put cough mixture by the bed but he seems to be asleep. Sounds terrible. I cannot all asleep.

my brother has also arrived and had been here an hr before he threw up (ill, not drunk). He looked ghastly. & tomorrow I’ve to wrestle the garden table into the house so 10 of us can eat at it. Dear god.

OP your lad sounds like he will be tough. I’m so sorry, how could his friends have left him & let him get so cold? X

I'm up, having woken at 2.
No particular reason, DH is snoring a bit, my sinuses are a bit blocked so I can't breathe well through my nose, and I'm low grade twitching about whether we have enough stuff for the three Christingle services I'm running later.
Yes, I know that losing half a night's sleep won't make the Christingle resource issue any better but I'll try to nap later.
Re. Teenage drunkenness, I've done my time, my DCs are past that now and know their limits. Sympathy for OP though, it's a tough rite of passage for parents as well as teens.

Oh OP that is shit but it happens to us all at some point and it’s great he had you guys to rescue him!

I’m up with my 6 month old. Been feeding every hour since 1 and has been waking up the last few days around this time seemingly in pain - plenty of bugs in the house but he seems symptom free, he constantly seems to be teething but no teeth have appeared yet - sigh! One morning we will have a nice surprise when this tooth arrives.

stressful being in someone else’s house trying to keep your baby vaguely happy so he doesn’t wake everyone up!

Thank you all for your sympathy and reassurance. I know he's going to be filled with self-loathing tomorrow and completely ashamed of himself. It isn't filling me with confidence for uni next year...

Outbound sympathy to all those feeling poorly and dealing with sleepless little ones - man, that's hard! I wish my lot were still little but I don't miss the broken nights.

Hoping to hand over to DH at 5.30 / 6ish - DDog will be up soon after.

I'm awake as I have been out tonight , had two drinks so that means I have a shit nights sleep. Thanks menopause but also, am waiting for uni aged D.C. to come in.
When they are away I don't worry ( as much!) but it's the waiting to hear the key in the door isn't it? They have to work in the morning too so that will be fun

Yeah... my thoughts entirely.
Obviously, I hold him responsible for his poor choices but I did bollock his friends when I got there. Several of them are friendly with DD and had been sending her Snaps earlier in the evening - yet not one of them thought it might be an idea to tell her when her brother was unconscious on a bathroom floor?

Try and get some fluids in him, when he's conscious enough! What an ordeal.
My brain is all over the place. I keep stressing about all the things I need to do but then spend ages faffing around not achieving much! My poor rabbits cage needs cleaning out and I've put it off for a couple of days now and they are in need! Saying that they are house rabbits and spend much of the day out of the cage but it still needs doing and I seem to be incapable of it! And don't talk about wrapping presents...
I think I have a form of ADHD and in combination with my menopausal brain fog I'm screwed!

How horrible! We are up due to jet lag. We arrived in London early Wednesday morning from Melbourne Australia and our 2 year has hardly slept since we arrived. She is currently eating snacks in bed to try and keep her quiet and not wake family we are staying with.

so exhausted. Hoping she gets used to the time change soon

Oh bless him. I did similar at the same age and the hangover and shame were the lesson I needed to rein it in going forward. I hope you can get a nap later today

Think I have found my people!
@123rd young adult DC should come with a health warning. You take your eye off one of them and something always unravels.

@MagnoliatheMagnificent my true identity is lost somewhere in the brain fog...

How frightening! I would also be furious at his friends who took no care of him. They were only a small group so they must have realised he was ‘missing’ in the bathroom. At the point he was passed out why didn’t they call?? I’d be most furious at him of course….but I have all this yet to come.

im awake with this virus going round coughing and blowing my nose and as I’m awake thought I’d check the children, one tucked in nicely and the other found with no duvet and curled in a ball! Now wrapped warmly back up! So my coughing can resume!

I'm wide awake despite being so tired i was falling asleep on the sofa at 10pm.
I have an earworm going round and round my head too. My nose is stuffy, i feel a bit urgh and generally annoyed with my bloody brain.

I just got up to go to the loo, so went downstairs to let my dogs out, my poor old boy came in and collapsed in the kitchen, sat with him on the floor, he seems okay now but I’m 😥

kids eh! Mine is primary aged and I’m already not lookIng forward to the house party stage (but I remember it fondly from my own youth)

I’m awake cos DS has got into bed with me and DH and promptly starfished across the bed. I can’t decamp to the spare as my bro and his gf are staying over.

I can’t seem to sleep the whole way through the night these days, always a wake up, up for an hour and then I get back off. I’m thinking it’s peri menopause. Grr.

This has happened with both of mine. Luckily just once with both of them. I'd actually be relieved it's happened now than when he's away from home. I'd approach from the worried about him rather than furious with him angle as he's more likely to pay attention.

I would be annoyed with his friends for not contacting you though. What's wrong with them! Both times it happened with us I got an embarrassed phone call from their friends. I left mine on the (tiled) hall floor wrapped in a duvet in the recovery position so I could keep an eye on him as I wanted to make sure he didn't choke on his vomit. He finally sobered up around 3am and I made him have a shower by which time he was able to go to bed safely.

Caught the kid's sick bug. Been up since 3am with head in the loo. Meant to have been having 13 people over for lunch tomorrow.

House too hot so am now sat in the garden listening to the birds wake up - their songs are so beautiful, makes me thankful even though I feel shit. Highly recommend anyone who can, getting out for 5 mins to listen.

OP, solidarity with you. My son sounds similar and I'm dreading the day. Like others I did the same at 16, my mum dealt with it like you, and I'm grateful to her (and learnt my lesson )