to stab the next person who complains about their baby waking once during the night through the eye with a citrus reamer

[MrsWifty]

With the bouts of hot and humid weather lately, I'm beginning to lose count of the number of new mums I know complaining their babies are sleeping badly and how so very tired they are. But invariably on further investigation, it seems that their precious bundles of joy are rousing but once during the night. Once!

As the proud parent of a bouncing little bugger DS who has never slept for longer than two hours since the day after he was born almost five months ago, AIBU to imagine increasingly grotesque and violent ways to respond? And can I just double check that should I accidentally carry any out, that sleep deprivation is a reasonable justification in court?

I have a lot to say on the subject of "woe is me, my four-month old woke once in the night and wanted milk. I'm shattered" folk.

But I won't say it. I'd get banned.

can we make that a rusty serrated knife????

my 21 week dd really doesn't like sleeping 1/2 hour cat nap and she is good to go

and don't even get me started on rountines.....

Oh yeah.
My sister's twins slept through he night basically from birth, but at about three months stopped sleeping though.
She told me she was knackered and sleep deprived because she had had to get up for twenty minutes the night before. There were four or five hours on either side of that twenty minutes though...
Thats a good nights sleep where I live!

Gimme that citrus reamer!

I HATE northernrock's sister!

I know it was ages ago but what a smug-ass post janelikesjam.
Co-sleeping and Breast Feeding sometimes works it is not the guaranteed way to a good nights sleep.
Was brilliant for my DD,
DS1 slept through from two weeks but really struggled with BF,
was hell with DS2 he couldn't/wouldn't feed when I was lying down.
He would only settle in our bed if I was lying on my side with him in the crook of my arm, really uncomfortable for me.
I hardly slept anyway for fear of DH hurting him in the night.
DH is prone to acting out dreams especially when very tired, he has given me a black eye, put a pillow over my face and gripped me by the hair while threatening to kill me all when fast asleep, and no we don't have a spare room.

Had exactly the same problem notso minus the killer husband! Could you get adult scratch mitts for him?? :o

I think an adult swaddle blanket would be better!

Maybe his own cot too and you and the baby get the bed :o

Oh dear I think you win worse sleep top trumps though!

Surely twins would leave anyone knackered even if they had a full nights sleep. Poor northernrock's sister!

Nah Lola.
I mean, yeah, its hard work having twins, don't get me wrong, but it's not the same as one solid year of massive sleep deprivation.
People with twins who DONT sleep, they win the citrus reamer to do with what they will.

emmanumber sorry to hear about your dad. It's shocking, isn't it, to think that someone you love could have lived with such a debilitating condition for so long and you were never aware of it...:(

Its 4 am. Sge has been yelling since 1.30. Its like this every night. Sge us 7. Reckon G F could help.nim sat next to her so its not like she is alone.

Reflux baby and hourly wakings here tonight, coupled with comfort feeding and holding upright after each feed = 10 mins in-between.

I shall go and buy said citrus reamer tomorrow and join the back of the queue.

Surely all these extra night time 'cuddles' pay off later right?

I love the creative use of obscure kitchen implements, btw. I have a potato ricer here if anyonewants to borrow it...

My MIL says DH was 3 before he slept more than 2 hours at a time, I used to think she was exaggerating but now I'm not so sure!

I've seen both sides, DD1 was a bad sleeper, though I count myself lucky, reading this thread that she started sleeping through at 10th months, thanks to various sleep training methods. DD2 is 4 months old and in my arms, having woken up for her one feed. She's so much better at sleeping, and has been from day 1. Having seen both sides, I can understand how some people don't realise how bad it can be if they've only had good sleepers.

For all the really bad sleepers - have you considered a sleep clinic?

YANBU.

And co-sleeping is complete misnomer - baby sleeps but I sure as hell don't.

I was one of these smug mums , first 2 DCs were perfect sleepers, then we had DD
She never slept through the day, maybe 20mins naps 2-3 times a day day at newborn, 2 months later she would not have a sleep all day, and barely slept at night
Fast forward 12 months, after taking anywhere between 1-2hours to get her sleep [DH or I, would have to lie on her bed besides her, get poked, cuddled, tickled, head smoothed, our mouth poked/pulled all sorts really], she would wake 4-5 hours after, screaming to go downstairs and watch Minnie Mouse [thank god for sky plus] waking the other DCs through the night,whilst they would have school next day . We would be sat down stairs watching that bloody mouse, for upto 3 hours, before she would drop off again, if she woke at 2am, watched minnie and messed about until 5am, I would be up at 7am for other DCs and DH would be up 5am, ready for work

DD is 2.3yo, only waking every few nights, its not taking up to 2 hours to get her to bed now,which is not to bad now
Me & DH were walking around like cardboard cut outs for a good 2 years.
Looking now, I honestly do not know how we got through it.
I looked at DD at 18months old,and thinking this was our life forever
It does get better though

so much sympathy for those who are sleep deprived :(

DS had undiagnosed sleep apnoea (sp?) from 6 months to 22 months. He never slept more than 40 mins at a time, day or night. I spent that time in a complete fog, I don't even remember much of it.

The bliss of getting a few hours sleep uninterrupted is something not to be taken for granted - it's been 10 years since DS was diagnosed and the problem resolved, and I STILL don't take a good night's kip for granted.

DS1 finally started sleeping through just after his second birthday, and for two whole months I got to sleep through (the occasional whinge, but easy to settle and I had to get up to owe cos I'm pregnant, so felt like sleeping through).

Then about a month ago he came down with what seems to be severe tonsillitis, and had a week of high fever and no sleep at all, then a week in hospital after being diagnosed with kawasaki's disease, which thankfully he has mostly recovered from, but now I have to wake him in the night to give him medicine, and might have to do so for the next couple of months.

DS2 due in 6 weeks

It was a good few weeks, but sadly not to last. Fingers crossed this one is a good sleeper, but not holding out much hope, and will be scouring the Lakeland website for interesting looking utensils

On the other hand my sister didn't sleep for more than 40 mins at a time till she was 9 months due to am undiagnosed allergy coming through in my mum's milk...

She's my elder sister too, it's a wonder I exist really!

will you stab me if i say dd 6.5 months has slept all night for last 2 nights BUT i had to do two nights of cc which i never thought is would ever do. It was very easy cos she was sooooooo tired form months of bad nights,i did the sit by the cot option whilst shushing like a steam train and pounding her nappy whilst dd and dh sniggered downstairs as they listened on the monitor.

She yelled from 1am and did not sleep. Off to a and e. Sob