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BF in the middle of the night thread...how to stay awake!

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MummyPigandDaddyPig · 16/06/2012 01:59

( distributes tea biscuits and nursing pillows allround....)

How do yo stay awake at night feeding??? Am struGgling to stay awake and have a sore thumb from playing solitaire on the iphone...alternates with reading muMsnet, daily mail and facebook....

What else is easy reading websites, games apps that dont require any brainpower that I cana entertain myself with? Any tips how to stay awake? Am seriously tired here!

Have cosleept with my dc's from approx 8-10 weeks, which makes night feeds easier, but I have weeks to go until then and wont dare to bedshare yet as older dc's still turn up in qour bed at night....

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Babylon1 · 26/07/2012 01:19

Hi all!!

Susieloo it just kind of happened naturally

I'm only awake now cos it's too flipping hot

Susieloo · 26/07/2012 04:36

Thank you for the lovely welcome, me and the baby slept downstairs tonight because our bedroom is just way too hot, he does seem to have settled much better but still awake every couple of hours, I'm relieved that he is staying hydrated though, seems to have an awake hour between four and five so tonight I've kept the lights off and managed to not put the tv on as we are downstairs, might cave if he is still awake in half an hour though! I was hoping to see the health visitor this week so he could be weighed but so far she hasn't called to make an appointment, my midwife handed me over last week, might ring the surgery in the morning to see when she is coming, hope everyone had a restful night, the temperature is dropping by the weekend so I should be back in my own bed

Babylon1 · 26/07/2012 07:09

I too have resorted to that Susieloo, but when I was pregnant. Much cooler downstairs and I found it easier to get some sleep on the cool leather sofas

Did your midwife give you info about local clinics? If so, and you have the session times, most of them run drop in sessions where you can just turn up to get babies weighed.

Chances are you'd end up seeing the sane HV anyway and you won't have to wait in all day for HV to come to you.

One things for sure, babies love fresh air and it's always helped to settle my 3 - so I try to make sure they eat as much fresh air as possible every day!!

Babylon1 · 26/07/2012 07:14

Imissminipop - could miniimissminipop be possibly having a growth spurt? I know they always make ds be awake more often as he needs more milk to fill him?

Every 6-8 weeks I think, but again every baby is different - and I'm sorry I have no idea if that is different for prem babies too. I struggle to get my head around the corrected and minus two etc bits maths never a strong point

Babylon1 · 26/07/2012 07:19

Mummypiganddaddypig, babypiglet is sounding very much like minibabylon!!

He had the odd night sleeping through, but if he wAkes it is around 3 am for a little top up, a huge burp then back to the land of nod!!

Its nice to read that we all seem to be coping ok with broken sleep though

We're off on a little break this weekend to see SIL in Hertfordshire then my bestest buddies and DCs godparents in Kent. Will be ds' 1st little holiday

Not sure about the drive yet as I'll be on my own with 2dcs but we'll be ok!! DH is away in Scotland with dd1 on the motorbike

Susieloo · 27/07/2012 01:37

Thank you Babylon hv rang today and I've got my appointment next Tuesday, baby has been asleep all day to escape the heat i think and is now lying on his changing mat with wide eyes and when he feeds which is quite often he's almost panicky, wants to get as much liquid as possible I guess because its hot, I'm so happy I'm going to my parents tomorrow, I can sleep when the baby sleeps, can't wait, my eyes are really struggling to stay awake tonight. Hope everyone is staying cool wherever they are

Babylon1 · 27/07/2012 03:07

We're on our first night away from home

So far so good!! I'm sharing a room with all 3 x DCs and DH is downstairs on the sofa with a stomach bug

I've already had the bug, along with dd2 so he's banished as we don't want it again!! We're staying with SIL who is 19 weeks pregnant so she doesn't need a bug either!!

Glad you got your appt through SusieLoo, have a great sleep at your parents

Hope everyone else is well

ImissMiniPop · 27/07/2012 04:09

Glad it's going well Babylon :o It's nice to get away isn't it? I stopped at my DSis at the weekend and we had such a nice time. Enjoy your time at parents, too Susie

MiniPop was very unsettled yesterday, really bad trapped wind and reflux (IMO) taking him to the doctors this morning because it's affecting his sleep, poor little thing and he keeps being sick (more so than usual). He's having trouble passing wind too (both ends), which isn't helping him with either eating or sleeping.

Babylon1 · 27/07/2012 13:25

poor minipop

Hope he's feeling better soon

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MummyPigandDaddyPig · 28/07/2012 03:16

Dh has been out and is snoooooring loudly and breathing horrid beerfumes in the room...uuurrrggghhhh! Desperate to get him to go sleep on the sofa! I would go if I could drag babypiglets cot with me! Am tired and annoyed! Baby feeding and feeding and Im really tired..and annoyed ....and tired....shouldnt have stayed up watching the olympic polava. Hope you are all asleep and babies are being good!

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Susieloo · 28/07/2012 03:30

Not surprised your tired mummy, the constant feeding is really draining, I had that last night and was really worried it would happen again tonight but he seems to have gone back to every two and a half hours, just fed him now and he's back in his Moses basket but judging by his noises he wants out! Hope you get some sleep soon and I also have a dp next to me who smells of wine, I think I'm jealous!!

Saritabean · 28/07/2012 03:47

Evening all!

Had a mammoth feeding day today... Every 1.5 hrs both this morning and this evening... I'm soooo tired! But she has put on 4oz this week :)!

Ended up watching the end of the opening ceremony for final feed, what a shame to end with such an anti-climax - Paul McCartney was not a good finale :(

Hope the night is a good one for all the mums and babies! :)

Susieloo · 28/07/2012 04:06

Hello sarita was Paul McCartney actually there? I watched up until half ten then took the baby to bed, as predicted he is up again having another feed although falling asleep on me, hope he stays asleep when I put him down. Hope you get some rest soon

Saritabean · 28/07/2012 04:49

Oh dear mummypig, hope you're having a better night now, periwinkle here's been feeding feeding feeding too and then just had a screaming fit for last 30mins seemingly without rhyme or reason... Had to wake DH in the end as at my wits end and she wouldnt feed, I think she's finally exhausted herself the sleep and is having a little sleep feed. I wish they could tell you what was wrong with them!!!!

Saritabean · 28/07/2012 04:50

Hi susieloo! Yes- he was on right at the end and pretty dreadful too :(. A real shame!

Babylon1 · 28/07/2012 05:17

Aaargh matchsticks please

Eyes don't want to stay open

Susieloo · 28/07/2012 23:22

Think I have been too ambitious tonight, baby has been very sleepy all day so at half eight after trying and failing to wake him up for half an hour and feeling really guilty for doing so we came to bed, he's slept until now and my attempts to dream feed him were thwarted by two dirty nappies and two baby gro changes, he's just has a good feed now and is back in bed so will be interesting to see if he goes back to sleep or our day starts now and we are going to be up for the next few hours!! Hope everyone has a good night tonight

ImissMiniPop · 28/07/2012 23:57

MiniPop now has gaviscon for reflux & infacol to help with thr trapped wind. He;s slept beautifully all day, but been a little imp since 6pm, waking every two hours & refusing to go in his cot... gonna be another loooooong night...

wishing you all a good night...

chocolate popcorn kept me company last night :o

Susieloo · 29/07/2012 02:16

Good news about the gavisvon minipop

I'm struggling to keep my eyes open and no idea why really considering I've been in bed since eight, planning on feeding and putting him straight back down again, I'm really surprised he is going back to sleep, maybe it will be this one where he decides it's playtime, he's also increased my milk supply so I'm waking up and my boobs are rock hard, hoping it wears of soon.

ImissMiniPop · 29/07/2012 03:31

oK, so we're in a weird situation.. I am awake 4 hours after MiniPops last feed, but he's still sparko. He did have a BIG feed, but do I wake him or do I let him sleep..? I never know what's best...

I am prepared and ready, milk is here warming, laptop on, remote in reach, water etc... just no baby :o

Susieloo · 29/07/2012 04:15

One of the community midwives told me to wake the baby to feed him and I vowed I would never do it again, it took two hours to calm him down enough to eat anything! The next midwife I saw said only wake him if it's been fix hours since his last feed.

So far the baby (perhaps I should start to call him Neil the baby ala Gavin and stacey ) has gone straight back to sleep after each feed but I'm convinced he will want to get up after this one!

Babylon1 · 29/07/2012 05:39

I've just had to wake ds to feed him as woke up with MASSIVE hot rock hard boobs

Last thing I need is mastitis and as we're not at home I haven't got my expresser with us

Susieloo · 29/07/2012 09:27

Hope your okay Babylon, I've never had mastitis but it sounds really painful

TeaandHobnobs · 29/07/2012 10:04

Babylon have you ever given hand expressing a go? I tried the other night when I was feeling a bit full but hadn't sterilised me pump bits, and I was amazed to get pretty much the same amount as with the electric pump Susieloo did you find it weird when your supply increased? Mine has gone up this week and I've found it very strange feeling full again!

DS slept for 4.5 hours from 10 - 2:30 last night! (maybe they are conspiring, imissminipop ). Shame I wasn't asleep for all of them myself - but if he does it again tonight, I shall take full advantage! He might have even gone for longer, but we needed to shift him from his Moses basket with DH in the spare room to the crib next to me so DH could go to bed.

I'm going to try and get an appointment for him tomorrow about his possible reflux - he has been so uncomfortable after bringing stuff up the last couple of days, and I'm fairly sure it is what has made him lose his voice. I am paranoid that the GP is going to tell me I'm being silly though! (the nice paed specialist GP is on hols, and the other two I've seen before can be a bit dismissive )

Hope Sarita and mummypig had good nights.

I'm glad the weather has cooled down now, it's much nicer having a bedroom which is cooler than 20 degrees!

Susieloo · 29/07/2012 14:37

It is weird when your boobs go back up tea I was getting very blasé about bf and not bothering with breast pads or bras and now I feel like a dairy cowthey just seem to constantly leak!! Also agree about the temperature, I really struggled with the heat and the baby hated it. I know what you mean about feeling silly re gp's and I hope they at least listen to you, I'm seeing the hv on Tuesday and want to mention all the noises the baby makes because some of them really worry me, he really grunts when he is trying to fill his nappy and seems to want all his wind to go downwards and come out as farts, he also sounds really congested to me after a feed like his nose is blocked or worse hes got a cold on his chest, he only sounds like this when he's straining though so I'm hoping she'll reassure me, I'm not entirely sure I know what hv's do.

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