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

[MummyPigandDaddyPig]

( 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....

Sorry about that, phone went wibbly

Evening/morning who blimmin knows anymoreall! DD2 slept from 10pm until now on my tummy on the sofa with DH on watch! So technically as he woke me to go into work this is the first feed of the night.

Tonight's snacks are milky bar and special k again! How are we all?

Babylon how old is dc? Just so I know where the light at the end of the tunnel begins!

Morning all...

Was soooo toasty in bed, I'm being kept awake now by the sudden cold my body is feeling! Hopefully DS will have this feed and go through until 5 or something. Not sure if I could cope with 2 hour feeds again tonight!

Tonights snacks are Alpen Light and apples.

Morning.. Yawn!

My snacks are Chocolate, raisins and a satsuma :) I had to set the alarm for this expressing session, otherwise would have slept through again.

Really need to stop eating chocolate now blush

Morning all!! Tonight is pills and water, hello mastitis!!! Grrr! Woke yesterday morning with sore boob and fever, typical on a sunday! Must say the out of hours dr service was fab and I was seen and had antibiotics in hand by lunchtime. Quite impressive! Boob blotchy and sore still but fever down so we are getting there. DCs have been angelic, really proud mummy today...well DC1 who is 3 did wee in the bath....and my kitchen floor is covered in cous cous and gordon the tank engine is covered in green glitterglue!

Lovely DC3 makes a lovely warm hot waterbottle this evening and I am tempted to just curl up with her in my arms, but better not as the bed hopping brigade will turn up any minute no doubt!!

Will download my fitnesspal app next, thanks for the tip!:)

Hope all babies are being good and that mummies are getting some sleep!

Oh minipop, choooclaaate.....ohhh...want some please!!;)

Morning all! Poor you mummypig, sounds sore :(

Second feed of the night. V fractious DD as the little periwinkle needs to do a poo..! I know she's saving it up til 1 hr before weigh in tomorrow today, when we're gonna have a poonami

Breakfast biscuits for me on the snack front. Chocolate sounds much better minipopsmum!

Just done 3rd feed of the night

What's that all about huh?? Two nights sleeping through then 3 feeds in one night???!

No snacks to hand either, had to make do with flat cherryade

Ouch mummypig :( hope it clears up very soon.

Lol at poonami :o sarita how much does little one weight atm?

Oh mummy pig hope it clears soon!

Glad to hear minipop is doing well!

Babylon sorry that is awful the false hope of a nights sleep snatched away!

Dd2 is on her 2nd feed so pleased with her as she slept in
Moses in between yey! Apart from 1 hrs accidental cosleep on a pillow which was so unsafe :(. DD1 is now awake and in our bed do have shifted to nursing chair to be safe and am hoping she goes back to sleep!

Currently weighs 5lb1oz (2.3kg) needs at least 2oz gain I reckon to satisfy everyone involved!! Fingers crossed, but after a crying fit now instead of feeding session, I'm not sure what'll happen

Finally stopped crying enough latch on :)

DD looks confused at the biscuit crumbs raining down on her :o

oh bless her! Glad she fed in the end.. :) I always worry about getting biscuit crumbs in minipop's expressed milk :o

Yey- 2oz wt gain! Not dreading tonight's antics quite as much as normal as I know it's having some good effect on her weight :)

Gonna try and go to bed ASAP...!!

Well done Sarita and baby periwinkle! Hope you get a few hours good sleep!! We have weigh in on wed, not too worried as DC3 is bursting out of her newborn sized babygros at 4 weeks, and i'm having to take back alot of her lovely gifts to change them into bigger sizes. I kept all my gifts when DC1 was born, now I m a terror with gifts, if I dont like it it goes back and is changed for practical babygros and packs of vests in bigger sizes. I just think its a shame that alot of stuff doesnt get worn, and all you really need is vests and babygros until they get to the crawling stage. I do try to be sensitive and polite and thank everyone for their lovely gifts (then run off and change them...) :) Bad Mummy...

Good news Sarita

I've just fed DS a big long massive feed. He's had both boobs and we got some really good wind up, and he's now in his crib snoring very softly!!

I've bought snacks up tonight of cashews, wotsits, galaxy bar, grapes and strawberries along with a 2 ltr bottle of pepsi max!!

Evening/morning all!

Does anyone else's DC wake up screaming hungry, such that they fill themselves full of wind crying before they've even started...?! Anyone would think that I starve the poor child...! I change her nappy quick as poss then try and calm her down a little to try and burp her v briefly, otherwise she's in such a state she can't latch on

What a little wind bag!!!

Whoops forgot the snacks :(

But did download the infamous 50 shades of grey to my kindle... Hope it's as good as the hype!

Sarita I don't tend to change dd2 until she's had one boob as then she is far calmer.

Just had a mammoth feed from 2 until 4.14 so hoping she will go down now and dd1 stays asleep argh!

50 shades I've been told badly written mummy porn by some and loved it by others so let us know!! ;)

Oh and tonight has been fuelled by special k and milkybar, I really need new snacks!

Hello again, I'm still here. Having a fed up night :( (no pun intended)
Wish I could fast forward my life til the part where it gets easier. I bloody hope it does get easier! What I wouldn't give for 6 hours sleep...

Very sloow and lazy baby this evening, snoozing on the boob yet screams when but back down... Had massive poo poo so hoping that will have calmed her now.
50 shades wasnt my cup of tea but Iknow other people loved it. I ended up flicking through the boring bits and just reading the steamy bits...which got a bit dulltoo...But dont be put off by boring me, other people rave about it!
Personally I loved the Hungergames trilogy and anything by Marian Keyes (although her last two were a little off her usual standard, I am really looking fwds to the new one which is rumoured to be the long awaited Helen Walsh story! ) Have downloaded jojo moyles you before me but am too tired to start....the last book I read was the Simon Cowell book, quite interessting if you are an xfactor fan...

I was so tired I wrote a post, and forgot to post it..!

This is from midnight -
Ahhh, that's great news Sarita. :) I am very pleased as it seems all my expressing is paying off and minipop is also putting on weight. he'd now 4.8lb, and off the antibiotics. yay!

Just doing session 7 of 8 today, snacks at the ready are: choc covered pretzels, raisins, satsuma and a plum :-)

I did 2am express but when the alarm went off at 4:50 I just couldnt wake up, so am an hour late and am being fuelled by jaffa cakes & milk. :)

So the below message was written and not posted, think i may have dozed off at the end! DD2 just asleep DDd1 up so still no bed for me gag long long night!

I really enjoyed hunger games too, I'm excited about the new Terry Prayvhettfyhcgfyh
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I've got the 50 Shades of Grey book, and I can't decide, based in the reviews I've read about it, whether to read it or not

And just as I hoped, my stash of snacks became a quick breakfast as little man slept through til 6am

He's had 1st injections today though, so expecting a rough few days now