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....

If I fell asleep it did used to wind me up a bit as it was usually the first side then she would want feeding the other side sooner. Apart from that I used to just enjoy the sleep. Loved my android.

Oh I've got 50 shades on my kindle but have got to finish the book I'm reading 1st though.

softlysoftly loving your sleep-post!

I've not posted for a couple of days because I've literally not been able to keep my eyes open during feeds! I've lost count of the amount of neck-crunching head-nods I've done & the number of times I've dropped my iPhone.

Righty-ho off to bed, speak later if I'm able to stay awake!

I'll be climbing the wooden hill soon too! Snacks in abundance, eyes feeling like sandpits!!!

Night all!!

Evening all!

Have you read the Enid blyton thread on 'chat' - brilliant way to stay awake- hilarious :o

Evening everyone, hoep you've all had a good day? Just done two evening express sessions, and now off to catch 2 hours before the 1, 4 and 7 am sessions.

Chocolate covered pretzels, raisins and a satsuma at the ready for snacking... if I am awake enough, of course!

Am sending sleepy baby signals to all your little ones to make them sleep longer and feed well :o

Thanks Sarita, have beeb stuck reading the enid thread all through 2 feeds, hilarious!!! Love it!

Now off for 20 mins sleep before alarm goes and the day begins....

2nd feed.... Zzzzz! Tired tonight for some reason!

Hello everyone!

DD periwinkle is on a fairly intense feeding schedule tonight..... Hopefully to catch up some of this weight gain so as to prevent admission to hospital early next week which was threatened today (for monitoring feeding and investigation... :( )

So biscuits at the ready, thumb on iphone for some serious MN overuse, and I'm all set!

Hope all good with you all..... Is you LO behaving after his first jabs babylon1?

oh sarita i hope you avoid the hospital admission... :( sending lots of feeding vibes to little one.

Minipop has been moved to the last room before home now, he just needs to work out feeding :) and keep growing and he might be allowed home. I like the nurses better in this room, we've agreed a plan that they'll just try him on bottles every other feed as he's still really little.

I think they were trying to get him feeding a bit too soon, and they didn't show me how to do it properly, anyway, we're getting it sorted now :)

Up 3 times to feed so far tonight

and now up with dd2 who has a nasty barking cough and dd1 who has growing pains in her legs

YAWN!!!

Hey Sarita, sorry to hear about your feeding frenzies

DS is going ok after jabs thanks, a bit warm and snuffly but ok!! He's just hungry again!!

maples hope your DS feels better soon. Rotten night to have a fever.

Sarita hope the intense feeding is going well!

MiniPop that's fantastic! I'm sure DS will now be home before you know it. Glad the nurses are more supportive in the new room.

After a truly awful night on Tuesday, where DS wanted to feed every hour from 2:30am, tonight has been so much better - I went to bed after feeding him at 10:30, then DH gave a bottle of EBM so I wasn't needed again until 3. Got some desperately needed sleep, especially as DS and I have come down with terribly stinky colds.

He has his first jabs today - fingers crossed that doesn't mean a bad night to follow!

My two week old has a bit of colic and jaundice and wakes nearly every hour to hour and a half. I try to read kindle ap and feed sitting up but am so shattered. Have ds1 three dh sleeps on his room after a cuddle. Am havibg breakfast now. Also have a cold soreallyfeeling sorry for my self. Worst though is left boob seems to be drying up! And dc now not keen on returning to Moses basket. Any advice?

Good morning ladies!! Feed 2 tonight, baby slept through to 5 for the first one, and when she did wake I was so disorientated i didnt know what was going on! :) shes hungry now though, full on feeding frenzy!

ginga66 just persevere and dont worry, your LO is still little and will sort a better routine in a few days, hopefully sleeping longer. There willbegood days abd bad days but its just a couple of weeks and in the meantime you can come on here and moan/brag, were all in the same boat!:) ( passes breakdast biscuit)

Cold sores are horrid, get a compeed patch, they are good and make you feel a little less aware of it, also provides a bit of protection if you forget yourseld and cover baby in kisses...

Up to do lunches, schoolrun Tescos and tidy....no rest for the wicked!

morning!

had our HV appt yesterday and baby weighs 10lbs (was 4 weeks early) so is doing well which is always reassuring. Fingers crossed we may be seeing a few longer gaps between feeds here (sounds like you too Mummy Pig!) hopefully it can only get better (famous last words!)

Saritabean hope little bean puts on some weight and doesn't have to go in to hospital (everything crossed)
Imissminipop sounds like things are going well - great news!
Ginga66 no actual advice but hope things improve for you soon - its all so unpredictable having children!

anyone up and awake (and feeding?) :)

Hi minipop, how are you tonight?

Just swapped with DH so I had about 4 hrs sleep - desperately needed as my stinky cold descended into fever last night. Feeling a it better now though.

Hi can I join you? I'm currently up feeding ds 5mo, had to bring him downstairs as he's poorly with an ear infection and waking the older 2 up. I'm shattered! Took us until 4am to settle him last night and then I had to be up at 8 , just hoping I can get him back down now today

Morning/evening tea am of the four hours sleep :o although not of the colds :( hope you feel much better very soon.
nobloodymore hope your little one settles soon, I long for the day we have stairs. our flat is so small that DP has to wear earplugs every night so i don't wake him up.

currently on expressing session 6 of 8, am really tired. after a good day yesterday, minipop had a rubbish afternoon. Had a few major de-sats when feeding and puked up loads of mucus. He also threw back up most his feeds and choked on it, had to get the nurse to help me out and get him sorted out. scared me a lot! bah!

today will be a good day :o

Hi all,

minipopsmum - sorry to hear minipop not been as good - always feels crap when there's a step back, and chokings really horrid :( he hadn't had an eye test in the morning by any chance had he...? Or been crying loads for another reason? DD periwinkle did that twice really badly, each time after her eye test- must've been either related to the drops , or the fact she'd cried so much and swallowed so much air :( v v v scary- hope you're ok.

Hope your cold clears quick TandH, I have to say feeling ill is something I'm a bit scared of as it's hard enough when feeling well! Get well soon

Hope your night better in the end NbM!

Me - on feed 2, chomping breakfast biccies as per usual! Glad it's cooled down a touch now- was sweltering earlier.

Found another way to pass time- challenge yourself to answer unanswered threads on MN!

I'm up and feeding :)

Really hope today is a better day for you minipop
We had mega sick here after feeding yesterday, it makes you anxious about feeding doesn't it? And I feel quite demoralised as I don't know how much she had or how much she lost!

Hope everyone gets some more zzz before their mornings officially start!

Yes Sarita he'd had his eye test in the morning... which was normal thank goodness, and I was so relieved I was actually starting to feel happy (especially as then I was so upset I felt like as soon as there's something positive, something crap is waiting around the corner for us..! Bah. He's really snotty again too, maybe now he's thrown it all up he'll be a bit better.

oh jetstar it does make you anxious, you're right. feel a llittle less confident about feeding now... , still take each day as it comes.. :)
Sorry for the moan

did anyone manage to get back to sleep? I did all my three hourly expressing sessions last night, just doing the 7:am one now :o

Baby just feed for an hour, my arm is dead as I was watching come dine with me and just didnt move.... Hoping for a nice sleep now!
Horrified at the news that Katie is finally divorcing Tom, what a weird guy, and weird setup, Im really intrigued by it all! And lovely Adele is pregnant! Must stop reading the Daily mail and turn off the light....:)
See you in afew hours!:)

I'm just about to start the 11pm expressing session, so I'll see you all back on here at about 2am :o