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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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Softlysoftly · 29/06/2012 23:50

Hope mini pop had a better day?

I just came to bed but as usual am sitting in it feeding as DD2 woke as soon as her head felt mattress Hmm so if her pattern repeats I will be up until three whe n she gives in.

Am sharing bed also with poorly dd1 who has a temp and cough, what's with all these summer colds on the thread?!

Snacks tonight are minstrels and "Yus" found them in sainsburys little bags of yoghurt coated granola they are lush! Hiding them under the covers though as dd1 keeps cracking her eye open at the rustling Grin

Saritabean · 30/06/2012 01:19

OMG- been feeding on and off since 9pm!!! On one hand really happy cos it means she's gonna grow, on the other hand feel shattered and desperate to go to bed...!

DDs put on 2.5oz in 4 days though - yey! So if I need to feed all night to avoid hospital next week then that is what we'll be doing! Wink

Have also started reading 50 shades of grey... Was a bit shocked to find out what it was about- had no idea, just thought it was a really popular good book...Blush

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MummyPigandDaddyPig · 30/06/2012 23:37

Sorry missed out last night got carried away reading the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes thread in chat....very enlightening indeed Ive learnt alot of things I didnt know I was supposed to know...:)
Hope everyones LO are being good!

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ImissMiniPop · 01/07/2012 02:34

Evening/Morning... how is everyone? :)

Saritabean · 01/07/2012 03:37

Hello all! Hope everyone's having a good weekend...?

Second feed, no snacks yet as still full from yummy meal last night :)

Playing geared on iPhone instead of reading tonight. Not feeling quite as tired tonight as DDDDH left me sleeping for 2hrs this afternoon instead of the quick nap that i'd planned!!! Must've really needed it!

Overfed DD this evening at one point and then got covered in milk sick :( !!

How's minipop doing? X

jetstar · 01/07/2012 05:11

Morning!
Still here, still feeding and endlessly winding...
We also had massive sick here yesterday evening - really need to find out why she is sometimes violently sick and sometimes not.
At the moment she seems to think its time to get up already but I disagree ;)
Hope everyone has a good Sunday!

Babylon1 · 01/07/2012 05:19

Morning all! Still here, still feeding!! Grin

ImissMiniPop · 01/07/2012 06:57

arrgh, stay awake stay awake! I keep nodding off with breast pump in hand... must stay awake... Confused

Softlysoftly · 02/07/2012 04:12

Argh 4am and baby has yet to give in and go to sleep!

ImissMiniPop · 02/07/2012 04:42

oh dear softly hope you've managed to get baby off to sleep now? I have no snacks and I'm hungry. There is a box of quality street staring at me, but feel guilty as I have the dentist at 11am Confused

jetstar · 02/07/2012 08:20

Set myself the target of making it through one more night.
I made it :)
Hope everyone else made it too!

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MummyPigandDaddyPig · 02/07/2012 09:34

Have people coming in 30 mins, kidsnot dressed, im not dressed and breakfast has gotten out of hand (tv on dcs running riot with buttery toast....) of course baby needs feeding so here I am....hope you all have a peaceful day!

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Softlysoftly · 02/07/2012 11:35

Baby gave in at 5.45, up again at 7-8, then down until 10. Toddler has hacking cough so was up in between, grand total of one hours sleep that has been by far my hardest night I hope if I made it through that I can do this, though dh is giving ff tonight but that's a whole other thread!

Hope you didn't end up with ebf on your lap missminipop from falling asleep and gave into the chocolate temptation?

Good luck mummy pig just look pitiful and let your guests sort it out.

ImissMiniPop · 03/07/2012 02:57

need sleep...:o

jetstar have you made it through another night?

2am expressing session going ok, resisted the chocs last night so am being fuelled by oat cakes and an oat & honey granola bar thingy tonight

should've made a cuppa. yawn

TeaandHobnobs · 03/07/2012 03:05

ImissMiniPop how's LO doing?

I think DS has been asking for feeds ever 1.5 hrs tonight. Urgh.

Saritabean · 03/07/2012 05:33

Morning all!

DD periwinkle had massive cluster feed from 10.45-01.45 last night, so I feel a bit disorientated now!!!

She's finally started gaining some weight: 80g (just short of 3oz) in 3 days, and managed to avoid the threatened admission to hospital at the eleventh hour. Woo hoo :o

Now weighs 5lb8.5oz - a little pudding!!! Wink

Mmmm breakfast biscuit hits the spot again, washed down by pints of water for my raging BF thirst!

ImissMiniPop · 03/07/2012 05:58

Tea 1.5hrs? ouch! Tonight I am sponsored by tea and Rich Tea :)

MiniPop is doing well thanks, he might even be home with us in a week or so, just need to work on feeding a bit more, as he forgets to breath somtimes and almost chokes, which scares me as he goes all floppy :(, and he still has the odd de-sat but corrects himself, so the drs aren't worried.

I noticed he is waking earlier for feeding now, he was awake hungry about 2 hours after we fed him yesterday - I assume it was hunger as he was properly sucking on my finger, and the dummy and making a bottle face... :O

Just finished the 5am express, am now off for 3 hours sleep as a treat - wooo hooo (normally just 2, but I only got an hours sleep between 11pm and 2am... Confused

Softlysoftly · 03/07/2012 09:28

Glad minipop is getting there and congrats on the weight gain Sarita!

E has rewarded me for the previous nights hell by sleeping! 1-4 and 5-8 longest time down ever and we didn't give formulae whoop! Just need to sort DD1 now who has a chest infection and keeps coughing herself sick :(

TeaandHobnobs · 03/07/2012 09:36

Sarita that's a great weight gain! Woohoo!

IMissMiniPop there was another baby in DS's SCBU room who always used to de-sat when he was fed - the nurses said he just loved his milk so much he forgot to breathe! But that must be scary, and I hope he grows out of it very soon. Amazing that he could be home very soon! And great that he is showing feeding cues more frequently - I forget, are you BFing him when you are in the hospital, or does he always have bottles of EBM? Either way, wanting to feed more frequently suggests he is (or is about to) put on a growth spurt, I would think?

Not sure what's up with DS at the moment. He was pretty cranky most of yesterday (apart from the couple of hours I went out for coffee with a friend, where he slept like an angel, therefore discrediting me when I tell others he's being cranky!), and through most of the night. He's still recovering from the cold we had last week - is still very snotty and has a cough - so I don't know if his discomfort is making him want to feed more frequently? Anyway, hoping to sneak a couple of catnaps in this morning!

jetstar · 03/07/2012 13:27

One more night survived (needed dh help to settle her at 5am though) she is so difficult to wind and gets so wriggly and distressed then I do too Sad

ImissMiniPop that's great to think he will be well enough to come home soon!

Saritabean good news on the weight gain, long may it continue!

Wishing everyone else a better night than last night, roll on 6 months when things might get easier!

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MummyPigandDaddyPig · 04/07/2012 07:54

Good morning mummies and babies!!! Woke up in wild panic at 7 ( soaking wet nightie and bed, boobs about to explode) as baby slept through from 11-7! Am very sure this is not a new routine but at least I slept solidly and didnt even notice DC1 turning up! Baby is only 5 weeks so I doubt it will happend again for a while, but I did feed h constantly from 7-11 last night ( got through all the recorded episodes of Gordon behind bars, and started panicing at the very thought of any of my DC's ever turning out like that and going to jail! Totally irrational txt rant to DH followed....) so I think baby had a very full tummy...

So pleased baby periwinkle is gaining weight and we look forwards to baby minipop coming home!!! Jetstar, there is hope at the end of the tunnel, bby will learn to settle and sleep...how are baby Softly and baby Hobnob getting on?

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Saritabean · 04/07/2012 11:02

Wow mummypig- that's great! It may be the start of more sleeping... Fingers crossed!

Still up every 3 hrs for me! DH on leave this week so been able to lie in in the mornings which is great! DD periwinkle will now take about 1oz in a bottle, then refuses to go back to it, so has BF top-up.... Wish she'd take a whole feed from the bottle to give me a break!

See you tonight!

jetstar · 04/07/2012 11:16

Morning (made it again - although the feed times seem to be changing each night - just when you think you know what's happening!)

MummyPigandDaddyPig yeah I know it will happen eventually I'm just impatient Smile

Saritabean We are also going to start trying for a bottle, I have expressed 4oz this morning! I could never get DD1 to take a bottle but I'd really like to get a bit more sleep and/or be allowed out on my own sometime so here goes nothing! Hope it will work out for you too! How old is Periwinkle now? Jetbaby is 7 weeks today (but was born at 36 weeks)

Have a good day everyone!

Saritabean · 04/07/2012 12:52

Hi jetstar, periwinkle is 7.5 weeks corrected, 17 weeks actual... Think I'm gonna be night feeding for a long time to get her weight up!!!

ImissMiniPop · 04/07/2012 12:58

I am in the other corner, Minipop takes bottles but I want to try and get him breastfeeding without confusing him.