How to stay awake during night feeds part 6 - all welcome to join us!

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Hi everyone, cannot believe we have exchanged over 5000 messages!

mrsn when we shared our locations on here a while back, heff, goat and I all turned out to live near Uxbridge so we met up having met on here. It is lovely, if you are ever down south let us know!

macaroons sounds like we are in the same boat I officially return to work on 15 Feb but that is actually the Friday before half term so only have that day and then another week off before full time return hits. I am lucky that DH is being a SAHD til 1st July so no drop offs, pick ups or worries about the childminder ringing me because babyfunch is ill etc, and she is in great hands with him, much as I have been critical of him til we talked it over recently. However I am worried about being at work on no sleep - I will get in a lot of trouble if I lose my rag with a pupil or indeed a member of my team (one of whom is a pain). I will have to perfect the art of letting some things go (eg uniform issues in the corridor as opposed to in my lessons - I spend a lot of time arguing with pupils about these and intend to stop save for the very worst!) and dealing with others by just reporting bad behaviour to heads of year rather than dealing with it myself. I am head of faculty so will focus just on what happens in lessons in my faculty rather than working quite so hard on having the best corridor behaviour in the school in my area - it is great having that but takes a lot of time, energy and conflict so it will just have to go n the back burner until I am getting proper sleep again. At this rate dd will be in year 7 by then herself and can help me!

That's because he wants to maximise his half birthday susie !!!
We've been up three hourly to the minute as if he has a little alarm clock all of his own. The extra feed the hv told me to put in durin the day isn't making a difference hope its bit going to make him fat?!
My mums birthday today so we will be lunching with baby small and his great grandpa who is 93 and adores him. Also going to try and ring the vicar to discuss christening dates and what we need to do. Have decided to do it in April and hopefully weather will be nice ish so we can do a marquee in the garden type thing mum is quite excited and party planning already !

And she's awake again, good thing I ate a cereal bar and yoghurt earlier.

Hope the op went well, Amey, and your brother makes a speedy recovery.

Rubbish night but not really Missmarbles although she did do a 1 1/2 hour patch Basically it looked like this:

Missmarbles in bed 6.30
Intruder 7
DD1 screaming because she hates being sick (understandable) until 7.30
Missmarbles puke and full change 7.45
Missmarbles asleep 8
Much puking by DD1 for next couple of hours (in our room)
Missmarbles feeding 11
DD1 puking at 12
Missmarbles feeding at 1.30
DD1 puking 2
DH puking somewhere before.....
Missmarbles feeding at 3.30
Missmarbles feeding at 5
Co-sleeping with both DDs = no sleep for me having had barely any sleep all night. Today is going to be fun as DH has it now. Praying Missmarbles and I dodge the bullet

Ooh feeling very sorry for myself!! Please disregard my previous tirade.

Wow we have only just woken up! And I should think so after being awake 2 and a half hours earlier!!

Happy half birthday to baby loo susie!

We have a quiet day planned, going for a walk to Asda, doing some washing and making some soup!

Wow we have only just woken up! And I should think so after being awake 2 and a half hours earlier!!

Happy half birthday to baby loo susie!

We have a quiet day planned, going for a walk to Asda, doing some washing and making some soup!

MMMarbles that sounds horrific you poor thing. Always hate it when my DH catches any illnesses as he's much worse to look after than the rest of us! Hope you manage to get some sleep yourself today or you'll go insane.
I have a DD aged5 and a DS aged 2.....life is going to be chaotic come may and dreading getting everyone up, out and ready for the school run.

Oh marbles you poor thing

We woke up late too MrsN, dd2 got up at 9.30. Dd1 was up at 8.00 but gave her James and the Giant Peach to watch and a cereal bar so I got to snooze a bit longer, bliss.

Oh gosh marbles you poor thing what a horrendous night you've all had. Hoping for very speedy recoveries all round.

hen you'll have my admiration managing to get anywhere on time with three, I've got DD1 2.4 and DD2 3 months and it takes me an hour just to leave the house! I am exceptionally unorganised though and you've probably had lots more practice than me already.

amey how is your brother doing?

I've just had a monster delivery of eBay purchases, one package was a couple of new Next baby grows for babylump that I paid £10 plus £2.50 postage for, they've come and the label clearly shows they were marked down in the sale to £6! I'm probably being a bit silly but it annoyed me slightly, they should have at least taken the label off so I didn't know I was being ripped off!

Anyway we're off to the park now armed with new travel potty and many spare clothes. Hope you're all having a nice day xx

I would be annoyed too heff!! It only takes a second to take a sticker off, silly things.

Marbles that sounds truly horrific, hope everyone is feeling better today.

I would be pissed off too heff, agree they could at least have taken the price tag off!!

It's been a looooooooonnnnnnng day, babyloo has been fed up most of the day which is not surprising considering he woke up at 4.40 and then we got up at 05.20-he's having his third nap of the day which will last all of thirty minutes maximum. My back is killing me-had a bad back for years-and it's really bad today-probably from two days of lugging two stone babyloo around-I was taking tramadol when I fell pregnant but all I can take now is paracetemol and ibuprofen and they are not touching the sides-can't wait to get into bed and I'm seriously considering asking my mum to have him over night just so I can recharge my batteries-not sure I could cope being away from him though particularly as I don't know if he would get really distressed if he woke up and I wasn't there. Feeling sorry for myself . Only two and a half hours before I can start feeding him to sleep.

marbles what a dreadful night! I think you deserve a rant. And a lovely long sleep tonight. (Waves fairy godmother wand in the hope that it will work this one time...)

susie I really really sympathise with having back pain with virtually no pain relief. You poor thing, sounds like you really need a break.

Kid is looking extra cute in the hat I have planted on him permanently in an attempt to allow his head to heal where he has annihilated it with his (nonexistent) nails.

Thank you everyone for your support; this is a lovely thread. I do feel better but it has been a long day. I'm allowing Missmarbles a 10 minute snooze before bath time as she is fed up from bring stuck in helping look after the patients. Then I think I will go in the bath with her. DD1 slightly better - hasn't been sick since lunchtime and DH hasn't had the squits since about 3. Hopefully we're over the worst.

Hope you're back eases Susie. It just makes everything such hard work when you aren't on form. Hope you get some help.

I'd be peed off to Heff but try and think of it as you'd have to pay to get into town and the hassle factor and (was it £6 for the pair or each?) you've got 2 for £12.50.

I just took a really funny video on my phone of Missmarbles having her tea We are doing solely BLW now because she is too independent to let me spoon feed her Having abandoned purees altogether, she's obviously not taking quite as much solid. Could someone reassure me that the seemingly backward step in amounts is not detrimental??

Marbles the independence shows a huge step forward developmentally - definitely not a backwards step! No need to worry about how much she is taking for nutrition purposes so long as she gets plenty of milk so it's all good.

If you can get through the day or two you have had with everyone still alive you are ana amazing parent, and wife too! I nearly throttled DH last Friday for not helping with child duties when he had the squits and 'felt too weak to do anything', and we only have babyfunch to look after!

Aaww thank you Funch; you made me well up!

Bathed and doing bed time feed in front of telly, just Missmarbles and me as DD1 and DH have gone to bed.... And breathe.

Am rather hungry, wonder what Slimming World delights I can much my way through when everyone in bed??

Just telling it like it is marbles, you are doing a fabulous job. I cannot wait to get back to work so I am less likely to be expected to be in charge on days like that!!! I just wouldn't be any use, I am far too selfish!

I have lost a couple of pounds so feeling pretty pleased with myself, and am about to force myself to go out and do couch to 5k as I have left it too long to start week 2. I could skive and say I forgot because DH forgot to remind me as he promised to do (he is now asleep on the sofa) but I actually LIKE how I feel after I have done it.

Babyfunch is fast asleep after sleeping from 8-10:40 this morning and the fighting sleep all afternoon. The 8am nap has appeared in our lives this week and gives me a chance to nap but I need to wake her up again a lot sooner else she will sleep all day then go down for the night late afternoon which I do NOT want her to keep doing. I am going to leave her asleep for a bit then wake her up for change, feed and bed around 9 rather than 7. Not sure whether this will make her sleep longer but worth trying.

Bad news is my breast pump has broken! Milk got up the tube into the motor. I am drying it out but suspect I will have to return it and that means being without it, will have to crack out the manual pump a friend gave me. Grr, just when I really need it as using bottled more! This might be what finally leads to me starting her on formula for a feed a day - I meant to start using formula for evening feeds when she hit three months but then realised I could use my freezer stash of bm first. Down to my last four feeds' worth of that, so may be off to buy some formula very soon....means I can get drunk at some point; i haven't had more than a couple of drinks while bfing due to the faff of expressing for feeds to be given while drunk and also to relieve engorgement experienced while not feeding due to drunken state. Can you tell I like a glass of wine or 4?!!!

Marbles do not worry, my dd2 is the same and refused to take purees from a spoon. At our 8 month check she was fine weight wise, has not lost any weight since the first weigh in she had as a newborn. Incidentally she does now at 10.5 months accept spoon feeding and has started to spoon feed herself.

marbles as everyone had said - you are doing a great job! Be kind to yourself, and I hope you have something yummy! I am planning on doing BLW - any tips?!

susie poor you and your back - take it easy.

Hubby has taken little man up while I watch Emmerdale and then bed time for me too - hopefully!

We have a new class starting tomorrow, a PEEP class. Has anyone heard of it?

Spoke too soon in last post. DD1 appeared within seconds of me hitting post, Missmarbles perked right up after her feed and ended up not settling til 7.45 and I gave been up and down to her four times since then. DH reappeared and then DD1 came down again. DD1 climbed back into our bed and then protested that I had a bit of tidying to do before coming to bed myself. All of this has taken hours as I have been up and down the stairs so many times between the two of them, and although planning an early night, I am just getting to bed now. She has stayed awake waiting for me (admittedly, she's not likely to be sleepy given how sedentary her day has been). I only wanted 10 minutes to myself staring blankly at the telly!!!
Really hope tonight gets better from now and is better than last night or I'll be for carting off tomorrow
I did manage to squeeze in a brief but much needed chat with my mum I wish they were nearer right now but I am looking forward to seeing them briefly next weekend. They are stopping en route elsewhere.

We had a great night last night. A great night being only three feeds and not too much screaming. FC for the same again tonight. First vaccinations are next week so I'm bracing myself for those. Sorry for not keeping up with the thread, I have been reading but too tired to post which kind of defeats the purpose of the thread if it isn't keeping me awake! Never fear, I have a cunning plan to make DH sleep in the spare room for a night so at least one of us isn't so sleep deprived. Then he can look after J one afternoon at the weekend so I can have a mammoth post-lunch snooze.

My sister came round tonight and got baby larle off to sleep, he then slept ofor 6 hours. Had to wake him to change and feed but he has fallen asleep again and not on the breast!
We went to baby massage this morn, youngest one there and arrived screaming. Was v embarrassed but once he settled down he loved the massage.
Can't believe how much he has changed in 2 weeks!
Stunt, love the idea of other half sleeping in spare room and then getting and afternoons sleep!
Suzie have you tried a tens for your back?

1st feed of the night-eyes struggling to stay awake.

larle no I haven't tried a tens, my friend was going to lend me hers to try before I bought one ages ago-great idea, I'll have a look on the boots site to see how much they are but to be honest I'm desperate so don't really care!!

Hoping for a good stretch now

marbles you better be asleep right now!

This is our first time up. Latest ever. Clever Kid. And no leaks! Sorry stitch forgot you asked if we use disposables, yes we do... Have a whole system of reusable a sitting there in splendour. Unfortunately they don't make reusables in the slightly bizarre shapes that prems come in!

Uh oh. Suspected transfer fail during writing this post...

Nope, we're good. Night all.

Goat! I'm not but I have been First feed! 4 1/2 hour stretch. Haven't had one if those in a while. Hoping for another one, beginning........ Now!