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!

Just finished the third feed of the night after DH squirted saline up J's nose to help with the snuffliness. He didn't like that much but his nose is clear now. I guess that means another two feeds before morning. I wonder why he feeds so frequently? He didn't even manage an hour between the last two!

Not sure it counts as a first feed, given we did fifty million between 7.45 and 9.50, but I'll take it

First feed here, we have to get up in 5 hours so hope it's brief

marbles glad you got some sleep and I hope you get some more!

2nd feed-bleugh-only two hours since last one

Fourth feed of the night since J had a bottle of EBM at 8 p.m. How can he be so hungry?

Second feed, this is the best night we've ever had! Think a bit of extra stimulation during the day has helped. Baby larle used his play mat for the first time today and loved it.
Suzie, see if you can hire a tens first as they are not cheap and they don't work for everyone.
Is baby stunt going through a growth spurt?

I don't think so Larle as he's eight weeks now. He's a bit bunged up now. He's having a nappy change now then his fifth feed of the night. I got back to sleep for ten minutes after the last feed. It's like torture.

Second feed here, could have done without it

Third feed here, so impressed how well he has done tonight.
Meant to be going to breast feeding support group today, worried what they might say when they find out I've had to start topping up with formula. Do I not tell them? Worried I'll no longer be welcome, I am still breast feeding though

So second feed turned into wake up apparently

larle you would definitely still be welcome and I would tell them - I bet you will find there are others there who do it too

Hi all, I'm still a sleepy night time lurker but just wanted to post a tip...swimming! I took mini smich for the first time yesterday and his last feed was 10pm and he has just woken up Would it be acceptable to take my baby swimming every day?!

My boobs aren't happy and may explode, but who cares!

smicha how funny - I was going to post about swimming today! I'm a bit nervous about taking him but really want to - any tips? I think I'm more worried about the getting him changed and unchanged bit! Lovely to hear from you by the way

There were a couple of threads in _chat recently about swimming and I took some tips from there. Best thing I did was take him in his car seat so he had somewhere to sit while I got dressed. Also, take a big towel to the side of the pool to bundle him up in as soon as you get out. I got ds a little wetsuit to wear and his skin was surprisingly warm underneath when we got out so they work well! He really enjoyed it, no tears and a few giggles! And lots of sleep We will be going again!

Thank you larle I'm googling tens today to look at options-great idea so thank you.

Ive been emailing water babies all this week because I want to take babyloo swimming but I need a structured class because I'm a bit of a wimp-I have to sign up for a term so ten weeks which means I'll need to wrangle taking three days leave-one a week-when I go back to work-dp can then start taking him once a week when the term ends-we've been in two minds about it but you've just convinced me smicha

Very productive thread for me tonight-tens machine and swimming sorted!!

8 hours sleep last night with one waking! I think that is the most sleep I have had at night since the start of pregnancy!

We went to waterbabies susie it was great. We did have to stop though as DS1 kept getting ear infections. Not sure but I think it was going under the water.
Lovely classes though

We are starting water babies in Feb. if you have registered your details with them they should email and text when you book places for the next term susie. I want to take him swimming before it starts so thanks for the tips smicha - where do you leave the car seat when you are in the pool?

Little man went back to sleep but I only got about 15 mins cause then u had to get up shower and breakfast. Off to the PEEP class soon!

goat that is fantastic - Yey!

I bickered with hubby this morning about his comments about sleep - this morning he said he got up for the loo in the night, and the having to get up is not good! Don't I know it! He then said to ask MIL to come up today so I can get a rest instead of going on about being tired - I am not going on about being tired, I'm getting pissed off with you being insensitive and I do not need your mums help!! And breath!!

Sorry susie that should say when you CAN book places!

Pleased to see some better nights being had! I can't wait to try swimming either, but I've got a few weeks to go yet I think - plus given the fact she screams her way through bathtime still it may be a horrific difficult experience!

Minimal sleep last night - 2 hours of constant feeding from 8.30-10.30, then again at 12.30, 3, 5, 6.30, 8....argh. My poor boobs

Still, all the feeding is doing her well as she put on 1lb 5oz in 12 days!

Swimming, that's an idea, although not sure about going on my own with two who can't swim.

Haven't had 8 hours sleep since August 2008 before I got pregnant with dd1, so might be worth it!

Was so tired during feeds last night, I tried to read the screen, but couldn't see to post. Was up at 5am for an hour then at least I got two more hours before she woke again.

It is hard for them to them to understand the bone-crushing tiredness MrsN unless they experience it themselves. DH didn't get it until recently he woke up all night with me, since then he has been giving me lie ins both weekend mornings even though he is shattered from working all week :)

Hooray for kid and 8 whole hours sleep!

funch I have a spare 'closd system' electric breast pump I haven't got round to eBaying yet, if yours is broken you'd be welcome to borrow it.

marbles how is everyone doing in your house this morning?

Good to see you smicha, thanks for the swimming tips :) Ive been itching to take the girls swimming for weeks but its me that can't get into the water at the moment (slightly tmi post coil complications ) Can't wait though, DD1 loves water and hoping babylump will be the same. DH wants to start teaching dd1 surfing this year, I'm not sure that 2 and a half might be too young but he insists he could surf "before he could walk"

Relatively good night here, and excepting a few outdoor accidents yesterday the potty training is going well at last . Having another eBay palaver, ordered dd1 some wellies in size 7, received size 8.5 so agreed with seller I'd keep them and buy a replacement at a discount. The replacements arrived today, they are size 5.5 :( Ive given up, told him thanks for trying but ill go to the shop and get some now I think! marbles the irritating thing about the babygros is that they were only £12 full price, and as I live a 5 minute walk from the nearest Next Ive ended up spending more than they were in the shop :( Nevermind, they are nice though :)

Good night here he did 11-530! Was wide awake at 530 so lots of cuddling and put him in bed with me, god it was such a cosy snuggle! Lovely! He's in a very good mood!

heff my brother is doing ok, said its super sore 10 stitches, its right below the bony bit of ankle on the outside so not very fleshy, results in 2 weeks. My parents have gone down to help them as my SIL is poorly so hard work with 2 kids.

About to ring the speech therapist for some advice on DD! X

My swimming tip for very little ones is to take two towels. When you get out dry baby using one towel then when you get to the changing room take the wet towel off and wrap them up in the second dry towel. Stops them going blue with the cold!

Glad to hear of a few good nights being had. Dp got up with babyloo at 7 and I stayed in bed for an hour drinking tea which felt like heaven! He is off work most of next week and we are going to attempt giving babyloo a bottle before bed, not sure I'm ready to stop breast feeding but I do feel like I need to start getting more sleep and also hand over the bedtime reigns a bit now he is six months.

Glad your brother is feeling okay amey, hope the next two weeks go quickly for you.

marbles can I ask you a question re finger foods? I've been doing Annabel Karmel's baby food and made him some pasta bolognaise but chickened out of feeding it to him because it was quite lumpy, I then read her book again and she says not to start lumpier foods until 7 months and I should do finger foods first-I've got loads of sweet potatoes that need using but I'm terrified he'll choke-do I just cook them and cut them into chip sized pieces and then let him at them? Won't he try and put the whole thing in his mouth?

Hope everyone having a good day

Susie I just dump stuff on the high chair tray and let her get on with it. She had sweet potato cut into chipshop chip shapes and some pasta spirals. Broccoli she seems to like and cauliflower too, as she can hold the stalk but gum the sift bit at the top

Bummer about all your ebay bother Heff. That's the irritating thing about Internet stuff when they get it wrong

DD better but off school still. 48 hour rule and all that. Just trying to pursuade her a walk and some fresh air would be beneficial. DH still feeling very sorry for himself and not eating but on the mend generally I think. Thanks

Glad the ops done now, Amey. Hope recovery straight forward.