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

[funchum8am]

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!

DH is back from his sojourn into the wilds of Kent, and has brought - wait for it - maple and walnut fudge! Made in front of his eyes! Plenty for everyone, do tuck in... Or there is after dinner mint fudge if you would prefer [bgrin]

tooodle sounds like you need a new counsellor?? I have had a couple, one was dire and one was great. Should have left the dire one much sooner. Don't feel you have to be polite and stick with her!

mrsn hugs, stick with those ads, it takes a while for them to kick in as you say. I know it's horrible in the meantime. Come and talk to us!

susie hurrah for bottle success, and your account of your DH really made me laugh.

funch how was Les Mis? my brain starts on meltdown at the thought of Russell Crowe singing [bhmm] and refuses to go any further. Actually the thought of Anne Hathaway singing isn't much better. Is it worth seeing?

marbles pizza and cards, the perfect Saturday night! Have a fab time!

Kid is asleep. Fingers crossed for a calm night.

Why aren't the Scottish smilies working?? Are they on strike?

Chilli - whereabouts in auz are you from? I have family in Perth, cairns and taz, have visited once, miss them all lots!

Mrsn I'm doing it by myself, I was once a gold member so get esource access from my leader so I can iPhone track but I just can't be arsed at the moment, I know that's so lame & I really am stupidly fat, I'm still on my one pair of jeans & one pair of leggings that fit wardrobe! I personally think getting weighed at class is very motivating, I just can't be bothered to go on a Wednesday evening. I keep doing ok mon-thurs then Friday the vino comes out and all goes wrong!! You must be tired, so hard pretending you're ok when you're not , on Wednesday when I was really upset DH just kept asking me what was wrong & I kept saying 'I don't know!!' Its so hard to explain! But its terrifying! Honestly tho, it will pass.

Going to have an hour with DH on sofa then bedtime, hope my little scamp sleep tonight! X

Evening all, baby larle had lots of naps and feeds today as well as a trip out with dad in his papoose!
toodle I have seen a few counselors, the first 2 were good but it was mainly them asking me questions and me talking, very cathartic. The last one I saw was for cpe

Oops clicked post before I had finished!

Cpd, total crap IMHO! I didn't go back. If you're not happy try and find someone else.

Dh was going to bake lovely cakes and biscuits tomorrow but Asda have delivered shopping and all the baking stuff is missing, as well as my biscuits so really not happy

This damn MN app eating my posts. Now I've got too much to catch up on and only one hand to do it. So I hope you don't kind me missing out the catch up.

Re how do I MN and feed, so long as the boys are latched on well incan support them behind in the right position with pillows leaving my hands free to MN or eat or whatever. However it's not always that easy and yesterday I struggled a lot and ended up giving one a bottle of ebm and bf the other. It's not v easy a lot of the time but it's getting a bit easier. Time is what is needed.

One or both of them are having tongue tie cut on Tuesday which will hopefully help with the latch issues.

And they've both got snuffly noses and green bogeys poor little things.

Anyway. Hope we all get some rest tonight. I know I need it.

look your post has just brought into sharp focus for me the fact that you have, like actually and really and properly, TWO BABIES!!! My mind is boggling all over the shop at how you cope with the logistics. I can't get both hands properly free feeding one, never mind both hands free with TWO BABIES!!! You are my new hero. If you live anywhere near Harrow let me know and I will come and try to worship help!

Funchum. It's a case of having to really. If I didn't tandem feed I'd be feeding permanently at the moment! I can't do that, especially with a toddler. When it was just her I also struggled to get one hand free, you adapt as you need to.

Boys are still feeding. I recko they've both been feeding for over an hour, surely they can't still be hungry, yet put them down and they're disgruntled and pick them up and back on boob and sucking away. Not sure what milk is left in me! I need to change one of them as well as their nappy appears to have leaked (just wet) that'll go down well with him! Proper cry babies when it comes to nappy changes.

Oh and thanks for the offer of worship help. I'm in Birmingham so maybe a little far.

First feed here, we were both in bed by quarter to 9. Hopefully it's a quick feed.

Transfer fail!

I've managed a 5 min sleep since coming to bed.

We've just given them both a bottle, I'm hoping this works. Can hardly keep my eyes open.

I'm still awake too Look, for some reason little man thinks it's an acceptable time to be wide awake!! Hope they let you get some sleep!

I am in awe, look. Seriously you are amazing, and I hope you manage to get some sleep soon. There is a lady I met st an NCT coffee morning who had twins in late Nov - I am going to offer to go give her a helping hand since you're right, Birmingham is maybe a bit far!

News here is first feed since bed at 8:15 so 6 hours! Shame I sat gassing to mil til 11!

goat I enjoyed Les Mis, and I thought Ann Hathaway was actually surprisingly good, but Russell Crowe's voice is not powerful enough for Javert. Hugh Jackman was bloody MARVELLOUS. I didn't cry as much as in the stage show and got cross at the places where they had altered the words from the stage show as it made my singa-longa efforts look stupid. Well worth seeing!

Hope everyone else is asleep

First feed here and an hour later than usual - amazing how much better i feel with an extra hours sleep!

Amey i would apply and then pull out if needs be. Sept is a long way away and you don't know how you will feel by then.

Hugs MrsN, putting on a front is exhausting. I hope this passes soon for you.

Hope you are all enjoying some sleep tonight.

Wow, baby larle been asleep for 6 hours! Not sure if that means I'll be feeding for the next 2 hours!
look you are amazing, I was terrified I would be having twins as it runs in u.e family but thank god there was only one. Don't know how you cope with two and a toddler!

Second feed, didn't go as long as i had hoped but as i had a nightmare about leaving her for a weekend and coming back to her walking and talking I'm quite glad for her baby cuddles!

Well done baby larle!

Well they slept from 2 till 4:30 then screamed the place down in stereo! Some very frantic feeding going on by E here, H is a bit more chilled out.

Funchum, I've done that before when I've had the opportunity of sleep, ended up chatting.

Large, not really amazing, just muddling through. There are loads of twins in my family, and everyone joked I'd be the one to have twins, how right they were!

Second feed here, why is it always harder to wake up for the second one?

First feed since half 1 here which is amazing!

Concert was fabulous but the O2 is such a pain to get to/from, really hope next time is back at Wembley. Got home at 1, DM had given her 110mls of ebm at half 12 but she was still hungry and when I got in was sat on DH's lap watching Russell Howard quite happily. Was quite glad she was awake really as my boobs were full to bursting so gave her a massive feed and it must have knocked hr out til now. Feel like a new woman after 6 hours kip in a row!

Haven't caught up on the thread so sorry for not name checking, will catch up later on but hope everyone's ok and getting some kip xxx

Feeding again here, Ewan finally got him to sleep at about 2:30.

Glad you enjoyed the concert Heff and the film Funch!

Amey I think I would apply too - then you won't have any regrets.

God knows what time hubby got in but I'm certain we won't be seeing him for hours! It would be nice if we could have a bit more sleep little man!

Am a zombie today. Oh well. Nipples feeling the effect this morning of the 3 hr frenzy last night. Ouch.

Think I need to stop bringing him into bed with me, he's sleeping but I'm not :(. Easier said than done tho when you're shattered in middle of night.

small how's baby small doing at night with feeds/settling now? Babybee has one feed at 11-12 then sometimes goes till 5 but just won't settle in cot.

He's had some baby porridge this morning - only 2 teaspoons but good start! X

We only had 3 wake ups last night which is progress. 2:15, 3:30 and 5:00. However at 5:00 she was up for the day annoyingly. If we can keep that long first stretch and get her to sleep properly or at least be quiet after it we may get our lives back! I could cope with a 5am start if i had a few hours' solid sleep beforehand.

Great work babylump, please have a word with babyfunch! How was the concert heff?!

Mrsn sorry to hear you had a bad day, I really hope the ADs do their work very soon for you

Amey I would go for the opportunity - as everyone says, you can always say no to it.

Look - have you got lansinoh for those nipples?!

He's ok amey but only because he comes into or bed! Wakes at 11 then dh feeds him and back into cot. Then wakes at 3/4 and falls straight back to sleep but transfer fail every time so into our bed where he sleeps until 6/7. I would prefer him not to be in our bed too but needs must at 4am! I get more sleep that way too as just curl up round him, I quite like that part really but it can't go on forever. Although I was talking to some friends of a 2 year old yesterday and she was a terrible sleeper as a baby and they co slept as was te only way anyone was sleeping. She now has her own bed and asks for a bedtime cuddle and tells her parents to leave when she's had enough! And if they take her into their bed she asks to go back in her own! So it might not be so bad after all. I'm doing what gets me the most sleep.
Fudge sounds delicious goat. I love Kent. We have a house which we rent out down there( was grandparents) , village called Otford near Sevenoaks. I used to love visiting and speding time there when we were kids. Mum and I would get the train up to London every holiday and half term and I'd have my haircut in Harrods followed by lunch and shopping with mum! Sounds lavish but it wasn't, Harrods was a bit different then. Can't wait to do little things like tat with baby small.