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!

Hi all

We have had a few good nights well reasonable anything is better than the screaming for hours on end

Still doing 3 feeds a night well 2 if I go to bed after the 11-12 feed

Baby pip has reflux and I insisted on ranitidine as I gave baby Gaviscon once and he then did poop for 10 days so I wAsnt going to be bothered with that. Also my gp said it works best through a bottle not so much with bf babies just thought I would share as I know some are struggling with reflux right now

I stopped the ad I feel more normal now having dh issues so I think it's circumstances adding to my depression I'm actually looking forward to going to counselling when the app comes

I will try and come back later and name check properly

Up here, he woke me at 9 so I got another 3 hours ish.

Glad you are doing ok toodle

Got another bit of sleep from 7-8 so actually feeling ok - oh how my expectations have fallen!

Thanks for the info on gaviscon. I've got another app with the paed on friday so will see if she'll change babybrain to something else. I've already gone to a single rather than double dose as it does help but the straining is hard (ha!) on him.

I might keep the brown sugar idea for emergencies and put some plastic sheeting down

Hi, just a quick word on reflux. DS2 had it really bad until I gave up dairy. Now he doesn't suffer at all.

Woo hoo, just managed half an hour with baby larle asleep in cot/basket!
Then my dad knocked on the door, dog started barking and woke him up. It's progress though!

Congrats larle

Thought I'd risk a shower this morning whilst dh at work (usually leave him holding the baby) so put dd in her crib, fully expecting to hear demented shrieks on exiting the shower - was pleasantly surprised she managed to sleep for 2 hours probably because she spent the whol sodding night in my bed

Does anyone else find their babies feed more if you are in all day than when you are out and about? Is this just because I offer the boob more?

Little pig definitely feeds more when we're home - but have always put it down to the fact that she sleeps more when out due to being in car/pram/sling.

She always makes up for it at night

Yup, even now DS seems to feed more if we are in. If we are out he can go for up to 4 hours, but not at home. I think when we are at home I also offer it if he has teething pain, so that's partly why it's more frequent.

Glad it's not just me!

This is very strange, I'm sat in Pret a Manger with a drink and a Brownie on my own! Doesn't feel right - I miss my sidekick lol I'm just waiting for my counselling appointment and I had to come in early to pay some money into my bank. Does anyone else not enjoy being on there own yet or is just me?

I can't wait to join Weight Watchers tomorrow - have eaten so much crap today. Everything feels tight and my tummy had a spare tyre round it! Dread to find out what I weigh.

Optimistically going to say last feed before bed, I've given him some calpol after his bath to try and avoid a repeat of last night-it's definitely teeth I can actually feel one coming through!!

Dp took babyloo and dss to mil's for a few hours this afternoon so I could rest for a bit, woke up this morning with a head cold and no energy-I know what you mean mrsn about being away from them, I'm finding itceasier the more it happens and babyloo is turning into a bit of a daddy's boy now which is great to see, he took a bottle with no trouble too which is great. Can't believe he is six months old in a couple of days.

Hoping for good nights around - here's hoping!

It must be close to popping up if you can see it! Must be so painful for them, I'm dreading baby small teething.
I know what you mean about being on your own too, its weird without them. Hope your appt went well mrsn.
I've just booked Eurostar tickets! Whoop whoop! Going on a 2 night hen do in Paris in April, well I am if baby small is sleeping better by then . After my night out over Christmas DH has said if he isn't a bit better then I can't go as he cant do it on
his own- that sounds bad but it isnt, baby small will sometimes
only settle with me and when i had my one nigt out poor dh didnt ger any sleep at all so i know where dh is coming from. To be honest though if his sleep isn't a bit better by then I think I'll have run away and joined the circus! Excited about going to Paris, I love Paris! The wine, the food, the shops ooh la la!!!
Last feed before bed. Sleepy dust to all.

Would love to go to Paris small!! The food alone would have me there in a shot, I've only noticed a real difference between babyloo and dp in the last three weeks, he seems to have finally twigged he's his daddy and will let dp settle him when he's distressed and not just me, now he's nearly six months we're going to try and see If dp can give him a bottle before bed-a question to those bottle feeding-do your babies fall asleep with the bottle in their mouths? Does milk still keep coming out-I've got visions of dp feeding babyloo to sleep and then him requiring a full change of clothes because milk will carry on coming out of the bottle and out of his mouth!

Had the not unusual wake up after 30 mins but hoping he will settle again without a repeat of last nights screaming.

hi everyone, glad to hear babyloo is bonding with his dad and that you are feeling better toodle, and amey you got some sleep! Also v envious re Paris small!

We have made a bit of a decision today as we can't carry on as we were, so moving to only feeding babyfunch via bottle until she is reliable with them. Feeding her ebm now and she has fallen asleep but the milk does stop, to answer that question! Will come back in a bit for some advice and to check with you ladies that this decision makes sense!

Baby small finishes drinking and then falls asleep very very rarely falls asleep with bottle in his mouth, don't think it's as sleep friendly as a boob

Yes baby bee falls asleep & occasionally has a small choke as he does but I usually tap or hum if he stops drinking so his mouth doesn't just fill with milk!

Seems sensible funch I had really reached a point where I couldn't take anymore & it should of been getting better for us. It was the best decision for all of us, even though I still feel that pang of guilt about stopping bf sometimes. Hope things go ok for you! Xxx

Attempting bed time here!

Thanks small it went ok - had a bit of a cry but that was to be expected. My counselor is a lady and she seems really nice, and her techniques seem like they will help, particularly Cognitive Behavioural therapy!

We went to Paris in April but it was a bit of a disaster, I was 16 weeks pregnant and spent a lot of the time feeling or being sick! And it was freezing! I would love to go back for a better experience, I hope you get to go small!

Hubby had a go at giving little man ebm from a Doidy cup while I was out but it wasn't very successful!

MrsN I had CBT in July, and although I didn't like it at the time, it worked really well - and now I'm sort of kicking myself for giving up after 3 sessions and not using the rest of my sessions to work on some other ishoos, would have probably done me a lot of good.

I hope you have a good experience and it's great that you feel comfortable with your counsellor (I didn't with mine which was part of the reason for giving up chicken)

Baby j had his jags today. So far so good. We have some calpol just in case but I think we will be ok.

He's having a big feed just now so I'm hoping to get to bed earlier than last nights 1am!

Thanks tea!

A surprise first feed here - he's only been asleep an hour and I had just dropped off

Glad it went well mrsn & I feel really weird without DS or DD, even tho its quite nice sometimes it is strange. I started weight watchers again today - found it hard without the bf extra points! But hopefully it will work.

Well am feeling so guilty today, last few days we've noticed DD stammering a bit & today its been really bad :( me & DH talked about it & when we look back we've noticed it a fair bit (but not realised it in a way) then today I've noticed her not answering me when I ask her stuff and just pointing. I feel so guilty as I've for frustrated with her for doing this lately but only now realised why. DH started researching & apparently its common - & you mustn't drawn attention to it or correct it - cue more guilt, friend came over today & very loudly says 'oh god Amey you need to get that stammer sorted' . Feel so awful. I love her so much & I just feel like I've let her down by getting irritated with her & not realising. She's in nursery Tomo as her extra pre school hours have started & I almost don't want her to go. I've e mailed nursery to make them aware. X

amey that does sound stressful, you are doing the right thing to avoid drawing attention to it. Will ask DH if he has experienced this with any of his pupils if you like, he teaches primary and often gets parents asking or telling him about issues their elder dc have when babies come along. The absolute vast majority of issues do work themselves out in time, try not to worry, though I know that is impossible!

Do any of you wake your babies to feed around 10:30 or 11, or only feed them if they wake for it? Not sure whether to keep doing this or just let her sleep, she still wakes around 1:30 whether I feed at 10:30/11 or not.

Been exhausticated today and this is my early night Have started Slimming World again today too, and DH is going it with me. I have all the stuff from last time do we're not doing the groups. I also did the first of the C25K tonight as well, as i need to get my fitness back again. Was so sick when pregnant, haven't done anything for over a year and can really feel it. It perked me up and by the time I got in, fed Missmarbles, who had woken up, showered and chilled with DH it is half eleven. Seriously thought my heart was going to thump out of my chest and my lungs were burning but after the first 15 minutes it got much easier and I actually enjoyed it I hate running though really. I only do it because its cheaper than swimming which I way prefer.

Feeds so far were bedtime at 6.30ish, 45 min intruder after run at 7.15 then 10.30. Hoping for a long stretch from now.

Hope the sleepy mice nibble at everyone

I woke her for nappy change which I never normally do at this time but we get some seriously weighty wet nappies on a morning so am bringing in a night time change before this feed! Then did successful bottle feed of ebm, though took ages - she must have not been taking any really for the last bit when she was asleep!

So, let's see what kind of stretch we get from here!

marbles I need to start week 2 of C25k tomorrow, I am several days late because of a cold but it is going now!

KIT day was great, lots of things I got my faculty to start doing last term were used as examples of good practice at the whole school training today. My team had really worked hard on them since then so I went round asking people for 's quick word' which generally they seemed to assume would be to say they had done something wrong, only to find me congratulating them on a job extremely well done. I do love that side of my work! Looks like being on mat leave won't have harmed my career at all which I am happy about evil career woman and terrible mother that I am

And after that massive round of self-congratulation can I wish everyone long and lovely sleeps?! Sorry to be so full of myself, just sooo chuffed!