How to stay awake during night feeds part 9!!

[MrsNPattz]

A nice shiny new thread!

Good grief. Another snack feed.

Second feed here. He woke up about 2 and we had a transfer fail. I think I fell asleep whilst he was awake in his crib. Unfortunately he didn't settke himself and now I'm feeding him again. Soo tired I feel like crying :(

Up again here, Nelson's in and one sleeping baby again - hoping for another smooth transfer. There is definitely one improvement - he is falling back to sleep quicker than when we first started not feeding him. I just hope I haven't swapped feeding for rocking and that it is just his teeth waking him.

Amey our men are on par - one tooth is practically through and the one next to it is on it's way!

Abi stay strong - do you have any yummy snacks to cheer you up?

I give up. No sleep for me.

Amey, Emily, Any & MrsN hope those babies feel better soon & start behaving.

Up again here. Feel slightly zombie like. Could really do with a .

for SoYo

Okay so I was optimistic yesterday hoping everyone was asleep... So many poorly little ones. Hope they are all better soon. And I hope everyone scrapes together enough sleep to get through the day!

DD's mammoth sleep yesterday turned out to be a very mixed blessing, I ended up with blocked ducts on my left breast from not having fed. So fed almost entirely on that side all day to try and clear them, and I not only failed to clear the left but ended up with a blocked duct on the right as well. Bit lost for options now other than moo like an I milked cow, which is what I feel like.

Oh no giraffes. Get some Savoy cabbage!!

Baby larle has slept for four and a half hours so I think waking and giving him second boob helped. Would have been a good night if I wasn't sat up for 2 hours waiting for his gro bag to dry!

Sounds like there have been some horrid nights out there. Abi I know how you feel, keep talking to us. We're all here for you x

• an unmilked cow. Bloody autocorrect.

Thanks Giraffes, that was much needed!

She woke up at 5 (25 mins after going down) & moaned for a bit then u again now for a feed.

What a pest!

Giraffe you're going to have to express it out. I've had the same 'fulness' issue where DD has slept for 8 hours for a couple of nights this week. You'll feel more like a heifer than ever but it's worth it for the relief.

Ds is awake again. I tried letting him settle himself in his crib but after half an hour of him whimpering I decided to feed him. I feel like a human dummy Hopefully weighing him today will give me an idea as to why he's not sleeping.

I've eaten all my tasty snacks MrsN!

Trade for a day abi? Your DS can clear out my boobs and my DD'll give yours a rest . Hope the weigh-in helps you get some answers.

Thanks Any, will keep trying! Normally I'm leaky as anything but I just can't seem to clear them this time no matter what I try.

larle at least you know the potential for a good night is there iykwim... horrible luck to come so close and be thwarted by the gro bad though. Better luck for tonight!

Emily and MrsN hope you managed to get a few more z's this morning...

Right. My day is being devoted to my breasts.

May I add our fun night to the general pile? Up at 9:30 - and I mean up, as in standing at the bars of the cot. I don't know if it was because he didn't see me in the evening as I was home after he was in bed. Because I picked him up and he just grabbed onto me and wouldn't let go. and then didn't settle all night. He is also absolutely ravenous - is there a nine month growth spurt??
Giraffe could you express in the shower if you don't need the milk? I found the warmth really helped.

Haha that would be brilliant Giraffes!

I had the same problem a few weeks back with a blocked duct. I just feeding on that boon first and luckily the left boob didn't get blocked. Good luck with your pumping!

DS let me go back to sleep for an hour

Hey all. Miracle here. Both DCs slept soundly until 715!!! So I had a blissful 3 entire hours sleep this morning.
Dd feeding now. Ds all better (fancy that) and groceries delivered and packed away.

Giraffe sorry about the full boobs, happy pumping but don't forget:the more you take = the more you make . If you can get babyG to feed on your blocked side, maybe with a different position you might clear that blocked duct. Is it red and sore?

soyo poor thing, looks like you've had a rough night it kills me when I think dd is settled but she wakes after such a short time.

all round.
Em

Far too tired this morning but have managed to catch up the thread. Goat I asked my DH that this morning about a 9 month spurt as M Missmarbles us troughing like I don't know what!! I was at work last night but DH said she was up loads and took stacks from the bottle.

Good news guys . ds is now 16 lbs 13 so he's gone back up his centile. I feel really emotional now as mil has made out that I am a bad mother by not giving him solids at 20 weeks but hv said I am doing brilliantly. I feel like shouting at mil but that won't solve her stupid-thinking out.

Oh that's great news Abi - keep doing what you are doing, you are doing fab! I get bogged down listening to others opinions but we really do know what's best for our PFB!!

Yep we definitely do MrsN. I just don't understand why she can't comprehend that the guidelines have changed! She said my milk isn't and someone really pissed me off a couple of weeks ago by saying I should give him "proper" (formula) milk to get him to sleep through the night. Is there something not "proper" about my breast milk?!

*isn't enough for him

People can be very insensitive Abi, stick to your guns

Argh abi what is it about feeding a baby that means you are damned if you do and damned if you don't?? Good to see you seem to know how idiotic these people are!
Fingers crossed, BG has been down for nearly an hour now.

Hi everyone I am so gutted to hear of all the bad nights! We are still up at 4am, in fact it is exactly 4:01 every time which is weird, and sometimes refusing to settle after that, but DH deals with it so I can sleep a bit more before work (yes, I do realise just how lucky I am!)

Abi I would not be able to stop myself telling mil she was the one with the bad ideas about parenting!!! You are doing a great job and frankly I wouldn't let her near baby til she apologised (but I can be a bit too ahem blunt at times...)

Is anyone else not sure what baby should be wearing in bed now it is warmer? We use a long sleeved vest and light grobag but should I be dropping the long sleeves, or just putting her in a baby gro?

Also she has developed quite bad eczema and has scratched her little forehead so it looks a bit bad. DH taking her to the doc for the second time tomorrow to request something more than emollients

mrsn we still have no teeth and not much evidence of teething, though she was full on red cheeked and dribbling from about 15 weeks til recently! Hope they come through soon though, it will be a big milestone

We're just doing final feed before bed.
Had a housework day today as my fluffy son (the dog) was been unwell so we didn't want to leave him on his own as he is getting on a bit.
Struggling to feed DS as we use the rugby ball position but he is that long he is kicking against the back of the chair or head board when feeding!!

Glad your LO has put on weight abi, my MIL is the same. Keeps telling me that DS needs some porridge! HV wants us to wait at least another month! I also have people telling me to give him formula to make him sleep. Again HV said not to as I have worked so hard to exclusively breast feed (we were giving top ups for a couple if months).

I have to say hearing what others have said I think I have a really good HV.

Sleepy dust to all. All gro bags are clean and dry so we won't have that drama again tonight!!

Well done abi, top work! for your MIL though. Hope you are feeling reassured now you are doing great.

Seems like there is progress MrsN? I wouldn't worry too much about substituting rocking for feeding right now, the 'not feeding to sleep' change is quite a big one I think, and you can always address the rocking later on if/when you want to get him to self-soothe?

hope kid has a good night tonight. Giraffes hope you had a good pumping session! Emily can I just say it is lovely having you on this thread, you always offer such lovely words of comfort and reassurance

Sympathies to all those out there with the non-sleepers.

DS actually slept from 8-5 last night, after two weeks of utter hell (as previously described). Sadly I now have a really nasty throat/tonsil infection, which meant I was shuddering with a fever too much last night to get much sleep. I thought I had it under control today alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen, and started on the penicillin today, but my temp has come back up tonight and I'm sitting here shivering again .

This is soooooo what I could do without this week! Back to work next week, with DS starting nursery (3 days a week). We've been having settling in sessions this week - yesterday when I stayed for the whole session, I was quite disheartened as he was very clingy, I ended up having to bf him to calm him down as he kept clawing at me (which seemed a stupid thing to do as he won't have that next week!). I also felt rather sad that he is the only baby who can't move yet. And he wouldn't eat his tea either.

But today was heaps better - as soon as I was out of sight, he apparently had a brilliant time, and devoured his tea. So now I am more optimistic

Sprinkling sleepy dust for everyone tonight (including me!!!!)