How to stay awake during night feeds part 10!

[abi2790]

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soyo according to a friend we are going to have model teenagers to make up for having terrible sleepers

Sorry to say in face of bad nights, but last night BG only woke twice and went straight back to sleep both times. Did 6 to 6. This is the first time. He is 10 months old. I think it's the first time I got 8 hours sleep since beginning of pregnancy. I post this to show that if even BG can, hopefully anyone can!!

Wow! DS has only just woken for a feed I couldn't quite believe the time when I looked!
I'm not going to get too excited just yet, I'm sure it was just a one off. Also, after the 4am feed I used a dummy to settle him in his Moses basket. Over the last week he's found his fingers and thumbs and is desperately trying to suck them, but gets very frustrated and upset when he can't manage it. So, to save us both a bit of grief he settled using a dummy. I've been a bit reluctant to use one, but if it works - why not

What's everyone else's experiences with dummy's and advice so that he doesn't get too attached.?

That's great goats

ifatfirst i'vevstarted to use a dummy for dd and it often helps her settle. If she's actually hungry she spits it out.

IfAtFirst I have no advice. Madam refuses to have anything other than human flesh in her mouth - this could be a problem when we're weaning a mini-cannibal!

Welcome ifatfirst and iamci .

ifatfirst we tried to use a dummy when ds was about a month old but he didn't take to it. I say using a dummy is much better in the long run as that can be taken away whereas thumb sucking cant! Just try to make sure dc doesn't use it too much.

Ds went down around 8 and was up at 12:30 and 6. Not quite 10 hours like the night before but I'm not going to complain as it's better than every 2-3 hours!

Another very busy day today moving house. Luckily we're only going round the corner!

Welcome newbies! Sorry I didn't welcome you in the early hours!!

Baby larle won't take a dummy so can't help with that, sorry.

I have a sore left arm where baby larle has slept on it most of the night!! He was not going to sleep in his cot last night, woke up 30 mins after each transfer and couldn't be bothered with being up all night. Think I'm going to buy a bed guard to make co sleeping a little safer. Any recommendations?
Think we had a bad night last night as he had a bottle of ebm and then chucked it all back up again!

We're meeting friends for coffee today and so I have to tidy the house!!

emily baby larle started pulling my hair so I wear a necklace and he fiddles with that while feeding instead if my hair. He has also started squeezing my boob, not sure if that helps him get more milk!!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Good luck with the move abi

Oh and congrats goat sooooo jealous-

Ugghh I'm shattered and still have lots to do. Ds is having his bedtime feed now and I'm hoping he'll be asleep soon so I can get stuff done.

Thanks larle good tip.

abi it's stressful isn't it? Poor babythorne won't settle. The kitchen is a bomb site, I haven't showered yet and I am so exhausted. I feel as though ds will be up in a minute and I never catch up.

It is indeed very stressful emily. Ds has woken up twice since 7:30. I just want to go to sleep!

Woohoo ds is asleep! Fingers crossed it stays that way!

Final feed before bed, not sure what sort of night we're in for as DS has been asleep most of the afternoon.

Thanks for your advice about dummies, I think we've decided to only use them when absolutely necessary rather than as a frequent thing.

Hope you all have a reasonably peaceful night!

Madam went down at 9.45, I'm just going to bed now, she's stirring a bit because we've come into the room, are moving & have turned a small light on. I know full well as soon as I fall into a deep sleep she'll be up but don't have the heart for a dreamfeed when it did bugger all the other night. Urgh. Should have just gone to bed when she did but wanted to have a chat with DH & watch some TV! Foolish!

Well I thought I'd have a long night, but half an hour is rediculous!
He's having a pretty big feed which I'm hoping will stock him up for a good few hours!

Evening!!

We're up for second feed. Fed when we came to bed about half 10. He woke about an hour after transfer so rocked to sleep (and fell asleep myself!). Just woke after transferring to cot!
He just wants to sleep with me!

Forgot to say yest I lost 2.5lb on WW! That's a stone and a half now. Speaking of which I wonder where MrsN is, she hasn't been around for a while.

Bought some porridge today for the little man so will see how that goes down tomorrow. He is loving having food!

Sleepy dust all round, here's to a good(ish) nights sleep

We're just up now so a good stretch. Now just need to explain she could do the same again & we've cracked it!

Larle congrats on WW! Very impressive.

4am - that's good going!
I don't want to tempt fate but so far this is similar to yesterday; midnight feed, 4am-ish, then he slept until 8:30am. I hope this is the start of good habits as the 2-hourly night feeds were starting to break me! Especially when it took half an hour to settle and put down after each feed!

Here's hoping!

Here's hoping ifatfirst!

I'm actually awake and baby isn't now. what gives?! Wednesday night's transfer to basket was an epic fail (several times) - finally got him down at 5 for two hours.

think I'm awake now as I managed to get in four naps during the day yesterday but tonight has actually been much better. he's only been up twice since going down - wondering if it's cause my milk has come in and he's fuller?

I was wondering where mrsn is too larle. Congrats on the weight loss .

Ds woke around 3:30 whimpering as he had gotten stuck trying to get onto his front but luckily once I put him on his front properly he fell asleep again until 6

Woohoo, 7:30 wake up! What makes it even better is that each time I put DS back in his Moses basket he was still awake but didn't grumble and sent himself off to sleep. However, I don't hold much hope for him going back to sleep no with the sun being up. Think I might hand him over to DH for a cuddle while I squeeze in a bit more sleep myself!

Annoyingly, after I put DS down his 4am feed it took ages for me to get back to sleep myself. I lay wide awake listening to DS and DH snoring - what gives!?!?

Been there ifatfirst. Pretty annoying when you feel like you're trying to go to sleep in a farm and you just can't shut off. I normally end up kicking DH until he stops and rolls over. Unfortunately, you just have to learn to block out your LO's noises. I don't hear DD anymore unless she starts crying otherwise I don't think i'd ever get any sleep.

Baby larle woke an hour after transfer, again. So fed, put in cot. Woke an hour later, rocked to sleep. In the night I tried to move in bed and couldn't. Forgot he was asleep on my arm, again!!!

Think I am going to have to resign myself to the fact that he wants to sleep in our bed! I just don't know how he manages to wake up EXACTLY an hour after transfer!!!

How's everyone's nights going so far? We went to the beach today - lots of fresh air so am hoping DD will sleep soundly

Ds has not been happy today with the heat. Plus I felt a little bit of his first tooth ! He's woken up twice tonight already and been very upset so I've given some calpol and he seems to be going back to sleep.

DS woke at half 11, had 2 transfer fails. Does not bode well