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How to stay awake during night feeds part 10!
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abi2790 · 20/05/2013 07:12
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MrsNPattz ·
21/05/2013 09:00
Only awake once here last night!! 
We co slept again, also worried about the reports this morning although it's always been claimed that there is more of a risk when co sleeping hasn't it?
Emilythornesbff ·
21/05/2013 09:04
any you can assure him that I too am sitting in an untidy house feeding my baby.
If I get "time to myself" it will be by taking dd out for a long walk in her pram. Then she gets a decent nap and I gt some fresh air, exercise and head space. There is no time of actual respite tbh. But I do enjoy the walks.
I will make dinner but I make something for about 5pm so ds can eat. Anyone who doesn't want to eat then can have a reheated meal or a take away. I would not be able, ever, to get a meal ready for 7 or 8 if I hadn't per-cooked it. Never, never, ever.
Never.
Never, ever.
Send him round here for a day and he'll soon realise how goodhe has it at home.
MrsNPattz ·
21/05/2013 10:26
Goat I'm glad you have put some perspective on the subject, thank you! I always do it safely - little man goes on top of the duvet and away from the pillow, and we sleep on a futon which is floor level (not that a normal bed is unsafe, but it's just me and little man in bed so he's not blocked in).
I do it purely to get more sleep, not because little man won't settle in the cot! So I'm maybe being selfish 
Anypants ·
21/05/2013 11:03
I've not co-slept as DH is a spread out sleeper so there's only just enough room for me 
but I think if you're comfortable doing it, and it works for you, why is it wrong? A dummy is said to reduce SIDS so by not giving DD one, am I doing her harm? No! If there was an absolute right way of doing things, a manual would be handed to you on the labour ward and none of us would be able to 'get it wrong'. Whoever it was said that sleep deprivation is worse was spot on.
lazzaroo ·
21/05/2013 11:06
any I'm just sat on the sofa with a cup of tea watching This morning....oh, I'm feeding little one, my tea is cold because I made it ages ago & not had chance to drink it, the latest nap was just 30mins so I'm surrounded by half finished jobs, I've dropped dd1 at pre-school & been to the shops etc etc Feel free to send DH around if he wants to see a house truly in chaos! 
Anypants ·
21/05/2013 11:10
And thanks Em - i'm shocked that it's not just me 
. Shocked I tell you.
He suggested something 'simple' for dinner so tonight, it's pasta bake a la microwave. Yum.
Anypants ·
21/05/2013 11:18
And you lazza? Really? I don't believe it. Cold coffee - yup. Dead flowers in a vase that I stare at whilst feeding and keep meaning to throw away - yup. That cobweb in the corner that I keep looking at too but never getting to it - yup. I might start a pinterest board of pictures of mothers during the day, just so I can verify the normality of it. Or, I could secretly hire a cleaner. 
abi2790 ·
21/05/2013 11:40
I wouldn't worry about co-sleeping. I'm sure you and your babies is much more dangerous in the long run as there is an extremely small chance something could happen whilst co-sleeping which we all knew anyway.
Hope everyone has a good day .
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abi2790 ·
21/05/2013 11:40
I wouldn't worry about co-sleeping. I'm sure you and your babies is much more dangerous in the long run as there is an extremely small chance something could happen whilst co-sleeping which we all knew anyway.
Hope everyone has a good day .
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SoYo ·
21/05/2013 13:05
I've just read the paper on co-sleeping and if your baby is older than 3mth & you have no other risk factors there isn't an additional risk. This paper doesn't actually talk about safe vs unsafe co-sleeping although others have & obviously duvets or pillows near baby make it unsafe and it's likely this has been a factor because the paper mentions that the coroner has listed a large amount of these deaths as suffocation. I'll try to link to the full text.
We co-sleep for a couple of hours in the morning with duvet & pillows well away from Bubs & as she's 3mths next week I'm not planning on stopping but I guess everyone has to decide what's the right thing for them.
Any I'm currently surrounded by a spotless house but that's because my parents came & cleaned yesterday , before that it was a sight! Plus I rarely cook dinner, if DH was waiting for that we'd be eating soup at 10pm every night! I have to admit I don't watch Jeremy Kyle, it's neighbours here and old episodes of friends and Fraser!
link to paper
GoatBongosAnonymous ·
21/05/2013 13:59
So the results are in. I am a bad mummy because...
I co cleep
I ff from 16 weeks
I rock BG to sleep
I let him sleep on his front
I am an elderly first-time mum
I let him fall over when he is trying to pull himself up (has already learned to sit down in a hurry!)
I fed him purees only for a couple of months.
Excellent. BG only seems to think I am a bad mummy when I do something outrageous like... ooh, making him lie down for a nappy change. (Shock! Horror!)
I guess his opinion will do me.
abi2790 ·
21/05/2013 14:50
Haha Goat!
Had Ds weighed today and he's 17 lbs 10 now . I mentioned the rash and it seems it's either viral or heat rash. He has had these purple blotches on his right leg for a while though that were spotted by the nurse. I had gp look at them at his 8 week check but they were more red then. He's 25 weeks now and they're purple and when you press on his leg more appear which I hadn't noticed before. Taking him to gp tomorrow.
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Emilythornesbff ·
21/05/2013 19:57
goat another oldie here.
And my ds loves being cuddled to sleep.
Hey ho.
Dd is asleep on my lap. I am waiting for her to move into deep sleep before attempting transfer to her cot.
I will be trying to have her sleep in her cot, and it seems reasonable in the cold light of day. It's just so hard at night. Sleep consumes me wheni'm feeding. It's like saying to me " when that Lorry hits you don't fall down, just stay on your feet"
But I will try.
See you later.
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