How to stay awake during night feeds part 10!

[abi2790]

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[ColdTeaAgain]

We also don't get proper naps in the day, I get so frustrated by people saying "sleep when they sleep". A chance would be a fine thing!

[larlemucker]

If its any consolation baby larle was like that. He still feeds 3 times a night but we co-sleep so I can sleep while he is feeding. It's not ideal but it does get better!!

Baby larle stayed in cot until half 1, I had already fed him at 11.45 though! Planning on trying to gradually increase the time he sleeps on his cot!!

[lazzaroo]

Been to clinic today. Weight still ok, so no worries there. Talked about night weaning. Hv advice was to just stop feeding her at night & offer water instead (easier said than done when she won't have a bottle!). To get DH to do all the settling (easier said than done when she won't settle withbhim at the moment!) and 'she should get it' in a few days. Not sure.

[Brandy1985]

Thankyou for the advice last night was a really good night didn't get tummy ache till 8am which is loads better than 3/4 time x can't see it lasting x

[SoYo]

Afternoon all. I am officially shattered. Madam decided last night 11/12.30/3/5/6/7 were definitely times to wake up. My DH has been on either long days or nights for nearly 2 weeks now & doing everything yourself on the back of no sleep is starting to take its toll. I've been trying to settle her without feeding for the first wake up but she starts sucking on any skin she can get my neck looks like I've been behind the bike sheds at school so I'm pretty sure she's hungry! I just assumed that all this waking would be a short phase & she'd go back to what he was doing when she was 8 weeks old but no sign of it so far!

[larlemucker]

I feel your pain soyo

The cot is not going well, stays in it for the evening but once we go to bed he wakes up. We've worked out that he wakes when he rolls onto his back so thinking of putting a rolled up towel behind him to keep him on his side, is that safe?

He is also still feeding loads at night, last night between 1 and 3 he kept bobbing on and off, and like your LO soyo he is latching on to any bare skin he can find!!

[larlemucker]

Been to Ambleside sports today, fab day out apart from baby larles 2 screaming fits

Bumped into 2 mums from the baby social class, haven't seen them for quite a while. Feel a bit depressed as one of them also had a none sleeping baby who now sttn

What isn't helping at the the moment is our shitty neighbours let their howling dog into the garden every night at 8pm, just as baby larle is falling asleep.

Sorry just fed up today

[larlemucker]

Oh god, I think he is physically incapable of staying asleep for longer than 2 hours

[SoYo]

Larle I know what you mean, every baby I know seems to be improving while my little pest is getting worst! I just like to think we'll get to be smug parents in other ways in our own time....maybe we'll have really good, adventurous eaters or great social skills or babies with an uncanny ability for mental arithmetic and social skills!

[larlemucker]

I just can't help thinking it must be my fault. I must be doing something wrong if everyone else's kid is improving

[SoYo]

What can you possibly be doing wrong by feeding your child when hungry and comforting them when distressed?

You've got to remember some babies are just naturally sleepers, some get their sleep rhythm quicker than others and some parents are just less honest about their PFBs less than perfect aspects!

Plus if you're doing it all wrong then this a thread full of bad mummy types!

[larlemucker]

Thank you soyo

Don't know how he does it, he is in his own room but still manages to wake as we turn our lights off to go to sleep.
I'm so worried about going back to work, it's a 25 mile/45 min drive. A full day teaching, meetings or marking after school and then the drive back. I need more than a couple of hours sleep at a time.
I do sometimes wonder if he would be a better sleeper if I had bottle fed

[SoYo]

I often wonder that too Larle. The evidence doesn't support that but anecdotal evidence definitely does. I often think about how much more freedom that would have given me too, but I'm sure what I'd actually have had is a wakey FF baby, been dragging my ass to the kitchen 5 times a night and she would then have only settled for me so still no freedom.

Our time will come!

[larlemucker]

I would really love a night where I get to sleep for more than 3 hours in one go.

[SoYo]

DD is asleep, DH is on his way to collect the takeaway.....the bets are on for when she'll wake up!!

[larlemucker]

We've been trying for nearly 2 hours to get baby larle to sleep. I give up

[SoYo]

Larle when that happens here I've started to actually give up & bring her down for half an hour cuddling while sitting watching TV. Otherwise I just get too tense, upset & angry at keeping trying.

[ColdTeaAgain]

How old is your little one larle? Mine is nearly 7 weeks and we've only gone longer than 3 hours once so far so I'm also dreaming of a longer stretch of sleep! Bed time is usually around midnight when she eventually falls asleep on the boob!

[larlemucker]

Baby larle is 7 months tomorrow! He has screamed for about 2 hours tonight, he has finally gone to sleep.

Going to start weaning onto formula this weekend so that when I go back to work my boobs are prepared for the morning and night feeds. You never know he might sleep better then famous last words

[ColdTeaAgain]

Fingers crossed for you larle!

My other half is taking our little one for a wander around the house because shes been screaming at my boobs for the last hour just latching on and off constantly. She seems to settle more with him which is a bit depressing if I hold her in the evening she just wants to try and feed even though she won't do it properly. The rest of the day she feeds fine, its so frustrating!

[larlemucker]

Think DS might be teething, massive screaming fit again when he woke up.
Was about to put anbesol on gums but it says don't store above 25 degrees and its been 27 in here some days, think I will have to chuck it and buy a fresh bottle

[lazzaroo]

Morning all. Disturbed nights continue here, so I too must be an awful mummy! Analyse everything we do every night but can't work out what we can do differently....other than leaving her to cry, which we don't want to do. Plus she's been poorly. Had temp of 39.5 Thurs night & all day yesterday. Doc thinks it's ear/throat infection.

We had 2 random days where she slept well & didn't get up till after 6am. But can find nothing we did differently, and ow it's back to 5am wake ups. I'm so tired.

[larlemucker]

So last night I was doing the washing up, stuck my hand in a glass and it smashed. 2 big cuts on thumb and forefinger.

Ended up at PCAS as the one on my thumb was quite deep, after FOUR hours waiting they put ONE steristrip on it. 4 hours and 1 fucking steristrip ??

[SoYo]

Oh Larle I'd have been bloody furious! 4hrs for a steristrip!!! The night before last madam went to bed at 8 & woke up at 4.15 then last night I failed to get her down at 8, got her up again & tried again successfully at 10.15 & she woke at 5.30! It's amazing but I'm very convinced it won't last. I think 3 in a row would definitely be pushing it!

[lazzaroo]

larle interested to know how the formula weaning is going? Am keen to do this to put don't know where to start! Can't remember how we dd t with dd1!