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Calling all night time feeders - always up feeding when we should be sleeping! Let's keep each other company PART 2!!

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Writerwannabe83 · 05/06/2014 21:14

I think to start the new thread off we should reintroduce ourselves and our babies for the sake of our own memories and also for any newbies who may join Smile

I have a 10 week old DS who is EBF. Has been sleeping through the night for the last week and I'm just waiting patiently for things to go downhill as I'm sure they will Smile

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Cannotbelieveit · 15/06/2014 01:45

Hmmmm Ryder stirred and awake just after DH gets in? Coincidence? Royally pissed off that he woke DS!!!Angry

mrsmugoo · 15/06/2014 04:07

DS has just slept through til 4am!

mrsmugoo · 15/06/2014 06:20

He's gone back to sleep after a 6am feed! Who took my baby a replaced with this imposter?

TwentiethCenturyGirl · 15/06/2014 07:20

Amazing MrsM!! Grin Enjoy it while you can!

I made it to the end of the football but wish I hadn't bothered. Thankfully both DDs slept well but I'm still knackered. Am going to do the dutiful wife thing and take them downstairs to give DH a lie in for Father's Day. He can pay me back next week!

puggywug81 · 15/06/2014 07:48

Congratulations mrsmugoo that's fantastic!

Well done twentieth I only made it as far as yhe physio getting stretchered away how bizarre was that!

Very broken sleep here, Fin slept fine but neighbours were partying in the garden woke up at 1am then there were cats fighting outside the house at 3am, damn cats!

TwentiethCenturyGirl · 15/06/2014 08:09

Still a good effort Puggy. With hindsight, I should have recognised that things wouldn't get more interesting than that and gone to bed myself!

FrankelandFilly · 15/06/2014 09:51

Morning all.

Well done MrsM on such a good night! Sorry for those of you that nights disturbed by neighbours - bloody football! Can you tell I'm not a fan Grin

We had a slightly odd night, I normally feed DD when I go to bed at about 10 as she usually wakes up as I'm getting ready for bed. Last night she was dead to the world and I was so tired I decided I'd get into bed and wait for her to wake up. She finally woke me up at 12.30 demanding her milk! I thought this might mean she'd sleep through till 7ish, as her feed was 2 hours later than normal, but no she woke as normal at 5 wanting more! It makes me wonder now if the 5 o'clock feed is partly habit. Anyway she went back down again till 8.15 so I got a few extra hours which I'm not complaining about.

Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 09:57

Pretty broken sleep here. Although DS finally nodded off about 10.40pm I couldn't sleep til midnight and he was up just after 1am for a feed. I kept him in bed with me after that and then it gets a bit fuzzy. Think he was up every couple of hours but I was half asleep so just fed on autopilot. When TF will he give up a night feed???

PollyP0429 · 15/06/2014 15:45

Thanks twentieth they've given me lanzoprazole, I am praying it works. She wasn't as bad as the night before but still up plenty of times. The fact that she's conked out in her cot atm just showd how tired shd was

Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 17:45

Has everyone had a nice Father's Day? We met DP's parents for brunch and then they went home - they live about an hour away. They were asking us when we are coming to visit but tbh the last thing I want to do is take DS away for the night as I know he won't sleep in a strange house - he's bad enough in his own bed! I told them this but I don't think they were happy, BUT I was exhausted after a bad night, as was DP, AND it never occurs to his family to offer to say, take DS out for a walk for an hour or so to give us a break. I came home and cried - I was that shattered. Last time DP's sister visited she kept telling us how exhausted we looked and was regaling tales of her friend's 6 week old who sleeps through the night! And it didn't occur to her that perhaps we could've used a break and she and her DP could've taken DS for a walk. It never occurs to his family and I'm getting so fed up with being alone here. If my mum or cousins were here they'd be such a big help but his folks are completely useless :(

Cannotbelieveit · 15/06/2014 18:00

Cariad same with my inlaws! My parents do loads and help me so much but dh's family don't do anything practical to help!

Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 18:03

I know it's usually the mother's family that help the most but this mother's family live on the other side of the world so you'd think it might occur to them to occasionally help out!

mrsmugoo · 15/06/2014 19:07

Evening all, hope you've all had good days? This is my last night at my parents we are back home tomorrow. DH is back from his work trip Tuesday night.

Just doing bedtime feed here and wondering what tonight had in store for us after last nights sleeping through. Have absolutely no expectations of it happening again!

DS has fallen asleep after not the longest feed in the world but to be honest his feed times are getting shorter and shorter anyway as he gets more efficient.

Back later!

KateTheShrew · 15/06/2014 20:08

Hi all. We made it down to my parents' unscathed yesterday and DS was a little angel in the car -- I was very pleasantly surprised! I was worried we'd have problems last night as he's in a strange place but although he took ages to go to sleep, once we got him settled he had a fairly normal night. I think it helped that we were able to bring his usual bed, so at least that was familiar. Anyway, today he's been so thoroughly played with and entertained by grandparents and aunt and uncle that he's passed out on my lap exhausted! Hoping we have a relatively peaceful night again. I feel really relieved now that we've done the drive down to my parents' (it's a 6 hour trip including stops) and it wasn't too difficult. It's going to give us a lot more freedom knowing DS (and we!) can cope with long car journeys.

PollyP0429 · 15/06/2014 20:27

Evening all, Cariad I can totally sympathise with unhelpful family, however it seems to be all of them that end up being guilty of it. They were all fantastic at first, but now though they say they will, they've never actually taken her. In their defence it's because she's ebf and they don't want to take her far from me, but I would still welcome 1 or 2 hours >_<

The last few nights have just been awful, whenever we attempt to put her down, she's fine for a few minutes then just screams and nothing we do will calm her. She's just gone off after DH has been in there for half hour with her. Gonna stay up for half hour and make sure she stays asleep then hopefully we can join her

Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 20:44

Thanks Polly, am sat here feeding DS in tears as I'm so tired. DP has done his best to keep him this evening but he just screams, so it's not v relaxng for me! He looks like he's dropping off now but I don't put it past him to suddenly revive himself and then stay awake til midnight. Because we were out today he's only had about 2 hours of napping in total, as opposed to his usual 4-5. Your DD sounds similar, so I can totally relate.

Am going to attempt to go to a local breastfeeding support group tomorrow morning but shall see how we go. Last Monday DS didn't wake til 930am, though it was down to 7am by Friday. Angry

Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 21:18

And of course he woke up as soon as I moved to transfer him to his crib. I just can't anymore with this kid.

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Writerwannabe83 · 15/06/2014 21:33

Hello everyone, just checking in.

Things are pretty bleak this end: MIL is now terminal, all treatment has been withdrawn and we are just waiting for the inevitable. I've been at the hospital all day yesterday and today and we are all just heartbroken. All the family are with her though and she knew DS was there today. She has never been strong enough to hold him since he was born and I'm so upset that he will never get to know his grandma.

DS's routine has been all over the place seeing as he's spending most of his time in my arms at the hospital and last night he was waking every 1.5-2 hours as opposed to his usual sleeping through. He has finally fallen asleep tonight but it took almost 2 hours to settle him amidst his screaming episodes. I swear he knows that something is wrong.

I feel exhausted today. Emotionally and physically drained. My DH has been on bedside vigil since Friday and I miss him and I hate that I can't be there with them all. I guess this the downside to EBF.

Anyway, I'm going to read back over all the posts I have missed - I hope to read about well behaved babies.

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Cariad007 · 15/06/2014 21:34

So sorry to hear that :(

FrankelandFilly · 15/06/2014 22:03

I'm

FrankelandFilly · 15/06/2014 22:04

I'm very sorry to hear that writer. Wishing you and your DH strength at what is an awful time.

Cannotbelieveit · 15/06/2014 22:35

Writer so so sorry to hear that Sad sending (unMN) hugs and Thanks

puggywug81 · 15/06/2014 23:17

So sorry writer sending hugs your way x

mrsmugoo · 16/06/2014 00:58

Evening all, Writer I'm so sorry to hear about your MIL, what dreadful news for you and your family.

Up feeding here, he slept 4.5 hours which is still great in my world! Hoping for one more feed, hopefully not much before 4.

Fingers crossed!

mrsmugoo · 16/06/2014 04:19

Up again here!