Night Feeders Part 4 Up All Night Feeding, newborns, sleep regressions, toddlers, every knackered Mummy welcome!

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Here's a fresh thread!

Let's start by introducing us/babies again

Sixth time he's woken. FML.

Jesus Cariad!!! You must be exhausted and pissed off.
Does he actually want anything when he wakes?

Cannot - sounds like your having a small nightmare too!

I'm feeding DS now - he went 8.5 hours, I absolutely can't believe it.

I'm hoping he goes back to sleep quickly as I've only had about 3 hours sleep and I'm shattered. I'm supposed to be going to a baby group at 10am - not going to happen.

DP heard me crying so came and took DS and I think he's now asleep as I can't hear him. But I can't sleep because the fucking Met have decided to fly their choppers overhead and they are fucking noisy bastards. It's just not my night!

Oh Cariad

I went crying to my DH at 5am (he was in the spare room) because DS just wouldn't go back to sleep and I told him we needed to swap so I could try and get at least an hours sleep. However, 50 minutes later I'm still wide awake in the spare room and I could still hear DS crying. I went back into the bedroom, fed DS and he has nod thankfully gone to sleep so I've our him in his cot and hope he stays that way.

Me and DH have decided definitely no more babies!!!

"This too shall pass" repeat x infinity!

Not sure how I'm gonna get thru today!

That quote has never worked for me!!

Me and DS slept for 3 hours so I feel a bit more normal again now.

Well the friend I was meant to meet today is unwell so he's cancelled. Probably just as well, one glance at me looking like a member of the Walking Dead would probably have made him feel worse! I might try and get DS to an NCT meet up that's happening in an hour but hopefully it'll be better than the last two NCT meet ups I went to where there was no one else there!

I cancelled on my friend this morning too

It should be Law that all social activities once a baby is on the scene should always be made in the afternoon!!

Two of the baby groups I go to and my breast feeding group all start at 10am which is madness - don't they realise that some people with babies are all up night and being ready to mingle at 10am is near impossible!!

A lot of the baby groups here inc weigh clinic are 9.30!! I only used to go to the weigh clinic as it's at a community centre near us, the baby groups are a 40 min walk!

I can get out the house with them at 9 if we all get up at 7am (DH obviously just sorts himself and I get 3 of us ready)

I'm the opposite! He's always up by 7 and I'm going up the walls with boredom by 10!

I can't bear afternoon appointments because it totally screws with lunch time and napping.

Does anyone else who is BF their first baby thinking that if they had a 2nd there's no way they'd breast feed that one??

Oh no, I'd definitely breastfeed again. But it's a moot point as after last night there will definitely not be a number 2!

Haha My DH had said that if I even so much as hint about having another baby then he's leaving me

His naps have been so rubbish today!!

He was awake at 9am and then had a 50 minute nap at 11.30am. All he has managed since then is a 15 minute nap at 4pm

Why doesn't he get tired in the day??!! It drives me mad. I feel like u spend a large part of my day stressing about naps or trying to make him have one

I would definitely breastfeed again but I would introduce regular bottles for sure, and not be precious about formula either.

I would love to say I wouldn't be precious about formula but about 30 minutes ago my DH suggested we try giving some to DS to see if he would take it but I just couldn't bring myself to do it

On a happier note he did take 50ml of water from his sippy cup

Naps today totalling 3 hours so not too bad

Couldn't bf my ds1 (expressed for him until 4 months and he was mix fed from 6 weeks) so I am very precious about formula this time (he's never had any) I would definitely bf again, the investment at the start is so worth it (obviously along with all the health benefits).

He's having his last feed currently. The anticipation of whether tonight will be the night he sleeps thru again always keeps me hopeful

I love your optimism!!!

I'm just doing DS's final need now and after a feeble nap total of just over 1hr today I'm hoping he will sleep well!!!

I have to be optimistic writer! Only way to not leave DS out for the dust men

First wake up has occurred 40 minutes after falling asleep

Hope he's asleep again quickly writer

He's been asleep in my arms for about 10 minutes so I'm going to make the transfer to the cot...

DS fell asleep on DP while I was at the gym and he was transferred to the cot and has been there for the past hour so we've had dinner and are watching some telly. But I just know that the moment I get into bed and start to drift off DS will wake again...

I've come to bed now to try and catch up on sleep! SW in the morning

I'm going to try and get some sleep too.

I miss the pre-baby days where I could go to bed and know that I was only waking up when I was ready to.

Whereas now I drift off not knowing if I'm going to get 20 minutes worth of sleep or 6 hours