October 2011: Gaining teeth but still losing sleep.

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hope this works! the pressure is on at 3.30am!!!!

Whoops, hit post too soon.

Sleep is still just awful. I am obsessed and counting the minutes he's slept etc. it's becoming all consuming. A GS makes sense. I honestly feel like 50% of my life day and night involves rocking and patting Leo to sleep and I just CBA - isn't that awful? I'm just getting so frustrated. Going to ask DH to take on the nightshift on weekends and just bring Leo to me twice to feed.

pa hope dd is better this morning. It's just horrible when you see them unwell.
jnice I admire you for coping how well you are. One bad night of sleeping here and I'm a mess. Maybe good idea having dh take over at weekends. Give yourself a rest

We had a crazy night. She fell asleep taking bottle at 7pm, put into cot and as I was just about to jump in the shower she started to scream! Went in and have dummy but she was proper breaking her heart . I tried picking her up for a cuddle but age didn't want, put her back down and she was rolling about in cot like mad. This went on for over an hr before she finally fell asleep on my bed with me next to her. Lasted all of 30 mins then the same thing happened again! I put some bonjella on her gums just incase. I can see all the teeth under the skin just waiting to come through but nothing yet. Poor girl, she feels a little warm this morning, just hope she isn't coming down with something again

Hope everyone had a good night

Fuzzzy oh no poor S (and you).

jnice def let dh take over once in a while. my DH is on 'Seb duty' at least one night a weekend and does the early morning feed. Except he was away last weekend and working today.. all classes stopped last week for easter, noone about and Seb really grumpy/whiny with teeth - they've come through, i thought it was supposed to stop then? Seb was fne beforehand and only now is upset...i think hes done it all the wrong way round! And either his teeth and/or reflux is making getting any food down him a struggle, and he keeps being sick... not the best week in this household. part of me is glad to be going back to work soon...shock, shouldn't say that! bad mummy!

Sorry, that turned into a self indulgent whinge (and sorry for bad typing - cat asleep on hand..honestly if its not a baby...)

The only thing keeping me going this week has been chocolate.., i'm never going to loose this bby weight!

moan, moan, moan..sorry guys!

and now its raining.. i was going to take seb for a walk when he woke up to get out the house for a bit!

i can hear the chocolate in the fridge calling me.... oh well, perhaps a instead.

Does that cup have a ganja leaf on it?

Sounds like a good idea Jnice to let DH do some, you need a break. Can you go for a run? :) I bet it is a growth spurt (P was whinging whilst feeding before even though she was getting loads of milk she was still messing about on and off crying). For a gs though there will be an end in sight. I do think you have to have the patience of a saint to bring up a baby. Sometimes I do end up saying to DH (especially when everything I have tried as worked) "oh just take her off me she is getting on my nerves". I know it sounds mean but I am not a patient person and I figure P will never remember me saying these things when she is older. Better to hand them over then keep going and getting cranky

FD Did she have trapped wind do you think if she was really screaming? We have no sign of teeth at all :( Just the red cheeks.

Tally don't we have about 32 teeth though so I reckon we have still got a fair bit of whinyness from teeth to listen to yet . I ate a whole Easter egg and the 2 creme eggs which came with it yesterday :(

Does look like a ganja leaf :)

Just had a big shout at DH so he has gone for a walk with the dog and the baby. I don't know what's up with me at the moment. I think I felt the same about 2 months ago, just overwhelmed with my mountain of stuff I suppose. I feel if I just had P and absolutely nothing else, no dog walking etc etc (our friends who won't bring their baby over to us even have a cleaner ) then it would be easy peasey. I know everyone on here has something be it job, other children, animals, cleaning etc does anyone else feel that if they just had the baby it would be a whole lot easier?

DH kept going on at me to write a list of all the stuff I have to do, as apparently that would make it easier. So far I feel it hasn't worked because there were 49 things on my list and then I thought of some things I forgot to add, plus as I said to DH a lot of them are on-going/weekly things (ironing/chase up IT guy to alter web stuff) so it's not as if I can do them and then tick them off never to be repeated.

Hence it ended up with my shouting, him going out, my bawling, having a stinking headache and whinging to you guys.

Sorry I know there are much worse things and I know I am really lucky and should just appreciate everything (which I do) and stop bloody moaning. I need to find a way to chill out so that even though I have loads to do I don't end up having a meltdown.

I think I am too highly strung to try yoga, any other thoughts?

Sorry just running in. PA What's her temp with drugs? I'd be phoning NHS direct at 40.3 x

Fuzz how's s this evening?

It seems to have broke now BB3, was last at 40.2 this morning which meant I had a very grumpy DD today (but means she was well enough to be grumpy). First day was only brought down to 39 with drugs but other bad symptoms, second day was controlled by drugs but still going to 40+ at dosing time and today been OK, just a lot of crying. Just hoping DS doesn't get it as he has been a bit warm and we've been unable to put him down for naps. Could be completely unrelated though.

DH managed to get DS to take over 0.5oz in the doidy cup, now he's started weaning he's worked out he needs to swallow instead of dribble it down his top.

chesire it is a fact of life that whatever we are doing we think it will be soooooo much easier if... For me it is just having one DC, but for DD it would have been a slightly more content or sleepy baby. Does sound like you have a lot on, can't DH do some of it rather than tell you how to do it?

Hi all Hope everyone's having a good Easter?
Mama how is DS? Did he break something?
PA and FD hope DDs are better.
Cheshire hope you and DH make up its tough sometimes isn't it.
We're out tonight leaving E with MIL the only other time we've done this she had him up until eleven so am hoping she behaves he stays asleep this time!

penguin and fuzzy hope dd's are better soon. So many horrid bugs going around and they aren't shifting easily either. Lurhy still loitering here.

cheshire what's on your list? Iade lists of chores and also meal choices to help and some chores dh took on, like weekly shops, hoovering downstairs each evening.

Thanks for everyone who asked after ds2. No bones broken, bruising external and internal. Keeping eye on him and if pain in 3 days back to hosp. He's amazing tho as he just carries on, even had swimming lesson today.

All set for Easter bunny tomorrow, bless him he left picture out he made for the bunny.

J is full of cold with low grade fever, she's swinging between tears and laughter.. She's eaten loads at lunch today. Favourite was strawberry ad grape mixed up like a smoothie. She was grabbing handfuls of spaghetti, grated cheese, mackerel and spinach.

Hello ladies, hope all is well - em, so sorry to hear about your mum. PA and FD I hope your girls are both feeling a lot better.

CD sometimes we all feel a bit overwhelmed - I don't shout at DH, I just bottle it up and then break down and cry! Usually with anger! I think PA is right, we all have something that we think would make everything easy, for me it would be a bigger house. I'm quite convinced that if we only had two (or three, or four!) bedrooms then I'd have a junk room to hide all the mess in and life would be perfect! Of course it wouldn't !

Well, I've had a day of housework, I don't want to iron another babygro for some time! Poor L has a wee cold and was up every hour and a half last night. We're going to a christening tomorrow so fingers crosses we get a bit more sleep tonight or I may run out of under eye concealor trying to look half human !

pebble hope E sleeps well and MIL behaves . We haven't left J yet but she doesn't take a bottle. Are you gojng somewhere special?

Did I post we got new car, I'm loving it all new and clean and being very precious over it

X-post mama - glad DS has nothing broken!

Thanks mrsh

I gave up ironing everything except shirts and trousers for school/work. I was ironing so muck even underwear I thought we'd look unkempt but it actually fine

Mama pre children I ironed everything (even the bedspread when it was on the bed so there were no lines or creases, now unless it absolutely must be ironed (like dh's shirts), it's folded and hidden put in the drawers x

Haven't been on for a few days I'm finding it really hard to get in here now don't know where my days go certainly not on housework
mrsH your christening isn't in ruchazie is it? My cousins baby is getting christened tomorrow it would be so funny if we both turned up to the same christening
Ds is still unwell but gradually getting better. He is now potty trained yay! And tonight gave up his dummies without a tear. He's so grown up it makes me want to cry.
Hope all unwell/injured DC are feeling better.
I have been counting down the minutes till homeland is on tomorrow I have developed a very unhealthy mild crush on Sgt Brodie

I iron every morning whatever we are all wearin that day but only ever outerwear if never iron underwear. And I iron DC bed sheets but not ours as they are too much hassle they don't need it
If I'm not doing to badly with cash I'll send it out to er done.

DS = temp 39.2 :(

Oh no PA! I hope some calpol will get it down? Sounds like DD and he are fighting some rotten bug.

No Ed, we're in Jordanhill tomorrow not Ruchazie - that would have been funny though!

LP how was your night? Did MIL behave herself?! I remember staying up late when my GPs were babysitting - I've a horrible feeling it's their prerogative to break the rules !

PA so sorry to hear your DS is now sick too :( any other symptoms? Wishing you all well very soon x

Trying to catch up but not getting as much time now that Leo feeds faster!

DH home and after a rough night he managed
To get Leo back to sleep at 5 when I had given up hope. So got some sleep and just had a forest run in the late sunshine - bliss!

Baked Easter cupcakes with ds2 and we also had a nice brunch today - so feeling spoiled!

Will be reading through at next feed!

Penguin how are dc this morning?

J been nursing most of night but I've slept lightly and only swapped sides a few times (when I woke and realised a few hours had passed ). She's definately in bed more than cot nowadays, and she had free access so helped herself. Looks like I'm going down the cosleeping path for sure again.

Easter bunny visited last night so I'm
Just going down to check with ds2 (ds1 with his dad today) and then ds2 has egg hunt. A neighbour of ours does an egg hunt every year for all the dc in our close. She's very lovely and kind.

E slept the whole 2.5hrs we were out so DMIL was a little disappointed not to get to do anything lol! E then decided to play silly buggers between 12 and 2pm so haven't had much sleep.
Happy Easter everyone hope you all have a good day x

Happy Easter [busmile] hope the bunny left everyone some chocolate.

mama glad to hear DS is ok, he sounds like a little star just getting on with things.

fuzzzy and pa hope the little ones are feeling a bit better today.

Re ironing, only the absolute essentials get done here, there's no way you will catch me ironing baby grows, bed sheets or underwear. Very few of my clothes get ironed it's mostly DHs shirts.

His fever is relatively mild today, he can't be put down to sleep and last night between 12 and 8 he slept for maybe up to 2 hours. Me and DH did turns of 2 hours each.

No ironing here unless absolutely necessary - thanks to being mainly brought up by my enlightened (or slovenly depending on your POV) Grandma.

Happy Easter all! today is DP's birthday so I'm having a cooking day. Really enjoying it which is a welcome change from yesterday when I kept going through tearful phases all day.

Think bringing L in to bed with me when he woke for a feed at 7am and sleeping another 2 hrs may have something to do with it [busmile] Also have always had a nightlight on to make feeding easier but left him in the dark last night and he stirred much less, FX that keeps working.

Wishing everyone a chilled out Sunday, healthy LOs and good sleeps for tonight.