November 2012 - They WERE sleeping, what happened?

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my bras that I wear 24/7 and are so comfy are from matalan ...not sure how high the sizes are but I think they are pretty high. had to go and get more a few weeks ago as they were the only ones I wanted to wear!

so I am alone .... .... glad everyone else is getting some sleep... I had my long stint Sunday night...2 in one week is selfish!

hi contra, I am here! 7oz expressed milk at midnight and she's up 3 1/2 hours later, like clockwork, grizzling like she's been on a bloody park bench all day, and not cuddled up, eating constantly!

Evil sounds like good decision and reassuring for DP too. than goodness for sisters

I'm still up, N wanted feeding and a change of nappy. Which I've manged to do with out putting on a light.

Thanks for all the reassurance, ill try and get back to bed.

Evil

Cheeky DH had the nerve to say he was just as tired as me. Errr no, what was he doing last week when I had the kids away for six nights? And he doesn't get up for night feeds and have to stay awake. I told him there was no point having a 'who is the most tired' competition because whoever won was really the loser. It made sense to me at the time anyway.

Hugs to everyone having a tough time at the moment.

Awake 1.30 and 4.30 so far. With formula at 7.

blonder we have third jabs today too so we can compare symptoms.

evil my brother has Aspergers. He is the one I would most want to have the kids but it would be too much for him sadly. He has a tendancy to want to kill himself frequently as it is. You know best remember. He is your son.

J has wind. He has been settling better these last few days but now he has wind. Grr.

she is back up again ... was thinking is she cold is it something else but as soon as I picked her out she started sucking my neck like a crazed vampire!! thinking maybe this is the 12 week growth spurt not what happened last week.
starting to think even this growth spurt thing is a load of bollocks not that they don't have them but that they have specific ones ... we want to think hey this is the 12 week spurt etc so this should be over next week not that this could happen again any day.

Awake here too. M woke himself up with a coughing fit poor baby

Eliza at least you will now get some answers and LO will be well looked after.

GT have a lovely holiday

YW so sorry to read about your mum

I'm another who can't watch most programmes on tv without turning into a blubbering mess. I've always been emotional, more so since being pregnant.

Such heartbreaking news about the lady who took her own life my thoughts are with her family. My friend nearly took her own life a few years ago after a nervous breakdown. My mum suffers from SAD. Depression affects so many, yet it saddens me that there is still such a negative stigma attached. I'm very thankful I have a great support network and good mental health.

Evil you are doing right thing. It's hard but LO will appreciate it in the long run should the worst happens.

Happy LO very much awake am trying to convince him it's still night. He's done 7.30-1.45-5.45 so far he sounds very awake still.

Omfg. River slept from 8pm until 6am. Unbefuckinglievable. I know I missed sweary wednesday, but omfg. Saul did not (he had 4 feeds in that time), but lying down feeding one is soooo much easier than sitting up feeding two!

First feed back to normal time thanks to anbesol before bed - can feel a bump quite clearly where one of his front teeth will be. He woke up really shrieky with lots of pain cries and had to reapply mid feed (not ideal) as he was so sore. Poor chap.

Evil sounds like a tough thing to have to think about but the right choice

Rootypig 'park bench' titter, when Jonas wakes hysterically I sometimes comment 'have you been locked in the shed?' sometimes you'd think so.

LO asnooze just in time for DH getting up for work. Arse weasels.

evil sounds like a good decision

cat well done to river Hope she keeps it up.

N woke every 2 hours. We always seem to come back to every 2 hours :( At least she has started to settle more easily between feeds.

Thankful Thursday at last!

I am thankful for the beautiful little bundle lying next to me, who despite only sleeping for a grand 2 hours last night (and in MY bed), decided i am the most hilarious person ever at 4am and practiced her best, cutest giggles.

I am thankful DP is now on shore leave for a week and can deal with said bundle tonight

I am thankful for this group, quite literally saving my sanity this week.

And, come this evening, I will probably be thankful for phone insurance as the bliddy thing is broken again. Thankful or raging.. it could go either way

Since not getting so engorged at night, I've been feeding laying down, so don't wake up enough check in on here. So, just because I'm not here at 3am doesn't mean I'm sleeping (although technically, at 3am I was - A woke up at about 2, as did DD, so I prodded & poked DH awake to deal with her & I fell asleep fed A). DD woke at 5, DS woke with DH's alarm so I had about 2x 2.5hrs in a block iyswim.

evil we've asked our friends to have our dc should the worst happen. My dsis has 3 kids in a small 3 bed house & we feel, as much as she'd do a good job, it would be too much. Now just to get the wills sorted You should do what you is right.

cat :) for River & you!!

I am thankful for a good night's sleep.

I'm thankful that my flu has packed its bags and is almost out the door. Looking forward to slamming that door on its sorry behind, but need another day yet.

I'm thankful that LO's flu is reluctantly starting to fling its belongings into its suitcase. I wish it would hurry up and fuck off, but she is happier today at least for now.

I'm thankful that the weather forecast for the next whole week is sun. No rain, no snow. If they've fucked up on this forecast I think eastern France will start a revolt.

I'm thankful that DD1 went into kissy and cuddly mode yesterday. Cuddles with mummy aren't really her thing so when they happen they are very precious. I wonder if LO will be a daddy's girl too.

I'm thankful for DH. He's my rock.

I'm thankful that episodes 5&6 of Dexter will be on TV tonight.

Right. That'll do for now.

After watching OBEM while the tears were flowingI am thankful that my little bundle is healthy.

I am thankful for my DH who has been my rock before, during and after my mums cancer treatment. I am thankful that after her recent mastectomy, where there was an abnormality, that she has been given the all clear. I am thankful and very jealousthis time next week she is off to Australia for 6 weeks.

I am thankful for caffeine free diet coke since donating breast milk means I can no longer indulge in ordinary diet coke.

Well done River

Evil we also need to sort out a will

Up. Every. Hour.

Bang on 4 months to start regressing. Or whatever they're supposed to bloody do at this age!!!

Think the poor soul is teething too. He doesn't seem to know what to do with him gums. So off to buy teething gel. Any recommendations? He won't chew the teething toys!! Just his hands. Maybe my hands. Bright red cheeks :( do people just let them ride this with teething gel or do you use Calpol?

Dh probably going to suggest weaning as his friend told him he should start at 17 weeks.

Morning all

Today I am thankful that O has been a superstar since his jabs - sleeping, feeding, smiling, laughing on repeat since we got home yesterday.

I am thankful that I have not managed to break him so far and that he has remained healthy throughout his three months (today!) on this earth.

I am thankful that I have so far, not suffered with PND as it was a real worry of mine.

I am thankful for the fact that Oscar is very loved by the whole family.

I am thankful that it is nearly the weekend and my birthday

Will start a revolt?

will revolt. Or start a revolution.

I am thankful for my LO who's sleeping is slowly improving. I'm hoping its like weight loss and means it will stay that way rather than yoyoing.

I am thankful to our super duper coffee machine which keeps me going.

I am thankful mostly to DP who loves me and LO to the moon and back and makes LO laugh so much he now shakes with excitement about baths with daddy!

eliza just wanted to stop (mostly) lurking to wish you both the best in hospital. I hope you manage to get some answers. The only thing i'd add is that it'll be time you can just concentrate on you and LO without having to worry about the house, your others etc. if and it's a big if, there are any doubts over your supply, you might have more time in hospital to pump after feeds to build it up which is so hard to do at home. At least that was what i spent my time doing in our two stays and we're still going.

I am thankful for dp, who is not a twat occasionally irritating

I am thankful for friends making sure i get out of the house. I'm immensely thankful that, despite a recent history of anxiety and depression, I'm showing no signs of PND.