November 2012 - Four months? Oh no, the dreaded sleep regression!

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Instead of marking place, please could those of us with older siblings post something (positive) they are looking forward to as our babies get older. I think it would cheer us up since so many are struggling at the moment.

Well Operation Big Boy Cot is in full swing. Audio of monitor is pants, can't hear a fucking thing but our room is next door so I'm hoping I would hear the movement alarm and him waking for food. Ive laid him on a muslin we've been using for feeding today and Ewan is beside him. Not sure what else I could do except climb in with him! He hasn't taken a good feed at all, less than 5 mins but he came off sleepy so I've went with it.

So....he is asleep so I'm going to attempt it!

Hey all, just a Quickie! Sounds like some of you have had a shitty time of it :( FC for lots of sleep for everyone. Hope you're ok apple, also hope you get plenty of sleep eliza nice to hear lo's feed thingy went ok :) pr you're not serious?! More illness?! Wank. That is all.

Anyway, land of nod time for me, had a couple of not the best ever type nights so really want a little chunk of sleep. Feel like I've missed loads, hardly been on today. Octopus finished, mind!!

not managed to catch up having an awful night here not sure what is wrong with dd ... didn't seem her normal cluster feeding self but seems to be a bit less every night ... but when we came up to bed to feed her to sleep she went crazy crying like in pain ... fussing was like when she was a 4 week old ...
tried
cooled boiled water for the first time!
a nuk dummy ...she didn't seem to want tommy tipee ones we had tried before and not too fussed on this one either.
now dh is giving her formula which she is taking too just cried and cried like in pain on the nip...like she wanted milk but it was painful to drink.
poor dh he has to be up 5 to go to London! 3 days in the big smoke on business.

like she wanted milk but it was painful to drink.

teething?

Well big boy cor not going so well here. He's just been up crying but as he didn't feed very well at last feed I offered boob. Didn't seem to want it but has now taken a good feed. I fed in his room in nursing chair, was odd! That's where I used to feed him when he was tiny as I kept falling asleep in bed. It's cold! I'm back in bed now after a successful transfer. I'm actually nervous about the night ahead and hm being in his own room, silly eh

1 hour 10. At least I went to the bathroom

Luismaybe teething but not much in way of other signs... she went down after 6mls of formula .
may not have been the best thing to do long term and 4 weeks ago would probably still be trying the boob...
other thing is she did stop crying for a bit to play at 10pm for gods sake!
found a Sophie le giraffe alternative (find her too scary) which should arrive soon might see how she takes to that.
dreading dh being away now though cudos (sp) to those going it alone
lily well done for standing your ground with doc too!
det glad o finally went down.
I should not have googled those botty dimples!
temperature is plumiting on gro egg bluming weather Brrr wind is getting in gaps in double glazing!

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I think Ewan might be a genius, sent R back to sleep but then he pooed. Will try again next waking...

ok not sure why I'm still up ...
don't want tommorow to come and then I'm alone! ...
watch out for me tommorow I will be clinging to you all and unbearable ... did as dm and sister to visit tommorow hope they will else I will cry

Bugger. He woke at 0040 for feed. Earliest waking in a few days. For a feed anyway.

Now trying to stay awake long enough to get him back in the cot. Double .

3oz is all he had yet again. He screams, writhes, arches and fusses if you try and get him to take any more :(

Oh dear detective hopefully he'll settle again quickly.

N has just slept from 11 til now - 'tis truly a miracle!!

kirrin that is better.

detective oh dear.

izzy not silly at all. Would it be worth getting an audio monitor too? What movement one have you got? Get DH to activate alarm so you can see if you hear it?

J slept 5 hrs. Hope he settles ok. It is ffffreeeezing here too.

And we are back to every 3 hours... Sleep regression is definitely us!

4 1/2 then 2. Ewan didn't settle him but feeds are suddenly 20 minutes from 60

J is falling sleep on the boob and waking in the cot. Wrong way around my boy!

His bits are small and pink and perfect. His daddy had to be circumcised when he was small due to medical reasons so their bits are not at all similar.

I am tired. I am tired of being tired.

Well S is full of a cold and can't sleep because of it, either that or this is the dreaded sleep regression, which would make sense as she is 4 months tomorrow. Not used to being up at this time

VQ hats off to you, and all you other mummy's who have not had much joy in the way of sleeping! I truly admire how you are able to keep going!

fruit I could happily jump out a window tonight. But I won't. Been up for two fucking hours. Went and woke DH to help wind him, and he lasts all of ten minutes. Got a bit of wind up but then hands a wet baby back. The concept of a burp cloth is beyond him.

Have put J down 4 times, only for him to writhe and arch his back and scream. Thankfully the girls have slept through it so far.

And my fucking phone keeps failing to connect.

Is it fucking pissed off wednesday yet?

Plenty of room on the night bus I see? Trusted VQ here as usual. DD has been feeding from 3-4 am for weeks but I've been too tired to post.
She goes down in her basket at 8-9 pm til now so can't complain really. She will now feed and sleep til 6am when we all generally start to stir.
I've got a sore throat. I've had it for a month, I finally succumbed to penicillin yesterday so eagerly await an improvement.

I'm glad he hasn't woken the girls up VQ, it would be 10 times worse if they were all awake I imagine!

I ended up bringing S downstairs, dp has to be up at 4:45 for work and her snuffling was quite noisy, he'd already been up to her quite a few times tonight so I thought I'd give him his last hour in peace! She is now asleep upright in the crook of my arm.

VQ we had that with the last wake up, she finally went down at 3 - over an hour after my first attempt. Hopefully she won't do it again just now. I hadn't seen the arching back thing for a while either - N has been waking hourly but then going straight back down in her cot - not sure which I prefer to be honest?

We can bring pissed off Wednesday forwards if you like - I'm certainly there already.

fruit will you be able to go back to bed once DP is up for work?

Bugger. Woke up at 4 and LO was gagging on her snot. Had to get up, clean nose and that of course woke her so she decided she was hungry. And DD1 woke up demanding some milk too. Shite night. Fed up of my children being ill all the fucking time. Yes, it's only a cold, and they seem well in themselves, bt it is fucking boring. DD1 was never ill. Before this winter she had two colds. two colds. Well she stops creche in a few weeks and we'll be on our own at home never seeing anyone to catch anything from won't that be fun.

The more frequent wakings plus my insomnia are killing me at the moment. Might not be the baby keeping me up but the effect is the same. I used to read but don't want to put a light or screen on so just lie there watching the time go by on the clock radio.

Life on the fucking edge.

Shite night here too, DS woke at midnight. Hovered with dummy but at 1am gave up and fed him. That woke DD. I was at home alone. At 2.30am everyone was almost asleep when DH came home and woke DD who woke DS again. Everyone apart from me finally asleep by 3am. I saw 4am. Must have drifted off at some stage. Everyone awake at 5.45am when DH got up again.

Awful night. Not so much M but the arsehole I live with. I have as much as decided I am going to leave. I have tried so bloody hard to make things work, and as great as he is with Tilly, it's not a good enough reason to stay anymore. I hate the fact I have failed at this. M isnt even 4 months yet and I will be tarring her with a broken home stigma - I know that's not a big deal anymore but it was when my parents separated and I can't shake that feeling. I need to play this carefully and work out where I stand financially etc before doing anything drastic but in essence my mind was made up at 5am. I wouldn't change Matilda for the world, she really is the best thing that has ever happened to me, but in all honesty I wish I had left last winter when things first started going downhill. Like I said, things won't change overnight but I can't keep pretending that everything is okay anymore.

Sorry for offloading, as you were...

MM I don't want to talk you out of anything you have decided as I don't know all the details, but just gently wanted to say that decisions made at 5 in the morning are not always the most reliable. Particularly when sleep deprivation is a factor. Things seem very clear cut in the dark. You know you will have the full support of the quiche no matter what you decide

Jeez, there seems to have been a run of shit nights :(

pr I'm not surprised you're fed up of illness, you've dealt with more than your fair share.

Madame that sounds very frustrating. I hate being home alone when they both wake up - you don't know what to do first.

MM sorry you feel you've reached the end with DP. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but if you'd left then you wouldn't have M. There is no stigma anymore. When M gets to school there is no chance she'll be the only one with seperated parents. You have family around, don't you? Have you sat DP down and read him the riot act explained things to him? Do you think he could sort himself out if he really thought you were going to leave? Or is it too late for that? ((hugs))

apple we are all thinking of you. Hope you're ok.