November 2012 - Will the Easter Bunny visit our babies?

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1707618-November-2012-The-thread-where-it-all-starts-to-get-easier-Pretty-please

Still awake luis? Bugger. What is ailing DS? My boy has only just settled. Hope he stays that way.

Anyone else with a wheezy baby from milk? In the past? I do not think it is a URTI but will get dr to review in case.

My leg wot I broked is getting more and more painful. Please nag me to get it looked at. I also have a chapped lip, proper hole, that I have had before J was born. I must prioritise myself. I am old and decrepid enough as it is.

Going to attempt transfer 57. Get it looked at, vq

Cannot sleep - what is wrong with me? Maybe information overload and too much excitement at uni yesterday!!! Found out I have darent valley for placements starting in may, a lovely personal tutor and that we are only in tues-thurs most weeks and only in 1 day on 2nd week of Easter hols meaning I save a fortune in childcare and spend time with my babies!!!

I ? Greenwich uni - they seem so well organised compared to anglia & south bank!!! I cannot wait until first loan payment - in desperate need of a new printer!!!

Sorry for random boringness

We're doing 90 minutes between feeds tonight so this is the fourth feed since J was put to bed. He just woke up in pain and farting but isn't saying no to yet another feed. I'm tired beyond belief. This can't be right, he hasn't been sleeping well for three or four weeks straight now. Before that he would have gone four to five hours at night. This 90 minutes between feeds is sheer torture. That wasn't even a proper feed, just enough to get him back to sleep once the wind had passed. Going to attempt transfer then pass out until the next waking at 4:30?

Hope #57 worked for you luis. If you haven't already, check out the singing hands DVDs. My dd loves them even more than mr t (and they taught me loads). Could be castle Garcia is more advanced than that but they are good fun.

Dd has a massive lip tie coming down between her front teeth. Going to ask her speech therapist whether that might be contributing to her issues (I suspect it isn't yet - but that. It might show in her articulation when she comes on a bit). G might have one too I think but feeds well (save his recent trend of night wakings - little ratbag)

I am thankful for my 2 amazing and lovely kids even when one of them does keep waking me up. I am thankful they both napped for the same half hr yesterday allowing me to do the same.

Sounds like you'll be booking a double appt at the Gp tomorrow vq - might as well get your leg looked at at the same time as delivering your diagnosis on J.

Luis dp had a stroke just after Christmas. I feel guilty because i don't work therefore we have no income. I feel guilty because i don't do all the housework and childcare so he can rest and heal in a calm environment. I feel guilty because i should've known how stressed he was getting in his shitty job and worked it so he could tell them where to stick it. I feel guilty because i eat so much when we have no money. I feel guilty for looking after R when i should be looking after dp, and for looking after dp when i should be looking after R.

Luis You still out there?

stunt huge hugs. You are having an awful time of it at the moment. I wish I could offer you some useful advice, instead I will just tell you how wonderful you are. You are truly wonderful. You must be so tired that you can't see straight, yet your advice to me and others continues to be informative, intelligent, sensible, caring and wise. This cannot and will not last forever

Oh stunt. That doesn't sound good at all. Have you tried resettling him without feeds or do you think he needs them?

So lovely to hear your excitement Glenda . please keep posting about your course so I can enjoy it vicariously!

57?
3am wake up today 4 yesterday and 5 for the previous 5 nights!
this rate in about a week she will be waking before she goes to sleep like to see how that works!!!
thankful Thursday! thankyou quiche for wacking me with the communal kipper this week!!
thank you dh who earned his d this week with his sympathy and in this together man ship. ignoring the fact he will loose it again on stag weekend that starts tommorow
thankful for family for rallying and that mil is coming tommorow so I can go shopping and meet a friend for a natter a nice supper and glass of wine!!

am sooo thankful we live in this country and have statutory maternity leave and the NHS. read an article today (yesterday) showing maternity leave length of other countries shocking! and in the USA it costs 10k in medical bills to have a baby!
I'm not going to even mention the shocking things our sisters in Africa are enduring to become or stay a mother.
and after last Saturday I am even more thankful to be Welsh! in case you hasn't realised (or are titsinabum) rugby is such a big part of our culture and when we play like we did last Saturday it lifts the spirits of the whole nation!
and my hope for today is that in a few weeks everyone will be getting lots of sleepy dust overnight ... that any eating problems will be resolved and that these problems everyone is struggling with pass as love for our babies grows and they grow!

Woah been writing that sooo long even more to catch up on!

contra you sound more positive today. How you doing?

stunt sorry to hear 90 mins sounds horrendous and I hope that's not what we are heading for ... but wanted to say that is what was happening to one of the mothers in mother and baby group last week ...she came in today all fresh faced as it has now passed... just wanted to offer you that as hope ... I am keeping that in mind.

thankyou chasing I am feeling so much better ... I was reading through here earlier and my heart was bleeding for everyone ...too many on here need a massive hug right now ... yesterday I was blinded to that!
is a big sign of depression for me you can only see your own world and loose sight of everyone else's I was worried yesterday about where that depression would lead me ...literally an hours more sleep and going out speaking to other mums and I'm back to myself.

That's brilliant contra Had more to say but too tired...

may be in danger of loosing this positivity though as she is back up!

stunt your nights sound like what we had here - waking every 1-1.5 hours. It lasted about 4 weeks for us, and I never found out what, if anything, was causing it. She has now gone back to having a good 4-5 hour sleep and thee start of the night and then waking every 1-1.5 hours It will pass.

contra you do sound much more cheerful. That's great. It's amazing what a difference a bit of sleepp can make. Hope she stays asleep for a while longer.

Luis your posts tonight have made me hope your silence now means you're asleep.

glenda uni sounds great. Yay for more time than you expected with D.

pidj you are doing an amazing job. Do not feel guilty. You have nothing to feel guilty about.

Wow. It is sooo much easier to keep up at night suspects I've still missed someone though

Well, she's asleep again. I'll attempt a transfer and then check on DD1. Hopefully she's cooled down as getting calpol into her in the middle of the night is never fun.....

No I'm still awake after a transfer failZ he was awake and crying at 3.30 and I ended up losing my temper and shouting at him. I tried putting the pillow over my head but I could still hear him crying. He only stopped when I started crying. Apparently he liked mummy making a funny noise. It's 5 a.m. and I have had two hours sleep. I can't go on like this any longer. This is 127 consecutive nights of broken sleep. I can't do it any more.

Oh stunt. Perhaps you need to leave him for a bit and go in another room for a bit. It is awful but it time to put you first. You sound totally wrecked.

Can you get anyone to come and give you a bit of a break for a night?

Huge hugs.

Ps - know how you feel - the other day I had g in the sling crying - and I was also crying with my hands over my ears! You are not alone.

Pidj - meant to say don't feel guilty. You are doing amazing things there. And you are doing the best for your family. I think you'll look back on this time and feel really proud of what you achieved.

Thanks Bry my mum has him now. Still haven't got to sleep though. I just sent an e-mail to my DH saying he's going to have to sort his shit out. I wanted to set up a spare bed (we have a £200 self-inflating luxury airbed that my mum got us for when she stays over ffs) so one of us could get some sleep away from the baby but he didn't want to have to give up the study as a spare bedroom. So instead we're both having disturbed sleep. If he could go off and get decent sleep during the week then he would be able to do the night feeds at the weekend and give me a break. But he wouldn't even consider it because of the inconvenience of having the bed in the way of his guitar stuff. But it's got too bad now after endless nights of broken sleep for me. He isn't as bad because he travels once or twice a month so at least he doesn't get woken when he's away. I think now I've reached the end of whatever reserves I once had. It's just been too bad for too long.

I am thankful for mm who also has to alarm set to sort out feminine hygiene!

So I was up at 2:00 with the bleeding and the 6 with the baby. Worse night for ages

But....wahayyyy Little O has finished has breakfast milk. Believe it or not it is a first.

stunt aye from me

stunt,contra, purple, daisy I am so sorry you are all going through tough time. Please don't feel guilty purple, I am so sorry that you have to go through such emotional time and the financial strain doesn't help either.

contra maternity leave in Hungary is 3 years. You get maternity pay for 2 years (70% of your salary) and the last year is statutory maternity pay. If you had another baby before your first one turns 2 than you get 70% until your second one turns 2. It made me so sad when we were trying for a baby that my sister could stay at home with her 3 for 6 years without the financial pressure. So yes, we are lucky in the uk but there are other countries who are luckier.

luis you are funny.

O was up 3 times. I am tired.

I am grateful for my baby girl, she is such a joy.
Grateful for my family who gave me amazing support in the past year.
I am grateful for my OH for giving me 8.5 years of happiness, I so wish he could be here to give me many more.
I am also grateful for ebay and amazon, this baby malarki business can be very expensive without those sites.

vq get thee self to a dr and get referred for phyio. I broke my arm just before I fell pregnant with DD1 and it isn't right. If I am run down, poorly or tired it can be extremely painful and you can see where the muscles in my hand and wrist haven't ever quite recovered. Theory is my body switched it attentions from healing the injury completely to growing a baby. And, in all honesty so did my brain I should imagine.

Lots of hugs stunt you've had a shit time with sleep.

Thankful for antibiotics, but would be more thankful if they came in suppository form.
Thankful for this quiche.
Thankful for a good night's sleep.

luis you made me :o

contra hope you still feel more positive