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November 2012 - We're ready for Spring... any time now please!

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StuntNun · 26/03/2013 13:40

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1714057-November-2012-The-lurker-amnesty-fred-for-our-quiche

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TheDetective · 30/03/2013 22:26

I want fucking chips now! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Brockle You know that lovely woman who carried our food to our table at Ikea? Well she came back with 3 fucking sachets of vinegar! I was outraged inside! I grabbed 12 more when I got our drinks!!! Grin

Reminds me, a couple of times I've asked for vinegar, and been given one sachet. Oh how I've laughed in the face of a lot of people! I use at least 7 lmao! If not more!

If we got to the chippy, I just ask for the vinegar to put my own on Grin. And ask for them in the kebab tubs, paper won't take it!

TheDetective · 30/03/2013 22:27

One sachet. What's the point even?!

TheDetective · 30/03/2013 22:33

DP is such a tit! He's supposed to be doing the washing up. I won't go in the kitchen after he has cooked, as I will have a total meltdown. He just said can I leave the dishes for the morning.

I said, well, I won't be going in there til they are done, so you will have to get up for all night feeds. He is going to. Idiot. Surely it would have been better to do the dishes and get 8 hours straight sleep?!

TooManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 30/03/2013 22:50

If you like ginger beer pr you should try Fentimans when you're back in England. The do an organic ginger which is amazing.

TheDetective · 30/03/2013 23:14

I'm doing a dream feed and meds!

Made fuck all difference Thursday night as he woke 4hrly anyway.

Please sleep? Til 6?? Clocks going forward mean you only have to do 6 hours. Can we call that a deal?!

LuisGarcia · 30/03/2013 23:46

@chasing

None of my words can help, but reach out to someone irl. Go to a random church tomorrow with O and ask someone, or a neighbour, or a long lost friend on facebook or something. I can't say I know what you're going through, but I can say that this isn't forever. You matter as well as O. We're here for you too.

@TheDetective Please don't come and hug me. I'm scared

PurplePidjin You ok?

Question of the day. How on earth do you cook without salt sugar, lime juice, and chilies?

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 31/03/2013 00:16

Stayed up late tonight having some so called quality time with DH. We watched revolution, not sure what I think of it.

J is asleep in cot after pitiful feed. He did take both boobs tho with a half hour gap in between. God only knows what the night will bring.

kirrinIsland · 31/03/2013 02:36

N hasn't slept for more than 30 mins at a time so far tonight - made worse by the fact that I've just watched the clocks go forwards in front of my very eyes! An hour less hoping she'll settle sleep in the blink of an eye!

About to put her in her cot again. Hopefully for a bit longer this time........

Lily311 · 31/03/2013 03:32

Am with you Kirrin, we are up every fucking hours.

Bryzoan · 31/03/2013 04:02

Oooh kirrin and lily :-(

Hope things are improving.

G did 5 hrs :-) well done little man. Now - of only his sister hadn't have got me up after 2 of them. She and dh have both been having night terrors.

Still at least there'll be chocolate today.

Happy Easter all of you.

TooManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 31/03/2013 04:16

I think the 4 month sleep regression is creeping in here.

I second what luis said chasing, people on here give really good advice. I hope you're feeling more positive knowing that a load of people on the Internet care about you greatly.

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StuntNun · 31/03/2013 05:16

J went five hours between feeds! What a difference from a week ago when I was being woken four times a night. Either the sleep regression must be over or my attempts at a schedule during the day have paid off. He did drain a 7.5 oz bottles of EBM at 5 then had substantial feeds at 7.30 and 10.30 so I'm going to keep trying to tank him up before bedtime. Now if he had only slept for all of those five hours, that would have been perfect but he woke up multiple times and I ended up co-sleeping with him for an hour after midnight. We start sleep training using the Ferber method tonight so hopefully that will help him sleep better.

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ValiumQueen · 31/03/2013 05:19

I have no idea if my mobile automatically adjusts the time or not, but either way J has had a fantastic night sleeping around 8 hours straight. Looks like he wants more too after this feed. I have been up with both girls too, and they did wake him around 2, but he self settled.

Happy Easter everyone. Sorry to hear of bad nights x

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2013 05:30

7 hours it seems. I am happy with 7 hours.

YellowWellies · 31/03/2013 05:53

First night feed - it seems the 4 month sleep regression may finally have fucked the fuck off!

VQ your wee manny seems to have figured out this sleep malarky too - clever little dude!

fruitpastilles · 31/03/2013 06:25

Just wondered why S hadn't stirred by 6:15, then I realised clocks had gone forward, an then like clockwork she woke! It's really strange that I actually feel like I've had a lie in with it being an hour later even though I haven't iyswim?

Sorry for the bad nights.

fruitpastilles · 31/03/2013 07:06

Oops, forgot to say happy Easter! Hope everyone has a lovely day, the Easter bunny seems to have forgotten our house. We are off to an Easter bonnet parade and disco for the kids at our local, should be a good day, all my aunties and cousins will want to munch S, so I'll get a bit of a breather as well Grin

PetiteRaleuse · 31/03/2013 07:11

Happy Easter.

Shite night here with DD1. And LO has a slight temperature and doesn't want to eat this morning.

Bugger.

Lily311 · 31/03/2013 07:13

We were up so many times, what happened to my baby? I am so tired. The worst was that it took her 20 min to settle herself every time, she kept singing, shouting, crying.

Clarella · 31/03/2013 07:46

gah here too. two hourly but from 4 he writhes about - its a bed side cot so we see and have yo put hand on his head to settle - but he does it even if he's in with me. normal? what to dp?! dh mighty pissed off as he thought he'd 'sort' it last night and banished me to the spare room. thank god, I needed a bit of sleep, felt really faint yesterday.

kirrinIsland · 31/03/2013 08:03

Shit night here too. Longest sleep was 2 hours. Mostly she woke hourly at least. She cannot self settle. I don't know how to teach her to self settle. It's too soon for cc, and I would only do that if she needed a bit of a nudge, but it's more than that. I think cc'ing would take hours a night and I'm not prepared to put her through it. Shush pat has no effect at all and we could pick up put down all night. I am defeated.

Clarella · 31/03/2013 08:08

hugs kirrin. it's exhausting. George seems to have a lot of morro reflex which wakes him or loads of squirming. bizzarely has just gone down again now though after a feed and lots of arms jumping. must admit we have to put down sleep at mo. though he settled with me just stroking head last night.

what about no cry sleep solution? we've resolved to do it properly.....

co sleeping makes no difference to him, if not worse!

might hang out in the sleep section for a bit....

itsnotyouitsMeals · 31/03/2013 09:07

Awake every hour here too. Sympathy all round. Xxx

LuisGarcia · 31/03/2013 09:10

Holy cow.

SUNSHINE!

Bryzoan · 31/03/2013 09:27

Good, isn't it. Sunshine, coffee, chocolate and hot cross buns. What's not to like apart from green poo?