November 2012 - Poor sleep-deprived mummies (and daddy)

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1721864-November-2012-GTbaby-is-back-Hooray-hooray

Ok enough now. I'm done.

She slept at 9. I finally got her down in the cot at 1. This is slightly later than normal, but bed before 11 is virtually unheard of. She then wakes every 90 minutes or so. A 3 hour sleep is considered amazing. I have no evenings, no child free time and no sleep. I'm back at work in 6 weeks.
She doesn't sleep in the day unless we're out in the car and even then it's hit and miss as to whether she'll stay asleep once the car stops. I'm constantly waking her up from naps on me due to having a toddler and not being about to just sit around all day holding a baby. I am exhausted. She must be exhausted. I don't know how to fix it.

And afuckinggain

Hugs for bad nights x J has amazed me and gone 8 hours. Hopefully a quick feed will suffice.

Detective will you need to get a new car seat? I think you and PR have put me off air travel for some time.

YW there are clearly advantages to having a bantam weight laddie. I found next was fine for my cuddly girls. I think they have started cutting smaller fairly recently.

Mind now blank. Hugs to all needing them x

PP and Kirrin especially hugs to you. With a convalescing DH and an elder child to contend with it makes it even worse x I hope you soon start getting adequate rest x

GT that is not so good about your DH ignoring his health. Hope he soon gets on top if things x

PR - feel nauseous at your story. Ugh.

Detective - if you need a new bag for your stroller I can recommend one. There is a British motorcycle clothing company that makes v heavy duty bags to measure. I couldn't find a bag big enough for my pram, and they charged me £25 and made and shipped it to me v rapidly - I had it within 36 hours of ordering. Taken it on 2 flights (but not with easy jet - BA) and its coped well.

Come on hungry baby - finish eating so I can go back to sleep.

epic catch up fail but some things sound promising in the quiche yesterday (vq, pr) so sorry for others shitty days.

had a horrid moment at bath time when George turned his head and snorted water. we both panicked - I slapped his back not knowing what to do which got a squeal so I knew he was at least breathing it was horrid. he recovered quickly though and I distracted with silly songs and finished the bath. dh said he wouldn't have known g was so chilled. spent quiche time reading nhs stuff.

some sleep success - g is going 4 hours with a bit of help settling (pupd, hand on head) but dh reckons the sheet tucked tightly is the main thing. then he slept from 11:30 to 2:15!! and he only stirredat 4:15 due to stuffy nose so squinted spray. went back to sleep but some gas issues so its me that's decided to comfort feed.

I haven't bloody slept mind

trying to decide if to put back or keep here...

oh sorry for bad nights

And a again. Every hour and a half or less. Fucking heating's going back on, i tried having it off overnight but it's cold!

And again here too.

Well done to J VQ - he's getting good at this!

clarella that sounds scary. Glad he's ok.

pidj can your mum have him for a bit tomorrow to give you a break?

Just had a quick skim read. Hugs to all those that need it. Bplp thanks for the ds1 birthday messages. We had a lovely day. Sorry to hear about the flight issues. We are going to Poland in June and am not sure what to expect. GT I'm going into my workplace next week. I'm a little bit nervous but excited to show H off. How's it going to work with you being pg. Are you going back to work to be entitled to maternity leave or does it just run on. Tell me to go away if I'm being too nosy or if you've already said somewhere else.

Good. He fed at 9.30, bed at 9. Slept til 5. Took 3oz in 4 minutes and snuggled back in to my arms and went back to sleep. Thank fuck for that.

Now boy, sleep til 8 and last night is forgiven!

Fed at 8.30 bloody phone... Grrr!

It's his day off he was meant to do this feed! Fucking wanker. He won't wake up. So I'm up again. So annoyed.

I'm thankful for having a lovely son who will keep me sane today.

Sneaks in to say O woke at 2.15, quick feed and she is still asleep.

I think that I make this comment almost every Thursday. I am thankful that my children appear to be better, and hope that this is the last of the winter bugs.

I am thankful for this quiche.

I am not thankful for not being able to sleep when I could sleep, and being knackered in the morning.

Sorry for the queasyjet story - I have hated them since but insist on dining out on that story for years to come.

Morning

I am thankful for my beautiful son who thinks sleeping 11hours is a brilliant trick and so do I!

I am thankful for my ace mum who let me go to work this week to refind my sanity.

I am thankful the rsv has finally decided to fuck off!

I am also thankful to luis as LO and are currently being thunderbirds!

YW send me address and will try and post today!

I am thankful dp took him downstairs so i could doze for an hour. Then brought me porridge and coffee in bed. I have no brain left to think of anything else.

Hello everyone, I read every day but rarely have enough time to post.

PR that is absolutely revolting

Detective we also have had dealings with Easyjet. A few years ago we booked some very cheap flights to Alicante, for my friends 30th Birthday. They cancelled our flights ( so they told us) and offered us an alternative which meant we lost a day of our holiday. It turns out that our flight wasn't cancelled at all but they had either sold our seats for more money or overbooked the flight. We booked the flights 6 months previously so it's not as if the didn't have enough fucking warning

clarella that must have given you a terrible fright. Which reminds me, I promised Dh I would look into a child and baby first aid course for him.

Kirrin, pp and Fatima I hope you all managed to get some sleep.

VQ I hope you have success with medication for J" you both have been suffering for far too long, hugs. Thank you very much for your advice on my job issues at the meet up. You are an amazing woman

Pass MM, Izzy and VQ it was great meeting you all again and * YW it was lovely to meet yourself and J

Morning :)

I'll be back when I've had coffee - my brain isn't working yet...

Meh. Gve me 5 minutes

First - here is an illustration of the ranitidine dosage borrowed from infantreflux.org. This is the calculation the docs use - I checked it with my doc.

*Usually the maximum dose is 10 mg/kg per day, divided up into 2 doses.

So an 11 lb 9 oz baby weighs 5.26 kg
10 mg x 5.26 kg = 52.6 mg per day (maximum)
Dividing this into 2 daily doses makes 26.3 mg per dose
Since Zantac syrup is 15 mg/ 1 mL, 26.3 mg would be in 1.75 mL.
To summarize: The maximum dose of Zantac for a baby weighing 11 lb 9 oz is 1.75 mL (or 26.3 mg) given twice a day. This makes a total of 3.5 mL (or 52.6 mg) for the day.*

I'm thankful for a helpful dh who came to take over for an hour this morning. still didn't fucking sleep but I'm also thankful that I don't feel too bad.

thankful that lo appears to be stretching it to at least 2 1/2 hours, max 3.

thankful for nhs website as yes a first aid course would be good.

off to see my good friend and surrogate doula (thogh she isn't one and had never heard of them!) who I'm sure will make me feel much better. her baby had a cleft lip and palette so feeding was even harder still

at cacacaz. Hia dude. Happy pumping.

I need to look back at stunt's sleep post. I think I need to crack day naps properly.

Last night was not very awesome. I mean it wasn't utterly traumatic. It could be much worse. It was meh.

I put p in the Moses basket swaddled. Started well. However, she woke every 2 hours for her dummy. This is not normal and makes me wonder if she has already got to having wiggle room to self-settle in. At 5:30 she cried out - she had managed to break her arms free. She was shouting a bit like this "eek! Help! Mumumumumumum! My arms! My arms are out! They want to be awake! Help meeeee!" So I stuffed them back in. Same again in half and hour. I should just have got us up but she looked so sleepy still. So more arm stuffing.

This does not bode well for swaddle weaning. mamapo what age is your LO?

Oh pass we had the same 'help oh fuck my tummy is cold and I can touch my face muuuum!' Cry a few weeks ago when C's zippy swaddle broke open! Cue disrupted sleep for a few nights until we got a replacement. C is 18 weeks. I have ergopoich swaddled which are great (save one breakage) and they have poppers so I can transition to one arm out. Don't quite need to yet, but it will be interesting to see how it goes.

I am thankful the lightbulb didn't explode over my baby yesterday. I'm thankful she slept a bit more last night and I am bloody grateful she didn't refuse the bottle again!

Morning all :) whatchoo all up to today? Yep, being nosey. for those that need it

I am still gutted about that post I lost last night, it was a big one and all nice and stuff. Bastard app.

I am thankful for, however, my lovely e who thinks 11 hours is a good sleep even if he came into my bed at 4:30am, he doesn't usually so I dont mind

I am thankful that dp is getting better at lo's bed time

I am thankful for the fact my cough is staying at a little tickle for now. I'm sure once e is ok I'll get it full force but for now it's alright. I am thankful for the fact e's cough, whilst bloody violent sometimes, is nothing more than a cough fucking hope it stays that way

And, as I tried to say last night before the cunting app ate my post, I am thankful for you all, cos you're all lovely and although I don't use the rest of mn very much, I'm glad I'm here in this quiche sharing this incredible and sometimes tough journey with you all :)