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

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StuntNun · 06/04/2013 22:25

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

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Passmethecrisps · 07/04/2013 21:41

Shit, bugger, balls MM. Let's just hope that she was just saying hello and goes back down for, say, 10 hours

Passmethecrisps · 07/04/2013 21:43

3 Til 9 VQ? My goodness I think P would expire if she was awake so long. Poor wee man.

How exactly
Do you test suppositories?

Evilwater · 07/04/2013 21:46

MM1 yay!!!
YW are you are Dr. House quiche?
fatmia I bet your glad of the extra money
big I'm glad you have had a better time.
Sorry if I've missed any one out.
Evil

ValiumQueen · 07/04/2013 21:49

pass I really do not want to contemplate that for too long.

YellowWellies · 07/04/2013 21:50

Evil when J's reflux is bad there isn't anything I can do other than cuddle him when he cries and make sure he's medicated for stomach acid suppression. That's what makes it so heartbreaking there's not much you can do other than that. Big hugs to you hon xxxxx

Evilwater · 07/04/2013 21:51

pass it's Deffo not constipation, my mum and I have tired calpol and it's not really done any thing. It's not a new food as he has had rice pudding today. I don't think it's wind as he 6 months and should be over colic.

Ill try a warm bath tomorrow.
Evil

MsJupiterJones · 07/04/2013 21:55

Hello new thread! Trying to catch up on reading rest of last thread and all of this one. Obviously forgotten what I was going to say to whom already.

Firstly Happy birthday MM! The weather came out for it. It was my Mummy's birthday today too (I don't still call her Mummy though). We took her to the Bowie exhibition at the V&A and L was really great, I think he enjoyed it me dancing with him.

Pass I'm sorry about your Aunty but that did make me smile with recognition. L is a real babbler and turning in to a right squealer too. It was Clarella and also me (and also... Kyz maybe? Blush) who said we feel like ours are the noisy babies. DH said he doesn't even think about it bothering other people but I cringe, I'd hate to think I was spoiling someone's day/flight/funeral.

Love to PR, Clarella, Evil and anyone else suffering with illness, feeding or general stress. We had a shit night last night so I've given him an extra ff today to see if that helps.

ThanksThanks and sleepy dung to all xx

Thechick · 07/04/2013 21:58

Passme it's all better now, but last night it was so awful and I was in so much pain. I thought all this blocked duct malarkey was behind us. Happy half birthday to Donna's LO I really can't believe it's been 6 months!! Thanks for the well wishes Daisy. You've already hit the 6 month mark haven't you??
We are using baby rice. H loves it, but we have other fruits and veg to try also.

FatimaLovesBread · 07/04/2013 22:04

Haha yes I do really test suppositories, in fact I think we're the market leader in constipation suppository manufacturing Grin
Sounds shit but I love my job. I test other things too, not just suppositories

ValiumQueen · 07/04/2013 22:08

But how?

Fucking app cannot find this thread so I am on safari. Off to catch a gazelle...

BigPigLittlePig · 07/04/2013 22:09

Evil have you got a sling? That's helped F massively the past few days, I wore a shiny clean stripe in the kitchen floor this morning, pacing up and down til she settled and fell asleep.

Whoever it was I sent the carrot cake recipe too fecking baby brain they are delish. DH "doesn't like carrot cake" so I told him they were cinammon and raisin. He loved them. He was not impressed when I revealed their true nature, but could not take back the praise mwah haha. I am a pro at hiding food within food. The grater and the blender are my friends Grin

Bit nervy about weaning here too. Just because I haven't got a clue. Garden keeps putting lovely pics on fb of her girls with various delights, I'm quite sure F will have to make do with much duller food Hmm

DH is watching a programme about tarantulas. I am doing my utmost to not hear or see it.

FatimaLovesBread · 07/04/2013 22:14

I'm a microbiologist so I test them for microbial contamination after manufacture. Involves lots of things I won't bore you but mainly putting them in a colourful broth, doing different tests and seeing of anything grows

Kyzordz · 07/04/2013 22:23

Hope you find something that works evil

Oops mm has she gone down again now?

I am terrified of weaning. Think it looks like garden is doing fantastically! I can't even manage feeding e a fucking bottle without fucking it up. Got 4oz into him before bed. Why doesn't he want milk anymore?!? Been in tears all aft. Got so frustrated then felt wank for doing so. Think my head might explode. Least he is taking a dream feed

repeats to self it could be worse over and over, rocking and crying in the corner

BigPigLittlePig · 07/04/2013 22:27

Kyz I'm wondering whether they suddenly drop the amount of milk they need. For weeks I've been reading of babies having only 5/6 feeds a day and thinking how strange it was as F was having at least double that. Within 2 days she's halved the feeds and seems fine with that. Odd. Am trying to ignore enormous norks and roll with it.

Fatima CV is winging its way over - not sure how useful it will be.

I'm off to bed now, fingers crossed and toes

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 07/04/2013 22:38

J is asleep. He will want fed before I go to bed. So I am watching broadchurch.

YellowWellies · 07/04/2013 22:40

BPLP ha Jonas took half an hour of sling walking today to get to nap. Looking at my pedometer it took 2000 steps - that's over a mile - am sure I wore a groove on the living room floor. Little bugger.

He seems to be making up for the last few days hunger strike. Both boobs at bedtime - hope he'll sleep later than 3 for his first feed. Sleeping through seems too much to hope for, but he did it for 8 weeks.

kirrinIsland · 07/04/2013 22:53

Can't keep up....

I've had a friend staying for the weekend so I've hardly got on here at all - no idea what's going on!

N has slept for about an hour all day and is now spark on me. This is going to mean either a really good or a really bad night. Last night ahe only woke once ........ But for 3 hours :( She was perfectly content and smily - just very definitely awake.

Wishing you all lots of sleep and no wake ups xxx

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 07/04/2013 23:08

Right j woke up and has fed a bit so now going up to try transfer. Hoping for no wake ups but know I have no chance!

Titsalinabumsquash · 07/04/2013 23:19

Eldest DS is in hospital for 2 weeks from tomorrow so J and I will be joining him.
It's going to be a real bastard of a fortnight but needs must!

J isn't doing too badly, feeding, sleeping still in our bed!! although I did have a slight melt down today after deciding J must be developmentally behind because he's too small to sit properly in the upright gym thing Blush he's actually fine and dandy but I'm a worrier and slightly hysterical from stress.

What I would like very much is to spend a night with just DP to be just a couple again and to have vast amounts of sex it's frustrating that I can't e en cuddle him because J is constantly on one of us or yelling!

Oh and eldest is ado going through a SENCO assessment at school so that's all going on, poor DS2 he's suffering because he's so easy and stress free!!! He'll like some quality time with DP though while the rest of us are away.

Expect to hear from me a lot over the coming weeks, hospitals are snooze fests.

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 07/04/2013 23:36

Sorry to hear you will be in hospital tits that sounds like a nightmare.

I am bed hooked up to a tens machine for my pelvic floor! Physio gave me it weeks ago and I hadn't used it yet, bad patient. Remembered last night that she said she could track how often I'd used it so getting some sessions on before it needs returned on wed!

Transfer went well so J is asleep and I hope to be after I've done my fanjo physio!

YellowWellies · 07/04/2013 23:51

Got up to bed after the King's Speech to find J wide eyed and doing high kicks with a delighted grin we got into bed and turned the light out largely ignoring him. He chirruped away happily then let out the loudest old bloke fart, at which DH and I lost it and DH released an identical sounding fart. A quick impromptu feed then back to bed for him. Still its better than him waking 20 mins after I've nodded off....

ChasingDaisy · 08/04/2013 00:19

Oh kyz are you ok? Please don't feel like a failure for E being difficult feeding at the moment. Lots of us seem to be having the same issue at the moment, every feed is a battle here and I am obsessively counting the number of ounces he has each day. Four months seems to be a tricky old time for babies.

4.5 hours for first stretch of sleep. Not as good as yesterday but I'm happy if he manages at least 4 hours.

ChasingDaisy · 08/04/2013 00:33

Luis I hope the fact that we haven't heard from you means you are managing to get some sleep.

As an experiment I just put O back in his cot awake and he seems to be self settling....

Lily311 · 08/04/2013 01:23

Second feed already. I am shuttered. Fuck you sleep regression.

PurplePidjin · 08/04/2013 01:38

R's feeds are dramatically shorter suddenly too. I'm convinced he can't be full, yet he doesn't get hungry again for 1 1/2-2 hours after a 5-10 minute feed Confused