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

Never seem to catch up these days! Am up feeding in bed, DH asleep next to me ( won't mention it's only 3 hours since dream feed, and time between night feeds is reducing, WTAF Teddy?!). Clicked on pass's link to the disgraceful song for babies and it started blaring out straight away. DH was not amused.

That's it.

Chasing L is in pain, J is having nightmares. Both want me to sleep on their floors. We have had 3 weeks of D&V and colds between us all. Oh, and a whole bunch of stuff no one cares about. I'm just feeling subdued and sorry for myself, and you are lovely for noticing and caring.

Sounds crap Luis. Hope everyone feels better soon in every way. And that you actually get some sleep regardless of whose floor it is on.

:( Luis hope everyone is better soon and that you get some sleep.

And tits I hope DS1 is ok and that the whole thing isn't too stressful.

This is wake up 1 - so 3.5 hours - not too bad, just hope she settles again a bit quicker than she did last night.

That's crap Luis
hope you all feel better soon.

I remember a time when LO didn't wake at night any more in India it started again n now he wakes everyday at this time. LO please go bk to 9 hour sleeps please.
I was about to get very upset during the night feed. But he looked so darn cute.

Right reduce night feed starting tomorrow !

Luis we care about the other crap too if it helps you to vent.

3 hours for second stretch of sleep. He self settled last time so happy with that. Think he wakes because of the cold. Roll on spring.

Luis, spill

oh Luis big quiche hugs.

been hourly since 1:30. I know the gavisgon will have created wind. feeding to sleep stops tomorrow.

baby thrown in hammock.

We do care luis

8 hours, woken by DH getting up and his sodding alarm.

Those scared of weaning, do not be! It is fun. Another activity to do with baby that is both enjoyable and funny. Watching their little faces reacting either positively or negatively is great. Seeing the excitement and anticipation when they see the bowl coming etc. enjoy it as it is not so much fun when they become fussy toddlers.

I really like the purée approach as you cannot go wrong, and a bit of cooking at weekends means it is just a case of popping out a cube or three and warming. With a selection in the freezer you can have an endless variety of yummy meals. Add in porridge and you are sorted.

J is snuffly and coughing again poor wee man. It is very cold tonight. I think clearing the crap out of his room has made it colder too.

Oh how I love the sound of shouting, gurgling and farting in the (ridiculously early) morning. And that's just DH (boom boom).

Oh Luis you're not in an easy position having to sleep on the floor. It can't be very good for your sleep quality. Can you get a night off at all, maybe once the illness has passed?

J did six hours between feeds: 11-5. Sleep regression is definitely over. Phew. Was it supposed to last four weeks?

Stupid app. Finally found the new thread. Cannot believe you have to refresh most active ffs! Safari was doing very silly things so had to give up with that.

J is still coughing away poor little sod. He is quiet on his room though so I cannot complain. He loves his cot and knows exactly what it is for. His room is where he escapes the madness of the day. They will all get that soon and you will all start getting sleep again. He is nearly 24 weeks now.

He has started looking really quite sad when we are eating and he is not. He knows what he is missing now I think. Today I will give him tea too as up until now he has only had lunch.

Another good thing about weaning is that daddies get quite excited about helping so you can get a break of you want.

Yes luis can the missus take a turn? Or does she just lie there farting and snoring like our menfolk?

Well, J has not settled so my day started at 5am. I said to DH that if he is going to set his alarm for stupid o'clock, at least have the decency to tell me, and that he had woken J. He denies waking J. Fucking coincidence then. Sodding alarm followed by niagra piss, when the bathroom is right next to Js bedroom. When his sisters cough can wake him from the other side of the house, it does not take a genius. In a fucking bad mood as I have a splitting headache and all three to contend with today.

Big hugs Luis. Can anyone give you a respite?

VQ that is shite. My day started at 5.45am when LO decided it was up time but he has a cob on so god knows how today will go!

Tits I hope the hospital is ok.

I hope everyone else is still in the land of nod... I can not moan here as I got 7.30-5.45 with a loud cry at midnight for which I switched Ewan on and gave a cuddle. Can they get nightmares at this age? That's what it sounded like.

Oh good. Another week of snot, shit and screaming starts.

Got up this morning and the dog had shat on the door mat. Great start to the week. Something is stressing him and I can't work it out. Unless we are getting intruders în the garden. But he didn't bark. Fucker. Every day I am getting clser to losing it and rehoming the pets. And hate myself for not coping wijth them.

We are greeted by an early morning tantrum oh joy.

vq do you mean to find this thread you refreshed most active? If so, you don't have to do that, there is a tab on the bottom, the star with 'I'm on' if you tap that it will bring the thread up. Just ignore me if that isn't at all what you are on about

Uh oh Sophia Toddler tantrums are really not how you want to be starting the day

[PR] I am not coping so well with my dogs either. They are still young and enthusiastic and I just don't have the patience to deal with them on zero sleep. They still jump up, esp at DD1, and bark at nothing and I spend every meal time returning them to their beds every 5 minutes and I'm sick of it :(

N only woke twice last night, which would great if she went down a little earlier; but twice between 11 and 7 is still every 2-3 hours. Yesterday she slept less than an hour all day. She is starting to look tired - 5 month old babies should not look tired. I have to do something but she will not self settle - just gets really upset - and I can't spend ages pushing her round in the pram or anything like that because of DD1. Letting her CIO looks like the only option, and I just can't do it.

I'm also worrying about weaning, I am off to a weaning class today though so hopefully I'll feel a bit more confident after!

LO was just up once, at 4 for about 15 minutes. I haven't slept since.

I assume I just have to let her sleep this illness off. She is drinkingnan ounce here and there, doesn't seem dehydrated, not interested in her purees, coughing a lot. Since her lungs were checked on Friday , and she hasn't exactly deteriorated I guess we just have to sit it out.

We all have the same cough, but the rest of us are dealing with it better and it has't affected our appetite.

Spent yesterday evening looking at a place we wanted to go to in Alsace, near the mountains, for a few days in May. Picked the perfect place only to find it's booked up completely right through May :(

It's really hard to find somewhere that suits us all. This place was just right, ticked all the boxes. We go away so rarely now I look for something that is really going to suit us. Nothing luxurious, but I don't sleep in tents either (bad memories). We focus our trips on views, silence, walks and what the local food and wine specialities are. And when it is just for a weekend no more than three or four hours drive.

Bugger. MIght try the black forest in Germany.

should sweary Wednesday be brought forward for everyone?

oh pr big hugs. I so wish it would all calm down for you.

sorry for tantrums and early wake ups.

this baby really did not need all those feeds in the night. they're much shorter so am going to start to see if we can push it a bit. he's started nodding off again as soon as picked up, its the put down that's the issue. I don't like the hammock but it does encourage longer sleep from him so think will try for a bit again. our longest ever stretches ever of 5 hours were in it at 14 weeks but also when he was only pooing at midday.