Jan 2013 Part 4: More noises, movements and more sleep?! Hmmmm

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I leave B during the night until he's making persistent noise - I don't usually wake up til then anyway! He's always wide awake; he's never done the dream feed thing. I tickle under his neck or blow gently on his face to keep him awake...

He's still in with us but will be going in his own room once his blackout blind arrives and we've given it a good Hoover. Probably in the next week or so.

B is still mostly in 0-3 clothes . I've started putting him in 3-6 vests but his other things mostly look far too big on him still (he's 19weeks). Sainsburys stuff is bigger though, as is Asda.

Hubby has taken B out for a long walk so that I can get some of this marking done. Bailey seemed to think that 3 15min naps today was acceptable so he's been doing my head in and I've gotten absolutely nothing done. He's just point blank refused to sleep today.

Showed that to ds1 he liked the one about the teachers! May have to apologise on monday...

Ps even after nearly 10'years of nursery rhymes i hadn't heard of half of those! :)

Just wrote a long post and bloody phone lost it so you are all saved

Anyway long story short, Im figging exhausted and getting increasingly frustrated with the sleepless nights now and Meringue I am a horrible mother and do leave her to cry but the little bugger doesn't give I'm without a fight .

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Ah sorry you are going through this Lost

One day it will end, one day it will end, one day it will end.

I have a guest staying with her baby too this weekend. Bloody teenagers next door have woken him up too now :(

😞 lost

Another shit night here. The calpol has been dispensed.

You are not a shit mother.

Trying not to be annoyed that dp did a nice thing by getting him dressed and a bottle. Im now having to pump so it doesnt mess up boob allowance :-(

Just like to say that no1s a bad mum! We are simply tired mums or stretched to our limit mums, never bad x have a good day all.... or try :)

Another thing I try to remember is he's never crying AT me, hes crying at a situation but not because im crap, just because he cant say whats up.

Here here, lora!

I think X must have decided she'd rather I spent the sleep consultant money on her as she only fed twice last night. Was wide awake at 530am but there's hope! I decided to take her out of the bednest and put her in her bugaboo pram cot on the floor for the night. If I'd known she'd sleep better in that I could have saved £££££s . I think the mattress was softer so maybe more comfy for her.

Sorry to those having bad nights, it's just awful. Keep trying different things though as eventually one of them will work.....even just for a night

Oh lost I'm sorry. You're doing great, it's so hard.

Hooray birdies ! We have a bednest too, perhaps I should try her in the carrycot or the brand new big cot. Worth a go I guess.

Could be the solution to the sleep thing. Dexter sleeps in a big pram top and he sleeps well so id see if it works if I were you

Bailey's in the travel cot at the mo and will go up to his bed once we're back from hols. Got a blackout blind now so hoping that will help with sleep. Can't complain too much though as he's only up once in the night. Would just love him to go right through!

Jumperoos are ace!! B is currently going mental in his! Can keep him occupied for so long too.

Well travel cot seems like it will help with daytime naps only problem today was dd1 shouting about ds1 when i dared to go to the toilet. Couldn't get Ivy to resettle but theres hope! :)

birdies glad carrycot worked. I really miss ours. It was her 'bed on wheels' but shes too big now.

happy we have a bright starts jumper thing that Ivy enjoys, think she would have loved a jumperoo but hey ho! Tbh though as soin as she can crawl or sit well.enough for her bum shuffling to really work i doubt she will want to be in anything she will be into everything tho

Have cleaned house as much as poss for tomorrow. Now taking a deep breath remembering my cbt and actualy sort of looking forward to showing off our little surprise. Rellies over from Oz and last time i saw them dd1 was 18months and i was very clear she was our last... Funny that now i wouldn't change anything!

My baby is broken. She won't sleep. I am absolutely fucked, fucked off, and fucking AAAARGH

So is mine bunty The cot just made it harder to get her out. Perhaps we'll try the carrycot tonight but I don't think it's that.

How do I do a job interview on no sleep next week? DH not keen on helping which in a way is fair enough given that 90% of the time she'll want feeding. But mostly makes me and .

Hope the visit goes well apples .

Hugs Bunty and Glorious
Glorious will she sleep if she's in with you? Not ideal but might help you get some rest for your interview.

I had better night only up once at 2.30 but she didn't go to bed until 10 as we were out for family birthday. She's not a great baby to go out with either, it's such hard work to get her to sleep in pushchair and if she does drop off its for about ten minutes. DD1 used to be much happier in pushchair than cot.

Apples hope you have a good day

Happy - Lois loves the jumperoo, cute moment yesterday DD1 was stood in front jumping as well, which DD2 found hilarious and was laughing her head off going bonkers .

glorious
Hugs, and thanks lost.

I've had 90 mins sleep. She went down at 1, up at 2:30, DS up at 3:30, she was down at 4, she's still sleeping, DS has been up ever since.

DH is sleeping. I am watching thomas the fucking tank engine. I actually would quite welcome a general anaesthetic ATM so I could get some sleep.

I dont know what to suggest... but the tandem wake ups your getting are certainly stopping me wanting a second for a long time.

Could it be the warmth? Dexter woke up last night but shut up as soon as I stuck a dummy in. Ive switched to a blanket over the sleeping bags while its warm.

Dp attempted to go bed with ear plugs laat night the cheeky sod. The only night time noises are him stumbling to the loo and not shutting the door when he goes.

glorious the night before your interview your dh should be in charge of night wakings, with instructions to pass the baby to you for food only, and he is responsible for settling afterwards. dp has done this before I have a long drive the next day (he doesn't drive), and I felt more rested if all I had to do was feed. plus dd will settle for dp more easily without boob, probably because she can't smell milk on him.

sorry you had a bad night bunty

I want a jumperoo

dd did a massive poo this morning which confirmed she has been taking some solids in as it was more like a human poo than her usual breastmilk ones.

Oh bunty and glorious hugs to both of you. My baby's broken too. I've got to take my head out of the sand and accept it. She wakes hourly, settles immediately, but only seems to sleep deeply (four hours a night, followed and preceded by the hourly wakings) when almost flat on her face so I'm panicking about whether she can breathe or not. So knackered.

glorious great advice from bugsy - do it, and good luck.

DD1 made me cry this mornig. Feel like such a failure. Combined sleep deprivation and an attention-seeking little madam and I am totally losing it. Ugh.

I am having shit sleep too even tried gina ford it does not work the lying little bitch

lost she does sleep better in with me but I generally don't fall into a deep sleep (which I gather is why it's safe). I think that's what we'll do tonight though just to give me a fighting chance.

lora good thought but I don't think it's that. She definitely wakes too cold sometimes so I've been checking her temperature and she feels normal. And the room isn't that hot as we have blinds down and windows open most of the day.

Bunty that is dire

Angielka that sounds a very similar pattern, though we're not getting more than 2.5 as the 'long' stretch at the moment. With an older one to deal with too it must be so, so tough.

bugs that's what I suggested to DH and he wasn't keen, I think to be fair more through lack of confidence than anything. I suggested we practise for half the night on Friday, which is what he was 'too tired' for. I'm a bit worried that if we now try on Weds it'll be such a shock for DD that she'll be worse than usual resulting in me just feeding her all night. But perhaps I'm wrong. I should say that he is very supportive and helpful in the day, and is off now walking her around for her nap while I prepare for the interview (I have a presentation to write and 10 competency examples to sort out).

On a happier note I've just noticed this:

ooh yes I like that!

Poor everyone, shit sleep here again too. She wakes at 530am now, regardless of bedtime.

And weaning isn't going well at all. With DD1 she took to it straight away. X pushes the baby rice out with her tongue, clamps mouth shut and cries. Anyone know what I should do? I feel pretty clueless. Was all ready with my Annabel Karmel book again but if baby won't open mouth then what do I do??! She's over 6 months now.

Blw scares me - I wouldn't have a clue what to give her. Are there any books on this?

salt the lying little bitch lol!

birdies someone from mumsnet has this site: www.babyledweaning.com/ might help give you an idea of whether it's something you'd like to try. But if X isn't ready, they still say most nutrition come from milk for the first year and to give them time to get ready.

birdies I read the baby led weaning book by gill rapley, it's really helpful.