June 2013 (3) - teething & not sleeping!

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I broke the old thread! Step this way, step this way.

DD finally slept through last night after a month of waking up every night. I couldn't believe it when I woke up and it was 6.45!

How did your boobs feel hedgehogy? I'm really struggling and was actually quite pleased when dh woke dd up just so I could feed her!!

Not too bad, Madame, as she hasn't really been waking to feed; more for comfort when she was ill and couldn't feed properly, and with the teething, and to poo after she started weaning (luckily that has stopped, so it must have been her system getting used to it).

However, I know exactly how you feel as I can remember how my boobs felt when she first started sleeping through - I used to be willing her to wake up and with my history of mastitis that was an extra worry. It didn't take long for my boobs to get used to her sleeping through - maybe a week or so if I recall correctly, so it'll pass soon.

I massage with a nursing oil every night before I go to bed; although I don't get it any more, I think it helped to prevent the 'lumpiness' (or was that just me!) in the beginning. I still massage now to prevent the mastitis returning.

OH is at work do so out all night, oscar fell asleep as usual about eight. within an hour he was awake and still is at eleven, nothing is working, won't have any more boob, have tried teething powder in case and calpol, most of which came straight out, watched waybuloo and he is still awake rolling around waving ewan the poxy dream sheep around and doing things to him that would make a Welsh man . I was supposed to wrap all the presents and managed to do one. I am in bed having given up. He has stopped crying/whining for now which is nice.

Curly, we are having parallel lives...this is night 3 of this behaviour. WTAF? Is this a 6-month thing?? We hit 6 months on Christmas Day

I think my boobs knew it wouldn't last, we are awake and I can't even blame dh as he was on bed before us!!

Awake again, woke up and had full on crying and boob refusal but managed to finally get him on. I am hoping this won't last long it might mean teeth are finally going to appear ?

Hope you got some sleep Curly x

We had a waking again. I think it is teething as she seemed in pain; I gave her some teething gel and she calmed down. Looks like the bottom two teeth will cut through any day.

Oh my. All this talk of broken babies is worrying. Hope you all at least get a couple of hours this afternoon to go back to bed or to have a nice bubble bath.

Afriad Im joining the mega chuffed smug camp as Lil slept from 7.30 - 6.15! Feels amazing. All I need to do to recreate the conditions is to have a massive family party where we play pass the parcel with the baby for hours on end.

woke twice more and awake and whingy for 30 minutes now. Trying to convince him it's still night time but don't think it's working !

Awake again, woke up and had full on crying and boob refusal but managed to finally get him on. I am hoping this won't last long it might mean teeth are finally going to appear ?

I haven't been on for such a long time but I have been through hell lately :( my marriage has always been difficult...my husband is a massive drinker and when he is drunk he isn't a very nice person at all and I have ended up with bruises / injuries far too many times :( I honestly thought he'd changed since the baby came along but last Saturday I went out on my works do (I haven't been out since Elliott was born) when I got in he was vile to me and things really got out of control...something clicked and I realised I couldn't let Elliott have a life of that so I went and viewed a house Monday signed for it immediately and moved in yesterday...so now I have gone from expecting to celebrate a first Christmas as a family to being a single Mum :'(
I know this post is random and all about me but I just needed to share how I am feeling with people that won't judge me xx
If you are friends with me on Facebook please don't write anything on my wall it isn't common knowledge that I have left him yet never mind anything else :(
Hope Christmas preparations are well on the way xx

arlandria that sounds really tough, have you got
good support close by ? While it clearly isn't what you hoped for I hope you feel happier once you are settled. Sorry I am crap at putting stuff like this into words.
I can however send you an apparently un mn hug x

thanks curly xx luckily I have an amazing sister and lots of brilliant friends who had no idea what I was going through but since I have told them I feel a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and they have been great :)
although it's not what I wanted at least I don't have to tread on egg shells constantly xx

Arlandria - I'm so sorry that you've bern having such a hard time. Well done for letting some people know and organising a safe place to move in to. That's a massive thing to do.

Is everyone weaning now? We've had some tummy issues at night that only started in the week or so. DS has been waking up screaming and writhing I'm wondering about scaling back the weaning a little bit to let his system recover and adjust more gently. Anyone else having similar issues?

So sorry your going through this Arlandria, but well done for being brave enough to do something about it, my sister had a very similar situation and once she was settled she never looked back!!

Mrs81, how many times is your lo eating solids and what time of the day? My first dd only had breakfast and lunch for a long time as if she ate after about 4:30 she would be in agony overnight, I'm doing the same this time with dd2 and so far it seems to be workingtouch wood

mrs81 I am wondering if that was some of the problem last night but I have been lazy and just bf for two days as OH has been out when we have been trying food and it is too much hassle to do on my own at the mo . we generally just 'eat' at dinner time at the moment and going for blw means most is on the floor and in the cat so I figure a couple of days without shouldn't matter ? oh I don't know some times I feel so out of my depth !

Arlandria - well done on getting out. Glad you have lots of people to help you around you, and once you ask for help, you often see just how many people love you.

Mrs81 - DD also had tummy issues, if you think DS might be a little sensitive, keep his milk up and just introduce foods one at time so you can rule out anything that upsets him.

We're sort of going through the wringer with traumas in my extended family, not sure I can face writing it all down, but one thing that it has made crystal clear is that I'm very lucky to have DH and my 2DCs, while we might not have the most stuff and poshest lifestyle, I've realised how blessed I am compared to a lot of people who on the surface seem to have everything. even if the mini one doesn't do sleeping at the moment

We've not been giving him solids after c2.30pm, but on the basis of yesterday's nappy, Thursday's spinach took a couple of days to work through!! It's tricky to judge isn't it? He's 27w now and enjoys the actual feeding process, it's just the next bit that causes grief.

Goodness, Arlandria, I can't imagine going through that. Well done on taking the hardest step and leaving. I hope you manage to enjoy Elliott's first Christmas, despite all the upheaval.

It's really good you've got support too, as no doubt you'll need it in the upcoming days, weeks and months.

The main thing is is absolutely done the best thing for both of you. xx

Amy's struggled to have bottles the last few days which we think is down to sore gums. I'm really hoping for teeth soon!

What with the excess drool from teething and the recently acquired skill of bubble blowing, she's an absolute delight when absolutely covered in her own spit! :-/

We're away this weekend seeing my family, but go home later today. I'm dreading the motorway.

I've got my flexible work request meeting at work tomorrow. Should be fun. Not. I'm not entirely happy with its toning as it's DH's birthday, but never mind.

Arlandria you have made the hardest, but no doubt, best step for you and DS. I hope that although Christmas might be a little different you enjoy it and that the new year is truly a new start for you both x

Good luck tomorrow mrsbri - hope it goes well and that the trip home was ok.

Dd awful tummy problems, she was a regular for dirty nappies but now we can go 3 days and it causes her such pain. Tummy rubs seem to help as does apple, can give her that and within an hour she can go. In fact last night poonami in a white outfit and all over DSD too! She was handed back quite quickly, I dodged and got DSD to hand to DP, figured he shouldn't miss out on these things :)

Arlandria, respect to you for having the strength to do what's best for yourself and Oscar. The hardest part of leaving is now over and there are great things ahead in the new year . You have your beautiful son, and that's what matters xxx

Sorry, Elliott, not Oscar. Stupid me.