December 2013 - sleepless nights & lots of cooing

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Our very first Thread :)

Happy birthday mum. Well nothing much to report here, T is still terrible at night, last night he screamed from 3-5, think it might be teething so have bought the gel. I need sleep!

Thanks hot and rubbish re screaming nothing worse than wanting to sleep and LO being unsettled.

Well ds2 has been up loads in the night with a temp. And I think I might have thrush. Not sure but bloody hurts to feed (and no painful lumps like mastitis). God, it's just one thing after another.

Happy belated birthday mum. You poor bugger. It really is one thing after another for you.

I have had dp off work all week. I really want to stab him again. He has been ill with a cold that has turned into a chest infection. He seems to think having a course of antibiotics enables you to check out of all responsibilities in family life. Then when I took the kids and fooked off for a few hours accused me of abandoning him when he was ill.

This is him who went back to work 3 days after I had a c section. And couldn't understand why I got upset when he wanted to go out for a few beers when seb was a week old. I really want him to work away at the moment. Fucker should help when he is off work.

He has gone downstairs now to let me sleep. But left seb here with me. Wankerbastardknobhead.

Hi all! Hope everyones getting on well. Can someone help...

Lilah has decided to reject her morning feed? She feeds 3am 6am then wont have a bottle until 11-12? Is this okay?? Worrying yesterday she didnt have one until 1! Shes crying as if she wants to feed goes to suck then screams??

Sorry super I'm not sure. If she's a good weight and still has wet nappies I'm sure she's ok in the short term but not sure why she's pulling away

This thread has really slowed down- where has everyone gone?!

DH is trying to settle an unhappy Joshua. Last night I bf him did an hour from 7-8 and about half hour later he was hungry (low supply In eve?) so tonight decided to give him a bottle at the same time and he's still grumpy! (Tho not hungry). Now I feel like I should have just bf him- at least he'd be comfort sucking. Sigh...can't seem to work out how to get the little monkey to sleep in the evenings before 9ish.

supermans how's Lilah? Is she still pulling away? Not sure- if she's bottle feeding the it won't be thrush. Could be a sore throat if she's coming in for a cold- or teething (gums hurting When she sucks) if that's started already- how old is she?

Hi mum shes bottle and yes still declining? Just worries me as she normally goes 4 hours a feed in day and anything between 5-8hours at night it varies. But between her night and morning its a good 7 hours if she skips it and its full on crying the whole time. Shes being weighed tues so i will ask the MW as itis starting to worry me. Thanks guys!

Also she is 12weeks on tuesday x

Morning all

Ffs. Sebs sleep is definitely getting worse. Maximum of 2 hours at a time. Hardly any during the day. Have tried to get him to take a bottle and he is point blank refusing.

What can I do? Am hoping and praying that it is just a temporary blip due to being poorly, then dp and dd being off. Going to try a few different formulas and some different bottles and stuff today. Just think if I can get a big ff down him before bed he will settle. I'm shit at expressing too so struggle to get more than an ounce at a time.

Super is the milk coming out quickly enough? Perhaps lo is getting frustrated with the flow. Seb sometimes gets stressed and fussy if I offer the same side for too long.

frouby I was wondering that- Joshua has been really unsettled with feeds today and I'm wondering if he's getting more efficient at feeding and I just haven't realised and often burp then put him back on the same side to make sure he's finished and he wriggles and gets really pissed off! Not sure if it's cos he's getting frustrated with lack of milk/slow let down or if it's something I've eaten that doesn't agree with him/tastes funny. He's also posseting a lot more than usual .

That's rubbish that you're having to feed 2 hourly- perhaps it's a growth spurt?? Sorry I don't have any great ideas- have you tried Aptamil if you want to give a ff? I'm doing one ff at 7pm ATM and he seems to be ok with it.

Oh sorry you said he's only sleeping 2 hrs at a time- but is he waking hungry?

Mum he is waking up and then wanting to use me as a dummy to get back to sleep. Then because he has only had maybe a minute feeding before going back to sleep he wakes up at his normal time but isn't as hungry and also tired. So he will maybe feed for five minutes instead of ten. So then wakes up again 2 hours later. And the cycle gets shorter through the night until it gets to 5am ish tgen he gets in with us.

Sounds daft but he needs to sort of reset his night time. But have just managed to get 100ml of hipp organic down him via a mam bottle. So really hoping for a good night.

I don't need it to be every night really. I just want to know he will take one in case I ever need to leave him.

I bet j has sussed out the feeding efficiently. I know with seb if he is comfort sucking I can keep him on the same side. But if he is hungry I have to swap him or he gets pissed off.

Feel for those lacking sleep! I had 3 nights of only 2 feeds but last night was back to 3, I don't get it. At least he settled easily so I still got some sleep. He's just always hungry, he's drinking full bottles each time so it's not comfort/snacking.

I think most people have moved over to fb, it's nice that you can post pictures there but I preferred this thread as everyone used to report in on their day whereas now it's more questions being asked etc. I guess we have a bit less time now though than when we were all lying round waiting for baby (apart from me with my champion napper, as long as I lie next to him and rock on demand - mn is my friend)

Hi all,

Mumof you're right this thread really has slowed down! I am guessing everyone has their hands full!

Didn't get a chance to post over the weekend as it was DD1's birthday so we had a party to organise for Saturday - 25 4yr olds tearing aorund the village hall. Thank god we got an entertainer as I have no idea what I would have done without him! I have already started 'discussing' with DD1 that we don't have parties every year though...

Sorry to hear about the unsettled little ones and hope things are improving for everyone. I am sure the 12wk mark is an important one for development (someone with access to the Wonder Weeks info will know better than me), so I think it's normal for things to go a bit haywire then. We're off on holiday with my parents when Hannah is 12wks, so no doubt she's saving her madness for then....!

Off to get Hannah weighed today - have been doing a sweepstake with the rest of the family so am hoping I am closest with my guess of 12.6 (she's 11wks tomorrow).

frouby how was it after bottle feed?

Lilah finally taking her normal feed and so glad shes finally ditched 1 of her night feeds were down to 8pm 3am then 6.30am then up at 7.30! Clinging onto hope that she goes through the night soon!!

When is everyone going to introduce babyrice etc?

Super it seems to have done the trick. Back to every 3 hours overnight. Then every 2 hours during the day. I can cope with that. Might just be a coincidence though. But he is much happier for more sleep. He has even gone back down after his 5am feed too.

Just been to asda living and spent 70 quid on clothes for both kids. Got loads though.

Have still got dp off work driving me mad. Starts a new contract on Tuesday and hopefully I should get a proper routine in the day going.

We have teething here :( seems so unfair when we haven't got night times stable yet as it is, now have extra wake ups where he screams the house down. Caved and gave him calpol last night, on the one hand I don't want him having it unnecessarily and on the other seems mean to deny him something that might help

Haven't posted in ages, been really busy.
We are trying cow and gate formula from tomorrow, Lleyton is only drinking 3 ounces of aptimal then its a fight getting anymore down him so we are gonna give this one a try.

How do I send a link to join the Facebook group? I rejoined as I realised staying off because of my idiot ex of over 3 year ago is stupid really xx

Hi all been abit AWOL sorry. I use the fb group more.
Amelia is 8 weeks and is teething poor cherub and she had her first set of jabs today. On. It was HORRIBLE never ward her scream like that before it didn't last long but was awful broke my heart. Told dp he's coming with me next time! Hope you're all well.
super my HV said don't bother with baby rice it tastes like cardboard she sad just wait til 6 months then Start giving proper food but sort foods.

Alyssa pm me your profile linkxx

My profile link? How do I find it? Lol

Lol I'll send you mine & you can add me

Oh I can't your private. Go to your profile then go to the about bit and scroll down it'll be. Something like Facebook.com/ your name or something similar

hot that's rubbish re teething. I've noticed j chewing his hands a lot the last few days so I think he's started too. Fingers crossed it doesn't effect his sleep. My other DS's were ok at night but I have friends who's kids were up with sore gums. Try rubbing some baby bonjela or dentinox on his gums, might help?