November 2012 - Any tips for surviving the 18-month sleep regression?

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2035882-November-2012-Are-the-LOs-old-enough-for-Mothers-Day-yet

Am guessing no sign of the wee man yet Pikz?!

Snotty baby with pooy nappy and high temp means I have abandoned my lovely bed for the night.

How did the wellies scan go, do we know?

And, is GT as pissed as a newt?

My ears are ringing
Sleep time. Not pissed. On my own with the boys tomorrow morning. So had to be very good.

Aargh. J asleep in our bed but DD2 is suffering from Monsters in her Bedroom syndrome. She is trying to sleep in Js bed. I am coughing like I have TB and pretty fucked off as usual.

Pass I thought it was drums at the castle. Fucking inconsiderate. And as for the fucking lawn cutting! I know who did it though. I will have justice.

I hated having my ears ringing but well done for not getting bladdered GT.

BP hope you both get some rest

I am having a teeny tiny glimpse of insomnia here, and I do not like it. I am coughing to the point of needing to wear an actual nappy, and am feverish, but am also watching J sleeping like a baby, barely moving a muscle, hearing the other big and little ones snoring and shuffling around... I do not like it. I have a new found empathy for insomnia sufferers, and this is not insomnia. Just a glimpse I say, just a glimpse. (And yes I know screens are bad at night, but I am going a bit crazy here)

Hello vq, welcome to my world. Insomnia sucks. Been up for over an hour.

Rejoices in the fact that L didn't take advantage of new found freedom.

Sorry for bad night BP and insomnia for lily and VQ.

Surprise day out from DP today, god help me

Thanks vq-, we are off to my parents in an hour or so and I intend to leave O there for 2 hours while I go to the swimming pool. Little girl had 5 fucking tantrums already as she wanted me to read books. I did read 5 stories, I can't physically read more without brushing my teeth. She is currently clinging onto my legs screaming her head off. I need to breathe.

Lily I know you may well not like this idea, but how about popping the TV on, or giving her the iPad for a few minutes while you try to do these things? I always swore I wouldn't with my first, and it was around this age I relented

Yay Pikz How many weeks now is it to the big day?

Surely it can't be morning already??

for all.

VQ do you need antibiotics?!

Insomnia sucks, I had problems with it as a 15yr old, and would be awake for great swathes of the night. V frustrating.

2 weeks today!

Wow pikz how exciting!

I meant about the wedding but a surprise day out also sounds very exciting too.

Wow two weeks

Yes, probably BP

Morning all

Sympathies for insomnia sufferers. Have suffered in the past and there's nothing worse

Lily, as you know, I also have a screamy leg clinger. It is very very frustrating. Enjoy your test today.

Pass your Friday sounded lovely. Were lots of families when I took O to the park yesterday.

Off out on my first run in years today. If I don't collapse/have a heart attack, I will consider it a success. I have my Busted album to listen to in preparation for the McBusted concert in 4 weeks

So A did me a favour and skipped his 3.30am feed. So I got to sleep until 6.

Yesterday was lovely. Great view over the city. Had a few "I'm not going" moments. H woke from his nap and wouldn't stop crying. Milk biscuits hugs tv phone iPad. Nothing would sort him out. In end I just had to put him on sofa and leave him. He then slowly start calming down but would start again if we said anything to him.
Then the outfit I planned to wear looked awful. My spare tire is HUGE. Then it got worse when I realised my only option was to wear a dress I wore at H baby shower at 8months PG! Never a good realisation.

But I got out. Fh did ok. The kids survived. Lol.

Now need to think about my weight. Need to sort it out

I need to sort my weight too GT. I visited a friend yesterday with a swanky new sofa and struggled to get up off it as it was a bit too low for an old fat bird like me

Perhaps we should start a support thread on FB?

1st nap of the day underway...on me.

VQ I wonder whose lovely new sofa that was?! bet it was dead comfy though

GT I'm glad you enjoyed the night, once you'd got there! Even better that A let you sleep.

Vq good ideas about support thread. I want to loose 3 stone and have been trying calorie counting since jan. but have lost no weight as I can't stick to it.
Think I may try 5:2 diet. As its just two days. Think I can manage that. But meaning to start for ages. Keep putting it off. All I beed to do is buy some chicken and salads stuff. But I'm lazy and give up too easy

Walk on the coast this morning, easter egg hunt with the cousins this afternoon.

I am thinking of the 5:2 also GT.

BP very comfy

PR sounds lovely

There's great support for 5:2 on MN. I think if I was doing it I would probably eat the same thing every fast day so that I don't have to think about what I'm eating, that way I would be less likely to go off track. I'm starting bulletproof intermittent fasting next week which means a bulletproof coffee for breakfast (coffee blended with butter and coconut oil) then you only eat food in a small window e.g. between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.