January 2014 - hoping for more sleep

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I am soooooo tired today. Archie has been really unsettled the last few nights from about 4am onwards. Sometimes he's hungry, sometimes he wants to play, sometimes he wants his dummy. The last two nights he's ended up in with us as it's easier to replug the dummy, pat etc.
YAWN.

Sorry pidgy, cross post with you - we''re saying the same thing so that's good!

O seems fine this morning. I checked on her a few times last night to make sure she was responsive, and she woke up with a big smile and fed as normal this morning. Will be keeping an eye on her and if she shows any signs of not being herself will pop her to the drs. I don't think she has a lump on het head so it may have been the shock more than anything that made her cry. That's the first time she has been hurt and it was awful. Guess it's going to happen more than once though!

Weirdly our car alarm went off last night as well. So between checking on O, letting the dog out and checking the car I don't feel like I've had much sleep. Going to be a long day!

Welcome MadameBonFamille! Glad to have you with us.

Spged I third the hot showers and breast massaging during feeds! It really helps me and they have always gone away really quickly so long as I bf lots and massage in little circles and then down while feeding.

nature that must have been frightening. I didn't post this out of embarrassment, but N had three, yes three, big knocks on his head in his first week home. I can't believe I have admitted that! First some books fell onto his pram from the bookshelf (that was the scariest, never leave the baby near shelving was a lesson learned! I had forgotten there was a bookshelf above the door), then DD got jealous and whacked him on the head with the tablet and the third time I dropped the tablet on him. DD also fell out the bed when she was O's age and the doctors always said to watch for seizures and uneven pupils, otherwise it should be fine. They said sleeping isn't a problem unless it is excessive or it is hard to wake her up.

Having seen that written down, I feel like the world's worst parent, but HTH.

Thanks altered I guess these things happen! My instinct was to rush her to hospital but my logical brain took over and I figured unless she was showing any other signs she would be fine. Google was a help, a lot of people asking the same questions which was reassuring.

I almost dropped ds1 the night he was born, and did the same with Henry. They bounce

welcome make!

Henry slept 7-8 last night, woke up for his dummy but went back straight away. I guess it makes up for him not napping during the day for a while.

He's woken up with a cold, so he has a snotty beak and eyes, yuck!

the dietician will be here around 3, then both boys are staying at mil's tonight, hopefully.

spged/pidgy just FYI a pharmacist told me to avoid ibuprofen while BFing.

Glad she's ok this morning, nature :)

Welcome, Madame :)

Welcome Madame!

Nature glad she seems ok this morning. It's happened to all of us, or will happen eventually so don't worry! Babies are surprisingly springy at this age

We are off to visit my sister in Scotland this weekend so not looking forward to a 6 hour drive got to spend today getting everything packed and make sure all the house work is done.

Million that's a good sleep! Hope his cold clears up soon.

Hi madame
Nature I guarantee in a couple of months 90% of te babies in this thread will have rolled off a high surface (bed, sofa etc). Then in a year from now we'll have our first broken bones from climbing/cruising/crawling/walking incidents.

My two "let" me sleep between 2.30 and 5am last night. Alex was terrible. Didn't even want to feed so I was pacing round the room with him in the middle of the night.

Dd driving me crazy at the moment too. Everything's a battle. She'sconstantly climbing on me and feels the need to fill every quite moment by whinging/jabbering.
Thankfully dh back for the weekend at midnight tonight. My plan is to be out all day so I don't have to do any entertaining.

Sorry for the moan. Pretty low today.

Tarka that sounds rough. You have my sympathy. My very wonderful dh sorts out dd1 when she wakes in the night (which is every night), & sometimes she doesn't go back to sleep at all - then he goes to work. I think even though I have the baby I've definitely got the better end of that deal. So doing it all on your own must be incredibly tiring. Can you take them somewhere where dd can entertain herself while you have a coffee at least - soft play or something like that?
I remember dd rolling off the bed when she was a baby - I'm just waiting for something to happen this time - it's like a baby rite of passage!
Altered - Nour will be a sturdy young thing - sounds like he'll need to be with his big sister to contend with!

nature I left Persephone with DH for five minutes on Saturday morning and heard her screaming 30 seconds later. He'd been practising her sitting up and she face planted onto a solid wood floor She was furious, but fine

Another one with a streaming cold here. She woke every 45 minutes until 4am, when she got up for the day. Just took her to vote, but have cancelled baby massage and crochet class to spend the day on the sofa again. YAWN.

Thanks for all the reassurance. It's horrible when it happens. I knew something would happen soon as I had nearly dropped her twice last week.

Tarka it must be exhausting doing it all on your own. It's probably because your dh is coming back that it's all caught up with you as you know you'll have some help soon.

Tarka it definitely sounds like you deserve a break when DH gets home! Hope the rest of the day isn't too tough.

I'm really pissed off with dh and bt.

our broadband has been shit, it keeps cutting off. Speed test tells us we have speeds of 0.2. Dh called up bt two days ago, and they said they would call me yesterday, they didn't. So hr just called now and booked an engineer for Tuesday 8-1. Tuesday is my last day off with the boys, we were going clothes shopping and then to see Ben and Holly's magical kingdom which is coming to Bolton. Dh has to work 12-2, but that was ok. Now I'm pissed that he didn't listen to me two days ago and escalate to a manager because he was getting fobbed off (i work in a call centre, i knew exactly what was happening) and he's chosen that day for the engineer. It was the first day apparently.
Last time the Bt man got here 3 hours late. So I'm not holding my breath this will go well.

I'm so fucked off. We were going to spend the day just us! I may be being unreasonable, my period is about to start, but it's really upset me that he hasn't even thought how this would affect my plans.

as I'm majorly stressed about the dietician coming,I'm on a cleaning blitz. I've done all three bedrooms, half done the bathroom but we've ran out of bleach because he put the empty bleach bottle back on the shelf. He has also done fuck all cleaning. I need gin, and cake.

Hugs million. Understand the blitz mentality before someone comes over, but really don't stress. No one will be taking notes. Easier said than done.[hugs]

About the BT engineer, I see why you are annoyed, your plans sound lovely. Just do it. Can't DH a. Reschedule the engineer or B. Swap shifts at work or c. Just not be in when the engineer comes and sort it later? Sounds like he just wasn't thinking and.didn't mean to upset you. Let him sort it how he wants, not yoyr problem. You are not available!

tarka that didn't even count as a moan and if you had wanted one you are well within your rights. You deserve a break tomorrow! How long until the move? We are off in ten days and I feel your pain.

I have been feeling increasingly ambivalent towards DD because she is such hard work, so felt strangely relieved when I read this article

It says a third of new mothers have depressive symptoms and they peak just before the child's fourth birthday. I had thought DD was too old for it to be PND and I was just a heartless bitch.

Felix good luck for the journey! Anyone visiting or living in Scotland makes me very jealous.

Good luck with the dietician million

Grr just lost a long reply!

We are hopefully moving in a month but no firm date yet so you are much further along than we are. Going out there next Friday for a week to find a house. I can't complain because Dh's relocation package is good so we have packers and support to get settled once we are there. But I don't get time to focus on the paperwork/bureaucracy long enough to get my head around what needs doing. So feel a bit overwhelmed.

I'm finding I have to make a real effort to be nice to dd and feel really guilty about it but I am finding her pretty hard work (and she's only 2). I know it's because everything is so unsettled at home (new baby, dh away, holiday, starting to pack) so she is insecure but I find her clingyness a bit suffocating. I found myself getting quite cross with Alex too last night when he wouldn't feed or settle so I definitely need some alone time I think.

tarka and altered I often feel the same. It's tough having to share yourself out with other children..I feel like I have no time for me. DS can be so infuriating. He's so slow to do things when I'm in a rush and I know he's only learning and not doing things on purpose but I find it v annoying. He also keeps pinching and hitting me. I have to really stop myself from doing it back to see how he likes it, reminding myself I am the adult.

That article was really interesting. I'm sure I feel more down than usual due to lack of sleep. Surely that is a normal part of parenthood? But, I'm certainly way more argumentative and tetchy with DH. Poor guy can't do anything right! Not sure out marriage would survive another baby!!

Anyway, it's nice to know we're in the same boat sort of, in that it's not all plain sailing and 'I'm feeling blessed with my wonderful baby/life/husband/holiday' Facebook statuses. Might need to defriend some people as that certainly pisses me off.

We have a party for DS on Saturday so I've been making party bags, sorting food and games. We've hired a hall thank goodness as weather looks shit and I don't fancy 15 kids, babies and parents plus our family all inside. When I feel I'm not in control (now!!) I become a bit of a clean freak with the house.

DH parents are coming soon too to stay for a few days. Will be nice for the children to see them as we don't often get to meet up.

Have baked a chocolate Guinness cake for mil as it's her birthday today. Hope she likes it!!

Wish me luck for Saturday. Feels like I'm spinning plates organising it. Don't know how those moving are doing it. Hats off to you ladies!!

Wow, you are busy!

dietician came, Henry is now 11lb5ozs. We've been told to go full steam ahead with weaning! To give him yogurts and cheeses etc

Quick thank you to all the blocked duct replies- really much appreciated! For once, C's constant waking and feeding was a good thing and we fed every two hours in the night and I'm back to normal now. The whole mastitis thing was a bit frightening- DH is away a lot and I can't be ill! :-) many thanks again

Right, now to catch up on the rest of the thread....

Very quick question and I will catch up later - can't take the steriliser this weekend so DP bought some Milton sterilising tablets. Assumed I could just use them in the bathroom sink at the hotel but it says you need to use them in a tub with a lid. We do not own a big tub with a lid! Leaving very early tomorrow morning so no time to try and get one. What can I do??

Could you swing by a large 24hr supermarket and pick up a big Tupperware box?

I've missed where you are going, are you flying? Boots at the airport might have steriliser bags you can use instead.

Only off to Scotland so driving. Could possibly do that if we pass one, but I don't think we do