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.

O is in her first 6-9 month outfit today. I thought it might look big but it doesn't at all! Can't believe how quickly she is growing! She's only 4.5 months!

Nature I'm still trying to squeeze Sylvie in to 3-6 months as there's tonnes of stuff she hasn't worn yet Today she's wearing a dress which would probably be suitable for a party/wedding type thing even though we are just in the house she's not worn it yet!

Nothing wrong with that Felix, bit of glamour around the house never went amiss .

Dh will stick Alexander in the same sleepsuit or vest everyday if clean, he has no appreciation for the pile of clothes we have hardly worn! Although it is going to be weird when we move up to 6-9 months, after having way too much in the smaller sizes we've got barely anything in 6m+. I'll be on eBay and Gumtree looking for bundles I think, worked out well last time.

I've just sewn a little extender panel for little puggle's dungaree shorts - they were on for the second time this week and they barely buttoned. Stupid poppers weren't compatible with the vest extenders we have..
Think we've pretty much worn all the presents now -however have abjectly failed to take photos of child in presents!

The weaning -v- allergies stuff is indeed very confusing! I suspect the right age is going to be different for each child.

Love that DM link!

Anyone else suffering with the 4 month GS? Archie is hideous at the moment. Really fussy, constantly waking for his dummy, fighting sleep... It's possible he might be teething. I can't think what else might be wrong?!

I'm really sorry, I haven't posted on here properly for weeks and now I'm after advice! But I'm so desperate!

What time do you put them down for the night?

MrsGSR how appropriate for me tonight! DS usually goes down anywhere from 7.30-8.30, sleeps until the sun rises (which is BAD at the mo!). However, this evening I still have a very awake baby... Not like him at all. I'm hoping the electric swing chair will help...

MrsG, Meredith usually goes to sleep at around 8.30/9, after a good hour of bedtime routine (bath, story, super-long feed). Until about 2 weeks ago, she'd go down then, and wake around 2am for a feed, then go back down til between 6 and 7. This was most nights. Or occasionally she'd wake a couple of times.

But now she goes down at the same time, but wakes at 12, 1, 2, 4 & 6. Like clockwork. It's a bit annoying, to say the least!

angel must be something in the air as O was awake super late tonight as well!

MrsG I aim for 8. She's waking up every hour though!

Becca - sound like a wonder leap - h turned into the baby from hell for a few weeks but is improving now.

Mrs G - bedtime is at 7-7.30, then up between 6-6.30 (which suits us as we have to get up early to get dd1 ready for school). She usually has a dream feed between 10-11 then wakes up once in the night for a feed. But the last few nights she has been waking up more than that. He problem is she is so distracted during daytime feeds she isn't taking that much, but her nighttime feeds are great - so I don't want to cut them out as she is a tiddler as it is, but I also don't want to establish a pattern where she needs to feed all night! I hope solids will help but it didn't with my first one.

becca Yep I've hit the 4 month regression (though nearer to 5 months) and its killing me. I've bitten the bullet and started with weaning as I can't cope with the fractured nights and the toddler demands during the day.

MrsG I'm trying to get Cal on DS1s routine so I put them both down for the night at 7.30 (dinner at 6, bath every other day at 6.45ish). Cal might go down then or he might not, latest is around 10. Then a dream feed around midnight/1am. Depending on how cranky he is he may sleep through till 5 or 6 (he hasn't the last few days). At which point dp takes him downstairs after a feed and deals with both boys. So quite like Madames routine.

I ordered some ellas kitchens pouches and gave Cal a little of the bananas and Apple's one this evening. He seems to like it and has gone to bed a little more satisfied (slept through from 8 till 11.30). I'm just going to avoid giving anything allergenic for the first year. I did this with DS1 and he has no allergies so far.

Speaking of DS1 he almost gave me a heart attack today. He managed to get out whilst I was bringing the groceries in, the safety gate was open whilst I took things into the kitchen. I caught him before he got too far up the road but he wanted to go to GPs house. It was too awful to bear the thought of him being run over or kidnapped or anything. I'm so angry at myself for not being more vigilant.

Thank you all, we were putting L down at 9 but we're moving it back to between 7 and 8 now we have a monitor and don't have to go to bed when she does! She gets up with me at 7.30, but wakes around 7 times on a good night. Bad nights she'll wake more or refuse to be put down for a few hours, a few nights ago it was 11-3. It's not a regression, as she's never gotten any better to regress from! I'm exhausted and frustrated and don't know what to do

Alex sleeps 9.30/10-5.30. He was going to bed earlier but waking more in the night until recently. I don't mind too much except when dd wakes in the night at 3ish because then I don't get much sleep. He does eventually settle again in the morning but it's normally around the time dd starts the day.

I am getting a bit fed up with neither of my children settling for dh at the moment. With dd it's a toddler control thing but Alex won't even let dh hold him past 6pm without whinging for me. Anyone else have this?

Alex's favourite activity at the moment is lifting his legs up and thumping them back down again - does it all day long.

Tarka F LOVES the slamming the legs down thing at the moment - especially on his change mat. He likes to do it a few times, then does a very cute bum shuffle dance and looks v pleased with himself.

Managed not to get up till 6 today - hoorah! (F up at 5.30 for nappy change and feed). Psychologically it feels better if my day starts at the same time as BBC Breakfast, but not before ;)

Don't feel too bad enormouse - it was a genuine accident and you caught him before anything bad happened.
Tarka yes H is not a big fan of dh at the moment - she cries whenever he goes near her! I think she's cross because I left her with him twice at the weekend (not for very long mind you!) what an evil deserting mummy I am. Does my head in though. And I feel sorry for him.

Tarka we have leg slamming too! It's so damn noisy when she does it all night in the bednest

Sleep is getting worse here. Been putting her to bed at 8 and she's waking up every 45mins to an hour. Then we got in bed at 11 and it took me until 2am to get her to actually go to sleep properly. Then she woke up at 3, 3.30, 4.15, 5 & 6. I cried this morning She tosses and turns and pulls her dummy out then whinges that she hasn't got it. She lays in a weird position where she's on her side but arches her back and it really doesn't look comfortable! She's not waking up due to hunger as she only got through one bottle the whole of last night. I don't know what to do any more. I've had to cancel my driving lesson again this week because I'm exhausted.

We have leg slamming too. I remember my daughter doing it too. She also went through a breath-holding phase, thankfully only a few seconds, but still a bit alarming. Never did figure out why she did it, other than 'because she could'!

Archie goes to bed at 6.30-7.30. He's pretty civilised early on in the evening. Wakes at 10-11pm, then 1, 2, 2.30, 3, 5am etc etc. Urgh.

I feel your pain, Felix. I cried at 3am, when she'd already been up 5 times since midnight.

When will it stop?! I can't hack it any more

No idea. Soon, please!

God,they're all at it then. P fed roughly every 30-45 minutes through the night. In the end she just stayed latched on from 3-6am. I woke DH for some moral support at 2, but there's nothing he can do to help really so he went back to bed after an hour. I've had less than an hour of broken sleep and I'm utterly desperate. We just went to a weaning workshop as well, which ran through both her morning naps so she missed those and cried all the way through. I cried all the way home in the rain. Luckily DH is home waiting for a delivery today, so he's got her downstairs and I trying to nap. I can hear her crying through the floor though

All round!

Book I have the same problem on the rare occasion I get to go for a nap. I can always hear her from upstairs! And if I have a couple of hours sleep when DP gets back from work, I can't sleep when it's actually time to go to bed. Ahhh!

I've had a potentially good idea to avoid going back to work. I worked out if I go back three days a week, I would make £180 a week, but then would have to pay £120 a week in childcare - so I'd be up £60 (totally not worth it in my opinion, but DP thinks otherwise). I studied clothing & textiles at college and used to be very good with a sewing machine. I haven't touched my machine for years but I'm sure I can still do it! So I'm going to make up a load of nice baby clothes & accessories and set up my own little business selling them. DP is really supportive and said I can do it in the evenings when he's back from work. Do you reckon people would be interested in buying handmade baby clothes? Going to start with dresses/rompers from a vintage pattern I have in retro style fabrics and go from there. Is this is terrible idea?! I know it will be a lot of hard work but it would be worth it to stay at home with Sylvie while she's small!

That sounds fab, Felix. I know someone who does similar and also makes baby quilts to order. They're very popular.

Also, I'd definitely be interested.