January 2014 babies - The Teething Twilight Zone

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Oh getting poor h. He is having a rough time of it lately.

Toby are you planning on carrying on bf? I'm getting to a year and stopping, she can have cows milk then. I'm exhausted by it and want my freedom back. I also suspect that she will sleep better as well.

I think O will love the fireworks. She's not fazed by loud noises so hopefully it will be fine. If not, it's free and only 5 mins from the house so no big deal if we have to go home again.

Oh god getting, you really deserve a break. Poor H too.

Nights here are so bad now I can't really talk about it IRL without crying like a crazy lady. DH insisted on doing last night because he's worried about me, apparently I'm a bit 'distant'. She went in her cot 7-10.30 as usual, then woke at 11, 12, 1, and then 3.30-5.50. She got up at 6.30. I took pity on DH at 1 and took over. Feeding doesn't get her to sleep anymore , so she just crawls around the bed screaming, biting/head butting/pinching me and clawing at my boobs Talking to the sleep consultant tomorrow, but I think gradual retreat is on the cards. Don't know if I can cope with that.

To all (for breakfast )

Oh dear book sounds awful. Hopefully the sleep consultant will be able to help. When h is in that mood I leave him to cry. He cries when I'm there anyway so no point. I just go back in every so often so he knows he's not been abandoned. Then eventually hell calm down and I'll cuddke him to sleep

Nursery just called. Another one of the babies has chicken pox. So looks like it could be that :(

I think I will carry on BFing for the foreseeable, but I reserve the right to change my mind! Hope you all enjoy the fireworks :o

book, send her to me. She and M can crawl around the cot biting/pinching/headbutting each other to their hearts' content.

Hope it's a false chickenpox alarm, getting.

Oh book so sorry things are still so bad for you. Are you having early nights so you at least get a chunk of sleep in one go? I go to bed at 8 some nights just to catch up a bit. O has started doing the crawling round and clawing at the boobs thing. Which is why Dh took over last night. As soon as she was away from me (and the smell of my milk I think) she settled right down and went back to sleep. Is P still in your room? I'm determined to get O into her own before Christmas. I think hope that will improve things for us.

getting how frustrating for you. I hope it doesn't affect him too badly.

The clawing is upsetting isn't it nature? DH thought he'd be able to settle her through the night again, but it didn't work this time. I still sleep in her room, with her in a double bed (although she starts off in her cot now, which is great). I'm toying with the idea of taking the bed away completely, so it isn't an option anymore. DH's bed isn't safe for cosleeping either though, so I might be setting myself up for disaster!

Spoke to the doctor it is chicken pox. Another week off work after only being back for 2 days after 2 weeks off

We went to fireworks on Sunday. H shouted throughout but didn't seem scared

Oh, poor H :( and poor you, getting
Can DH not take some time off instead?

Oh getting poor h. But at least he will have had it young. When do you start your new job?

book the clawing isn't great. That's when Dh stepped in last night. It does make me resent bf though as she only does it because she knows that's where the good stuff is kept!

toby my dh took a week off last week to look after h while I was ill and gets commission so better I'm off. My boss is coureing my laptop over so I can wfh if I can find my vpn post move

getting that sounds really rubbish and bad luck. Hope the chickenpox clears up soon. Poor H.

You did cheer me up no end with the picture of the bat costume though. I need one!

Nature, I know what you mean about bfing. I feel like I can't be bothered this time round and N isn't that fussed either. He much prefers biscuits. I will definitely keep going til he is one but will hopefully persevere til he turns two like I did with DD.

Good work getting P down in the cot book. My completely unsolicited advice is to keep the bed if it means you get more sleep.

I am soooo tired after starting work and am ready to quit. I don't think I can though because the business will fail if I do. I would feel guilty, but they haven't hired any staff nor is the place ready. It is now clean, but not finished. Apparently it will be fine because they can finish at the weekend. N is exhausted and so is DD. Don't need to work for the money, though it is nice to have my own. Should I just tell them where to go?

Oh no getting, poor little H. Hope he's well soon.

I am a truly lazy bitch altered, so because I don't need to work I don't work . You may be more principled than me thoughwouldn't be hard

Ah O loved the fireworks. She was mesmerised, well until she fell asleep half way through the display that is!

I'm so glad its not just me with a not-so tiny sleep refusing swine. The nights have gone utterly utterly tits up - waking every hour, sucking on and off, rolling around, wailing then sucking. I'm hoping its teeth are to blame or something rather than having created a monster.
I was up every hour from 11 night before last, then awake from 4-5:30. I was then up at 6:30 for the 2 1/2 hr drive to my peripheral visit up north. Everyone else stays overnight in a hotel but as I'm still breastfeeding it was a quick express and then 2 1/2 hrs back down the road to be milked all night. Can't help but feel if men had breasts there would be no breastfeeding at all!
If this continues I might have to do some sleep training but I just can't bear the crying and I'm too knackered to cope with something else. Have given up on trying to get him to sleep on his own for the first part of the evening. DH keeps whining how tired he is and I want to punch him.

puggle you are definitely not alone.

I felt very sorry for my Dh last night. I was bf O, tried to pick up my very heavy, hard plastic water bottle and managed to knock it and it landed on the head of sleeping Dh He was very good about it though which was nice!

Apparently there is a sleep regression at this age! Makes me feel a little better

It would make me feel better if M had ever slept and was only now being a tiny bastard :o

Glad you had fun at the fireworks btw, nature, and that O enjoyed them :)

O has definitely got worse recently in that it's really hard to put her back down even if she's asleep! Hoping it doesn't last too long!

At each sleep regression I'm always amazed that P can actually get worse, yet somehow she manages it. I was talking to our sleep consultant in the week and she casually mentioned the 18 month sleep regression, so I assume they are just tiny bastards until they leave home!

That said, P went to bed at 7 last night with no fuss and didn't wake up until 3.30. That's the longest she has ever slept. DH is going in with her for the first half of the night, and it is really working well. I am glossing over the fact that she got up for the day at ten to five, and is currently screeching upstairs because she doesn't want to nap in her cot...

book sounds like a great improvement. Strangely O slept from 7-3 as well but managed to keep her in bed till 6.

What temperature is everyone's rooms where their LO sleeps and what do they wear for bed? O had been wearing a vest, sleep suit, 2.5tog grobag. Gro egg says it's 18 degrees but boiler thermostat that sits next to it is a couple of degrees lower! So I put a doubled up thin blanket on her as well last night. No idea if that is what improved her sleep or not. Bit worried about over heating her but she didn't feel hot at all when I picked her up for her feed. Going to try it again tonight I think.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My day is going to be spent entertaining clients for work Rubbish.

I've been wondering this as well nature. P is in a short sleeved bodysuit, sleepsuit or pyjamas, and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag. Her room starts off around 20 and gets down to 17/18, but I think it is much colder in our corner as there is a very thin external wall with beams. She doesn't do blankets, so the only extras I can use when it gets even colder are long sleeved bodysuits and cardigans I think. I might get her some flanelette sheets for her cot to make it a bit snugglier, and maybe an airwrap in the hope it will keep the cold draught out.

book, that's amazing! Well done, P :o

Our room is usually around 21C when M goes to bed, but it gets colder in the night. M usually has s/s vest, l/s pyjamas and 2.5 tog sleeping bag, but tbh it doesn't seem to make much difference what she wears.

Also, if it gets really cold she could always wear pjs over a sleepsuit, rather than sleeping in a cardigan.

That's what h wears but seems cold when he wakes up so I've ordered a 3.5tog sleeping bag with detachable sleeves. I thought if he's too hot in it he could just wear a vest under it or go back to the 2.5

Ps it's getting