July 2014 - sleepless nights but lots of smiles

[NancyinCali]

The old thread is nearly full so here's a new place for us to chat about our July babies. Help yourself to some tea & cake to keep you going through the sleepless nights .

Ds is often tired by 6.30 but wide awake at 5am with several get ups in the night! I try and make his afternoon nap 4.30/5ish to keep him up later but doesn't always work out!

Anyone else's little one refusing to let them leave the room without screaming? I hate these phases.

Yep here too :( apparently they get separation anxiety when they're developing new skills so I'm putting it down to that and the teething

teething - Dentinox gel then 2.5 ml Calpol worked best for us.
I swear by that combo

How are you doing zing?

I'm ok, thanks Nancy
I have a thread going if you feel like reading details!

Just a quick hello to mark new thread as really should be trying to sleep whilst the baby is! DS has finally got the hang of sleeping when not being cuddled on top of me, so we're actually developing a routine of putting him down about 8:30 in his sleepyhead (which is still in our bed). Next step is to transfer sleepyhead to bednest (I love all these names!) to reclaim our bed. Then want to start working on putting him down 'drowsy but awake' - that one could be a bit of a mission!

zing that gel is amazing and the only medicine ds doesn't scream when given. I have also used calpol as hes had a cold on top of teething.

Interesting that you say should be getting 9h sleep auntie as thats exactly what Theo did last night 7-4! Which would have been amazing if I hadn't been awake 12-3 for no good reason so cross at my own body!!! Never mind fed and nappy changed handed ds over to dh at 5 and I can pretend to sleep until 6! Hoping for a repeat sleep tonight so that I can get a decent nights sleep too...

plate putting ds down drowsy was easier than I expected. I wait until his eyes start to droop and put him down. If he cries I pick him up and rock him a little bit to calm, then put him down and if cries again I give up and rock him to sleep

Yes yes kiwi constantly in the room, constantly talking/playing. Occasionally will be put down for short periods of time...oh the joys!

Some nights it's like having a newborn again! DD went down at 8:30ish, then up at 12:15, 2:15 and now 4:15. Serves me right for feeling rather smug that we'd made it to just one wake-up during the night (well, it had been three continuous nights)...

ds is never drowsy so not looking forward to putting him down awake

lemon I find every night is different. I enjoy the good night's and go easy on myself after the hard nights!

Icicle - thanks! Am now caffeinated and have been out for walk so am feeling a bit more with it. Let's see what tonight will bring...

Icicle? Sorry. Ickle- thanks.

lemon we've had two nights in a row like that. So exhausted!

Jaysus how feckin hard can it be to commit to a bit of exercise three times a week without baby?!

DD can stay with DH at certain times and in a creche at others but the problem is me. Getting my fat arse off the sofa and away from the cake is my problem. Just.So.Tired. And the clock change does not help at all.

lemon I know how you feel - we had great night the night before last, but a rough one last night.

ismarah - an extremely impressive ambition even if you're not achieving it! I'm desperate to start doing some exercise but can't see where it would fit in my life right now. DH has bought a running buggy but they're not recommended until they're 6 months old.

DH is really stressed at work and doing long hours, bringing work home etc. I know it's tough for him but it makes it hard on me - DH tried to rock DS to sleep for a few minutes last night but crying DS was making DH more stressed (and in turn upsetting DS more) so I had to take over. He never does night feeds as he is always exhausted. In many respects I think I've got the easier end of the bargain at the moment, but sometimes it's be nice to get a bit more support myself.

Wow, I've pretty much missed an entire thread. DD is 12 weeks now and I only just about feel ready to start checking the thread as well as the FB group. I don't think I can bring myself to catching up on the 993 posts in the previous thread but hope everyone is doing well all the sleepless nights considered.

Good work with the exercise ismarah, I'm only aiming for two classes a week and one of them is baby yoga .

I am doing zero exercise. I keep meaning to go to baby yoga but haven't made it yet.

Baby yoga is good Nancy, for me it's mainly the social aspect as the exercise is very gentle and DD mostly sleeps or feeds. Even though turning up anywhere at a predetermined time is still quite an effort for me.

I'm also doing no exercise other than walking up and down with a screaming baby and chasing a toddler. I got out the exercycle and used it once. But my SPD symptoms have returned so I want to see an osteopath before I do anything.

I went to two baby yoga classes with DD1 - she feed/cried all the way through one and slept through the other. I have credits at the yoga studio though so I should go and use them.

I should have said it more clearly: I am doing no exercise at the moment but really should for my mental and physical health.

Mainly mental tbh, and my inability to do this is not having a good effect on me. I keep going in circles about what to do and where and when.

I spent a couple of years well before DD losing about 50lbs mostly by exercise but also a little bit of dieting. I hate dieting and I don't really want to go on a bootcamp / fit that dress / wear that bikini style exercise regime. What I want is to eat whatever (within reason) but to have exercise a regular, even a daily, part of my life. It's good for my mental health and my self-esteem and obviously it's good for physicak health too. I don't really care about what the scales say but I'd rather be fit than not.

Also still have SPD symptoms! I was told it would disappear after the birth. Have gained the weight I lost during the pregnancy so a tad annoyed but bad back and groin pains have stopped me doing too much exercise.

DD being christened soon so went to John Lewis for a stylist appointment and was basically told I should wear a sack to cover my baby belly. . Stylist then brought in a load of black shapeless dresses am assuming she had confused christening with funeral before deciding the outfit I needed was jeans and a nice top - ie a short sack . I cried and I am still angry about it.

Anyone else's baby confused by the clocks going back? DD used to wake at 6am but now its 4.30am. Annoying.

liquid sorry about your John lewis experience - I am really angry on your behalf

my spd is still here too - am seeing the physio regularly but find it hard to keep up with the exercises given. She's said that it should improve now my periods have started