October 2014 // thread 3 // Maybe we'll get some sleep soon.

[MundayCakes85]

Last thread is full so here's a shiny new one

Pregnant Argh cross post! Really sorry to hear about your uncle

Sorehead it will be because your DS is more familiar & comfortable with you. Staring into distance is a sign of tiredness & babies will do this when they are comfortable & secure. I am sure you are doing an amazing job. Be kind to yourself.
yellow I missed my post GTT as I moved house, however got a phonecall from endocrine specialist to say that the antibody test they did suggested that I will develop Type 1 within the next 7 months??! I am keeping my fingers crossed I defy the odds. In my case it was because my gestational diabetes was so acute. Don't worry Yellow I am not a typical example.

Now I've got my voice back I can't shut up! Meant to say if you are having major sleep issues with your LO's the Amby Hammock or Poco (cheaper version) Hammock & Love to Dream swaddle are my top recommendations. Worked for DC1 & DS is now very comfy in swaddle & hammock.

Anyone still up?? Really tired tonight

Happy Birthday Pregnant & CJ!! I hope you both manage to get some you time amongst all the craziness

Thanks Goats for the sling & sleepyhead tip. I will let you know how I get on.

I do wonder if men post pregnancy really get it?? My DH says he does but I've had a couple of: what do you do all day (if I haven't done something like order a memory book)

What did I do!?!?! Well I fed your son 8 times, changed him several times, put on several loads of washing, unloaded washing; unloaded dishwasher, done some admin, bought groceries/ and made your dinner all with a baby in my arms.
Men!!

Type 1 diabetes? Argh hope not -cj but can happen when body goes through some sort of 'trauma' and your acute GD is clearly that trauma for you. Tyoe 2 is the one you typically get when over weight and can prevent / cure to some degree, type 1 is a diff story.

pregnant sorry to hear bout your uncle :( Same happened to my NCT friends dad and jt was just so sad and horrdenous particularly when clearly before their 'time'.

Welcome back cj hope you & lo are doing well?

So sorry to hear about your uncle pregnant my uncle isnt great just now either after a battle with cancer, so i know how shit you must feel for your birthday, your kids will probably spoil you & put a smile on your face even at this shit time

I love it when dp knows im dog tired and see's me get out of bed to do the night feed and asks "do you want me to do it" ? Ehhh how about "listen babe you back to sleep, i'll get this for you" AIBU????

Dh seems to have fallen Into doing the night feed! I'm still awake but it gives my poor boobs a rest!
Sorry to hear about your uncle pregnant what an awful decision for your poor family
Hope everyone is having a better night tonight?

Less sleep than usual so far . Any experienced mums, hoe long does all this red faced pushing followed by crying last for usually? Only had two hours sleep so far tonight! So sorry cj.

Sorry to hear your family are going through such a tough time Pregnant I hope you get some joy from your b'day with your children.
Also happy b'day CJ lovely to see you back, hope you're feeling better and stronger each day.
After last nights shit night E slept for 5 and 3 1/2 hours. Tried to dream feed during the 5 hour stretch, didn't work, so not as much sleep for me as it sounds!!
DH made me laugh- talking in his sleep "Hi I'm Awesome, come give me cuddles..." Hehe

Sorry to hear that Bump hope you get some naps in later on.

While I realise it's traditional to get much less sleep than your partner I'm sort of worried about the reverse- he usually gets up to change a nappy for her three am ish feed and then if she won't settle easily I go back to sleep and he holds her till she'll go down, but then he finds it really hard to sleep again himself. He's now been awake since three but I only just found out because I went back to sleep at four. Trying to get him to sleep now. It's not totally the end of the world as he works from home but it worries me ( and I am selfishly concerned with keeping him useful). Not sure what to do, really. Plus hewas meant to have the baby for assign hour before he starts work because I also have work that needs doing today, but if he goes to sleep I can't really wake him.

Sorry to those with health and family worries. it's so hard doing this even when everything else is going relatively smoothly.

If you express, when do you do it? Pip doesn't sleep for long enough during the day for me to have time to do it, and we're still semi cluster feeding in the evenings. The only time feels like it would be after the 4am feed, but it seems silly to wake myself up more in order to give myself just another half hour sleeo, which is what the bottle feed at 10pm gives me.

At the moment, it takes me over an hour to feed and settle her before the 5 hour stretch, but a bottle seems to zonk her out more quickly.

I think we're slowly settling into 5 hours then 3 hours here, which I can handle long term. Just need to work on the evenings now with getting her to sleep after a bath calmly, rather than having her fight it while screaming when we would ideally be eating dinner.

Good to see you again cj.

I express in the morning before I get dressed so usually about 7 or 8 am. Better quality milk than later in day as it gets more watery as days go on. Night stuff is the best but I'm not going to start expressing in the Middle of the night, I'm knackered as it is!!

goats I express after a feed. You won't get as much but over time you will increase your supply. Or sometimes I express from one side when she's fed from the other. If you get small amounts in 24 hours you can combine it all once chilled to same temp and freeze.

I'm worried I was so tired last night that I fed her in my sleep. Either that or she just slept for 6 hours straight! That's not good for her at 3/4 weeks is it??!

munday at your DH. Who was he talking too that's the question!!!

Noisy "happy birthday" and "welcome back" sounds for cj. Also sending you good wishes, pregnant, and hope you and your family are looking after each other.

I'm another morning expresser, normally after Baby Badger has had one boob and gone back to sleep. Helps with the morning engorgement and I can normally get enough off for the nightime feed in one go. I also express during her afternoon nap, though it's harder work then.

Cj welcome back! Good to see you back here and on chatty form
Pregnant so sorry to hear about your uncle, I hope you can have a nice family day today for your bday though, you too Cj

I'm also peeved with DH not appreciating I need some down time, he's just back from a 3 day training course last night and within 2 hours of getting home he wanted to head to bed for an early night because he was tired, so that's what he did - but not before phoning up to book studio time for his band 6-9pm tonight, which will likely result in his arriving home wanting another early night

excited it's so lovely to have you back. We were all wondering what had happened to you. I'm so sorry to hear about the seizure that mid have been so scary for you ad everyone around you. How are you now? Have you fully recovered? I hope your health is ok. Though sorry to hear about the high chance of type 1 diabetes fingers crossed that doesn't happen. I also developed pre eclampsia and 6 weeks on my Bp is still up and down and still on medication, though hoping it eventually goes back to normal. It's definitely given me the push I needed to start eating more healthily I'm going to diet soon and I'm eating aot less salt, trying to do what I can to help Bp.

Another good night here v slept for 6 hours in a row amazing.

Health visitor coming today to weigh v.

My hair is a right state a trip to hairdressers is needed this weekend.

Sorry didn't read thread properly. Sending sympathies to pregnant but also birthday wishes I hope you have a good day also happy birthday to excited

Dp redeeemed himself, ended getting up with her at half 5 as she was unsettled when i put her back down after 4am, she is actually chocking in her sleep, think she is so bagged up with wind, infacol not doing anything and she hates gripe water! Someone recommended colic crystals which you could get in boots but i didnt see any yesterday when i went in ? Im going to try holland and barrat for something, i got really good teething stuff from there last time. I am considering lying her on her side as i do this during the day for a wee while and she sleeps like a log, my friend has the angel care monitor which i can borrow, as i wouldnt consider doing this without it. The choking is freaking me out as her back & chest sounds really crackly when i pick her up but seems to go away if she manages a burp?

Woo-hoo me so so happy for your sleep situation.., you deserve it

Aw kirstie i would be raging aswell, think you need to have an emotional angry meltdown and address your issues with him, i had a few of these first time around as i would let all the little things he did build up over a couple of months then i used to just explode with anger and hit him with a few home truths and lots of expletives

So sorry pregnant (didn't read thread properly either!) bump sorry you had a bad night too (but a bit glad not just me) so much awful grunting, pushing and then crying

yellow I think it's you who knows a all about dairy intolerance?
I saw this very sad post when mooching around Mumsnet just now and wondered if this poor lady's baby has an intolerance?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/2236394-Not-coping-with-constant-crying?pg=3