October 2014 // thread 5 // baby's first Christmas

[JeannePoole]

Welcome back!

(Dear greetings cards manufacturers: 'Baby's First Christmas' does NOT necessarily have to include Baby being liberally sprinkled with glitter from your shoddily-made merchandise.

Except that, as I'm rapidly discovering, it does.

I think my baby is some kind of android.

He has sensor in his back which when it touches his cot mattress it causes his eyes to fly open and his mouth to scream.

Despite being asleep in my arms for half an hour before transferring.

Normally babymoose at least closes his eyes during the 7-11 feedathon but ive just looked down and theres big wide eyes staring up at me! Very cute but not overly helpful lol

Baby more awake in her cot than when she was downstairs

Its like hes got a burst of energy! :(

Pregnant mine has the same sensor. Four attempts to get him down last night. So clingy recently.
He keeps similar hours to us; I put him in his crib for each sleep now but he generally only has a few 30-45 min naps through the day. We go to bed 2300-0000, he has a last 6oz feed sometime around 0000-0130 then normally goes through to around 0830. Often briefly wakes between 0630-0730 but a bit of reassurance and he drops off again. He slept for 8hrs 42mins on Thursday- uhmazing!

Ds is 12 weeks today in about another 12 weeks I will be thinking about weaning!
Where has that time gone?
I found once mine were eating well I got a bit stricter about settling/feeding at night. I knew they were getting plenty and the confusion about whether they were feeding for comfort or hunger went.
Dd2 started to sleep through after dp left the monitor downstairs one night (she was 6 months) we didn't hear her wake up so she went back to sleep! She couldn't have been really screaming because I would have heard her. She never woke up in the night again.

Also to offer a bit of hope to those who've not been her before, none of mine have ever had 4 month sleep regression. So it's not a given that everything will go wrong at 4 months :)

Wow slide that's amazing you give me hope the little piglet had 9 ounces while I was settling him before!

Pregnant that's really given me hope. I think Jonas' regression was so bad because the pain from the CMPI made him a light and easily disturbed sleeper. I've cursed it now haven't I?!

I had never heard of a four month regression until I found mumsnet with this pregnancy. I cannot say I noticed anything different about sleeping/feeding at 4 months so assume my three other children didn't do this regression.

Im convinced babymoose is having his at 12 weeks instead.. unless it gets even worse

Moose - My DD is 14 weeks now. I went through a proper nightmare time with her two weeks ago at 12 weeks. It was then that I changed from ebf to mix feeding.

You have all my sympathies going through that now with babymoose, if its anything like my 12 week "wonder" week.

My lo has hardly slept a wink all day? So not like her but she's in the moses right now sleeping like a baby but for how long? That is the million dollar question ? Wish i could get her to be taking a bottle around this time but her wee body clock needs it around 8.30, i have tried to distract her but she is like a wee women possessed and needs fed NOW

And she's awake

I dont think im going to get sleep ever again! At least last night he went back down for a few hours, this has just been utter crap. Wonder weeks have a lot to answer for
I cant help thinking it might be to do with the change in his reflux meds as we're slowly moving from ranitidine to omeprazole. He seems to be arching his back more so maybe the omeprazole isnt working and hes back to being in pain? Who knows, clutching at straws a bit now

Moose its more likely that than a wonder week. What does of omeprazole is he on? Jonas only found relief from the pain at 2mg/kg. There might well be a few days before the omeprazole works.

Aw moose honestly sleep deprivation is so hard not to mention wondering whats wrong & getting frustrated you cant fix it for them

My lo ended up settling at 1.30 am till 6.30 but i feel so tired i could cry, my periods due which makes me so exhausted anyway plus my spd flares up think dp can do the night feed & settling tonight, im so running out of energy, im having one of those days when i think " how am i going to get through the day feeling like this" i think i could honestly sleep for a week solid if i could

Joining you all this morning with another Jon sleeping baby. V has been sleeping so well and it's all changed :-( she hardly slept at all yesterday day time and last night she didn't sleep till midnight then was up at 2 and 6. She had been sleeping through pretty much before this.
yellow what omprazole were you given as mine doesn't seem to be based on weight gp just said dissolve one 10mg tablet in 5-10mls of water.

Another potentially crap night here. I was out last night, between 7 and 9 boyfriend resettled pip 8 times. I then fed her and went to bed, and resettled her 4 times before midnight. Then she wouldn't go back down at all after 12.30. It all seemed to be about a blocked nose. At 1.30 I gave up trying and played with her for half an hour. After that I tried putting her in her crib, but no. Then next to me in bed but no. Decided that crap sleep for me was better than no sleep for me, so started sorting out pillows to sleep with her on my chest.

While I was doing that she shifted across the bed and cuddled up right by my side - hugging my boob. I fed her for about a minute lying there after which she zonked out, still hugging my boob until 6am. No sign of snotty nose but also no chance of moving away from her. I slept a bit, but it's that nervous shallow sleep.

So, clingy child hell.

And apparently hugging my boob immediately unblocks a nose. I should make money out of this.

So crappy nights continue over here too. He managed 4 hours first which is an improvement. Then woke at 1.30am, then 3am Then was generally unsettled from then onwards and I gave in due to tiredness and fed him at 3 and then on/off over the next few hours until 6 when I got up.

I'm thinking if he is still ok on my reintroduction of dairy I'm tempted to give him a bottle of formula at night to see if it gives me a few extra hours sleep!

wonder you really are not alone. R was a nightmare last night he took and hour to settle at then we woke him at 11 to feed he hardly had anything then projectile puked all over himself and sleeping bag so had to be changed which woke him up. I had to lay him next to me to get him to sleep after 2 transfer attempts he finally went off. Then woke at 2 didn't want feeding I couldn't settle him so put him in with me where he stayed despite numerous transfer attempts. He grizzled on and off all night. I tried to feed him twice but only had a tiny bit. When we woke up properly at 7 dp said "you need to stop putting him bed with you"
I actually wanted to punch the bastard.

Then I've just taken dd to school usually I just drop her in the drop of zone and go home no need to get out of the car. But she asked if I could walk in with her as it was the first day just got all the kids out of the car when the heavens opened no rain cover for the buggy everyone got drenched I'm so wet even my knickers are wet.

Sorry rant over

Hey. we did quite well last night but I'm skin crawlingly aware that lots of you had good periods at 10 weeksish and then it all went to shit so not at all complacent.

Still no hint of dozing off before about 9.30 then I take him upstairs, change him, feed him and he goes in his crib when he's sleeping. Can be anytime from 10.30 - 12.00. Then he wakes like clockwork at 2 and 5. At 2 he sometimes just goes back to sleep without me getting him up though.

pregnant - is your bloke in the same room as you? Until he actually spent time overnight with us, my boyfriend used to say that about putting her in bed with me. Now he totally gets why I do it as last resort.

Oh dear naughty babies turning us all into puke covered, matted hair zombies
I tried for over half an hour to get E to sleep upstairs early last night. Didn't work. Asked DH to try, went down to find a drink, 5 mins later he's down as his back hurts and "what does another night of going to bed at 10.30 matter?"
He's he one who thinks she's ready for her own room!!
Think we're all having a rant this morning

goats yeah he's in the same room there is no where else for him to go! But he has the ability to sleep through most of it and I do what ever I have to to keep the crying to a minimum because I don't want him to wake the other children up.

I don't remember 12 weeks being so bad with any of the others but it's probably Mother Nature making me forget! I keep clinging to the thought that I can barely remember this stage with the others.
This to shall pass and other mumsnet sayings!