October 2014.. Thread 7.. Teeth, tantrums & tickles

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Hope this works ?

Yep, full boob - in so much as a boob can refill in an hour.

Bloody hell, growth spurt maybe?

We had a similar night. 8.15pm, 11.00pm, 1.00am, 2.23am, 4.00am... I then lost track. By 7am I went into the spare room and told DP he was on duty.

She must be cream crackered, I certainly am.

Tonight we're going to try:
7pm 250ml bottle feed of formula
I'll feed her until 1am
after that offer her a full bottle of formula, but no boob until 7am

See how much of it is comfort and cuddles. Thing is, she'd puke if she wasn't hungry but eating? No being sick, it all stays down.

goats pretty much exactly the same here. Woke at 10, 11.35, 1ish, 3ish 4somthing 5ish and up for the day at 5.43am. When I handed him over to DH. It's been like this for as long as I can remember. N also takes a feed each time, and again is not sick all stays down so surely can't be over eating? He goes to sleep after too no chatting or anything. I don't know what to do either, totally broken. Annoying N is allergic to formula so I feel pretty trapped. I'd express but not only is that a massive ball ache I don't really get the time. And quite frankly when I do id rather have a bloody cup of tea!

munday your night sounds amazing! I would kill for that right now!

Waves to bump mrsB and granny* lovely of you ladies to de lurk and say hi! Glad you are all doing well.

bump thanks for the weaning info. I have just started with baby rice for N mixed with bm. I am worried too about his milk allergies. He reacts to formula really badly so it's nice to start food earlyish (he's 5.5months so not that early!!) and take things slowly introducing food stuffs. I am also on a dairy free diet and finding it quite stressful to be so soley responsible for him and his feeding. I worry all the time about getting ill and what that would mean. I can never take a break and that makes me stressed, never mind the ridiculous lack of sleep!

We don't have waking for feeding much, A has a bottle at 7.30pm then normally feeds once around 3/4 then doesn't need feeding again till 7/8 ish. But I have to settle with dummy at least a couple more times a night. Or sometimes I don't even need to settle but he wakes, has a loud babble that wakes me, and goes back to sleep himself.

Hopefully this will pass!

Any ideas when I'll ever get to sleep past 7am?

Ten and a half years into parenting and our children are always up by 7am. Always. Every day of the week, week after week, school or holidays, always the same get up time of between 6.30-7.00am

You just get used to it. DH & I don't even both taking turns to get a lie in at the weekend anymore, we just both get up with the children. You do get used to it and adjust so that it isn't a problem, promise.

Goats, Sleepy and Sazzle - Stop clock watching! Turn your clock around at night so that you cannot see it. It will do you good.

I know I have no right to moan about getting up early when so many still have night time party animals. I have no idea how you ladies cope!
I was just grumpy that DH didn't get up yesterday or today and spent all of yesterday and probably today arsing around. Only to complain he doesn't see E enough. Grr.

Hi all. So sorry about the hideous nights. goats amazing that she is taking a full feed all those times. Dd would puke after anything more than a boob and a half but she has puke issues anyway.

Slightly ok night here, down like a dream at 7.10, wake at 7.50, wake at 9.20 and fed at 10pm. Then I went to sleep and she woke an hour and a bit later, I seem to have woken in a blind panic and fed her automatically. But she then went from 11.50pm to 3.50am which was great! And settled straight back after feed. Then wake and feed at 6.10 and straight back again until...9 am! Amazing. I brought dd1 to the loo at 7 am and then dh got up with her at 7.30 so I got to sleep. I feel cheerful.

I had been trying to shush dd in her cot when she woke in the evening, instead of picking her up. Daft idea and took ages. Last night I just got to her quickly and picked her up and cuddled her back to sleep then put her in cot and kind of jiggled her there lying down for a few seconds.

That's what we used to do with dd1, much easier! They both just woke up more and went into such a rage if shush pat was attempted.

sazzle I have half heartedly done dairy free so much with dd2 since she was born and never stuck to it so hats off to you. Really hope you get some freedom with solids.

Hellooo to all the de-lurkers.

I'm afraid 7 o'clock get ups are the norm around here too. We have to be up at that time during the week to get me and four kids and four animals fed and dressed for 8.15. (The animals don't get dressed obviously!)
We take it in turns during the weekend for a "lie in" ie we get to lie in bed and listen to the children being noisy!

goats I'm like an old lady by the evening and ache a lot I put it down to the hormones hanging around still but maybe my body's just buggered

Thanks for all the coil experiences I think I'm going to go for the copper coil love the idea of no hormones.

Bump sounds great! You've done amazingly.

This might be a really dumb question but do you guys ever wake your babies in the day? A has been asleep 2 hours, I'm tempted to rouse him. Don't want him to be taking it off his night sleep! :/

I only ever wake baby when logistically I have to, like if DD is asleep in the cot and we have to go and fetch the children from school. Even them I try to keep her asleep when transferred to pram or carseat.

Aside from that, I would never consider waking baby. Sometimes DD sleeps for 2 1/2 or 3 hours, especially morning nap. I guess that sometimes she just needs the extra sleep.

Splendide I do wake them sometimes if I'm scared of a bad night. If I let my eldest nap as long as he wanted he'd be up at the crack of dawn, I keep his naps to 45 minutes and he gets up at 7.30-8 during the week and 9 on a weekend. Much better than a 6am start for our family routine! School and the CM are literally a 2 minute walk away so I'd never need him up before 8.

I didn't wake him! Watched an excellent film called Rich Hill. Documentary, will make you realise how lucky your children are. Highly recommended.

He did 2.5 hours but has woken up in a crap mood. I think it's gastric, poor boy is a bit bunged up :(

Oh crossed with yellow!

Fingers crossed he'll sleep ok tonight.

I'm sure he will splendide, good sleep promotes better sleep.

Mine have had good 2-3 hour lunchtime naps and 11-12 hours at night right through until 3 or 4 years old. Absolutely no possible way my toddlers would have coped on just 45 minutes nap in the daytime. But it shows every child is different.

Anyone got any special plans for Mothers Day? It will be the first Mothers Day for some of you, which makes it super special

My Mum & I are going for a spa day on Thursday. Not actually for mothers day, just a 'what the hell, lets have a spa day' kind of booking. We didn't even realise it was close to mothers day when we booked. But since it is, and we are both Mothers, it makes a nice treat together.

Hats off to all you ladies suffering with allergies and going dairy/egg/soy free. I find exhaustion makes eating well hard, and being the sole source of nourishment takes an emotional toll. My head spins just thinking of how hard I would find it to cut out dairy etc!

So bump and Sazzle and yellow and anyone I forget to name check, feel proud of what you're doing!

Splendide some of your pals are definitely lying (or else using sleep bragging to mask some other problem!). Glad you got a better night.

Granny hope you got a good redundancy. Also in no rush to wean! Dd2 sits up with us in her Tripp Trapp but happy to wait until 6 months to do BLW. Started the others at 5.5 months, mainly as dh loves it (and is the bigger cook). But happy to keep my milky baby as long as possible!

More crap sleep here but at least the head cold I've had is over a bit.

Munday, I'd be annoyed too! Your dh should give you a break on weekends (mine does, even though he gets the 5.08am train on weekdays, but he gets uninterrupted sleep whereas I don't).

Fate yes every child is different. In fact, worth saying that so all the FTMs in particular remember! Every child is different and you are you own expert on your child - what works for me may not for you and vice versa (in fact, what works for dc1 may not work for dc2 or 3 etc).

An earlier wake up (7am, shifting earlier in sept when DS starts kindergarten as the school bus will collect him at 7.30am) is necessary for us. Would love to do 8am but it would never work (DS's kindergarten will start at 8.05 - American schools start stupid early!). But my DS dropped his nap before he was 2.5 whereas dd1 is still a napper at nearly 3. I'm actually a bit sick of her nap as it ties us to the house! But yet I like the chance to work (if dd2 plays ball with her napping!). She is starting to drop it i think but still stays in her cot. Once we shift to bunk beds she'll probably drop it...

So agree with lots of your post there Flip

you are you own expert on your child

I think the key when I was a FTM was that point when I realised that I didn't need books or websites or other people telling me what to do - that I just needed to trust myself to know what was best for my child. That was the turning point where I became more confident in my parenting ability, rather than nervous and petrified of doing something wrong.

I'm actually a bit sick of her nap as it ties us to the house

I have spent about nine years being tied to that lunchtime nap, without a beak between children. I only discovered the freedom of afternoons doing whatever I wanted (the world was my oyster) about 12 months before DC4 was born.

And now I've just started reintroducing the afternoon nap in the cot for DC4. So back I am to my afternoons of housework and daytime TV because we are tied to the house for the foreseeable.

I have managed nearly 18 months of afternoon freedom though!

Mine have always had their nap at home in their cot. I sometimes wonder if that was the right thing to do as fate says it does tie you to the house. On the odd occasion they slept when I was out and about it was a disaster and they only had a small nap and were so grumpy later in the afternoon it wasn't worth it. Maybe it was because they weren't used to sleeping in the buggy. My friend always put her son down in his buggy even if they were at home and he slept brilliantly when she was out.
To be honest now I've got used to it and I always have stuff to do at home while they are sleeping anyway.

Had all my family round for a big Sunday lunch today was lovely and my absolute favourite way to spend a Sunday. I'm knackered though dp can't cook so I cooked for everyone. Babywing sat with us and was watching everyone eat while he licked his lips!

I can't believe he will be joining us in a few weeks I feel like my baby is growing up to fast :(

Too fast