March 2017 (4)

[purpleviolet1]

Follow on from March 2017(3)

Welcome all!

Thanks Blondes. What can I expect going cold turkey? Have you any experience? I expect he will sob / whinge for at least an hour

@NameChange30 glad you enjoyed your day much deserved!!!

May winge first few nights but then hopefully won't wake up as only gets water

And again hopefully daytime milk will increase thus making full at night endnote not waking

If doesn't drink lots at night then prob bad habit and cold turkey /water is a good option

Ok DD has had bath, left the door shut so the steam would help clear her nose. She had nearly 8oz bottle. Calpol plus Calpol plugin and teething granules, still sounds as congested and fighting bedtime

Just fallen asleep without her dummy, bless her

Here’s to a good night for everyone

Thanks Blondes. Can’t decide whether I should offer water or not. Because he self settles to sleep now for bedtime and daytime naps (put him down awake and tell him I’ll see him after his nap, then leave the room) I wonder if it’s better to just leave him to it. But then is that really bad? Will I be one of those horrible mums who made her child feel neglected? I just don’t see what benefit me going in to cuddle him is going to do. He’ll either

• stop crying whilst I’m there (but stay awake as he has never fallen asleep by rocking or holding) and cry when I try to leave

• keep crying

Any suggestions?

I could sit next to him until he nods off again but I think that will encourage him to stay awake and fight his sleep as I will be a distraction if you know what I mean?

purple I hide from DD lol! If she sees me then she stays awake longer so our nursing chair is at the head of her cot so she can't see me. I don't always stay in the room just nights like tonight when she's genuinely trying to go to sleep but something's stopping her e.g. congestion, trapped wind so is uncomfortable. Every so often she will let out a "I just want to sleep cry" so I give her a reassuring pat then leave her to it again.

Maybe let him moan /cry for 10m

Then go in. Will seem forever to you - time it -

It's a vase of trial and error as all babies are different and whatbworkee for one may not for other - tho usually water instead of milk works and they stop waking up after a few nights

Thank you

I think I’ll go in after 10-20 min, shh pat him, leave the room and repeat every 10 mins so he knows he isn’t abandoned

Also since I think his teeth will be cutting soon and his gums are bothering him should I go in at least once to top up pain relief in case that’s keeping him up?

FWIW purple I think you should top up pain relief if he wakes up and is due some more. That's based on my experience last night when I eventually worked out he needed some and regretted not giving it sooner! We both lost out on sleep because of it 😴

YES I would give nurofen

It's better on pain and temp then calpol

Ibuprofen is an anti inflammatory so it's good for teething pain 👍

Thanks. Am nervous

Think I’ll write it down as no doubt I’ll forget

Good idea, it seems obvious now but in my zombie state I could probably use a post-it that says
IBUPROFEN
NAPPY
!!!

Wrote it down lol

Right off to sleep (hopefully). I find it so difficult switching off

Let’s see what tonight brings. In my head I’m going to try and give it at least 3 days to see how we get on before changing approach. I say that now haha

Good night all and good luck!

Thanks purple, you too!
I find it hard to switch off too. I was awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night and it wasn't all because of DS!
It's a horrible feeling when you dread the night ahead, isn't it?!

Well DS woke up at 11pm but isn't due more ibuprofen until midnight He's rubbing his ears like crazy and even feeding him isn't sending him to sleep... I am basically just wishing the time away so we can get to midnight and give him the ibuprofen. Not sure how long it takes to kick in but I'm not going to get any sleep at all until at least 1.30am, am I?!

Hope you've all had a better start to the night...

Hmmm maybe 00.30am, not 01.30am.. clearly brain isn't working

name hope DS settles for you

DD bit more settled tonight, she had all of her DF. I say DF she woke at 11 for it. Sounds a little better/clearer with her breathing. Not given her anymore Calpol yet

DD just woke for a 30 minute cuddle. Made her a feed and she just pinched her lips and pushed the bottle away then just snuggled in, no crying. Then fell back to sleep

Morning all, how was your night?
We had a bad one even though we had given DS ibuprofen, after waking at 11pm he didn't sleep for longer than 2 hours, and from 4.30am he kept waking up.
I have a killer headache this morning! Thank God it's Saturday and DH can share the load!

@NameChange30 sorry to hear you had a bad night. Defo get a nap this morn if dh is about!

I managed to get to sleep eventually but was in a very light sleep all night. Kept checking the monitor. He didn’t wake until 5:50 he let out a cry but seemed to be in his sleep. Then I clocked his hands moving as he was playing with them. Silent though. I left him for 15 mins but felt sorry for him so decided to offer water. He happily took 3oz I think and I put him back down and left the room. I could tell he was trying to settle but struggling to nod off as he seemed to doze and then toss and turn. He was a bit moany groany but not full on crying until about 06:50. Went in and shh patted him. He seemed a bit confused. Left him for another 10-15 mins and then went to him and said good morning. Got him changed etc and we came down and had porridge at 7.30. First time ever he took a decent amount! I’m so pleased. He had 4oz mixed with porridge and then drank 2oz. he’s nodded off early but that’s fine. So happy I never gave in and gave the milk at 6am. In the past I have given just 3oz at 5am but even that’s had a knock on effect on breakfast intake. We were obviously very fortunate that he slept the majority of the night so getting through one hour of pain wasn’t too hard. I hope it’s given us a good start to decent intake today and a similar night tonight. Thanks for your support all

I should add that he probably couldn’t settle from 6-7 because he had
hunger pangs and that does make my heart break but hopefully I can get him eating solids properly and it’ll help him overall to have a better sleep at night.

DD woke every half an hour from 4ish, she didn't want any of her feed until 5:30ish had 3oz than back to sleep but only til 6:10 when she wanted to chat

Hi guys, DS looks like he is cutting his other top tooth (plus still full of cold). Hasn't touched solids of any sort since Monday but has been BF fine. Today he's refused feeds - hasn't fed since 4am this morning and still won't take solids or water (not that he's ever taken water anyway!)

When do I start to worry?

I know babies can sleep through 12 hours without feeds so reckon we're ok for now but just worried about dehydration more than anything. Have tried all the usual pain relief and then tried BF again but he just purses his lips and pulls away.