Non sleeping baby for sale - PART TWO

[kaz33]

After three attempts to leave a message on this thread I have to start again.

Codswallop - you still have the hacking bronchial cough to come and total loss of interest in food to come. I'm sure it won't be long before DS2 catches another cold.

We were going to sleep in the lounge last night, got the inflatable bed out ready and then discovered the pump wasn't charged and which point we threw our hands in the air and went back to bed. He woke at 4am, bfight eyed and bushy tailed.

woke up the little bugger so much for it's all over nuff said

I am knackered

And here we go for another nights screaming - can't figure out why he doesn't exhaust himself and fall asleep? How much longer can this last - he's only 3 weeks old and I am about ready to shoot myself. He sounds so wretched and when the fists and feet start flying and he's going rigid, its hard to even hold him. Am at wits end to know how to help him - bad mummy syndrome?

that sounds a good result

-My latest is that I am waking ay 3.30am expecting HIm to....

Me too codswallop .. ridiculous, I get so wound up with myself.

bad night last night - awake 10.30 till 11.30, then 3.30 till 4.30 fun fun fun

he cries with his eyes shut like he wants to go to sleep - weird, started thinking he might be having night terrors but decided that was a silly idea!

I think our night would have been fine...except that dp had to get up at 4am.

All mums feel like that, Lisa

Have been avoiding this thread in case I tempt fate....but.....she slept through for 4 nights then woke up once for 2 then slept through again last night!

Have not done anything different apart from put some free Boots teddies in the cot.

Babies are strange creatures.

Lisa - do not despair, you are normal, your baby is normal and it will get better. Promise. I swear on my own sleepless nights

I am bored by my own thread - I cnat see any consitency in whether he wakes or not....

thanks all - don't feel very normal or even adequate some nights!! He is just starting to grizzle so the screaming is about to start. I was hoping he'd start later tonight as DH is at work till 9 and number 1 son, (aged 14) is at school until 9.30 doing a play, so no-one to relieve me for 10 mins...
ARGH!

Don't worry Lisa. I had the same with my ds. I couldnt believe it when the crying completely stopped at 8 weeks. It will stop I promise - it's really a matter of you surviving it. Best of luck - you're not on your own.

Lisa - have you tried sitting on one of those swiss balls and bouncing with your baby. It worked for my ds when he was going through a similar phase. My ds liked to be held upright and facing the front - I thought that maybe the bouncing and the firm pressure on his stomach made him feel better. He would fall asleep and then I would slip him ever so carefully into bed.

What about a warmed up little pillow of cherry stones or similar (sorry, only know what they are called in german) to lay on his tummy, this worked for me somtimes too, and made me feel like I was doing something (also good for mum's headaches caused by lack of sleep or sharing bed with baby).

What about laying down and letting him sleep on your chest (I quite liked this till he got too heavy). It is called kangarooing - which of course I love the name of.

I had some herbal gel stuff, which smelled great, to massage his tummy in a clock-wise direction with, but I was never convinced that it worked very well, it once again made me feel like I was trying to do something to relieve his discomfort.

But as others have said, he will grow out of it. I can't remember exactly how old my ds was but I think it was around 3mths - thankfully he didn't do it every nite.

HTH

Ok so he went ot bed at 6 and gulped some water at 3 and is still asleep now!

Hooray for you! mine not bad - bed at 7pm, heard him at 6am murmuring about - didn't get up to him till 7am.

Hmmmm - 5.40 wake up followed by 5.10am wake up this morning, after which he promptly demolished 14oz of milk. Am upping his solids to three meals a day and mains and puds to see if that makes a difference !!

I was about to retire from this thread. Then dd2 woke up with loud agonised wails at 5.20 this morning.

Happy Monday!

She now has a cold. Oh FFS.

ds2 woke up with poo in his pjs..???? has upset tum (3yrs)

They've got it off each other, haven't they. Little wossnames.

Ds woke at 9.15pm with a nappy that had leaked all up his back - oh joy Screamed blue murder for about half an hour while his cackhanded mummy tried to sort him out. Then again at 11.30pm and 2am. He did then sleep from 3 - 6.30 which is not bad, I guess - although isn't it funny how low your expectations can get?? I used to think it was a bad night if he slept less than 7 hours on the trot...

Bad weekend though - woke four times on Sat night which prompted a big old row between me and dh who, despite spouting some old guff the other day about wishing he could do more to help and that his Xmas pressie to me would be a decent night's sleep, didn't so much as lift a finger all night. GRRRRRRRRRRRR! Why are men so full of s**t? Sorry, need to vent

Motherinferior - I'm back on as well, he woke at4.53am this morning !! Luckily he took a whole bottle and then went back to sleep until 7am.

It is definitely food related, he is going through a growth spurt and loves his solids. I spend all my time trying to shove as much food and milk into his gob as possible in the hope it will help him sleep !!

OK ROLL CALL TIME:

NAME...AGE(OF BABY).....LONGEST SLEPT THROUGH FOR

I will start

Coddy.............8months.....all night(12 hrs) for 3 nights on the trot

Nome...10 months...13 hours three nights in a row. Thank you medised for helping a bunged up baby.

Lamin .... 7 months .... 12 hours 4 nights on the trot

what are you all moaning about hten?