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A thread for my early waking friends who want a whinge

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fififrog · 13/03/2012 22:07

A few weeks back there were quite a few of us with DCs about a year old, too young for gro clocks etc waking up TOO BLOOMING EARLY. Where are you all at now? DD seems to be getting earlier. Cough not helping but we had 4.55 this morning. I hate to say it but I actually enjoyed her being ill last week as she slept til 6.30 once. Some mornings I think "just a long phase we can live with it" but this morning I was in total despair. Will I ever be able to make it to 10pm without thinking I will regret staying up this late??! I know some of you will say stick with the messing around with morning nap, it will fix it, but to be honest I don't believe it will and I just want to WHINGE to people who will understand!!

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LittleMilla · 06/07/2012 15:23

Ds how to bed at about half 7? Interestingly he didn't have tea and supper yesterday then woke up at 6.30. I know that's still amazing compared to even a few weeks ago, but makes me wonder if it's a food thing?

I'm on phone so no name checking I'm afraid. I'd just recommend reading the book to see if there's anything you can relate to. I found that there were a couple of things I was deffo doing that contributed

Anyway, I am talking like it's a done deal and we're only one week in Wink. I'll keep an eye on this though and let you know f anything changes either way.

Good luck all, ESP the pg ladies!! Xxx

feeno · 07/07/2012 07:52

Anything is worth trying cuz I'm on my knees here with exceedingly heavy boobs and bump adding to the pressure.

So we had 3.30 day before yesterday, 4.10 yesterday, 6.30 today.

But let me give you some context on the 6.30 today. He woke at 1.30-didn't sleep again till 3. Then woke intermittently from 4-6 and woke for good bawling his eyes out at 6.30.

Looks like his gums are swollen again so another week to 10 days of teething hell plus stupid o'clock wake ups to deal with. I have suitcases under my eyes!

Bubba in belly likely to be poor sleeper too by the looks of things-kicks like mad day and night!!! I'll have no hair left by the time they're in nursery.

feeno · 07/07/2012 07:54

Fuckety fuck fuck

feeno · 07/07/2012 07:59

Plus-it's my brother's engagement party today-aaaargh! So not only am I gonna look as big as a bus no matter what I wear, I will also look like I'm 20 years older than him!

Boooo!

Thanks Lmilla by the way xxx

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fififrog · 08/07/2012 18:39

feeno I hope you enjoyed the party! :)

God save me I can't take much more of this. She's mostly been eating ok the last couple of days but naps have been terrible, mornings absurdly early and she's just a misery. Had another couple of days of 30mins plus crying at end of 1.5hr nap (note required resettling in middle). Yesterday to bed at 6.30, tonight I just couldn't take any more after she arbitrarily decided she wouldn't eat because the food was 'too hot' - blooming stone cold after all the fuss. First time ever I didn't offer her some bread. She was asking for cake of all things. I was close to losing the plot. Anyway in bed at 6.15 tonight. That doesn't bode well for tomorrow but I couldn't take any more of her shouting/whingeing/gurgling that's been going off and on all bloody day. Oh, and yesterday. And she's such a joy during the all too brief periods in between...

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MrsTerryPratchett · 08/07/2012 21:58

WHAT WENT WRONG? DD was all over the 6.30am recently and I was enjoying that. Today 4am. 4 flipping am. And, she napped at 10am so will be miserable come bedtime (different timezone).

feeno · 09/07/2012 05:34

fifi I feel for you-hugs and sympathy.

Same to you mrstp although I am soooo jealous of the 6.30 starts before that.

We had 4.35 today-FFS!

I'm seriously gonna die young with all this stress. Can't take much more-whose idea was it to have another? Certainly not mine. Well after this crap, DH will have to go for the snip-I'm not going to do this EVER again

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/07/2012 15:33

We are only having one, mostly because DH can't cope with the lack of sleep which he doesn't really deal with anyway. 4am again today. Although she did come in with me for an hour so maybe nap will be later

Don't be jealous of the 6.30am stuff, feeno. It was a beautiful week but now I know how the other half lives Envy

feeno · 09/07/2012 17:24

I just want to cry lots :(

SrirachaGirl · 09/07/2012 17:31

I had an early-rising toddler. For 3 or 4 years he was up every morning between 4:30 and 5:30. He's 7 now and we've managed to get to 6:30 (doesn't matter what time he goes to bed)...Not what I'd choose (I have to wake up his siblings to start the day) but I can live with it Smile.

thinkfast · 09/07/2012 22:26

Sorry to see you're all still here.

We seem to have exchanged one problem for another. After 17 days of coughs and colds (Ds) including 10 days and counting with a stinking cold (me) I've had just over 2 weeks of Ds sleeping most if not all of the night in his pushchair with me on the sofa next to him. He couldn't sleep lying down and was much better upright although we have had extremely restless sleep and frequent night wakings he seemed to generally make it to about 7am and one day even til 8.30!!!!!

Tonight is night 3 in his cot. Last night I lost track of the number if times he woke but he didn't wake in the morning til 6.45. So I've concluded if we have a crappy nights sleep we get a bit longer in the mornings. A good nights sleep generally means a pre Dawn alarm cry Angry

thinkfast · 09/07/2012 22:28

Sorry that wasn't clear - when I say sleeping most if not all of the night in his pushchair I mean that was the location rather than he was sleeping through (except for one night)

thinkfast · 10/07/2012 03:26

This is not good

feeno · 10/07/2012 03:46

Sounds awful! I know how you feel though. Ds had stomach bug-then terrible teething and now nasty chesty cough keepin us up half the night. It's been approximately 4 weeks of hell here now. Back to teething with the cough as well.
Bedtime was disaster yesterday. DH away business since last night so on my own with bump and toddler. He cried most of the day-didn't eat much or drink milk. Cried throughout bath and bed routine. Screamed the house down for about hour and half because he didn't want to go in his cot. I had to stay in the room with him till he went to sleep. Felt so sick couldn't eat. He has always been happy to go in his bed since very young age, even through Illness so no idea what's going on now.
I woke at 11.10 and 2.30 from pure anxiety-lying awake waiting for the boy to wake up. Can't sleep!

feeno · 10/07/2012 04:44

FUCK! 4.35 again

MrsTerryPratchett · 10/07/2012 14:56

DD wanted in bed with me at 1am this morning. I am destroyed. Hold my hand while I sleep train tonight will you?

feeno · 10/07/2012 15:15

I'll hold yours as long as you want love...bless you x

LittleMilla · 10/07/2012 21:38

mrsterrypratchett have you read the Ferber book that I've been banging on about. We had a wobble this am (6am) that coincidently was when dh got up for work Hmm and so I'm blaming him! Aside from that we've had over a week if c.7am Shock.

Im begging you all to read this as it makes me sad to read about how shit things are Sad. I was there just 3 weeks ago.

X

MrsTerryPratchett · 10/07/2012 23:14

Which is the Ferber book? I tried shush pat and all that. Didn't work in the slightest.

feeno · 10/07/2012 23:55

How is it going? Ds in bed for 6.15pm-Only one nap-awake since 4.30 yesterday. He is now awake-been awake since 11.45pm. Lack of sleep will kill me by the looks of things...

feeno · 10/07/2012 23:58

Just looked up Ferber b

feeno · 11/07/2012 00:01

Sorry, accidentally sent last post unfinished-just looked up Ferber book-it's called solve your child's sleep problems-I'm pretty sure he's the controlled crying guy. 5 min checks then 10 min checks and then 15 min checks till dc goes to sleep.

MrsTerryPratchett · 11/07/2012 00:13

Thanks feeno. I do a very mild form of that. I don't leave DD any longer than about two minutes. It worked very quickly last time I tried it so fingers crossed. I'm in Canada so it isn't bedtime yet. She only had a short nap. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. She has become very clingy to me when she is sleepy at the moment. I wonder if this has anything to do with the sleep issues.

You won't die from lack of sleep feeno you will just wish you had.

feeno · 11/07/2012 00:20

Most likely she is clingy due to the sleep issues. Since my son has been waking at night again and up to start the day from 4am onwards he is desperate not to go into his cot at nap and bedtime. I can only attribute this to the lack of sleep because before this he has always been happy to go to bed and the early waking was our only issue. Now it's tears at bedtime, nap time, silly early waking and night waking. I did CC with him at 5 months after which he slept ok for a while but he has never been consistent-EVER-which is what truly drives me potty I guess
I weep with you- wept all day pretty much- looks like another day if weeping tomorrow. Ds still awake

feeno · 11/07/2012 00:49

Still awake