'Sleep is for the Weak' for anyone with August/Sep 06 DC's

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GM, Cruise and anyone else with LO's born around August/September 06' - this is a support thread for when you have no clue as to why your LO is doing the exact opposite to what they were doing last week and when you are thinking WTF????
Post on here and we shall all compare notes and comfort each other!!

that wa sgoing to sleep on his own

glad to hear it maebee (about baby rice AND vino) i'd go crazy if i didnt have the odd glass or two!

re. the nights out, i usually go out with friends as am nervous of leaving dd with anyone other than her dad

bampa know what you mean, have said it before but dd sleeps like a bloody starfish, how can someone so little take up SO much room?!

Tibsy I also won't leave Ds with anyone but dad or my parents

left her once with my mum and dad, new years eve, but i had to get her to sleep first!! she didnt wake for them either (grr)!!
and left her one other time when had to go to dentist for 45 mins with mil.
what a sad case!
was completely different with ds who's 12(bless him), we were out every weekend from an early age, both sets of grandparents did every other week! mind you, he was ff and i was 19 at the time!!

Totally get you. my best friend had dd at 19 (now 11) and it hardly made a blip on her social life (me ignorantly egging her on couldn't have helped)she was also ff etc but dd2(now 4)ws bf until 11 months,never left with nayone other than dad and only eats organic food. How times have changed!

hi all.I'm really sorry to say,but we had an 8 hour sleep from 8-4 in morn.feel loads better.Sorry maebea,tibsy and genlay you had rough nights.I'm sending you some cyber hugs and happy thoughts.

Oh,and bampa!

redbeki - don't be sorry for having a good night, you deserve it. am genuinely REALLY pleased for you if a little !!

good god bampa, yuor friend could be me, inc. organic food (how embarassing!!! i do let her eat 'polluted' stuff too ha ha ha. the stupid thing is, we dont eat organic and i dont think of it when i'm glugging on me vino either! hmm...

redbeki...good u had fab night! 8hrs!!

all, i dont blame u being nervous who u leave them with. i am lucky to live near some very old friends who i have been in life and death situations with, and am the first...at 33!!...to have bred.
if u dont manage to get out u cld try making yr house like a restaurant. we did this for valentines day and even with baby monitor in background it was nice!

good idea maebee must endeavour to have more friends over for dinner as thankfully most have kids and understand. Glad redbeki that you had a good night. 8 hours sounds like bliss.
Tibsy with you organic for ds but when it comes to scoffing large bag of mini eggs my principles go out the window!

Had a good night last night too. Up at 10:30 then 4:45. The only things I did differently was that he had an extra feed in day and a big feed at 6:30 (normally he only sucks for about 10 min then falls asleep on boob). I was also really active with him during day with lots of play and I tied one of my worn t-shirts smelling of me to the side of the cot. I don't really know if any of this helped or if it was a fluke but It was great nonetheless - I hope it happens again... Oh I also changed his nappy at 10:30 too as by morning he is often really wet.

thanx ladies.you are a real support.
myrtle.do you use cloths?
well done .I do in the day ,but use a disp at night.Does lo go all night without being changed?

go myrtle!! congrats
my dd has been sleeping for over 1 1/2 hours now, which is a blardy miracle for her (30 mins max girl usually)! have read, listened to music, eaten choccie oooh and done a bit of washing.....whoo hoo
no boob to sleep does = sleep

Well, my night went like this. Bed and feed at 10.30 ish. Woke at 2 and in my sleepiness fed her, despite my trying to extend the night feeds. I think she was a bit supprised too. Anyway. Went to sleep again quickly but woke at 4 ish, gave her her dummy and tucked her in and then woke at 6.30 for the day. I feel really knackered today too cos it takes me ages to get back to sleep after being woken. Think I'll have a lay down with her at lunch despite my deciding to put her in her cot this afternoon. Not sure I've the energy to battle.

Me and DP haven't been out together since she was born almost 6 months ago and he's been out once with friends at Christmas. I haven't been out at all. And I mean even just for 5 minutes. Most of my friends live in London which was fine when I was working as we'd meet up after work but it's not like I can pop out for a couple of hours to meet them because it takes so long to get there. Also, with bf'ing I can't be out all night anyway and she won't take a bottle at the mo. I'n a couple of weeks I'm going to try her on some formula and make more effort with the bottle which will give me a bit more freedom but I think she may have a dairy sensitivity which means I might need to continue with BF.

cruise, ginger, kiera, pav, genlay - you're all quiet, how were your nights?......... are you all still asleep?!!!

x posted ginger!! night sounded not too bad?

i'd have a lie down with lo if i were you. went back to bed with dd yesterday and we had a nice hour long siesta, felt MUCH better after

ginger, sorry, i meant if you look at the spaces between waking,... but harder for you if you cant go straight back to sleep

well last night after regular bfeeds all day, both boobs at one point, he did:
6pm bfeed
7.30pm bfeed
9.00pm bottle 4oz f (would not go back to sleep and v unusual to wake so quick so figured he was still hungry despite bfeeds )
4.00am (yes you heard right!!!!) bfeed on BOTH boobs until 4.30am
6.30am hungry again! get dh up to give 6oz ebm, takes 4oz
9.00am bfeed
11.00am bfeed

and here we are. has konked out in car seat and still asleep thank god - a minor miracle these days. daren't put the telly on though in case it wakes him up!

I am v concerned about my milk supply as still seems hungry despite lots of bfeeds and having to increasingly supplement with ff. rang the hv this morning who said start weaning him so I'm going to try him with some baby rice when he wakes up! will prob have to continue to top him up for a bit but hopefully once he gets used to the food he'll go back to just bfeeds for drinks...well we'll see...

pavlov - lol at the poo!!!

ginger - sorry about the tears but thanks for making me feel not quite such a mad woman for the days I've walked round my town or sat in the park crying! did anyone ever notice? no-one noticed me around town (or were afraid to approach!). it's awful what sleep deprivation does to you.

sounds like i'm really lucky with my dh, he's 100% supportive and will do all he can to help i guess he's kind of had to be though with our families not being around/supportive. i feel very lucky. owe him lots of "naughties" lol

AND guess what I have a NIGHT OUT tonight going to the cinema with my friend. only 2nd night out since he was born! and we have friends who are going to babysit for me a dh so we can have our first night out alone since c's arrival in a couple of weeks

So feeling more positive today...

tibsy - have not had time/ energy to read/respond to posts - so many!!!!!!!!! ds just going for nap now so if hee sleeps i'll read and write. i'm still very much here so will catch up later.

Redbecki, I use disposables at the mo but have just invested in some reusables. He usually goes all night without a change but often is in need of a change at 6ish when he wakes.

Kiera - I hope you have a great night out tonight.

Spoke to my SIL yesterday who stopped bf a couple of months ago (she has a 9 month old) and she said she felt so much more energetic when she stopped bf and she hadn't realised how tiring it was making her feel. Has anyone else found that? I still bf at night and first thing in morning but DS is having really small feeds at bedtime and first thing at the moment so not sure how my supply is really.
Kiera - when I started mixed feeding, DS was not keen on bottle but I did it very gradually. To begin I would still give him a breast feed and then just top him up on bottle. Now he is lapping up 7oz at each bottle feed.

kiera-sounds like you had a good night,so much b.feeding though,you must be exhausted.My ds was like that really hungry,I think boys are more(?).I am just at the natural point of only b.feeding at night,coz lo has so much formula.You are very strong to keep feeding like this .Enjoy your night out ,you really deserve it.
A friend of mine,a long time ago took her expressor out with her,to a night club,and expressed some milk in the toilets,then got the bar man to put it in his drinks fridge! she didn't want to waste any!We were young back then though,she was quite an extrovert.

myrtle-that's really good.I've just converted a friend to use some washables.They are the best,I hate disposables.Go for it.You need to change much more often,but once you get the hang of them ,they're great.Let me know how you get on?