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

[justJAM]

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!!

i got her to sleep from 10.15 to 6.15 yes yes yes

nice one boobylicious!

booby - how how how how how?????? My ds awake 1 - 2 hrly last night. aaaaggggghhh!!

Oww - my eyes are like p*ss holes in snow .

She went down fine but decided that she was hungry every 2 hours from about 11 . Then at 5 thought it was playtime, manic grinning ang gugling, spitting dummy out [twas not a game as she thought]. DH is off today and has promised tyo take her for a long walk while eye have a kip . I'm sceptical as he'll be home after about 30 mins saying its too cold...

Thats 'I' not 'eye' - see I have lost the ability to spell

BOOBY, HOW DARE YOU BREAK THE SPELL!! The only thing that keeps me sane is knowing there are others on this thread suffering the same intollerable sleep deprevation. Knowing my luck, i'll be the only one left in a couple of weeks, talking to myself about how I spend almost all night getting up to a screaming child. Scream she did last night too. I lost track of time but we did get a solid two hours between 5.30 and 7.30 this morning. I even wrapped her up in extra blankets in the vain hope that it had been the cold waking her up. Not so apparently.

CC, I didn't even notice the spelling but that could be because I can't open my eyes wide enough to read.

I tried extra blankets - it didn't work either . Fear not ginger I don't think I'm going anywhere soon

morning ladies - sorry to hear last night wasn't so good, this thread is growing byb the day ginger - no one will ever be alone

cc, ginger, jj - ds woke every 1 - 2 hrs last nite. i am shattered beyond belief. something has to change. why are they doing this? ds not napping in day well either. ugggggghhhhh

sending hugs cruise, not that they fecking help when shattered and pissed off
is you DS feeding more at night than in the day at the mo???

Another grim night here too, comrades, if that makes you feel any better .

What is this business with the sudden dummy rejection? After what you (cruisemum and gingerninja) said about teething, it finally struck me at 5am that maybe some baby nurofen would help - that did get me 3 straight hours till 8am at least, but before that it was every hour, on the hour...

He's started pooing during the night as well, having stopped for ages, so last night also involved not one but two nappy changes. Sigh.

Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwn.

PS. How lovely, booby - a whole night's sleep... bet you feel better today!

2labs, I've heard that they can often reject a dummy when teething as the sucking hurts the gums. Not sure if this is true or another one of those myths that surround teething tho.

Cruise, sorry you're feeling so shi*y. It probably won't make you feel any better but DD is also napping badly today. Waking up screaming, obviously tired. So go back to sleep I think. She however would prefer to shout about it. Very loudly. So i'm holding her hand with one hand while she writhes about, the dummy in with my thumb and the other one is typing. How relaxing for all of us

JJ - not sure if he is actually feeding as such, more sucking but getting milk as a by product iyswim. but, yes, he is less hungry in the day .
despite my best efforts to bf till 6 mths, i have decided to wean from bf to ff in the hope that it will be clearer to me how much he is feeding in day. also gave babyrice yest and he couldn't get enough! practically swallowed his spoon . maybe he is unsetled cos of empty tummy???
2labs - ds also waking up with pooey nappy. Teething? Result of too muchnight feeding? Who knows??? I will take a syringe of calpol to bed wth me tonight just in case...
ginger - ds also wakes screaming from naps - obviously exhausted and angry at waking. So why wake??!!!!!
He is on his 3rd nap of the dya today - 30mins, 40mins and now 1 hr 10mins! I hope he feels better after this one .
Sending sleepy vibes to all us sleep deprived mnetters

I think weaning onto ff is the best for you honey, you have done so well to bf this long, I only managed 2 days
Maybe it is hunger making your DS restless, plus, he will be a lot likely to wake for a bottle than the comfort of mums boob,be proud of yourself cruise.
Hope everyone else is getting some rest

JJ - thanks. i have done19 wks so far and will phase in ff gradually so it will prob be around 22/23 wks total.

DD has been impossible all day - I'm dreading tonight

She has had about an hours sleep since 7 this morning. Like cruise I've been weaning her on to a bottle and at mo she just has boob morning and bedtime (and however many times she feels the need in the night). But today she has only had about 6oz of milk all day - tried the boob just to see but she wanted none of that either. I'm worried she's not had nearly enough and will want to feed all night

Can teething put them off food aswell???

cc -yes it can. She sounds like she is off colour in general. Does she have a temperature? If she does she will sleep! . I do worry that ds is getting most of his calories duringhte night. That is primarily why I have begun introducing a bottle as of today. Just so I know. Btw, how long did you exchange boob for bottle for before moving on to next feed iyswim?! I think with dd I did a feed every three days but my memory has faded with the lack of sleep I am getting
I really really hope we have better nights tonight. I cannot carry on with this level of fatigue! I visited my fil today who has just undergone brainsurgery to remove a benign tumour. I look more shitty than he does

Morning cruise, thanks for that. She slept ok last night. Woke twice took a bit of settling but not as bad as she has been. No temperature and is now happily playing away. DH thinks she's just rebelling against the bottle and needs weaning. Think that I might need to change the teat flow - well its worth a try .

I have introduced a ff every 3 days. So far boobs okay! But have come to a grinding halt still offering boob morning/night, so as of tomorrow she's having a bottle in the morning with the plan being this time nx week she'll be fully ff and sleeping through [wink. She'll then be nearly 24wks, so I do feel I've done my bit. I'm out nx Friday night and DH is terrified that she won't settle without the boob getting her to sleep last thing. He may have a point and knowing him he'll ring and get me to come home .

Good luck cruise - here's hoping it improves the sleep

We're off to water babies today - am hoping the excitment will exhaust her and she'll sleep lots and drink all her milk

Have fun at water babies cc!

I can't remember how many times ds woke up last night, but I think I fed him twice and there was an awful lot of shushing/patting apart from that... Oddly, his cold seems to be back after having seemed to go away.

Ho hum.

right receipe for cj to sleep

warm bath splash around into bed room for nappy and into a warm sleep suit

swaddle with cotton sheet

bf with lights off and mummy singing softly normally take that lol

then put cj in cotbed on her side with dummy in and electronic lullaby thingy

dream feed at 10. 30

pop dummy back in about 2/3 sleep til 6.15

is wat is working at the mo the key seems taking her out of her grobag

Ooh can I join? My DD is 18 weeks and goes through phases. She'll sleep 8-11, dreamfeed then back down til 6/7 for a week or so, I'll get excited, think she's cracked it and start to feel human again - then she gets windy and starts to wake up 5/6 times a night.

Needless to say, after a few nights, the wind gets better but she's forgotten how to sleep through - so much more fun to have cuddles from Mummy! And we have another few weeks of multiple night wakings before she gets the hang of it again! Grr!

I realise I'm lucky she sleeps through at all but it's very frustrating when she doesn't - cos I know she can! And she's not hungry - she hasn't had a night feed for about two months. Just wants play and cuddles...

DH wears earplugs and thinks she's slept through half the time!

fleecy - you are welcome here!

Haven't posted all day because I've been to see my work colleagues and thankfully extending maternity leave. Would have been due to go back in a week or too. Thankfully I'm not. Couldn't have faced no sleep and working. Anyway, (D)D (she was no darling in the night) awoke every 30 -60 mins until about 3ish. Me and (D)H (get the picture?) talked very loudly about who was the more tired and therefore should get up. DD in bed with me and DH in the spare room 'til 5 then all together 'til 7.30. I couldn't be more friggin' knackered today. She'd had nurofen too cos of the teeth and I laid my head down in glee at the begining of the night thinking that it'd knock her out. No such luck. I'm watching your contributions with interest Cruise and will follow your lead if you see some success. Hope you do. Has it been difficult to get your DS to take ff?

Welcome fleecy, it must be worse for you having had that luxury and then had it taken away. I've never known such luxury!