Awake with newborn, anyone else? :)

[Jellybean2017]

My little boy is nine days old. He sleeps pretty well during the day but at night just wants to be held and breastfed. He doesn't settle in his moses basket at night (but he will quite often do so during the day)

Anyone else up doing the same?! I'm not keen on the idea of co-sleeping but would be grateful for any advice. Baby sleeps in a gro-snug and we have a dream sheep but I'm guessing this frequent feeding and love of cuddles in the night is probably just par for the course at this early stage? 😊 I am napping during the day so I'm probably averaging about 6 hrs sleep in a 24 hr period.

I fed baby lying down and fell asleep with him in bed. Seems it's the only way to get sleep at the moment but don't like doing it!

I don't like doing it either, Jelly but sometimes it's the only way. I only do it after the second night feed once it gets to 5/6 am. I don't sleep well, more dosing as I'm too aware of him but it's better than nothing.

We had another cluster feed last night - seems to be a once a week thing now - and again he only went down for 3.5 hours after which is frustrating, that's shorter than a lot of non cluster nights. Then he got awful wind after his 3.30am feed and even with one ear plug and one earphone with audiobook I couldn't sleep properly for his noise. Thankfully it's the weekend and I've been able to pass him over to my OH after his latest feed and get back to bed.

Well I feel like a new woman this morning. Not only did I get a 3 hour nap yesterday afternoon but my LO went down at the back of ten and didn't get up until 4.30 again! So I've had 10.30-4.30 in reasonable peace, and have slept for most of it.

Amazing Nina. We were out most of yesterday so no nap for me as once we got in, he wanted feeding pretty regularly until bedtime. He went to sleep about 10pm but I was exhausted by this point. Makes me wonder how I managed the 12:30 bedtimes! He went through until about 2, and I'm hoping this wake up now isn't him up for the day.

Sounds like everyone had a fairly good night! Nina that sounds amazing!

We had some dreadful nights recently, lots of screaming, but last night was actually ok. Down at 11, slept until 12:40, fed and fell asleep with dd on chest (oops) and we both woke up at 3:30, fed and put her down at 4:15, she slept until 6 and feed, massive poop and feed we are still up now!

We don't have a routine, wish we did!

Anyone here use a dummy? Especially breastfeeding mammas.

Yes, very. I introduced a dummy at four weeks and it's great. Keeps him going an extra bit if I can't feed him immediately, helps him get a nap in the afternoon without the faffing on and off the breast after a feed and so on.

I also got to snooze between 6&8 while he made windy noises in his basket, and I've even snoozed while feeding him after that.

So I've not posted here for a few days but I'm really struggling tonight & it's only 11pm! Dp is away on an overnight to hospital for tests and it's my first night alone with DD.

She just won't settle, cluster feeds then falls asleep and wakes up 2 minutes after being put down crying...

Normally she's down for 10 at the latest with a lot less fuss than this :-( feeling like I can't cope!

Have you tried lying down to feed her, Night? That way you might get a bit of rest, and you could try just leaving her to sleep beside you between feeds as well.

I hated the idea of cosleeping before I knew the reality of breastfeeding and now I do it when necessary.

I agree with Nina. Felt exactly the same until reality hit! Trying not to do it every night. But sometimes it's the only way to get any sleep.

I might too scared to cosleep, I know that sounds ridiculous but since I got out of hospital I wake up from my sleep panicking she's in the bed and rolled on etc - I know ridiculous x

Think I'm in for a disturbed night with a snotty baby who keeps coughing. Fingers crossed for a miracle that lets him sleep from now until morning!

Nope. No miracle. About 10-20 minutes of sleep since my last post.

I'm awake at 28 weeks pregnant with the worlds worst heart.
(I think) a newborn would be preferable to this! 😢😢

@lallypopstick shite, hope you have managed to get some sort of rest even if not proper 'sleep'. I'm currently pumping out milk as I got my oh to do the last feed and my body wants to do me over for it!

That sucks, Lally 🙁
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And sorry, Feed, but heartburn is a walk in the park compared to a newborn! And I say that as someone who threw up acid into their mouth in the middle of the night. 😂

We're having a good night so far - fed at 10pm and in bed around 11 then up again at 5. But this is now his really windy time so he may be too noisy to sleep through if he goes down in his basket or he'll end up in bed with me if he doesn't go down.

Lally I hope you've managed a bit more.
We've had a rough couple of nights, DS is still full of cold. But tonight he's done 9-5 with no fuss. He's fussy now though, and I've got to get up in an hour. Do I try to go back to sleep?

Glad you had a good night Lady I hope ds feels better from his cold soon!

Sorry lally I hope ds feels better soon and you can catch up on sleep!

How are you getting on jelly I hope you are managing more sleep by co-sleeping! I think our babies are at a tough age, growth spurts, the culmination of a month of no sleep getting unbearable and in our case at least bad wind! I'm hoping that everything will settle down soon!

Poor dd is really struggling with wind so have been pacing the hallways with an inconsolable baby the last few night writhing in pain. Infacol is a miracle worker though only a days worth of dosing and she is farting and burping loads and I can see the pain is less already! Hoping once she has got rid of most of the excess gas we can both get more sleep! She is being weighed today so hoping this 2 hourly feeding will have paid off!

Feed I was optimistic that a newborn not sleeping would be fine because when I was pregnant, I was up twice a night for a wee. How wrong I was!

Nightscroller, I did get some more sleep in the end, until about 6.30 then a really short feed, and then until 8am. It's a start! He's asleep on me now so I'll try and move him.

Nina that sounds really good. You're so close to getting baby sleeping through the night (I'd class falling asleep around 10 and waking around 6 as a proper sleep).

Lady that's a great chunk of sleep. Did you get back to sleep?

We're off to meet a friend this morning but I think after that it'll be back in bed so we can both sleep a bit more.

I dropped back off for another hour. Made it very hard to get up, though!

DH and DS both have colds so baby has been very snuffly and a bit out of sorts. He is also windy!! Baby and I slept in the bed last night and husband went up to the attic bedroom to get some decent kip!

I am still struggling with breastfeeding since the tongue tie division. Baby has gained just over three pounds since birth (he will be six weeks on Friday) so he is getting milk but I am still suffering with pain and I just can't seem to get the latch right. Have seen a lactation consultant and some peer supporters for help but still not making progress.

Baby still HATES nappy changes and has a bit of a nappy rash which doctor has prescribed canesten and another cream for, but it's not clearing up. Baby is pooping ALL the time (tiny bits in between the proper poops!!) so it's hard to keep on top of.

All of the above plus lack of much sleep is rather stressing me out!! I am hoping breastfeeding improves from six weeks (Friday) as everyone keeps saying it does...! We have some ready to feed formula in the house though, as I am reaching the end of my tether with the pain!!

Three pounds!? Mine has only gained 1lb 2oz and he will be 6 weeks on Sunday.

Sorry, posted too soon! That's a brilliant gain given how hard it has been for you.

He was 7 lbs 3 at birth and now 10 lbs 7! Greedy baby I think, they all grow differently though don't they - it's no wonder I find feeding painful with the amount he is on there 🙈

We've gone from 8lb 11 to 9 lb 13 so you've flown past us! He's gaining enough so I'm not worried, just in awe .

😊 I was hoping for a nap today but doesn't look likely!! He's been wide awake for a couple of hours this afternoon. I'm guessing this does not automatically mean he will sleep well tonight 🙈😂