New SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK thread - are we still here?

[PavlovtheCatthatgottheCremeEgg]

Another thread. My didn't we get full quickly! night sleeping good. Naps...not even 5 mins so far today...

i'm here! more later....

morning all. quick post before i'm off to the hair dressers. Ds slept well again last night but we co-slept all night so not surprised. he went to bed at 7.30 (woke at 12 and wouldn't settle quickly enough for me so brought him in beside me) and we all slept until 7.30!
am dropping him off at my mums this morning and picking him up this afternoon. looking forward to the magazines/coffee/inane chatter at the hairdressers. hope there were some more good nights out there.
Cruise will check back later to see how you've been getting on x

hey everyone
our evening was a bit restless after 10.30 as dd's toothbuds were bugging her so i popped her into to bed with me and hey presto, one happy bunny! she woke at about 4.30 again for milk (seems to be her 'time' atm) then woke at 7ish for the day not too shabby!!
cruise, is there improvement in the wind?!!!
hope there were some sleepy bubbas last night

it sounds like there were a few decent nights out there. ours was horrid. oh well. i'm hoping for a 50% rate of decent nights, maybe tonight will be better.
i think i'm going to have to abandon thurs morning yoga, as LO has started to take morning naps quite well and yoga interferes with that and he ends up screaming as he won't go to sleep in pram or on blanket on floor, and then gets overtired. sigh.

amber - sorry you had a crappola night and shame about yoga too. naps will probably change again tho, so dont abandon hope all together is there another group you can go to that doesnt clash with nap times?

yeah, am sure it will change in time... as will everything! hopefully he'll learn to sleep in a bit more and then his naps will be later etc...
i just go to this class because its where i used to work while i was pregnant and i know a lot of people there etc. i'm considering letting him nap and then just meeting everyone after the class for lunch instead.

hello all - well things are improving here but not without some effort on my part. I had reverted to bad habits in teh night and was bf back to sleep at each waking. WAkings were 2 hourly mostly but I was at breaking point. I spoke to a sleep clinic hv who recommended cc (again!). So I went through the trauma of cc for a couple of nights and - hey presto! - more sleep for everyone . It is hard to do as it goes against all my maternal instincts but lack of sleep makes me a crap mummy so it was necessary. He is still waking once in the night but i do not feed him back to sleep - just comfort him and kiss him and leave hte room. I feel horrid but having been caught out once before I can't let things slip this time and he certainly doesn't need to be fed as he eats really well during the day plus milk feeds. The only thing I really regret is that I replaced his bedtime bf with a ff . It just made sense that the connection was broken with boob and bed. I felt sad about it but he wasn't in the slightest bit bothered so I consoled myself with that! Have to go now as I have some time with dd now that my evenings have some semblance of order . Sleep well my cyber friends! More tomorrow

cruise, sounds like you're getting on top of things again - hope all goes well.
LO settled himself tonight. i'm sure it means nothing about the amount of wakings he'll have tonight though. i got him a cuski a few weeks ago. he falls asleep cuddled up to it. its quite cute.

cruise so pleased you're all getting some sleep again
ds went down very easily again tonight. Think the undivided granny attention all day has worn even him out.
fingers crossed we all get some sleep tonight.
PS anyone seen ginger lately?

pps amber jabber maebee redbeki etc hurry up and get some profiles! my sleep deprived brain needs them to remember what age the lo's are and where you live etc etc.

ooh I do hope you are all getting better nights now! Ginger is in Scotland iirc. She did say that she was gonna be incommunicado for a week or so. I hope she is getting some rest. ACtually, I feel tireder than ever today! ds woke between 2 -3am and grizzled on and off for that time then was up at 6am for the day. I am not complaining but it is draining as he has been tired and crochety today. Hope he is not getting a cold or similar. Nite all

well remembered cruise. night night. cruise's ds Stay asleep. x

i've tried to do this whole profile thing, but something is wrong with my brain, it won't work.

well i've tried, it still doesn't bring up that little symbol for the profile when i post

oh yay, there it is, must have just taken some time. will try to spend some more time updating it when brain is functioning.

good morning all!!!
glad to hear your sleep mojo (or rather ds') is back cruise!!
doing lunch sounds good amber it is a big adjustment to get used to planning things around bubs isnt it? it still takes me a few minutes to register even after 8 1/2 months.
tam - did you enjoy your pampering at the hairdressers? what did you have done, anything swish?!
our night was rather much the same as usual, bed at 7.15pm, feed at 3.30am, feed at 6am, then up at 7am for the day. i really should get to bed earlier tho, as not feeling the benefit of dds improved sleep. {shock] waited up last night for ds and dp to get back from the may fair and tell me all about it. am out tonight with a friend and some ex colleagues, so another late night i guess. dont mean to sound miserable, but nights out just dont hold the same appeal anymore
hope others had good nights too, am ever hopeful!

morning all. amber yay for profile I still can't work out how to add pics. ds slept ok last night. woke at 12 and 4 for milk but slept soundly in between those times so i can cope with that. have moved his cot into his room (as opposed to beside our bed) this morning because we have house viewings so am gonna try his nap in there today and see how he gets on. where is everyone today ?

eeerrrrrr hello tam, am i invisible?!!!

Just a quick one to let you all know I've returned. The Scottish air did nothing for DD's sleeping although we had a couple of goodies and a couple of baddies. But then a different bed every night and hours in the car what can you expect? Really pleased to see you all still here (although not iyswim) and pleased for those having some success.

I'll catch up proper when I get the chance but I must do the mountain of washing that came back with us.

LOL tibs. somehow i totally missed your post!
feel the same about nights out. i've got a girly dinner on thurs and a ball/formal on sat of next week and i' trying to be enthusiastic but atm it's not working.
Ginger...yay you're back hope you had a good time regardless of dd's sleep. off to have some lunch in peace now while ds naps. He's in cot in his own room but considering he fell asleep in car on way home and i put him in there still asleep i guess it doesn't really count as a scuccess

Ginger - I missed you . How is your lo's sleeping? Was your trip a success? Hope so.
Tam- with you on the nights out thing. I have a few dates coming up but not really looking forward to them. I wish I was. But since I have not been out in the eves since ds's arrival it is a bit of a drag tbh. I'm sure once the wine starts flowing I will be fine .

welcome back ginger
cruise and tam, glad i'm not the only one. thought i was turning into a boring old fart it just seems like such a hassle to get ready whilst getting dd ready for bed at the same time. last time, i had a shower in the a.m then a bath with dd in the evening to refresh.....except she ended up pooing in the bloody bath and i had to hand her over to her dad so i could have another shower!!!!!!
am sure i'll have a lovely evening tho and it'll be a good chance to catch up on all the gossip

i know this is a sleep thread right, but you know i love all you ladies and value your input, so before i put a general post out there...
has anyone had success getting their LO to drink from a cup early on, and how early are we talking? and any thoughts/advice on it.
this little one refuses a bottle (has never taken one) and is also a really irregular feeder. my MIL is coming over probably next month and i'm sure she'd love to take him for some outings (and so would i), but i'm not sure how to make sure he doesn't starve as he refuses bottles (he just licks the teat - so cute!) and i can't just feed him before he goes off as he is very particular about when he wants to feed and when he doesn't.

amber - my ds was very reluctant to take a bottle (no problem now however ) but I bought a doidy cup. Bloody £3.75 ! Anyway, he has not got the hang of of a traditional beaker witha spout so I tend to use the doidy and he loves drinking frm it! The only problem is that it is lidless so not practical for trips out. I got it on the web and it is recommended for bf babies by the NCT (they must have a franchise.... hth

amber ds didn't drink form a cup properly until about 10/11 months but i have read on other threads that some have started much earlier, infact iirc pavlov's dd drank from a cup very early on. hope you get some good advice. x