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

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PavlovtheCatthatgottheCremeEgg · 07/04/2007 12:04

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

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Amberjee · 11/05/2007 16:05

cruise, thanks, i've got a doidy cup. i got it for free from surestart - yay! i was thinking that might be my best hope. he's really starting to hold stuff better, so i've been letting him play with it. maybe i'll start just putting a little milk in it and try and encourage. he's still so little though. i tried him on this tommee tippee cup thats meant to transition from bottle to cup, but it is useless because the acxtion required is too much like a bottle and my LO just isn't keen to suck.
what age did you get success with the doidy?
thanks tamdin, hope to hear from pavlov about her LO.

cruisemum1 · 11/05/2007 18:05

amber - i gave it to him when he refused a bottle at around 5mths. But it was too fiddly and ridiculous to even attempt to 'get him used to it', as was receommended by my hv . I started giving it to him properly once he was 6mths and in a highchair. he does love it!

Amberjee · 11/05/2007 18:11

ah good stuff, i'll keep trying, but not expect any serious drinking from the doidy until 6 months i suppose. we just had a little play with it as he was in a really good mood. more went on his clothes than anything, but at least he enjoyed it and he was really keen on trying to hold it and lick the end. so much better than last time i tried it a few weeks ago.

cruisemum1 · 11/05/2007 18:23

amber - ds still gets it all down his front at 8 months .

Swizzler · 12/05/2007 16:40

Someone tell me there's a growth spurt at 7 months . Waking and feeding far more than usual. Need more sleep!

jabberwocky · 12/05/2007 16:43

Is a doidy cup the same thing as a sippy cup?

I've been walking around in a fog, ds2 waking every 2 hours or sooner. HAve gotten the baby whisperer back out to read the sleep chapter in earnest and maybe try PU/PD this weekend.

tibsy · 12/05/2007 17:59

hi all,
amber, i've got a doidy for dd, theyre fab think she was about 5/6 months as wouldnt (and still wont unless starving!)take a bottle. she doesnt drink vast quantities from it, but enough for me to be able to leave her for a few hours during day as shes on solids now.
swizz am sure they have one every couple of weeks. dds been like today. having meals, but sems to be permanently latched on
heres hoping for some sleepy bubs and mamas tonight

tibsy · 12/05/2007 18:01

jabber, thats the pits, hope it improves tonight

jabberwocky · 12/05/2007 19:33

Thanks, tibs

Sorry I;m so far behind on the thread. Will try to catch up this weekend.

Maybe tonight dh is out of town, so if I'm up a lot I may put the laptop in the bedroom and MN some.

cruisemum1 · 12/05/2007 19:53

can't stop thinking about Maddie McCann today . Hug your lo's extra tight tonight.

cruisemum1 · 13/05/2007 09:21

morning!

Tamdin · 13/05/2007 09:46

morning cruise morning everyone. good night for us. ds went to bed at 8. not a peep until 2 (bottle) not a peep until 7. i'm sure it'll all go T**S up again soon when his teeth flare up but for now peace and order has been restored!
cruise am guessing by your cheeful morning post that it was a good night for you?
anyway best go. dh taken ds for walk to get the papers etc so want to have quick tidy up. BBL x

Swizzler · 13/05/2007 09:54

Morning - not good night for us I'm afraid. DS waking every 2 hours but also feeding for ages - up to 1/2 hour at a time which is unusual for him. Brought him into bed at 5 and he kept on feeding until about 7. Then had row with DH when I asked him to get DS up so I could have a nap - and it's raining - hope day improves at some point .

Tamdin · 13/05/2007 10:07

swizz that def sounds like a growth spurt. i know we always say that but feeding for such a long time would def suggest so. ds does this too every now again where he eats like a horse needs 3 bottles a night and wakes every 2 hours and by day 3 or 4 it calms down and out emerges this little boy who's just that little bit taller and who's face is a bit less round and who's learnt some new skill. i call it his chrysalis phase. still......doesn't help when you're totally knackered. stop growing swizz's ds!

Amberjee · 13/05/2007 14:41

hi everyone, for the tough nights out there. as for me, i'm really not knowing what to do anymore with LO's wakings anymore. i'm totaly knackered even though DH is being wonderful and getting up quite a lot as well. I think I'm just 4 months knackered rather than one bad night knackered. My LO knows really well how to settle himself in the evening and hte day as long as he's not overtired. He can even do it from a pretty active state sometimes. I figure this is the point of gradual retreat, to get them to self settle without you there. It just doesn't help at night at all though. I'm not sure where that leaves me. Too young for CC and I don't know if I've got the stamina for it. PU/PD doesn't seem to work and I just end up with an aching back from bending over the cot so much.

cruisemum1 · 13/05/2007 21:35

amber - . I am hoping you have a better night tonight. Sweet dreams

cruisemum1 · 13/05/2007 21:36

btw - when lo is old enough and if this level of sleep deprivation continues - you will find the stamina if you feel it necessary, don't worry.

Amberjee · 14/05/2007 08:25

thanks cruise. actually i really hit the end of my patience last night, then LO comes up with a 2x waking night - amazing! anyway, still feel a bit tired but at least a bit more functional.

gingerninja · 14/05/2007 08:56

Ah hello all, I'm afraid I haven't got time to catch up with everyone individually but am thinking of you all.
Cruise did you do CC again and has it worked?

Tibsy, how is the GR going? We've lost it completely at the mo. DH is putting her to bed with a bottle and god knows what he's doing. We've spent the last three nights with her waking screaming and not able to settle her anywhere between 9 and 10. While we were away she was OK but she has been whining almost from the minute she's woken up too so I'm wondering if it's a teeth thing. Anyway, I feel so far off track.

Tam, are you co-sleeping? My DD goes into her cot at about 7 ish but then in with us either when she wakes after we've gone to bed or more likely I'll go to bed when she wakes during the evening. I feel like I'm making a rod for my own back and that and would prefer her to stay in her cot. Don't know if that is ever likely to happen. Doesn't feel like it at the mo.

Anyway,

Tamdin · 14/05/2007 09:18

morning all.
ginger ds goes down in his cot by 8 most nights. he usually wakes at 2 or 3 for his bottle but i lean in and give it to him in his cot as he's not really fully awake and then as soon as he's finished it he turns over and goes back to sleep for another hour or 2 so he usually comes in with us from 4 ish onwards.
this can all go top pot at the drop of a hat esp if teething or growth spurt and so some nights he's in with us from 12 onwards. in many ways i've given up worrying about it as long as we all get some sleep. In every other aspect he's a dream. hardly ever cries, really content, plays well on his own or with others, sociable etc etc...... (mother's love eh.....so biased!

tibsy · 14/05/2007 09:18

morning all!!!
ginger, am still doing GR although have relaxed on it a bit as dd been teething. its been working well, but of course as soon as something like teething, colds, general illness happens, it all goes to pot
how long does it take for the pain to stop bothering them with teething, does anyone know? dd has got what looks like two slivers of glass at the bottom front and i can see a little white poking thru now. thye seemed to be really hurting the other day tho
last night was better than the night before but not brill, woke at 12ish so i just held her hand thru the bars, then she wanted feeding at 2, then decided it was time to wake up at 4.45am managed to convince her otherwise, phew!!!
swizz - dd seems to be feeding more atm, its a real shock to the system, although with her, think it may be to alleviate pain of teething
ginger, meant to ask you,have you managed to wean dd off feeding at night? we were doing really well and lasting til 4am without a feed, but it seems to have crept back to 2am now. just dont know if its a comfort thing or if shes genuinely hungry. i just bring her in with us, whack her on the boob and conk out before checking to see if shes hungry and guzzling or just suckling zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

tibsy · 14/05/2007 09:19

hi tam, how did the viewing go?

Tamdin · 14/05/2007 09:39

ti tibs. viewing went well. estate agent did the show round so I made the partment look like a bachelor pad again and went out for an hour before Ds could wreck the place! it was a single guy who owns a bar in the local village so he apparently he quite liked it but no offers as yet. we'll see.
poor dd and her teeth. hate to tell you but ime it seems to hurt more the older they get. the molars are a killer. luckily ds doesn't react too badly but he does go a bit loopy with the pain sometimes. has been known to bounce around the place like a dog with a flea!

tibsy · 14/05/2007 09:52

tam, fingers x'd
poor ds!!!! its hard when theyre normally happy little bubs isnt it? dd is a real smiler and shes got a wicked glint in her eye most of the time, really cheeky!! dont know where she gets that from so i hate seeing her in pain.
anyway, better get off teh computer, off to first aid course today, dd in creche for the 2nd time, hope she'll be ok
when will this bloody rain stop? feels like its been raining forever
have a good day all

Tamdin · 14/05/2007 09:59

have a good day. dd wil be fine/happy as she was the last time in the creche. it's sunny here. think we'll be getting all that rain tomorrow onwards

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