Still awake with newborn

[HashtagTired]

Part 2 ... everyone welcome

Hi can I join? Currently trying to wind my 6 day old baby boy and don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight based on his performance this evening 😩

Am up again. I think the super wet nappy was the real culprit but of course now she's up she is hungry. Nice one on four hours jellybean Xxx

Welcome to the group MotherOfBeagles and congratulations on the arrival of your little one! 6 days! I think they must be the youngest in the group.

dont you just love it when the little one is fed and settled after a long night feed and then you hear the nappy being filled to the brim and you know it's one that can't be left ...

Sounds familiar sleepy! Thanks hashtag think we’ve been lucky so far with the sleepy newborn stage but today he’s just absolutely pounding the milk down and we can’t keep up! Think I’ve finally gotten him to sleep now, who knows how long for.

Haha sleepycat. I think we’ve all been there. Only I’m a little bit envious because my little guy only goes once a week (for the last 2-3 weeks, before then he was very regular/ frequent). He’s overdue his weekly poo now and my dh reported (via WhatsApp) that ds had done a poor late last night but was only a small spoonful. I was expecting more after waiting 8 days!! No poo to report at 3:30am nappy change so that might be it for another week. I would be happier seeing a bit more poo though.

🤔it’s interesting what you find yourself saying as a mum of a newborn/infant!!

@HashtagTired oh bless him, hope he does a stinker for you soon!!!

Hello we are day four today. Think milk is now in but DS still a bit sleepy and not making much effort so we are ten minutes feeding, half an hour snooze, scream, repeat. Nipple shields should arrive tomorrow

Sigh.

Whoops posted this on the old thread but I’ll copy it here:

This is our first feed of the night at 3.40. Sounds great but he was awake at 12.10 and 1.10 and needed his dummy to get back to sleep. I also didn’t get to bed until 10 because he napped from 4.15-5, woke up hungry, fed a bit, became over tired on the second breast and had a total meltdown before going back to sleep and having a much later than usual bedtime feed.

So swings and roundabouts really!

(He went about 8 hours between feeds, first time in ages. If only he hadn’t woken up twice in the middle!)

Sounds like normal newborn clusterfeeding @Efferlunt. Normal but it’s still awful at the time! It doesn’t last forever though. Eventually he will go to sleep and stay asleep, and he won’t do that every night forever. We’re almost at 14 weeks and I think the last cluster we had was at about 6 weeks.

I recommend multimam nipple compresses, they can be shoved on between feeds to help sooth things (I would put mine on and off as much as necessary til they dried out) and then lansinoh when the cluster is over.

Thanks @nina it’s good to know this is normal! Really just need my boobs to survive the night!

He slept in his bloody bed!!!!

Fed at 2 when DP cane to bed with him, put him down and put Ewan on (back left thanks @HashtagTired ) and he’s just woke up now!

Stirred a few times so I just stuck Ewan back on!

Second feed for me too, 3 1/2 hours since the last one so good progress. We didn’t go to bed till midnight though. DS’s cold is finally clearing so he’s sounding so much clearer and I think that’s helping him sleep longer. Sounds like everyone is having a better night tonight!

I’m having a recurring epic vom every night after DSs bath. I make sure I only put him in a good while since his last feed and then don’t feed him until a while after the bath (despite him chomping at the bit as soon as he’s out). The water temp is 37 and he’s only ever in there for 3/4 mins. But more times than not I’ll be covered in vom when I feed him post bath. We’re going to bathe him less but still don’t understand what the link is!

Congrats ohbollocks. Glad ewan is working his magic our back left leg will fall off at this rate.

Ds is awake and feeding which isn't bad going down at 11pm up at 3.15-4pm and now at 6.10am.

No we don't cosleep hashtag unless we fall asleep.....i feed ds in laid down side to side position then when hes asleep lift him into his sleepyhead in his side crib attached to our bed. We lined it with a fleece and daddy's t-shirt a week ago and warm with a heatpad whilst feeding and havent looked back

Ooh heatpad and dads tshirt that sounds interesting jelly my lo will not sleep properly in his crib but will sleep like an angel in his pram bassinet (we use it instead of a Moses basket) and the only thing I could think of was open drafty sides. Where did you get the heatpad from?

Slept from 3.30-6.15 woop woop! Spent an hour googling how much he should be eating at 3.30 though so stupidly I’ve not slept as much. How much milk are you ladies going through a day - if ff obviously. I can’t believe how much he has stepped up from 1oz every hour or so 3 days ago to 3oz every 2-3 hours yesterday and this morning

Morning everyone,

DD would not settle in her cpt again! So we co-slept as we do most nights.
I am honestly sick of fighting it as clearly she just wants to be near me... I am not buying any more gadgets.
One day she will sleep by herself, one day! Hahaha

Ok so ds went another 3 hours 45 mins!
He did wake up after 2 hours again. He was fidgeting and tossing around in his snuzpod. Ewan’s back left was deployed again and I thought ‘I’ll just lay here for a couple more mins and if he cries I’ll pick him up. Then I woke up at 7am! I’m wondering if I’m picking him up too early? He’s just so snotty atm and I feel awful seeing him struggle with it.

Yeah its meant to be soothing to smell one of you. Can also try shoving a muslin up your top for a day and use that. Didnt work for me though as i think it had milk in it and so had opposite effect keeping him awake. Daddys worn tshirt seems to have worked instead.

Heat pad.....well...i was using a hot water bottle. I basically pop it in the sleepyhead during feeds and take out just before i lay him down. My prob was if it only lasts til about 1am so any feeds after that would mean i needed to go and redo kettle.....difficult with a hungry bf baby and i dont want to get out of bed (thats why i brought side cot!). Then i remembered a heat pad we had for our outdoor pets called a snugglesafe heat pad. Microwaveable and last around 10hours we brought from amazon for £11. Looked at the 'human' one which is EXACTLY the same but at £16.....so i brought the pet one . Like i say i take it out before he lays down. Its just a hardcore hot water bottle really

GimbleInTheWabe I can’t see the link either. We don’t bathe ds everyday. Both children have my sensitive skin so reducing baths has helped calm flare ups.

Sounds like a good night hashtag. So someone fill me in what’s so great about Ewan?

jelly I like the idea of using one of my dhs tshirt was my lo isn’t getting much time with him as my dh couldn’t get pat leave. They are really struggling to bond and my dh is struggling to cope and getting really upset. Maybe sleeping with his smell would help. I’ll try anything it’s breaking my heart seeing them struggle with each other.

Ooh I’ve seen the pet things we nearly got them for our beagles! Might have to invest in one. Currently taking it in shifts to sleep downstairs as my dh is working but really want to get into his crib in our bedroom ASAP

One day AMagdpalena, one day!

I would tell myself the same thing with my dd.
When she’s 18 she won’t be....co sleeping, cuddles to sleep, rocked to sleep, in nappies, crawling everywhere.... etc etc
Now she’s 5 and not doing any of these. Although at the time it felt like she’d never get it, whatever that particular phase was!

Oh i do hope the tshirt trick works for you.and helps you baby bond

Did feel cheeky buying a pet bed warmer but hey ho! Whatever works!!

Ewan is a bedtime hero. He makes white noise and a comforting red glow which is meant to mimic the womb. He does a great job although does eat batteries and makes me tired too!! Its witchcraft i am sure but defo works on ds......and its all about his back left leg. Not sure which noise that is but its ds (and others) preference

@Jellybabie3 heatpad sounds like a great idea. might have to try that as we move into winter. I also found changing to a gro bag also helped as it meant I could take the bedding with baby for feeds and he wasn't getting cold.
tried the grosnug out a couple of days ago as found he would wake alot with startling and it seems to have made a big difference. they are suitable for most babies from birth too.

@HashtagTired thank you for the welcome! After my DD pretends to drink the milk - she sucks at the bottle but doesn’t actually swallow, I sit her up on the verge on frustrated tears and “burp” her. Then eventually after doing this a few times she will take the bottle.

She also wakes up at 7am every morning, I’ve now realised this 10 minutes after my husband gets up for work. He must disturb her even though I hear nothing. After being awake for nearly 2 hours last night I’m now thinking murderous thoughts about him, why can’t he leave the house like a stealth ninja?

@theotherendofthesockportal it’s so tricky isn’t it. She’ll soon get it and this period won’t last forever. So difficult, I know.

My dd5 wakes up at 6-6:30 and my husband gets up with her and gets her ready for school. I get up at 7:15 with ds because dh leaves the house at 7:30. The school run is an hour after that. I’m used to the early starts now. When I was working I used to have to leave by 7:30 everyday also 😩