The great non-sleepers, newborn and beyond.

[NinaMarieP]

Thread number four (I think).

Welcome to all past posters and any new ones who are also up at all hours!

Hey everyone :)

I'm feeling quite refreshed this week, have has two evenings with grandparents babysitting (albeit for only 90 mins - 2 hours because I'm not brave enough to leave for longer!) for DPs birthday activities, and after both evenings DD has then slept for 5-6 hours before waking for a feed.

She's got a little bit of a cold so wondering if that is making her sleep more or whether this could be a step in the right direction? ... also the ranitidine that she has been prescribed is 8% alcohol (!!!!) so it has crossed my mind that that could have something to do with it... (I'm being silly though, 0.35mls is literally nothing).

Solidarity with the infuriating partners/husbands. This week I hard firm words with DP about his attitude recently and have seen an improvement, and step away from 'she's crying therefore she is hungry' and a step towards 'maybe she is crying for something else and I could perhaps even try to sooth her without milk'. Bless him.

Welcome, DryHeave, and congratulations! I have a 4 week old and have only gotten 2-3 hour stretches of sleep since she was born, and I think it'll be a while before I get 5-6 hours. Your body just adjusts (to a certain extent).

Thanks @NinaMarieP for setting uo the thread.

I am on feed #1. I think DS has been asleep for 6 hr 20mins. 2 nights in a row of long sleeps. I'm not bragging I am baffled. I will obviously take it while it lasts....question though - is there a risk that these long stints can effect my supply?? After struggling after birth I am kind of paranoid....DS is 8 weeks

I am sorry hashtag. DHs can be arses at times. The 'hes crying I think hes hungry line' makes me so cross. Its a get out. And i agree that feeds before midnight are soul destroying. DH is currently snoring AGAIN next to me. I just want to punch him.

My break today was a trip to the dentist. I thought I would do some light shopping after but even then I rushed out because it had started raining and I had disturbed DH from putting outdoor xmas lights to take DS so knew he would be in a grump that he would need to finish in the rain. Lucky me for my only break this week being at the dentist. I also have a fear of the dentist. Anyway.....

Took DS to see father Christmas in the eve. So cute. Father Christmas looked bemused to hold a sleeping baby. Ds has asked for a Jumperoo

My DH is take good about trying to settle her, but he is currently sleeping in the second bedroom because 'he was tired' after a week of 6 continuous hours of sleep each night. I only let him do it because this way I can listen to podcasts in bed while Dd feeds and doesn't sleep.

Feed #3 here! I'm delighted, 3 1/2 hrs sleep! So that means I've slept for a total of 6 hours 😬 I feel like a new woman! I can't remember who said they were engorged but not bottle feeding, but I highly recommend storing milk in the freezer. It's a bit of just-in-case and means you a) don't have to wake a sleeping baby to feed and b) your supply isn't affected. I used to pump in the middle of the night way back in the early days when dd slept 4-5 hrs at a time! Now my beloved Hakaa means I've expressed 4oz overnight without having to get out of bed (I send DH to the fridge for me!)

This feed is turning into a bit of a joke - 30 secs on, then falls asleep and falls off, then wakes up panting for milk and off we go again 🙄

Welcome @DryHeave, I have a nearly 3 weeks old ds (3 weeks on Monday) and I remember the constant feeding very well in fact I came on here and asked these lovely people for advice and reassurance. My ds still feeds loads in the evenings and I’m lucky if he sleeps 3 hours in one stretch ( when it does happen it’s usually during the night which I’m pleased about).
Feed #2 here.

I think I have discovered why DD was awake for 13 hours straight yesterday. She is breathing very heavily, I think she is poorly, I'm taking her to the walk in Centre first thing to be checked over.

I think I'm on feed #5

I think the days of shove-a-boob-in-his-mouth-and-he-goes-back-to-sleep are over. He's wide awake and wants to play 🤨👍🏻😩

Thanks for the welcome @actino & @Sakura. It’s easier to deal with knowing it’s normal/expected at this stage.

Managed a couple of snatches of sleep as DH & I took it in turns to hold him since I last posted. 6am is breakfast time though, so he’s feeding with eyes open rather than just using me as a human dummy!

Poo #3. This is quite unprecedented.

Could it be the rotavirus vaccination @Hashtagtired... My DS pooped lots after that... Hope your night has improved a little

Hope you get on OK at the walk in @theotherendofthesockportal it's so worrying when they're poorly

Could well be @Jellybean2017 if he had been hat at 12weeks? I can't remember what he's had, when!

We are very much awake here in the bedroom. Dh is downstairs sleeping in the sofa and I would want to disturb him from his 7 hour sleep.....

.............🤬😡 (the rage is beginning to surface again...)

Thinking we were winning seemed to jinx it. So disheartened.

Well I had 6 1/2 hours sleep the night before last, last night I think I've had 2 hour chunks at the most! I think he's fed about 6 times since midnight, I'm exhausted!! Feels like I've not been to bed at all.

@Jellybabie3 your supply will be fine. By 8 weeks you're able to produce as much or as little as needed and go back and forth. I got a few 5/6 hour stretches at like 6 weeks without issue and we regularly now go 6 hours one night then every 3 the next.

My night sucked. Baby was crying as I tried to go to sleep, then I was up at 2 which wasn't too bad. Went off to the spare room again, looking forward for an uninterrupted six hours...

My OH phoned me BY ACCIDENT HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE at 4am then I was awake when LO screamed for a feed at 5.30 and screamed at 7, for more of his bottle I think. And then I had to get up at 8.15 to feed him again. He took both boobs and I can usually express 10oz when I skip a feed so he must have been bloody starving.

Thanks @NinaMarie thats reassuring. The last thing I want to do is give up sleep to express unless I have to. I have no doubt this good sleep is a blip. Seems he wants to feed all day at the expense of night sleep so its one or the other! He had a screaming fit at the shops on Friday so if this pattern continues it may be trickier to get out. Mind you with the weather turning and Christmas coming I may not mind!!

Cant believe your OH managed to phone you at that time. What a nightmare!

Not a great night here, DS was very unsettled post-midnight and has started punching me in the face when he wakes up 😂 obviously it's not on purpose but still!!

Yep rotavirus drops are given at 12 weeks @hashtagtired so probably is going to be a poopy few days 😊💩

Thank you @Jellybean2017 they walk in Centre said that she is a bit sniffly but the laboured breathing and misery is due to reflux. I have just bought some gripe water to see if this helps.

It’s nice as one of the mums of an older baby who has been around since the first thread seeing the progression of some of the littler ones - Jellybabie3, thinking of you in particular and your 6 hour stretches!

Not a bad night for us. I think I recall 3 wake ups between 7.30 and 6.45, and he went back to sleep quickly after a feed. We’ve had a couple of 6 hour stretches again this week so I’m hoping that’ll continue and we’ve survived the worst of the 4 month regression.

Terrible night here, not so much because of DD, but my cold! I got hardly any sleep.

@Lallypopstick Thanks. Hes changed so much! You hear people telling you how things will get better and cant see it at the time. Then you realise how really different things are.
A few weeks ago i wanted DS to grow up a little for it to be easier - Now all of a sudden i want time to slow down to appreciate every min!!
That said I know there are lots of mums with babies on here that are older than my DS who are having sleep troubles so can say:

A) i am very grateful
B) i won't be suprised if it doesn't last!!

So last night was tough - thank you for helping me through.
This morning when dh came up to take ds (about 8am) it must've looked like one of those 'morning after the night before' party scenes.
Ds wouldn't settle lying flat so I propped him upright on my pillows. Next thing I know dh was stood by the bed asking me why I was sleeping in the Snüzpod, ds asleep on my pillow. There was empty squash (mine) and aptamil (ds') bottles on the bed and it had looked like we had had an all night bender and slept where we fell.

It wasn't far from the truth.
I zombied through the day and now back in bed. Again.
Ds looking positively angelic all day. As if something so cute and tiny could impose so much sleep torture deprivation. 😏