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Non-sleepers unite...

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Jellybean2017 · 18/01/2018 22:40

New thread for night (and daytime!) chatter for those awake more than they'd like with a non sleeping baby/child 😊

My DS is five months. First baby likely to be only baby if I don't start getting more sleep He is a nap and sleep fighter but incredibly cute so I choose to forgive him 😂

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UtterlyConfused111 · 19/01/2018 21:09

Welcome roryandlogan....
It’s effing awful isn’t it...

UtterlyConfused111 · 19/01/2018 21:16

It makes you wonder how is this planet OVER populated?

There must be some good sleepers out there. I guess we all just got fuct unlucky

Catscatsandmorecats · 19/01/2018 21:16

Sakura mine does the coming off and cheeky smiling too - very infuriating - and very hard not to laugh.

Amagdalena I hope DD picks up soon, it is so miserable when they are poorly, let alone adding in travel. Fingers crossed for you.

Hi yolky and roryandlogan waves

I too am really looking forward to weaning, I loved it with DS1, it was great fun. Like utterlyconfused I am small with a giant baby who at 4.5 months is already drooling over our food, I expect we'll start him on some bits in about a months time. We did baby led with DS1 and it was great fun.

Both boys were down by 8, new tactics with DS1 worked very well at bedtime, we shall wait and see if he sleeps through or is any better overnight for it. Should really go to bed but just watched an episode of from with a baby snatcher so now watching the good place to level out so I don't have nightmares!

Catscatsandmorecats · 19/01/2018 21:17

Episode of Grimm that should say. I am still not functioning very well....

UtterlyConfused111 · 19/01/2018 21:18

Yolkeyblokey
Yup, it seems self evident but I keep getting told there is no link between the two (books, HV, other people, studies).
Who knows?! I will wean her when the time is right and desperately hope...
oh to sleep more than 4 bloody hours...

actino · 19/01/2018 21:29

Hi. Just checking in for the night. Dd is in a terrible mood and is unsettled with me and absolutely screams nonstop for Dh. She's also doing a bit of a cluster feed which is fine with me because the only time she is quiet is when she's on the boob.

I met up with the moms from my antenatal group today and one has a baby that sleeps for NINE HOURS every night.

WhoAteAllthePercyPigs · 19/01/2018 21:44

Hi people waves wearily at newcomers Too tired to properly read the full thread but welcome y'all - this is the place to be if you splutter with envy when someone complains that their baby wakes up a mere two times a night; if you've ever googled 'can sleep deprivation kill me'; and if 90% of arguments with your OH revolve around sleep: who's getting more. Hello!

On the subject of weaning - it didn't make a blind bit of difference for DD. I went with baby led and she just wasn't really interested until she was almost one! She's still not a big eater how is she my child and prefers milk over food. DS however does seem to have a very big appetite. He was born small due to being premature but is doing his damndest to put weight on! I have a feeling weaning will be different this time round. Going to start with purees though - baby led weaning is great and I'll still be doing finger foods for him to try, but I personally found it very frustrating and slow.

So very tired tonight. Those breastfeeding mums who give their LOs a bottle of formula. I think I've mentioned before that DS is rejecting his bottle after the first two ounces. Do I persevere - and how - or do I accept defeat and stop feeding him it? I don't want to force feed him but I don't want to give up the bottle!

WhoAteAllthePercyPigs · 19/01/2018 21:45

@Actino 9 hours?? To quote the Unmumsy Mum - she's mistaken a soft toy for her baby Grin

actino · 19/01/2018 21:55

@WhoAteAllthePercyPigs, yep, 9 hours. Her baby was ill a few weeks back and the way she knew he was unwell was because he woke up at 2am.

Catscatsandmorecats · 19/01/2018 22:27

actino she's lying

theotherendofthesockportal · 19/01/2018 22:55

My DD has just pretended to go to sleep. How can she be so manipulative at 3 months?

When she is being mischievous she wiggles her eyebrows. She is so cute and she makes me forget everything, even the sleep deprivation

PeterRabbitsBlueCoat · 19/01/2018 23:04

My DD went to sleep without a peep at 7pm. But has been farting since 10:30pm and eventually woken herself up.

I fed her and am now listening to her chuntering/snuffling/generally being the noisiest child alive, while not sleeping.

OH has no issue with her noise. Probably cos he is snoring his head off to block it out.

Tmgc123 · 20/01/2018 00:31

And so another night begins. We’re on wake up 4 already.....
I’ve just invested in the Cheshire baby whisperer, anyone tried it? No crying etc but cannot see how itll work for me. Start on prep tomorrow, really got to fix this!!

mummydoc123 · 20/01/2018 00:34

1 and 1/2 yo been awake for 3 hours now. .. sick of disrupted nights.

Tmgc123 · 20/01/2018 00:41

@whoateallthepercypigs my life won’t take a bottle from me but will from my partner or Mum! Sorry that’s not much help

Tmgc123 · 20/01/2018 00:52

Awake again. That’s number 5. I can’t fucking take this.

HappyLollipop · 20/01/2018 00:53

My 5mo woke me up for a night feed and he's now fast asleep but I can't get back to sleep!

Opheliasgoldenwine · 20/01/2018 01:09

Hi all.

Emberblu · 20/01/2018 01:10

whoateallthepercypigs we give lo formula once a day but I don't have much advice, I have slow let down and a small 'storage capacity ' so he loves a bottle 😆 but I think persevere as at least yours will know HOW to take a bottle if he has to, you can always offer a boob top up right now.

Several failed cot transfers at the beginning of the night but then got 3.5 hour until the first feed now... and he just threw up most of it Sadand seems super awake.....

Halfdrankbrew · 20/01/2018 01:19

I've got a 6 month old who is still waking up 3 times ish during the night. We've just started to wean him but it doesn't seem to be going as well as it did with his sister (just turned 2). I was so excited about the feeding reducing slightly, he's ebf and won't even have a bottle with my milk in it.

Since starting weaning last week I've ended up having to feed him more than normal as the food in his mouth makes him gag so much he throws up the milk I've fed him before!! I'm so ready for a break and a night off from feeding every 2 hours, 6 months is a long time!!!

Tmgc123 · 20/01/2018 01:36

Falls asleep for ten minutes, wakes up crying. Nothing “wrong” or she wouldn’t fall asleep.

What have I done so wrong to get a baby like this? She’s just constantly awake-asleep-awake-asleep

Youvegotafriendinme · 20/01/2018 01:51

Been up since 12am with 14mo and I’ve had enough now. I’m so fucking tired and have work tomorrow. I’ve left him to it and come downstairs. I don’t think I’ve had a full night slee since he was born Sad

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Jellybean2017 · 20/01/2018 02:12

On third wakeup here. He's asleep on my chest. So tired I don't have the energy to try putting him in the Next2Me. So we will be Co sleeping as usual! Can't wait to wake DH in a few hours, then I can hopefully get a fee blissful hours on my own. No 💩 from DS yesterday though, so I'm expecting that to arrive before my shift ends 🙈

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Ratbagratty · 20/01/2018 02:15

Hey all 5 day old here, refuses to sleep anywhere but on us. I take it this is normal?

UtterlyConfused111 · 20/01/2018 02:48

Dream feed at 1030 and now wake up 1 at 230. Gas I think as farting away, not hungry. That’s it for the night. Expecting hourly wake ups now + a feed at some point.
Sigh. Got 3.5 hours straight so shouldn’t complain.....

Sigh. I’m so tired