The great non-sleepers... continued (again 😴)

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

My DS is six 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 😂

@MummyCuddlesSolveEverything having a moan here is more than ok! I think it's easier because we don't know each other to tell the truth about how we are really feeling, without feeling like we need to keep up appearances.
Also I very much doubt that suit her people's lives are as they make them out to be IRL either. Surely it's normal to argue and get pissed off with each other?

Don't know where the words suit her came from in there?!

@MummyCuddlesSolveEverything I think sometimes I don't want to fight about it because I'm exhausted and I just want a bit of support instead of feeling like I have 2 children. It's easier talking on here than talking to real life people because you can just rant and people will understand!!

lizzlebizzle you're right, sometimes a moan on here is very therapeutic!

Frozenmargherita17 I understand that, my DH is pretty brilliant most of the time but sometimes he just doesn't think, I don't want to row in front of the kids then by the time they are in bed, I'm too tired/the moment has passed/ I've forgotten about it.

Tonight we are trying to get DS2 to bed first, he's knackered and poorly and hasn't napped for hours so I couldn't bear the thought of him screaming while I help DS1 to go to sleep. This has resulted in me feeding DS2 and DS1 screaming he wants me while DH tries to bath him. Excellent. Either way I have to listen to one scream. I know they are safe and loved with DH but I can't help but want to go to them if they cry for me. I am still shattered although better than I was. If DS2 is till as bad tomorrow I'm taking him to the Dr.

I hope everyone else's evening is going a bit better!

@Catscatsandmorecats it's so awful when they cry for you. It physically hurts me still when my baby cries! Husband doesn't hear it the same way.

Thanks I think you're right about keeping up appearances, I'm guilty of that!
Dh has been great this evening looked after ds while I cooked (I enjoy cooking), then stayed with us, played with ds and read to him. It was lovely to see and we all enjoyed it, hopefully he'll think about that and realise what he should be doing and what he's missing.

Ds is fighting sleep at the minute, will try him again soon. Hoping he'll be asleep in time for me to watch top gear!

Here's hoping for good a good night for us all.

Can someone explain baby logic to me? I wash my face in cold water at night as the noise of the boiler heating the water wakes DS. The smoke alarm just went off because I forgot about the pasta on the hob and he is still fast asleep. Out like a light. Why doesn't he sleep like that at 2am?

Not a good start here, DS has thrown up all his milk from coughing. We've both had a change of clothes. Every time he starts to fall asleep he coughs and I think it's really hurting him. I've given him Calpol and sips of water but I don't know what else to do

meepmoop have you tried putting vicks (or equivalent) on his feet? I don't know how but I swear this works. I have tried it on DS with snufflebabe balm and on me with vicks. It really helps with coughing at night

@tealandteal I haven't tried that, I will go and get some tomorrow!

I can't remember what the age they can have normal vicks is, worth a Google or the snufflebabe is good. You can also put a bowl of water on the radiator to humidify the room that may help his cough for tonight

Just enjoyed an hour of crying. Yey.

My baby has been waking up coughing so I'll definitely try the Vicks tip tealandteal thank you.

Late one for us tonight, we went to PIL for tea and didn't get back until 9, ds1 to bed fine but ds2 slept all the way back so has been completely refusing sleep now, he's very squirmy and moany too, I think he needs a big poop!

Hopefully will get him down soon because I'm knackered 😩

He was a nightmare all afternoon too because he didn't nap. He finds it really hard to settle in their house, I don't blame him, it's complete sensory overload, dangly windchimes and lanterns and fairy lights in every bloody room! He just can't close his eyes there is so much to look at.

Blaaaaa, well here goes, attempting to put him to bed......

Hope everyone had a good weekend, fingers crossed for tonight.x

Baby went to bed early because she was absolutely inconsolable and did not want to be awake. Her naps have been horrid today because she got overtired this morning because Dh didn't put her down and it had a knock on effect for the whole day. Arghhhh. She has woken up about 6 times since 6pm-ish.

Can anyone solve this one...

1 month old DS awake since 6:30pm

BF'd for maybe 5/10 mins at a time and then screaming with trapped wind.

Have I got poor supply?

Is this colic?

If he's 1 month old I'd say maybe wind or colic or both! Possibly reflux? Is he sick at all? Sometimes when my girl had it badly she would feed constantly because it helped ease the pain while feeding and then she would throw up. Arching back and screaming.

Very rarely sick.

Only really started a couple of nights ago with tonight being the worse.

Any remedies?

Sorry some of you are already a having a difficult night. It's the best night we've had in ages so far.... I'm on second wake up with ds, he's just done 3 hours 15mins in 1 go!! No idea why or how to recreate it.

Neighbours having a really loud argument, they better not wake ds or keep me awake!

Cheshire at that age ds was very colicy and windy, he'd cluster fed from 4ish sometimes into the early hours. Winding him as much as possible, holding him all the time, baths and infacol helped. He kind of grew out of it , but is still quite windy the loudest, badly timed farts ever

Hi everyone. DS (10 months) went to bed at 6:30pm... has now been up since 7:30pm. Every time we get him settled he wakes and screams uncontrollably until we pick him up. I'm at the end of my tether as we've been having some really bad nights and he doesn't nap unless in the car either. Last night we were up until 4am and then DD got us up at 6;30am. He hasn't had milk during the night in a long time but he just won't settle so Calpol (incase its these teeth he's cutting causing pain) and a 5oz bottle. Currently asleep on me and dreading trying to transfer him again!
Hope you all have better nights!

Sorry to everyone who's having a bad night. In the good news..DS just casually pulled a 7 hour stint!!! In the not so good news..
DD keeps waking up and needs resettling. GAH. Still. I'll not complain! Tbf he hasn't been too well today so probably a one off.

@momma that sounds very tough. Hope you are asleep now...it's hard when you've had a bad night with one of them and then the other wakes early isn't it?

After all that commotion last night, DS slept from 12-30 til 5!

I really needed that I was at breaking point, also have very overbearing visitors booked in for this afternoon

Glad to see some babies have had good nights.

I still have an angry non sleeping baby but there has been a small improvement. I'm really hoping this cough doesn't hang around

Woooohoooo whoateallthepercypigs absolute sods law DD is having a bad night.

DS2 is still very uncomfortable, he's coughing a bit less but something is waking him every 1.5 hours and he can't resettle. We know he can do more, but it's not happening at the moment. If his breathing is still really rattly I'll call the DR this morning. DS1 has slept through but he's been coughing all night long too so I expect will be tired, he'll be pleased to go to nursery today.

Sorry to hear others have had a tough night too, I'll get the coffee on shall I?!