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

[Jellybean2017]

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 😂

DS is being odd. I put him down he cries, I pick him up instantly asleep. Hope it's not going to be a night of this.

How's everyone else getting on?

I'm on the third wake up already! I have a looooong night ahead of me.

Reading up Pantley pull off
Must wean off dummy
Dd1 is snoring over the monitor...

Dd has only woken twice since bedtime at 6.15...

This is unusual.

Does anyone have experience of sleeping in their room - will this help her ? Or make it worse? I just thought maybe I could grab a duvet/pillow and sleep on the floor when she wakes. Not very comfy for me but if a few nights of that helps her to sleep in her own cot all night then I could try it.

We have had one wake up so far, he will wake up as soon as I go to bed. Sooo tired, I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the wake up's tonight

Second wake up and DS will not go back down. So tired and it's too late to amend the Tesco order that is coming tomorrow to include all the chocolate.

First wake up and feeding through a blocked duct and mastitis

I am terrified this is going to stop me breastfeeding, the lump just isn't going it's been days

@cheshiremama89 do keep massaging the area, I know it’s painful but it will help and then of course the feeding. I haven’t read back so I don’t know if you been to the doctors yet. I don’t think I’ve ever had mastitis but last time I had a blocked duct it half of the boob was excruciating painful and very hard and lumpy, I didn’t feel unwell but it did take days before it cleared.

On wake up two, ds had his 4 months jabs this afternoon, just given him another shot of calpol as he has a slightly raised temperature. I’ve taken him out of his sleeping bag and will use a light blanket instead. He hates calpol so wasn’t happy with mummy but is now having a feed.

Thanks @Sakura03

I'm continuing to feed and massage but the lump is a persistent bugger.

Did yours slowly get smaller or suddenly just disappear?

I'm so engorged on the left side!

Not seen the GP, but the nurse today as it just so happened it was my six week check.
She was totally useless and gave me some terrible advice! She has prescribed antibiotics which I've started.

Will see GP this week if no progress x

@cheshiremama89 mine got a bit smaller and then all of of a sudden disappeared but it took about a week. I only persevered with the massaging because I had recently seen an old school friend who’s got older children but she told me that when she was breastfeeding her boys she’d had blocked ducts and the lumps were so painful that she had her dh or her mil massaging them while she was trying to feed - personally I prefer to be in charge myself but each to their own my point is I then realised that I just had to keep at it and breathe through the pain. Hopefully the antibiotics will help you soon.

If the day starts with a 5am proper wake up, it's going to be a long day. I do not know how mothers cope with more than one child. I would lose my mind.

@cheshiremama89 yup I found the massage helps and hot showers with massages too. And I alternated ibroprofen and paracetamol. Sorry you're in pain :(((

That was an awful night, I have stingy eyes and I feel like I could be sick. DS just wouldn't stay asleep. I think the most I managed was a 1.5 hour block.
He has at least 3 teeth about to come through so I think that's why.

Rough night and 6am wake up. I asked dh to take him downstairs at 6:30 and I'd be down soon (so surprised he did!). Haven't been back to sleep, but sounds like a poonami and dh didn't change him straight away. Think he was waiting for me to come and do it, he's changed it now so I'm going downstairs. It's not just me that should change nappie!

Sorry so many of you are having such a tough time.

Dd woke at 2 and I was delirious with tired so I took her in to bed with me. And she woke up at 6;50. Still have stingy eyes though. Typing with one eye open.

Bad night here too. Up from 345am; finally went to sleep at 630. Dd1 woke up at 635.

Ds went to bed at 7ish yesterday. I slept from 815 until his first wake up at 945 and then it all went pear shaped. Ended up co sleeping again from about 1130 as he just wouldn't settle. Then we both slept until 5ish when dh alarm went off 😑 so not the best night but not the worst. I just don't want to have to go back to co sleeping every night again as it's so uncomfortable!

Yay for the 8 month sleep regression🤤

Hey ladies checking in. Was trying to avoid screen time last night. Not the worst night, not the best. DD unsettled again. DS wanting to start the day at 5.30. But did persuade him to sleep till 7 thank goodness.

Tangry. Stingy eyes. Bleurgh.

Thanks @Sakura03 @justanotheruser18
I'll keep going!

It's so hard atm and not changing in size started to worry it was cancerous

Lack of sleep I think!

Hope everyone is having a nice day. We’re having a lazy day as although ds no longer has a fever, he’s definitely more clingy and sleepy and he wants to be on my boobs constantly. I’ve spent the time ordering christening invitations and done some online shopping. I was also planning on taking two packs of nappies to a foodbank as I overestimated how long ds would be in size 1 nappies, dp was about to throw them out but the packs are unopened so would be a same if someone else could make use of them. I’ve also got my maternity clothes to get rid of, I’ll probably take it to a charity shop next week.

@sakura...
Getting rid of maternity clothes?
Not planning another then?

Hi everyone just checking in, bad night last night, so many wake ups. Awful naps today too, losing the will.

Having tea at the in laws, give me strength. At least I don't have to cook though.

How long dues this bloody sleep regression last for? Ds2 is almost 5 months now, I don't remember it being this bad with ds1., unless I've blocked it out.

Hi ladies!

Just checking in. I haven't been online much; it's been pretty hectic here. Thanks to the now-disappeared snow, our roof leaked causing damp in the attic. And we had a leak in the bathroom, too. I hate damp. In fact, I hate English houses, tooo; they are just built wroooong considering the climate.WTH.

Anyway, I am rambling on.
DD has been sleeping well at night, stirring once in thr first hour and waking for a feed between 5 and 6am, so I pray to God 4 month regression doesn't return, but she has been fighting naps like hell, so yes, @Jellybean, I think 8 month regression could be a thing.

frozenmargarita I totally hear you on the whirry around sleep training. I never went there with my first two but with my third it became so unbearable that I had to take the plunge. Trust me, baby will not 'learn you don't come when they cry' not be 'scarred for life', 'feel inherently unlovable' or any of the other stuff the anti sleep training sites claim! Look at the big picture, if your baby is loved and responded to in a caring manner and their caregiver is loving, happy and responsive on the whole then a few periods of crying will not outweigh that. I used Ferber method, never left LO for longer than 5 mins and it was honestly miraculous when he suddenly 'got' how to self soothe to sleep (by making lovely little cooing sounds). I'm by far no expert - we've yet to figure out the sleeping through the night thing - bit life had been so much better since we've been able to put him to bed and he can settle to sleep, then settle himself after feeds in the night. I don't think CIO is a good thing but delayed response worked well for us. Just look at the bigger picture xxx

frozenmargarita I totally hear you on the whirry around sleep training. I never went there with my first two but with my third it became so unbearable that I had to take the plunge. Trust me, baby will not 'learn you don't come when they cry' not be 'scarred for life', 'feel inherently unlovable' or any of the other stuff the anti sleep training sites claim! Look at the big picture, if your baby is loved and responded to in a caring manner and their caregiver is loving, happy and responsive on the whole then a few periods of crying will not outweigh that. I used Ferber method, never left LO for longer than 5 mins and it was honestly miraculous when he suddenly 'got' how to self soothe to sleep (by making lovely little cooing sounds). I'm by far no expert - we've yet to figure out the sleeping through the night thing - bit life had been so much better since we've been able to put him to bed and he can settle to sleep, then settle himself after feeds in the night. I don't think CIO is a good thing but delayed response worked well for us. Just look at the bigger picture xxx