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 😂

That's great @HashtagTired. Good news it was easier for you this time

Thanks @WhoAteAllthePercyPigs its been really really hard the past 2 months. I think the worst bit being i get so tired i try to find solutions and wind up feeling like DS's sleep issues are my failings as a ftm. I'm trying to keep my chin up and stick with my guns (and gut!).

Sounds like everyone here is doing a great job especially as this thread is still active all hours...

I'm going to try and step down abit from MN as I'm not sure its always doing me good but I will say hi every now and again.

Goodluck with the sleep

We've had a lovely day today, I enjoyed our day out and I think DS did. He actually watched the owls in the flight display.

I was hoping the fresh air would mean he would stay asleep but he's awake after 47minutes. I hope these teeth pop through soon, I don't think there far off.

DS has started to wave now, it's very cute. He looks very serious doing it and looks like he's really concentrating.

@xxrealistmumxx I don't think it was me you mean. DS naps are very all over the place.

On feed 2 after a 4.5 hour block!! I really needed it.

It's very quiet tonight, hope everyone is okay

On feed 2 after a 3 hour block

Does this get longer?

DS is only 3 weeks and is ebf

@cheshiremama89 in my experience, it'll get longer and then shorter than longer than shorter and then even shorter and back to longer.
Sadly it's not linear but how I wish it was.

Awful awful night here, my eyes were too stingy to look at a screen for any longer than to just curse the time.

I had my first night out last night after having dinner ds2 and boy is he making me pay for it.

Obviously I missed his long sleep from 8 til 12, but he's been up every hour or less since I got home.

I thought he might sleep a bit better as he had a bottle before bed and his midnight fees was epic as my boobs were ridiculously full. But no, awake just as much if not more than ever!!

I hope he lets me ly in 😬😬😬

I'd have posted...but got sucked in to a thread where a woman with a very cruel DH was being given some unbelievably shit advice by 'huns' who believe a woman's place is in the 1950's. I despair of Mumsnet sometimes...

Not too bad a night, DS very awake at 4 but was distracted by above mentioned thread so didn't even realise when he'd fallen back to sleep

Oh no @Lizzle! Awful when you risk a night out and they sense it and decide you're going to suffer. Hope you are getting a lie in.. .

Well I think he will sleep more, he's in bed with me now and having a lying down feed, but I can feel he is all wet again from lying on his side so I'm going to have to change him, boooo

Another good night here. We went out for dinner yesterday evening while my parents babysit. DS slept from about 7.30 onwards with wakeups at 10ish 3ish and then up for the day at 6.30. After the night time wake ups he went back down asleep which is a miracle as he never ever let me do that until this week, he woke up every single time. Weird (but good!)

Good to hear there have been some better nights for a few of you.

Lizzlebizzle it's so annoying when they do that!

Meepmoop bloody teeth! We had two weeks of dreadful disruption with the first two coming through. Hopefully your DS will pop them through soon. ARG! Mine has just bitten my nipple with his!

A couple of better nights with DS2, three feeds, a bit tricky to settle after but not dreadful. Then this morning DS1 woke just before 5, I stayed with him for a bit but he wasn't going back to sleep so said he could play then he went off all on his own! DH then took them downstairs at6.45 and let me sleep, wonderful

This parenting malarkey confuses the crap out of me..

DD was 12 weeks yesterday, she was originally napping well, & once she'd fallen asleep I could put her in her Cot & she'd do a good stretch. Then she started only napping on me.. still decent naps, just meant I couldn't get much done.

The last few weeks she's been a nightmare, only napping for about 20 - 30 minutes x3 a day if I'm lucky, she just fights & fights regardless whether I'm holding her, put her down, in the pram, car, sling.. nothing was working!

Yesterday was the worst yet, at PIL, and from 7.30 til 3.30 she had about 20 minutes sleep & pretty much grizzled the whole day, screamed the place down from 4 til 6 (standard at the moment because she's so tired) but then I fed her to sleep at 7, she went through til 2.30! Then again til half 6, then again at 8! amazing

Even better and the whole reason I started this post I was trying to get her to sleep, saw our shopping delivery turn up, so just put her down awake & grumpy in her cot & went to help DH with delivery.. by the time we'd finished.. SHE'D SETTLED HERSELF TO SLEEP

I reeeeally hope this is a breakthrough but I fear it's either a 1 off, or dependant upon me putting her down at exactly to the second the right time 😮

Time for some celebratory chocolate!

Well I'm super wide awake... DS is asleep. He's had one wake up so far but fell asleep quickly when I picked him up.
I hope I'm not awake for his longest stretch.

Not s good start to the night here, been up 6 times in the last hour to re settle ds2. I don't know what is wrong with him tonight.
Been looking forward to going to bed all day but obviously he has other plans for me.

I'm literally going out of my mind.

Not a great night here either. DS very unsettled. Yawn. Hurry up and sleep son! Sorry to hearit's bad for you @Lizzle. Awful when you've had a few nights in a row of no sleep and desperately need to catch up. Hope he's asleep now and so are you.

Hi everyone sounds it's been a mixed bag?!

I've not been on here for a while as been distracted with DS he's now on day 8 of normal milk as they suspected CMPA and he's doing pretty good turning 14wks old today!

So much in such a short life bless him anyway need to vent sorry..

MIL for 4th time tonight for last month has been suggesting DH and I do a house swap with them for a night and they look after DS I had to be clear last she asked that I felt it cruel to leave dS overnight yet as because when upset or not feeling great he relies on boob for comfort but will so soon I promise

Anyway she asked again yesterday and tonight! Why won't it sink in?!?!

Sorry your having a rough night @lizzlebizzle33 and @WhoAteAllthePercyPigs. I hope your asleep now.

We're on feed 2 wake up number 4 but I don't feel to bad. I'm expecting a few more wake ups though so I may change my tune.

Glad your little one is doing well on the change of milk @user.

Wake up number 5,463 (feels like)
I've tried everything tonight, even brought him in with me for a cuddle but he's just so restless I could scream.

DP snoring through it all as usual!!!! 😤😤

Sounds like a few of you are having decent nights, I'm so jealous.xx

lizzlebizzle and whoateallthepercypigs I was there with you (but too tired to type). DS2 woke loads, only three feeds but needed resettling several other times, he's still got a cold so I'm blaming that.

AND DS1 was up twice bad dream and then needing a wee but I end up in his room for ages until he gets back to sleep so that was two of the hours I might have got to sleep gone

DH woke DD up at 2am by spamming the bedroom door
I was so uncomfy for the rest of the night, I am shattered

Can I join this thread? Last night was horrendous and anticipating another as DS (7m) has a cold and is teething. Somehow it seems worse when I don't have the hope that it might be a good night!

Welcome @tealandteal I'm exactly the same with a teething, snotty 7month old. It's feeling pretty relentless at the minute!

He's currently asleep in my arms and I'm about to put him in his cot

Hi @tealandteal, @Meepmoop good luck with the cot transfer. Hoping for a better night here, ds2 has had a couple of good naps today and is now in his own bed......fingers crossed its for more than ten minutes like last night.

I think he might be teething as he's been dribbling everywhere today, so he's had some teething powder, let's see if that helps.

Good luck to you all for tonight, come on babies, sleep for the mamas!!!

And 4 wake ups layer he's in my bed as I can't be bothered trying anymore.
Anybody any idea what the hell is going on?

Is it because I let him sleep with me when he was ill?

Good luck to all the mamas!
My DD2 has started dropping her dream feed at 1030, waking up at stupid o’clock for a feed, and refusing her morning feed. It would be good if she dropped a night feed, but that would make it too easy, wouldn’t it??! Gah