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 😂

[WhoAteAllthePercyPigs]

Bad night here. Anyone else?

[lizzlebizzle33]

Hi 😩

[lizzlebizzle33]

I think I thought the 4 month regression wouldn't hit us as his sleep was so bad already, turns out u was wrong.

[Jellybean2017]

DS was doing well but he has woken for a third time for some reason. I put him back down at 3... Thinking he may be cold.

[Catscatsandmorecats]

I had the stingy eyes before the night even started tonight. DS2 has been up pretty much every hour, he's been fed, cuddled, winded, propped up, in our bed, in his bed, had calpol, nothing is working for long. I'm looking forward to when DH gets him up and I can get a bit of sleep,. I also have a sticky boob from feeding after calpol, ugh.

Lizzlebizzle fingers crossed you get some sleep

[Abih91]

Absolutely horrendous night here.
Wake every 1.5hrs and just not settled at all. Do not know what to do. Partner away so dealing with it on my own and baby just wants boob everytime nothing else will settle him. Something needs to change but I don’t know what to do. His sleep is so random. 4 months old.

[tealandteal]

Up every hour until 2 then he slept til 5.30 when he finished a feed, looked me lovingly in the eyes and then turned and was sick all over us both. Perfect

[UtterlyConfused111]

@tealandteal
Poor you!! Oh dear!
I laughed though because I had similar in the morning. Was changing massive poo and she looked at me and threw up. The joys.... both ends going at the same time. Lucky me.

Horrible night here...

[xxrealistmumxx]

Morning. Horrendous night here but sounds very much like I wasn't alone.

LO full of cold, as am I, and just was not happy at all all night. Ended up having an argument with DH as I was asking him to help because I feel so rubbish and he said because he couldn't give him boob there was nothing he could do! I lost it and in the end he took a turn holding LO for a couple of hours so I got a little sleep. Honestly, it makes me so mad that he can't bloody problem solve! There are many things that can settle LO, not just boob! So sick of the expectation that I just have to get on with it whether I'm ill or not. Sigh.

Welcome to the newbies. This thread is a godsend. Doesn't help babies sleep, sadly, but good to know you're not suffering alone!

Glad LO is taking well too the change in milk user!

I'm going to try to do as little as possible today. Currently huddled under a blanket on the sofa praying LO doesn't wake from his nap catch up on lost nighttime sleep

[lizzlebizzle33]

@xxrealistmumxx thoroughly annoyed with my DH too, nor only does get get to sleep all night using the no boobs excuse but he then gets to spend quality time with ds1 in the morning while I try and catch up on sleep with ds2.
Sometimes I feel like I don't see ds1 for days, unless I'm giving him a bath (my job) or making his tea(also my job) grrrrrr

It snowed last night here for the first time since ds1 can walk and I'm missing taking him out in it because I'm stuck under ds2 and am also frickin knackered.
Pretty upset this morning.

Sounds like a few of you has rubbish nights, it does make it easier knowing your not the only one going through this and i know it won't last forever.
I just wish DH would lift his head off the pillow at night and help!!!

[NinaMarieP]

Sounds like some 'd' Hs and Ps need a good kick up the bum! Or somewhere it hurts even more.

We've had a couple of decent nights, he's started sleeping soundly for a few hours after his 3am feed instead of being up and down every hour!

He had a one hour fifty nap yesterday evening and a one hour twenty one this morning already so I'm hoping he's also learning how to do proper naps. But it's probably just a fluke.

I do have a really good (well, really bad) poo story if you want a laugh?

Yesterday afternoon, nappy hadn't been changed in a few hours so thought I'd quickly pop a new one on before I gave him some lunch.

He did his usual rolling over while I did it but this time (for the first time ever) he pooed on his mat, and also on a set of teething shape things. 💩

It's very liquid so I wiped him off and rolled him onto his foam playmat while I tried to mop/scoop up the poo before he got his hands or feet into it. I was just pondering what to do with the shitty teething toy after disposing of the shit dripping wipes, and reaching for him and a nappy when he did another wet fart and pooed on his playmat 😱💩.

I turned him over and he's peed all over himself too. So I dashed him through to the bathroom after throwing more wipes on the poo puddle. Showered him off (thankfully he didn't poo on the way) and finally got a nappy on him, but all the time I'm thinking 'crap what if the poo is leaking onto the carpet' as he did it on the join between the foam jigsaw squares.

I was so distracted by this thought that is forgotten I'd opened the bathroom window after my shower (there was me thinking I was rocking this parenting crap by managing a shower while he napped!!) and he poor boy was shivering in his bathseat 😥.

But it was all ok in the end, the poo didn't leak only the pee did, he got his apricots (some of which ended up inside his nappy and in his bellybutton) and all the poo victims got thrown in the bath to be later washed and antibaccd.

[Jellybean2017]

@Nina that's a pretty epic poo story 💩 😂

[tealandteal]

Although I would love for you all to get a full nights sleep every night it does make it easier to know there are other people going through the same thing. All my friends babies seem to sleep through the night and none of them are reading AIBU threads at 4am!!

[Sakura03]

Hi everyone, I haven’t posted for ages for different reasons but not because we’ve had more or better sleep. I’ve had a quick read and isn’t it just a rollercoaster journey we’re on, one minute things are looking up and the next it all comes crashing down. Ds is now 15 weeks and goodness me are things changing, it started last week where he started being more clingy and fussy. He’s now fighting sleep like mad, it’s so random. Friday night he did a 5 hours sleep, I was amazed but the following night he was awake ever 1.5 hour, so weird. Day naps are also a struggle, it used to be fairly easy to get him to sleep in the pram but even that he fights, it’s as if he doesn’t want to miss out on anything. However we used to go to bed around 11.30 pm but now he’s asleep a lot earlier in the evenings (after loooong feeding sessions) and last night we went to bed at 9.30 pm, he did wake up 2 hrs later though and carried on like that throughout the night. So is this a growth spurt or the wonder week/leap thingy?
He is currently asleep next to me on the sofa, so we’re going to skip our daily walk today. I’ve managed to prep mash for dinner, baked some flapjacks and put the washing out on the line, so it’s not all bad it’s just very unpredictable😊 I’m thinking of going to the cinema tomorrow- they’ve got a “scream” viewing at 11 am. Thursday I’m out for lunch with a friend and will just have to take it as it comes as who knows what ds will be like, a few weeks back I was quiet confident going out for meals with ds but he’s just not quite himself these days but I’ll try not to stress about it.
Anyway I’ll try and get back to posting regularly again😊

[Catscatsandmorecats]

Hello sakura!

And hi tealandteal - I can't help but wonder where Abney is when I read your username. Great you've found this thread, it really does help!

DS1 was such a good by last night but DS2 barely slept. His cough and cold have got progressively worse today and his cough keeps waking him early from naps so he's shattered and very sad about it. They've both gone down OK but I'm not expecting the peace to last, I've got the humidifier on so I hope that'll help DS2, otherwise I'll be sat up with him for the night.

[UtterlyConfused111]

Epic poo story @nina :-)

[UtterlyConfused111]

I’m currently not speaking to DH - mature I know. Had a big row on the weekend as I got fed up of him sleeping till 9am, and having 2 hour naps, and having a peaceful night of sleep after. I guess it wouldn’t get up my nose so much if he didn’t constantly complain he was tired, and after a bad night on Friday and Saturday (1 hour wake ups) I just blew up. I was instantly put in the wrong for losing my temper; and had to apologise for that and since then I haven’t spoken to him because I can’t be arsed. Feel very much like a single parent here.... sigh

[WhoAteAllthePercyPigs]

Hey @sakura! Nice to see you back although I always hope that when people go quiet on this thread, they are getting some sleep!

Welcome @teal! And your friends with sleeping babies are totally missing out on an AIBU binge at 4am - best time to read it I reckon

@utterlyconfused I'm not surprised you blew your top at your DH. I'd be asking you all how to dispose of the body if my DH was napping and lying in that much. It is an equal job! You need that help and chance to rest! Is there anyone who has influence with DH (his mum, sibling, friend) who might be able to talk to him about it? Please don't feel bad, I think you've been extraordinarily patient up till now.

Love that tale of poo woe @Nina

In for a bad night I think. DS has been straining for a poo all evening. Put him down at 8.30 but he woke an hour later. Not like him at all. He's very unsettled. Feeding him in the hope it will trigger poo-ageddon now and not at 3am. Doesn't help that it's bloody freezing in the room so I don't want to be getting out from under the covers anymore than I need to!

[DiscombobulatedWomble]

My eyeballs feel like they're going to fall out of my face. I'm hoping LO hit the 4th leap early so the last 2 weeks of utter shite mean only another 3 to go! I can dream I suppose.

Going for my 12 week check up for my 3rd degree tear, and am a bit worried as don't know what to expect. Don't think I'll be sleeping much tonight even if by some miracle she's kind to me 😨

[cheshiremama89]

Feed one of the night,
Last feed before bed was 11ish

PRAYING we get through after this til 4/5

[WhoAteAllthePercyPigs]

Right there with you @discombobulated! DS fell asleep but woke again and still very restless. Still no poo but lots of wind. Eyes stinging! Brain melting...

Hope your appointment goes well. Have you been having problems with the tear healing?

[DiscombobulatedWomble]

@Percy we are also lots of wind but no poop! I would happily change an early am poopy nappy if it means she'll go back to sleep for longer!

I've not been having problems with healing as far as I know.. everything looks ok, it all just still feels weird & I don't know if that's normal. TMI but it still feels sort of heavy & full sometimes especially after exercise. DH thinks it's just muscles slowly getting back to normal but we'll see what they say!

[Leftie624]

DS had his first set of jabs today and will only sleep whilst being cuddled by me. His temperature went up to 100 Fahrenheit but is now coming down. If i put him down he screams..this follows a week of him waking up every 90 minutes.
DH is snoring away

[jacobsgirl]

Actually need my son to go back to sleeping through the night - 6 months and getting up 3-4 times in the night


SLEEP PLEASE


Supposed to be returning to work soon and then there will be no time for naps !

Currently sitting in his floor just after a feeding and wishing there was a nappy changing fairy so I could go back to bed and didn't have to wrestle with what seems to be a six month old octopus

[lizzlebizzle33]

@WhoAteAllthePercyPigs and @DiscombobulatedWomble in right there with you with the trumping baby! The only good thing about him having a cold is that he pushes his trumps out when he coughs.

@Leftie624 I've got s cling on here too, just wants to be cuddled all night, it's so tiring, I never feel really rested after co sleeping no matter how much "sleep" I get.
I have up after wake up 3 and let him in my bed again, it's just too cold to be walking around shushing and patting.