The non-sleepers are still not sleeping

[NinaMarieP]

New thread, guys!

Tree?? Ha ha three times... I’m sooooo tired...

Well while I didn't pick dd up once last night, she woke for the dummy lots and kept coughing so very stingy eyes today and am typing with one eye shut.

Morning all,

Did we survive? Hope you're ok @Sakura03 , sounds tough going.

@Madbee stick with this thread.. it's helped me so much. it won't make your situation any better but at least you'll have someone who understands to moan to! Hang in there. My DS is 11months and, after being a relatively good sleeper from a few months old, hasn't slept a full night since Christmas when he had bronchilitis.

I feel slightly more human this morning, DS slept from midnight until 530 (mini victory dance) but for some unknown reason DD decided to surface at 5! Why?! I'm normally dragging her out of bed for school and the night her brother decides to give me a break she gets up!

Hey all. Didn't sleep much at all and feeling ill today. Think it might be the start of s sickness bug. Stomach is churning, i feel nauseous and headachy. Managed to drop DD off at nursery but she seemed a bit peaky too, so I suspect I'll get 'the call' to come and take her home. The thought of looking after both DC, one maybe ill, whilst ill myself is a daunting one. DH is really busy at work as it's financial year end, so can't really ask him to come home. Times like these, I so wish we had family living nearby who could help...

@onone85 by 4 am I put ds in his carrycot (which he’s been sleeping in since birth) instead of trying the cot again for the 7 millionth time just to give my dp a bit of undisturbed sleep before he gets up for work at 5.30 am, ds stayed asleep for 40 minutes and I slept on the sofa. By 5.30 am I attempted a cot transfer but oh no ds wasn’t having it... I took him into bed with me and we got 2 1/2 hours sleep so in total I had 4 1/2 hrs. Dreading tonight but I guess the only way to get him used to the cot is be persevering. Any tips would be appreciated😊
@WhoAteAllthePercyPigs - hope you’re okay and have avoided a full blown bug and that your dd is okay and stays in nursery.

It's been a long while since I posted. That's not because the little guy has been sleeping through, but more because I have been avoiding my phone at night tunes so I get to sleep better.

But last night he slept 6.5 hours. He did really well! Hope it's a sign of more things to come! Bless him.

@MummyCuddlesSolveEverything ignore them. I've often lied about my son waking a lot at night because I just cannot be arsed with the conversation that follows. There's probably a lot they aren't telling you, so don't think everything's peachy in their house. You're probably the only honest one, so ignore it.

@whoate
I hope you feel better; I know how that feels as we have no family nearby either. When I had pneumonia last year over Xmas had to ask my mother in law to come help for a couple of days but she is a few hours away, and is getting older so I do feel very stuck without my mum.
@onone85
Hope you’re ok too! Massive rows with DH always wear me down so much

Lovely supportive ladies
My update on last night. After my tangry post re DH and the blankie situation last night I drank a Diet Coke (caffeine has no effect on me I’m so tired) and reflected that at least he didn’t give her the dummy (I would actually have lost it).
I then went to sleep
Woke up when baby grumbled and reached for the phone to check the time. It was 620! She slept through! I don’t actually believe it. I got 7 hours of continuous non interrupted sleep...!

@Mummycuddles your LO sounds much like my DS. I decided mentally that I’d rather have my lovely happy, secure, smiley little boy in the daytime than their whinging grotbags and that although it was shattering his lovely sunny nature was proof that meeting his needs at nighttime as well was a good thing even though it was exhausting for me - disclaimer that this may be nonsense but thinking that way made me feel much better!
DS is now 18 months and since we moved him on to a sippy cup of milk at 12 months DH has done half the nights so although DS is usually up once or twice (sometimes much worse, sometimes only once!) I feel much more human. I’m pregnant again though and starting to wonder if I’m actually insane to start it all again. I remember the days of 3 hours sleep in 45 minute blocks very vividly...

Woohoo way to go baby utterly!

Great news baby utterly!
Ds was awake for an hour wanting to sit up and play at 2am 🙄

Dd is on her 2nd wake up since 6:15. She was absolutely screaming to go to sleep so I assume she's over tired. I'm laying on the bed while she has her moment in her cot. She's gone quiet now so hopefully that means she's gone to sleep and I can go and attempt dinner for the second time!

Yay @hashtag lovely to see you back altho I'd obvs hoped you'd graduated this thread!

Go baby @utterly! You can do it again, now we know you've got it in you!

Long day here. Tbh wouldn't have been too bad; DS was up for some hard-core napping, so I got to snuggle with him and binge watch SATC (I actually feel like I might be Carrie Bradshaw, I've watched that many episodes!) But today of all days - with minus temps here for some of the day - our AB (arsehole boiler) decided to go on the blink. Been absolutely freezing. Hoping to get parts for tomorrow but it's not helped my illness!

So am in bed with DS and praying he'll give me a break tonight. Body is craving sleep. Hate feeling so rundown all of the time...

I just had a peek of the thread about moving babies in to their own room and had to leave because of the boasting about 7-7 babies 😩😩

Also I came upstairs at 18:45 because she woke up again. She's wide awake and I've been up here for half an hour. At 18:50 I text ah and asked him to turn the oven off (I had started dinner and it had chips in and I knew I'd be here for a while). Until a minute ago when I could smell cooking.
He's playing xbox and hasn't looked at his phone. His phone is attached to him 24 hours a day. But he's playing xbox so I guess it's important to concentrate.

Chips are burned.

DS just clapped in his sleep, very strange..
I've had a couple of crappy nights so hoping for a good one tonight.
I'm just about to transfer and then hoping to head downstairs for ice cream and a cup of tea.

Is it bad that I'm annoyed the evenings are getting lighter? I want to go bed but I just can't when it's still daylight out

DS has woke up screaming, no ice cream for me

That's a shame @Meepmoop :(

Why the fuck will DS just not settle?? I know he's tired, but the second I put him in the cot he wakes and cries. Like he knows I need my sleep tonight. Head is pounding, I feel so sick and I'm bloody freezing. It's so cold here even without the boiler packing up!!

frozen I didn't open that thread because I knew it would annoy me.

drwhy not nonsense at all. I try and remind myself I'm lucky he's a happy baby when I worry about his sleep.

Tonight is the worst night in a long time. He went to sleep ok at about 7:30ish, I popped downstairs to get a snack (dh works monday evenings so I get to stay in bed with ds) and ds was wide awake when I got back. He's thrown up everywhere but is really happy, I don't think he's ill. Now he's crawling backwards around the bed (don't worry I've changed the sheets!)and happy screaming while I wonder what the hell to do.

@MummyCuddles just go get more snacks. If anything it will help you through it.

@Utterly hope you have a similar night! Fingers crossed for you.

@frozen my AH is on the PlayStation and also burnt tea whilst I settled DS for the millionth time since 630. Order a takeaway and make him pay.

Thank you!
I hope she can pull it off again tonight... busy day with dd1 so I’m tired....in spite of my lovely night last night. She settled ok without the dummy tonight just a bit of grumbling but she was very upset earlier at her lunchtime nap. Oh well! Let’s see
@whoate
Hope you feel better and manage to get warm. Hot water bottle helps if you get into bed with it. sending

I'm not having a great night, DS will not stay asleep. I'm on the third wake up already..

Hope everyone else has better luck tonight

Oh dear, much sympathy for the burnt tea crew dinner is basically the highlight of my days at the moment so anything going wrong with it would be divorce-worthy

@whoateallthepercypigs really hope he settles for you. I’m sure they know when you’re desperate for sleep. I’ve been ill pretty much constantly since DD was born and I’m sure it’s the lack of sleep that’s stopping recovery. Hope you feel better soon.

@meepmoop did you get your ice cream in the end?

@Jellybean that sounds just like my DD. She’s not grumpy or upset when she wakes in the night, just...awake and flaily.

@Utterly fingers crossed for a repeat performance.

DD took an hour to go to sleep (already late) but appears to have flaked out now. Going to attempt to sneak into bed without waking her... we’ll see...