Sleep is for the Weak! we got too big?!!??!?!!??

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can you believe that?! we got too big?
we should surely get an award from Mumsnet?

Morning! Am I first up?

So-so night for us. Bed at 7.40, awake at 8.20 (shushed back to sleep) then fed at 10.30, 2 and 4, up for the day at 7.

He's got second lot of jabs today so that might throw him a bit off kilter...

Morning Meg,

Glad your night was not a shocker.

Not bad night for us either. No daytime naps (immunisations for us too yesterday) so 6.30 bed (after 1 hour cuddling). Up at 8.15 but no screaming (yeh!). Fed to sleep. Woke 11 and 4, up and chatting to self 5-7.

BTW, yesterday I gave dd calpol 30mins before her injections, and she settled much quicker than last time (you probably already thought of this but I'm a bit slow).

morning meg and bags
well as predicted my night wasn't as good as the daytime sleep. woke at 11 and wouldn't go back to sleep. eventually went back off about 1. woke at 4. brought him in with us and then up at 7 for day. not too bad i guess but not as good as recent days/weeks. glad you both had ok(ish) nights. x

morning girlies
glad there were some reasonable nights out there and tam for ds' nap way to go little man!!!! dd is doing well on the nap front at home, but i know what you mean about getting them used to sleeping elsewhere. she only managed 30 min naps when mil looked after her the other day. guess they just need to feel secure of their surroundings
our night was good, left her to settle herself to sleep, few shouts out but nothing major. woke at 12.15am for a feed so brought her in with us, then nothing til 6.45am..... at least thats my recollection, may well have fed her 6 times on automatic pilot

has anyone got anything nice planned for today?

our night was ok until LO decided to be awake from 5.30...
i had to put him backto bed at 8 as he was so tired, he woke at 9 screaming, i tried to settle him back to sleep, he was so tired. but it wouln't work. so you know what, i had to just leave him. i couldn't help. what a horrible feeling. he cried for 5 mins and then went to sleep.

good night tibs!
i've got bf course today. the little man better behave or i'll put him in the creche!

poor amber
tibsy for your excellent night
Nothing much planned for today. seeing a friend from playgroup this afternoon for a few hours. what about you?

amber i think that sometimes you just have to walk away for your own sanity and if youre anything like me (i hate crying) i jump in too fast before seeing if dd will settle herself. i've left the room the last 4 nights and although dd has shouted out, its not come to anything and shes settled herself within minutes.
sometimes i think they just need to have a verbal protest at going to bed when everyone else is still up and unfortuanely as they cant vocalise it with words, they cry instead
chin up lovely

Morning tibs, amber, tam,

tam - sorry to hear you had a bad one. If it helps, I have already paid for our relatively good one with LO refusing to settle after micronap. She is now balanced on my knee for her very first IT lesson!

nowt much doing here gonna water the garden, stick the washing out and maybe sit outside for a read later.
am a bit bored atm, know that i dont want to start back at work, but i am missing it a bit am also missing the money too .........dont want to leave dd tho

lol amber they always get us back!

same here tibs. my bf started he rown business a few weeks ago and has no time for me anymore >
am starting to feel like i need to use my brain again but don't want to leave ds either
thinking of starting a thread about his recent behaviour. think he's having terrible 2's early? feels like he's changed into a different child in a week

yeah,i left him for a little bit when he woke to try to let him settle himself, but he got really worked up quite quickly. so i did try to intervene, but i think i was just making it worse. eh well.

tam, i know how you feel re. the whiny thing i feel like that atm. most of the time i'm ok, just sometimes gets to me and i feel like pouting, stamping my feet and throwing my teddy out of the pram cant help you re. the 'terrible' twos i'm afraid, ds was an angel and didnt have any probs with him (i kid ye not) dd on the other hand is a different kettle of fish altogether....am anticipating fireworks in the not so distant future. lets hope she starts sleeping thru before then or i may have to trade her in

amber, sometimes we can just cant do right for doing wrong and what works one day wont work another. go figure?!!!!! theyre complex little blighters these lo's hey? gotta love em tho

Hello everyone. We're also undergoing a new nap regime too. If you remember my DD would only ever nap for longer than 30 mins on me. Well given that she will have to go to a CM in Aug I thought I should do something about that and started to put her in the buggy more and take her out. As she's got used to napping without me I'm putting her on a travel cot matress on the floor of the lounge for a lunch time nap. Generally she isn't going for that long but I feel napping out of my arms is progress and she's that much older now and can cope with less daytime sleep.

I'm wondering if that is helping our night time sleep because again I plonked her in the cot awake after her feed and left the room and nothing. (until 10.30) which is unheard of (before this week). I took her into bed and she was wide awake but went back off until 5.45 when I fed her and she slept until 7. She was quite fidgety tho and I was wide awake for most of the night so I don't feel very refreshed!!

Tibsy, I agree with you re shouting out. I think you can tell when it's just an overtired protest. I still wouldn't leave her for too long but I'll give her a couple of minutes see what happens. Remember how Pav and Cruise both said their LO's seemed to be asking to be left? I really think that is happening with me (hope I haven't jinxed it) The other night DD settled brilliantly and I was crouched by the cot but as soon as she saw me que 20 mins of tears.

I'm also bored and feel exactly the same about work even tho I don't really want to go back to my job. However, what do people do all day? DD isn't the best of company if I'm honest.

Tam, ohh terrible twos. When does it get easier? When they've left home?

Hi ginger great news on your napping progress and self settling at night. you deserve a bit of a break.
I know can't believe terrible 2's have started already. Trying not to think about it too much as i don't want to label him a naughty boy as i really believe in self fulfilling prophecy. however i have ordered Christopher's green's toddler taming book to have a look and i'm going to go out to day to get more activity things we can do together as i think some of it could be boredom. Gone are the days of him being happy to potter about at home it's off to the park everyday for me and proper 'activities'. god i'm knackered! xxxx

Tamdin: sorry things are difficult at the moment. Repeat 'It's a phase it's a phase' . The positive side is that he sounds like a lively, involved and bright child who will probably do very well once he's wrestled for some independence!

Dreadful night lst night, DS awake every hour or so and I as doing a radio interview this morning. I'm assured I made sense but I'm not sure how!

I would say that it isn't necessary to go out to work to do something a bit different. What about studying part-time or doing something creative? I'd love to be able to make stuff, but apart from knitting I'm a bit feeble.

slim love the new name
every hour god poor you
what was the radio interview about?

hi ginger and well done on the improved naps its a step in the right direction and definitely something to be proud of. we all sound like fabbo mummies with the effort and patience we've put in and i think we all deserve pats on the back......thats not to say other mummies with sleeping babies arent fabbo as well (just to cover myself!!!! )

slim - for your night. hope the sleep thing is better tonight for you. re. the idea of finding something new to do, i was thinking of taking up sewing. dp has made himself a jacket on 'his' sewing machine. i havent got the foggiest idea how to use it will have to ask him to show me how...

its the everyday conversation at work tho that i do miss. only because my colleagues are also my dear friends and theres an extended network of friendships with clients and other therapists. i do pop in for visits and dd and i help out answering the phones and stuff most fridays, but its not quite the same.

ah well, cant have it all and dd and i have just had a lovely picnic in the garden and have fed the birds. just come back in cos shes getting a bit warm.
hope everyone else having a nice afternoon

tam, ds not a naughty boy, just 'spirited' no, seriously, its nice to see a lo with a bit of fire in their belly......but yes, it is exhausting to keep them entertained. have you got things like gym tots and the like where you are? ds used to like going to the river and play pooh sticks and throw stones. i used to find the dry days were ok, it was the wet ones i needed to get creative.... and i've forgotten everything, curse this 12 year gap

hi everyone

ginger - good for you on teh naps. i struggle with naps if we are out of the house now. what to do if i want to maintain a life. i mean he sleeps for 1/2 hour here and there, but nothing more substantial.
in other news, using diprobase seems to be helping the back of knee rashes, so that is good.

sometimes i toy with the idea of setting up online business or something to keep occupied. but the ideaof having to commit to something - its tough. it can get lonely though this motherhood lark. i try to do something everyday to see people.

radio thing about pioneering woman scientist btw

Hi slim and amber - sorry to hear of your tough nights. Hope you are bearing up well.

I have been at home today in a quest to work on dd's naps, and have been putting her back to sleep on waking. I am trying to get her back in a pattern, but staring at the walls of the flat is already getting to me. Still we have had a bit more sleep today. I'll plod on....

its really hard bags, this staying at home thing. i constantly battle with it.

amber and bags i never went anywhere before lunchtime with ds until quite recently infact the only time i break that'rule' is for playgroup on wednesday mornings. the reason being that he has always needed a late morning nap and if he gets it then he's a breeze for the rest of the day (well until recently that is!)All of my friends know not to ask me to do anything in the mornings. sounds really anal i know but it was the only consistent sleep thing he had going and i didn't want to screw that up. The up side is we have leisurely mornings together and i get 2 hours 11-1 (normally) to get ready have lunch etc. x