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?

Tamdin - sorry to hear you've been under the weather - hope you're feeling better soon.

amber for your reasonable night.

Tibs - what cuties!

for good nights out there... ours was a bit , lots of brief stirrings but only two feeds (1ish and 4ish, seems to be the current pattern). Awake at 6.30 but managed to get him back to sleep in bed with us til 7.30.

Tibsy your LOs are gorgeous!

Hello all, we had a rotten night but in fairness she's got at least two teeth coming. She was wriggling around and lots of tears and didn't settle in bed with us so must have caused her some discomfort.

Tibsy. Your bubbas are absolutely gorgeous. What a handsome little man your DS is and your DD looks like she's going to be a heart breaker too.

DD has been really napping well the last few days. Going past her 30 minute mark almost every time. Totally inexplicable but I'm loving it. Means I can get to work growing veggies in my new greenhouse!

Actually one thing, not sure if I've mentioned it, DD has started to sleep on her tummy which seems to settle her for longer. She is also sleeping with her bum in the air which is very cute. When she comes to bed with us it's a bit awkward as she starts crawling backwards around the bed until she's comfortable which is geneally when she's got most of the bed and me and DH are hanging off the other side.

ginger have also had unsettled nights. dh and i both sick and ds getting top 2 eye teeth now (will it ever end!...by the time all their teeth are through it'll be time for them to start falling out)
LOL at the crawling backwards thing. ds did that until he found the spot he liked, the cheek of him!
anyway. glad your dd has been napping well for you both. Ds's naps are the one constant and i rely on them!
hope you get a beeter night tonight

better

morning all. mixed night here. teething atm so took an hour (7-8) to get him to sleep then slept ok(ish) until 3 then was unsettled again 3-5. Am really feeling it today after being ill all weekend. Am left with a tired achey body which isn't particularly condusive to motherhood!
would love a day under my duvet with some good films and a box of chocolate. Am hankering after pre ds days today
anyway am hoping some of you had good nights

hi girlies and ginger, hope you had a better night. poor lo and her teeth, thats really knocked dds sleeping about too. she sounds so cute tho with her little bottom to the stars! am very of your greenhouse. havent got the room unless want to give up the lawn, but am growing lettuce in a window box, tomatoes in a hanging basket and peas and cucumber plants in pots!!!

tam, hope youre feeling bit better my darling and hope lo isnt suffering too much with his teeth what a toothy little lot they'll be!

our night was ok, mushy mamma alert trying to get dd back out of habit of falling asleep on boob so put her in her cot and just stroked her little head til she went to sleep. was one of those moments, aaaahhhhhhh she just woke to be fed after that, several times, but was ok

hope there were some good nights out there

not mushy at all tibs that's what motherhood's about

Tam: hope you're feeling better today. Illness on top of no sleep is awful - is there someone who can look after DS for a few hours so you can get some sleep?

Ginger: for your bad night.

Not great here - routine went to pieces yesterday as only managed abrief morning nap and took ages to get him to sleep (again briefly) in the afternoon. Unsettled night, but he did manage one 2.5 hr stretch, so better than it could have been. Then wide awake at 5:30 and bouncing round the cot - gave up and got up with him at 6, but then he was yelling with tiredness by 7 so DH put him back to sleep while I got ready for work - zzzzzzzzzzzz

sorry tam, had typed part of my message then had to get the door, so x posted. i know what you mean about hankering after a day when you can just curl up and not worry about having to look after everyone else
maybe theres a gap in the market for a place that tired mummies can go to. would have a creche and lots of rooms with huge beds (that the mummies dont have to share with anyone!!) gorgeous downy quilts, tv and a library of every chick flick made, a fridge full of comfort food, or even better, room service.......oh god, better stop teasing myself, and you
seriously tho, hope you manage to get some rest today and recharge yourself

thanks slim. may take ds up to my mum again today (i go to but when there can do very little!)
tibs your mummy creche sound like heaven

They all seem to be teething at the same time - had two wakings 11pm and 2am both fed and put down, shouldn't have fed at 11pm but I was so damn tired I just wanted to go back to sleep. DH wanted to try and settle and I know that most of the time I will have to go and feed her anyway by midnight so I wanted an extra hours sleep.

Her other bottom tooth coming, she has been the one toothed girl for a month now.

Morning all and hope you all feel less knackered than I do!

DS was v well-behaved in the restaurant yesterday, smiled at all the waiters then fell asleep in his car seat. Had to feed him in the loos though as I'm not brave enough to get 'em out in public

I did hope that after such an exciting day he might have been worn out enough to sleep better, but no such luck. Awake every half hour from 8 til 10.30ish, then I fed him, then awake at 2ish and 4.30ish for feeds with a few more wakings in between, then in with us from 5.30 til 7.30. Not the worst night ever, but I'd had a tiring day and two glasses of champagne so it was all a bit much!

Tam, sorry you're feeling so rough. Hope you improve soon. You're really not allowed to feel sorry for yourself when you're a mum are you. It definately spells the end of self indulgence.

Tibsy, I have mushy moments too especially now DD is putting her arms out to be picked up and rests her head on my shoulder. Makes me feel all warm and squishy. Feels like life has meaning.

Our night was OK after an unsettled evening. I went to bed with her at 9.30 and she slept until 4ish although i was wide awake at 3 and couldn't sleep!! She has a very runny nose and is generally quite upset at the mo and I can see the teeth just there. They take forever to come through don't they.

Met a woman in the park yesterday who told me that her LO had slept though from 7 weeks and had never been disturbed by teething

Tapster and Meg, crossed posts. for your unsettled nights.

Meg, I was a bit self conscious about bf in public at first but once I'd done once it was fine. No one seems to notice anyway. You could use a shawl if you feel exposed. I started to get a bit self conscious again as DD got past the 6 month stage. I think only because I know that so few women bf after 6 months but no one ever commented and we're only on one bf a day now anyway. Those days were so much easier than bottles and weaning.

ginger - hope you gave the woman in the park a good thump! aint it just lovely when they snuggle into you? mushy mamma alert 2!

meg - as ginger says, it does get easier. i used to be a bit self conscious, now i'll get em out anywhere!! sorry about those half hour wakings, i absolutely hate those. we had a night like that a few days ago lets hope for an improvement tonight, a belated bday pres maybe!

tap - yey for the 2nd tooth and that sounded like quite a good night, despite the teething

ginger the woman in the park is lying snd is so insecure that she can't admit the truth for fear of it reflecting on her! either that or she put her lo in another wing of the house from 7 weeks and only went back in the morning

hi everyone,

for all those dodgy nights - seems to be a bit of an epidemic.

Tam - hope your LO is gentle with you today, and that you can sneak some rest.

Ginger - that woman in the park was definitely lying. Or defining "through the night" as any 3 consecutive hours between 7-7.

Unsettled night here too, and LO is in a funny mood today. I have gone from feeling like a new woman to feeling like and old woman. Can I book into the mummy creche as well?

The more of us out there BFing in public post 6 months the I better and more comfortable it will be for everyone. I do get more weird looks especially as I have a very large 7 month old girl.

I do start thinking my girl is the only baby in RL that doesn't sleep through the night. I used to reassure myself that it is actually unhealthy for babies under 6 month old to sleep through the night as have a higher incidence of respiratory illnesses and cot death. Over 6 months any benefits to niht wakings, I don't think so...

Tapster, if I believed everyone at my NCT group, mine is the only baby over 12 weeks to a) not sleep through, b) never have been given a bottle, and c) not be in their own room, let alone end up in bed with us most nights...

I love the look on peoples face tho when i'm totally honest about DD sleeping. It's normally along the lines of them; "does she sleep well?" Me; "no she's a total shit and is up all night" Conversation; ENDED

me too ive given up and im now o n anti dipressants

so who knows i cant break her night feeds dr has signed me off for two weeks i might try just giving her water or letting her scream

sorry to be so blunt

hugs to all those who had bad nights and congratulations to those with good nights

Meg I stopped going to my NCT group 2 months after giving birth as it felt they ganged up on me for being the only one to not give a dummy, never been given a bottle (still not at 7 months) and not planning to give any formula until at least 6 months (probably now 12 months). I now meet up with another bunch of women that accept we all have different parenting styles. Once I stopped meeting up with the NCT group I felt a whole lot better! My nearest LLL is quite far away but if I had had one nearer I would have gone.

Booby, sorry things are so tough for you. Hope you're getting some support in the rw too.

Hi Booby,
Sorry to hear that things are so difficult. I hope the break from work helps. Big hugs.