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?

I also find it difficult to go back to sleep - especially if DD wakes after 3am, which she did last night for 45mins.

Sorry havent been posting as we have been at MIL - DD decided the first night to wake every hour and I have a bad cold not much fun - moved her cot into our the room we slept in and only woke up once but for 1.5 hours.

Feel a total prisoner due to naps and weather - when will this bloody rain ever stop.

DD now been asleep since 9.30am for 1.5hours, catching up from the weekend.

doh TIBS

tapster you've been feeling rotten and no, this weather doesnt help. feels like its been raining forever yey for the 1 wakeup but it was such a long un. why do they do that?
hope you manage to get some rest today

Sorry for the rotten nights Meg, Ginger, Tap
Glad for the better ones Tibs, MsA, Amber.

And as for Tam, well for your champagne quaffing antics!

Although not for the hangover, obviously.

Tam, hilarious"! good on you girl. boo for the hangover though. at least you can't blame the tiredness on LO for once

tibs, i guess i'm lucky in that ds has been quite consistent in weight gain and i know he's fine on breastmilk for now, so anything he actually ingests of the solid food variety is just a bonus. i'm not that worried if he just smears it all in his hair to be honest. makes for an amusing video to send home to the grandparents. i'm going by the mantra "until they're one, its just for fun".

amber, i quite agree, think i would have been much more relaxed if dd was a bit chunkier. have only just started to get my head around the fact that its just her physiology and physicality. ds was the same and he was ff. dp and i just produce titchy babies .... although ds turning into a strapping young man now he's nearly taller than me, although as i'm only 5ft 2, thats not difficult

bet your titchy babies are adorable!

Lo asleep in pram - joy!

Morning everyone!

Any good nights to be had???

Bit dodgy here - LO was up quite a lot, and it having another dummy-crazed phase. I hope it passes, as the idea of going cold turkey sends a chill through me. I'm not too bad today though, as DH helped a lot.

Mind you, this was her first night in her new bedside cot, after outgrowing the moses basket. Perhaps she'll settle as she get used to it [wildly optimistic emoticon].

is having.

bags, big sigh for dodgy night.

we did ok. i did a dream feed at 9.30. woke at 3 for a feed, then 5, screamed for a bit for some unknown reason then backuntil 7. feel quite good. don't know what hte screaming was in aid of, something clearly wasn't right.

Morning Amber!

Glad your night wasn't too awful. Inexplicable screaming's a toughie though - hope he's more settled today .

morning bags and amber!
amber poor lo, hope he's ok this a.m
bags for dodgy one. hugs to you both

ours was ok. bed at 6.45pm she was disturbed at 11pm by ds, and wouldnt settle with a cuddle so i fed her. think she may have had a tummy ache anyway as let off a couple of top trumps when i put her back in her cot, parp!!!!! woke at 5.45am for day

i feel like poo tho, dont know why? dd a bit mardy this a.m so gave her to dp whilst i showered. didnt fancy my chances of getting one otherwise

hope there were some good ones out there

morning all
amber and bags glad you don't feel too bad after your dodgy and ok(ish) nights.
Tibsy early start but that was still a 6 hour block wasn't it? she's doing really well
We had a good night. ds went to bed at 8, woke at 2.30 for bottle then woke at 6.30 for the day. Was in his cot the entire night too which was slightly better as you know i like co-sleeping but i def get a deeper sleep when he's not kicking me in the face
am in a bad mood this morning though as dh p*d me off moaning about the 'food' situation.
think i should prob start another thread rather than bore you all with it!
he's such a sweetheart and not at all the 'traditional' type (ie is a very modern man!) but the one thing we bikker (sp?) about is dinner. I feel like i'm never away from the Fg shops and yet he's constantly asking what there is to eat. i feel like shouting have a F*g look!
it's because his bloody mother (who i love really) churned out organic home cooked 'jamie oliver stylee' meals every night for his entire life. if he thinks i'm seriously going to stand and cook all day he's delusional!
The thing is i do make dinner evry night and it's always freash but we eat very differently. i love pasta and salads and 'picky' food whereas he could eat cassserole type food every night.
anyway...don't know whre i'm going with this. just having a moan

my stars didn't quite work out so incase you're uncertain on any level that would be

pissed
fucking

oh and ....

fucking

ahh, there's nothing like a sweary rant to help make things better. You're right to moan.
I blame Nigella for raising expectations that we should cook four courses every night and look gorgeous to boot.

Anyway, glad your night was reasonable.

and Tibs, LOL at your dd's bottom symphony.

Bag's what's a dummy crazed phase? Does he just want it all the time? If so, don't worry about it. Mine did exactly the same and now only has it for bedtime and if she's mega upset. They cry less and less as they get bigger and get more interested in other stuff, especially things they can't have like the laptop so they naturally stop using it as much.

Tibs, these good nights seem to be becoming a habit. Please find that sleepless baby again else we might have to kick you off

Tam Food is one thing my DH doesn't moan about. He prefers to cook calling it self preservation . How did these women find the time to cook these splendid meals? I guess they plonked the baby in a play pen and got on with it. I opened the computer to try and find a recipe for cannellini beans and found myself on mumsnet

Tam - get your DH to cook dinner (and get the food) just once a week, then he will realise what a pain it is. Worked a bit for my DH, but my heart sinks when he says whats for dinner/lunch. DH hates cooking but loves eating my food. Between trying to feed my fussy DD and my DH I spend all the time thinking about what to cook, shopping and cooking. Its the most frustrating part of my life together with no sleep!

We had an awful night - we decided to go back to GR as DD feels better so when DD woke at 11.40pm DH settled her, she woke up again after 5mins then he got her back off at 12.30am, again for 5mins which he didn't realise I was then up with her until 1.45am - she was completely wide awake. She is going through a developmental spurt I think - trying to crawl and trying to talk, she is too excited to sleep. She doesn't seem hungry just pleased to see me.

DH and me had another big row about sleep training this morning. I still have a bad cold after 10 days and really didn't want to discuss sleep just drink my tea and get through the day. Arghhhhhhhh

Tam - get your DH to cook dinner (and get the food) just once a week, then he will realise what a pain it is. Worked a bit for my DH, but my heart sinks when he says whats for dinner/lunch. DH hates cooking but loves eating my food. Between trying to feed my fussy DD and my DH I spend all the time thinking about what to cook, shopping and cooking. Its the most frustrating part of my life together with no sleep!

We had an awful night - we decided to go back to GR as DD feels better so when DD woke at 11.40pm DH settled her, she woke up again after 5mins then he got her back off at 12.30am, again for 5mins which he didn't realise I was then up with her until 1.45am - she was completely wide awake. She is going through a developmental spurt I think - trying to crawl and trying to talk, she is too excited to sleep. She doesn't seem hungry just pleased to see me.

DH and me had another big row about sleep training this morning. I still have a bad cold after 10 days and really didn't want to discuss sleep just drink my tea and get through the day. Arghhhhhhhh

tapster glad it's not just me! feel like i'm constantly thinking about what to make ds and dh too. sainsbury's staff know me and say hello!
re arguing with dh over sleep training. luckily my dh is very 'into' oliver james (child/family pyschologist)so is happy for ds to be in our bed/go with the flow. Not to say we haven't had our fair share of squabbles when we're tired.

ginger i also blame mn for my dwindling organised life

tapster you're still feeling rotten with the cold. these developmental milestones def affect los sleep i've found.

ginger pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssseeee let me stay you know it'll all go to shit in a few days anyway thats me being realistic, not pessimistic btw

tam bah,...... dp now knows not to expect any dinner, so when he does get something, its a bonus and he loves it ......only joking btw, i'm not quite that bad. its hard being a sahm sometimes, to get the balance. yes, i do see cooking as part of my 'job', but i start to feel resentful if its expected iyswim? dp is good in that he'll cook when he's home early enough i seem to end up doing the same things week in week out sometimes. i order my shopping online and just go to my favourites and order the same things. note to self: become more adventurous in the kitchen

Morning everyone. Bags sorry you had a crap night, you weren't alone though! Ours started really well... not a peep until 10.30 (not even half-hour flail) but then woke up with a soaked sleeping bag so we had to change him. After that he woke every 1-2 hours, although only needed feeding once more, then in with us from 6 til 8.30. If only we had more room I would get a bigger bed and co-sleep all the time, it's sooo much easier! although by 8.30 my arm had gone to sleep from being curled above DS' head.

Re: food, I don't know how anyone manages to have a fresh meal in the first year of their child's life. My lovely DH does most of the cooking, and even so we are fairly reliant on freezer stuff like pies, chips etc. Though he does knock up a lovely pasta sauce.

Also if I'm not about much at the mo it's because I'm having problems getting on to Mumsnet, something to do with the banner ads that my MacBook doesn't like, it takes forever to load each page so I can't check posts very often...

I'm back online, lots to catch up on but no time atm! Will be working on Blog this week if I get a chance, so:

If you want to be involved as an administrator or poster please email me at personalnotbusiness at gmail dot com. I can then harass you individually for content

Sleep: bah, routine shot at weekend and DS got hardly any sleep . He's cathcing up now but still pretty grumpy (as are we). In fact, we all crashed out for a nap yesterday afternoon - DH slept for 3 hours, DS for 2 and me for one and a bit

But wedding was fine and I didn't fall over or do anything embarrassing

Oh and do we need to start a new thread? We're running out of room fast

meg for your night. hope you manage to get some rest today

EP - glad to have you back with us!! and glad you had a good time at the wedding. will email you with my details to be a poster

Glad to have you back EP . Good to hear the wedding went well, but for your ds's lack of sleep.

Meg - sounds like a really rough night . I'm glad it's not just me who is a bit over-reliant on the freezer at the moment. DD is often unsettled in the evening so I need things I can "cook" with one hand!

Tap for your night. It's even harder when you can't agree with DP what to do (we have this from time to time).

Ginger - thanks for the reassurance re the dummy . DD has been really cranky day and night for the last 2 days, and lots of nocturnal "replugging" of the dummy has had to be done. It's a right pain, but at least it means she settles quickly, I suppose .