Sleep is for the weak part four, we're officially hardcore.

[gingerninja]

Yes ladies we've got a shiny new thread to share our woes of chronic sleep deprivation, to hail all that is gloreous when something works and throw our arms in the air when it all goes wrong again.

One bad night doesn't impress us, we're awake more than we sleep cos we is 'ard I tell ya.

HI krispie. come in come in. you most def qualify for this thread but that you do iyswim.
we have no answers but plenty of sympathy to go round

its weird because she's a very chilled out baby, smiley, rarely cries etc but is a different baby in the night. i have just discovered the power of mediced though and last night she got a block of 5 hours sleep - 7pm - 12 (a record!)

lol krispie dh has gone to chemist on lunch hour for new bottle of medised but ds has devloped a new cold today honest

oh god i know, i justified it by convincing myself she's got a cold too! (well she did sneeze yesterday)

shame on you both!!!

Krispie - my DD was teething from about 5 months to 9 months, she was a great day time baby and at night she was awful. She got soooo much better once she had her first two teeth through...along with her going into her own room and doing babywhisperer...I think a combination of a lot of things....

Oh, and medised helped a little too!
Good luck

Medised stopped working on DS - I think he built up an immunity

I have yet to experience this magic elixir....was saving the trip to the chemist until I'm really desperate, as I'm not sure I can be trusted with the stuff .

i feel like ive been using the 'she's teething' reason for 8 months! now her bottom 2 are through im saying its her top 2! then there's the next 16 aaaarrrrghhhh!
ds was the same. he was 3 before he stopped waking in the night. you foget how hard it is though!

re mediced - i know, will feel v guilty if she ends up drug addict by 15...

bags actually, it seemed to have the opposite effect with dd and sent her hyper

krispie, how old is your other dc now. my first born (ds) was a sleeper, dd's a different story. i was really i thought all babies slept

my ds in just 4, so he literally started sleeping all night just as i had dd. as they get older though its not as bad, ds just wanted me to crawl in with him / glass water / night light on etc and would go straight back off, its the fact you cant communicate with the babies that makes it stressful. (ie SHUT UP AND GO TO SLEEP!)

i was SURE i deserved i sleeper this time round!!

EP, yep stalking

was it so your dh could have more friends on facebook?

i tried medised once when LO was quite snuffly, and it didn't make any difference at all. sigh. his powers of wakefulness outlast any sleep inducing drugs.

Medised also makes Ginger Junior into a disco diva. I found baby nurofen better although it doesnt have the antihistamine in it.

Krispie, I think you more than qualify. My DD is 10 months and has only twice done a six hour stretch.

Tibsy, maybe it's something in the air. I've been in a right old strop all day too, can't decide why although I think it's because work is looming. 6 (?) weeks to go. I don't want to leave my baby even if it is for only 3 days. [huffy emoticon] It probably sounds pathetic but I don't want other people to have the joy of her giggles and cuddles during the day when I can't. See I'm welling up already. Actually I'm in a bigger strop now so I'm off to pick a fight with DH. I'm sure he's not done something right.

ginger bless you!!! dont be too mean to dh 6 weeks? wheres dd going? did you get the job you had the interview for the other week? it doesnt sound pathetic to feel like that at all, i feel the same and am only looking at the prospect of 1 day atm and thats leaving dd with my mum

dd has been awake since 10am and has only just gone to bed at 7.15pm

krispie, did you use any 'methods' or 'routines' to get ds to sleep through, or did he just 'grow into it'? dont know that i want to wait another 2 years 2 months you certainly do deserve a sleeper this time!!

sweet dreams everyone. lets hope for some good ones out there

Well, DS is asleep - took ages to get settled though, think I'm confusing him with trying other ways of getting him to sleep - sigh.

Have emailed those who expressed interest in The Blog. Any other takers CAT me!

Right, off to tinker...

tibsy, i did gf for day naps and feeds with ds. he just never did get the hang of her 'sleeping through at 6 week' rule tho!(what was the matter with him? couldnt he READ?!!)

I tried CC but he would scream and scream for 3 - 4 hours non-stop(live in a terraced house - our neighbours must have HATED us!)until i picked him up. It seemed to make him more jumpy and nervous in the day on the nights i tried CC, so stopped after about a week.

Also tried staying in the room and gently soothing him ( a la tracey hogg)

Co-sleeping helped him (but not me, too squashy).

lambskin rug thing for the cot was a DEFINATE soother (he still sleeps with the bloody thing now)

Basically, i did it ALL, and my personal conclusion is they will sleep through only when they want to which is why i have no method with dd. so sometimes she'll want her dummy, sometimes she'll just want her hands held for a couple of minutes, sometimes i'll take her into our bed. Worse case scenario i'll get her up for an hour to watch tv and give her a bottle of milk and a dose of mediced!

Agree though - dont think i can do another 2 1/2 years of this. That would be 6 years without a good nights sleep!!!!!!

Do any of you have parents, or in laws that have had them overnight?

Re: facebook, DH said ooh it;s great you'll find lots of people you know on there. Registered for an account. One contact from my address book: DH . I have a few friends there now but not that many!

krispie, i quite agree re. the 'when they're good and ready' thing. we've tried most of the same ideas although not the cc. i would find that really hard i have left her for 5 mins or so if i've been on my own and have been close to a meltdown. just to get my head together however.

i havent left dd overnight with anyone yet, one of the main reasons is because shes still waking at night, although having said that, i've had definite improvements the last couple of nights, with one night of her sleeping thru til a.m ...........oh crap, have probably jinxed myself now, is it too late to retract that last sentence
tamdin (tam) left her ds with her folks the other weekend for the 1st time. you were very brave werent you tam!!

EP, lo was unsettled, hope he's kind to you tonight

ep - beware - facebook v addictive!

have left dd twice with my mum who reckons that on BOTH occassions she slept till 7am

why do mums like making you feel inferior to their superior parenting?

yes, facebook is a fabulous timewaster. gee i'll just see if anyone i know from school is on there .... hours later ....

sleepy vibes to all.

xx

do you think your mum will have my dd too. see if she can get her to sleep through
i know, i have to bite my tongue sometimes i know my mum means well, but sometimes, arrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!