SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK PART 5....... God have mercy!

[Tamdin]

Can't believe we're onto another new thread already!

meg

Tibsy: fantastic! Sooo pleased for you . The bedside cot thing sounds ideal.

Tam: hope you had another good night

Ginger: gald you enjoyed your trip - and a night out as well! It is nice to do 'normal' stuff occasionally.

Meg: good luck with the move. We're moving a lot of our stuff into storage next week so DH can decorate, feels like a mammoth operation. God know how we will manage to actually move house!

Last night not too bad, DS went down at about 8, woke at 10, 12 and 2ish for milk, into bed with us, think he woke again for a brief feed but not much, then another v brief feed at 6:30 and slept till 7:30. I had been wondering about night weaning as well, but DS still demanding to be fed when he wakes at night. Some nights he doesn't feed v much at all, so am hoping he'll drop some feeds by himself.

Tibs: am also planning to carry on with a couple of feeds after a year, but will be happy to drop the one or two daytime feeds so I don't have to express. I'm only doing it once a day atm but still a bit of a pain.

thanks EP and glad your night was ok too
this night weaning thing a bit of a minefield really i think last night (and the odd full nighters previously) show that dd doesnt really need food but rather comfort sometimes, and she screams blue murder if i refuse. dont want to upset her, so perhaps she will come to it in her own time......with maybe a little gentle persuasion from me!
hope you have a nice day, good luck with the decorating

ibs, how were the naps yesterday?

Hey Tibs, glad for your superb night. Did you do anything different? We have a bed side cot and it worked for me for a while but now DD is moving so much in the night it just wouldn't work. I took her onto the matress with me again last night and she ended up on the floor half a dozen times. I was awake as many times pulling her back onto the matress as I was waking up to her shouting. Keeping her in the cot is te best thing but it's such hard work. I definately think our evenings are better. She's no longer waking to come into my bed but it's not stopping her waking in the night. Don't think there is a miracle cure unfortunately.

Hope you all have good weekends.

Just been sent a letter to say my childminder is handing her notice in. I haven't even friggin started with her and I've only got 3 weeks before I start a brand new job. I'm absolutely gutted to say the least.

what? did the cm give a reason? that's crazy.

Ginger that's tough. I'm sure it's the last thing you want to be thinking about just before you return to work.

Tibs yay for your night!!

Our evening was terrible (must have been in 10 times before midnight) but he was OK once in bed with me, woke 3ish, then 6.30 and finally ten to 8. Had a nightmare getting him down for morning nap though... think we just missed the tired window so he got overtired and ratty.

Morning EP and Amber too

ginger gutted for you. I know how hard it is to find a good cm you feel happy with and to then have to start all over again is terrible. Have you anyone else in mind on such short notice?

Tibs for your night. you deserve another one.

Meg :9 for your night. ds used to do that at his age too. I promise it gets better it just takes time.Hope ds gives you a break and has a long nap this morning!

EP alot of our stuff is in storage from when we moved back home from mcr.Sometimes I remember about it and think oh s**t
where's it all going to go?

Our night was pretty good. ds went to bed later than normal about 8.30 (had been to pizza express with friends) woke at 3 (had 2 oz milk) then woke at 7.30 for the day.

Good points are he's not asking for 11am feed anymore and the 3ish one he's only taking a couple of ounces so hopefully that'll go soon too.

Bad points are he still wants in with us at 11ish and he was very restless last night. Think he was too hot.

anyway still feels like we're making progress so am

sorry forgot to say morning amber

and meg that was supposed to be for your night

Said she'd been offered a job. Which she must have applied for before she agreed to take on my DD and her other two charges. I'm really upset and don't know what we're going to do yet. Such bad timing

ginger is there anyone who can look after dd when you go back as a temporary measure to give you more time to look for a new cm?

unlikely Tam. I don't have any family close by and only friend works part time and has two children herself. If I'd been at my old job I could probably taken leave but it's the fact that I'd just accepted a new job. If I have to give it up I shall be very

could ds take a week off work to buy you another week of looking? crap way to use your holiday entitlement tough

you neer know if you ring your new job on mon and explain that your childcare has let you down they may be happy for you to start at another date?

I know it doesn't make the best impression on a new job but maybe it wouldn't hurt to let them know that dd comes first even at theis early stage!

though and never

spelling getting worse!

hi everyone

yay tibs! here's to another night like that. i too am evangelical about our bedside cot - definitely think it helps maximise sleep in this house!

tam - sounds like an ok night. your not feeding plan is still newish, so i bet you'll see even more improvements soon.

ginger - omg that is awful. i don't know what else to say. it takes such time and care to find the right childcare. it must be a real kick in the teeth for this to happen at such short notice.
do i remember rightly that your new job is near old street? my work is fairly near there ( not far from goswell road ) and i know a couple of nurseries nearby, as we thought at one point dd would be coming up to town with me. i know it would be far from ideal, but if you need a stop-gap, let me know.

ep - glad things were ok for you

meg - hope your day was better than your night. i'm re tony wilson too- he did loads for manchester.

speaking of mancunians, the in-laws are here til mon. dd is in her element with lots of cuddles and fun. just cleared them out of the flat to try and wind down before bedtime!
last night ok. up at 12.30, 3.45, 4.30, then into bedside cot for catnaps. no complaints!

hi baz

not surprised you've kicked the inlaws out for a while before bed time. ds Loves when people call at bed time but he gets so hyped up it takes an extra half hour to get him to bed.

hope you get a good night

must be having a sdd. or a sdn (night)
not wanting to go to bed as dreading wake up calls, even though it hasn't been that bad lately, i'm getting selfish and wanting it to be better than it is.
anyway, will get there. got a fab haircut today so should be pleased with that.
Ginger, hoping that the CM situation works out.
IBS hope the inlaws are not too much trouble!
meg, hope you have a better night
tam - good work on the feeding, though hope more sleep is forthcoming.
lots of love to everyone

xx

amber chin up pet. you're doing Soooooooooooo well. your ds puts mine to shame. think how small he is and he's in his own room and was even sleeping through for a while recently. It's your hormones you'll feel better tomorrow X

Amber you are doing brilliantly, I wish my LO slept like yours! I know what you mean about dreading bedtime but you have already had some through-the-nighters and I'm sure it won't be long before that's the norm.

Bit of all those who have made the bedside cot work, we just couldn't get it to work for us (too big a gap between cot and bed), and where we're moving to the main bedroom isn't quite big enough for the cot and our bed (without making it seem really cramped).

The plan is to have a foldout bed that DH can roll into when LO has to come in to sleep with me. Actually that's plan B, plan A is to ask the paed for some Piriton when we have our appointment and medicate DS to at least one night's sleep!

i know, thanks tam.
he's slept through 2 nights in his life, but i guess that's something! maybe tonight will be number 3 (that's blardy optimism for ya)
Meg, yeah, I know, I so shouldn't be complaining! Just still feel tired a lot, and I was sick earlier in the weak and had thrush on nipples, so hasn't really been a week full of fun.
does the piriton work for eczema? guess if it's an allergy like hayfever it would work. does it have fab sedating properties too?

Amber, apparently (according to Ginger) Piriton helps stop the eczema itching AND has magical sedative powers. I don't think you can use it long-term on LOs but oh for one night's sleep... I think it's prescription only for under-2s so going to ask the paed about it (then beg, plead, etc... )

Has the thrush cleared up now?

fingers crossed for magic piriton.
the thrush is sooo much better, just get the occassional twinge now and then, but is okay. thanks to the magical healing powers of grapefruit seed extract and lots of probiotics.