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

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Tamdin · 30/07/2007 09:46

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

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MegBusset · 15/08/2007 10:37

I fell asleep during DS' morning nap but now feel bizarrely even more tired!

Anyway he had 1,5hrs so let's see if he can make it til 1ish for afternoon nap.

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 10:40

meg, yay for long nap! sorry you don't feel refreshed though.
it is tough choosing between a nap and having some me time. sometimes i lie in bed and read a book and that feels quite good. i really want to get my yoga practice started again, but have to believe that Lo's naps are somewhat reliable and also get myself organised and into gear (hmmm, fat chance ...)

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 10:59

meg that is why i stopped napping when ds does. it was making me feel worse. he only naps 1.5 hours now so it's not long enough for me to get to sleep and feel rested. Every now and agin he doesa 3 hour stint and then i wished i'd slept too. if only i could predict those times!

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Amberjee · 15/08/2007 11:01

if LO ever did 3 hours, i would be so worried!!

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 11:09

they don't happen very often amber but when they do it's heaven because he still sleeps at night!

I've just put ds in his cot, said "time for sleepies", he waved goodbye, I closed the door and he's alseep already! I can tell by the way he's sucking his dummy (through the monitor).....now why doesn't it work at night?

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tibsy · 15/08/2007 11:16

tam, its strange that isnt it? dd almost always is fed to sleep during the day, but at night i lie beside her and she drifts off without nursing (except for last night )theyre funny onions these babies

meg - yay for the long nap. i resent spending that time sleeping, but sometimes i just have to. went to bed with dd for 45mins yesterday afternoon, dont know if i'd have made it thru to bedtime otherwise

amber, thats funny, meant to ask you yesterday if you'd returned to your yoga. i'm feeling very stiff lately myself, i know i should do something, but never seem to get motivated

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 11:37

i do a bit tibs, but it's hard, i used to have a solid 2 hours a day 6 day a week practice ...
but that also takes a lot of mental headspace, rather than just time, so is still tricky in a lot of ways. i think it will only start to come together once i am prepared to leave LO with someone and go to a studio to practice, so that i have the time and the space away to myself to focus.
people keep saying why don't you just teach mum and baby yoga, but actually my yoga is about me time. but then i remind myself that parenting is BIG YOGA anyway.

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 12:26

amber have only ever done body balance which is a class at my gym which mixes a few yoga types and incorporates stretching etc.
have always been too nervous to got to a 'proper' yoga class incase im crap at it. esp the fast moving one when you have to know the names of the positions etc. looks complicated!

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claireybee · 15/08/2007 12:59

ibs i think it is a common thing with non sleeping babies that they are also the ones that get frustrated and always want to be moving on to the next developmental level-you very rarely find that the ones who sit placidly in the bouncer are bad sleepers. I like to tell myself (and anyone who dares question dd's sleeping habits!)that it is because they are so intelligent that their brains can't just switch off in the same way! dd has been much happier since she has been able to move and her sleeping has improved in line with her development altogether.

Am pleased to report an EXCELLENT night here! dd went to bed at 7.30, was fussing on and off until i went to bed at 10 so was psyching myself up for a bad one. woke up at 11.30 crying, just went in covered her up again, stroked her cheek a bit and then left room. Heard some murmers from her at some point in early hours but didnt develop into anything and she woke up at 6.50! Wow! Hopefully that really is it for the night feeds now and you'll not be seeing much more of me (well until december when i'll be back baggy eyed and haggard wondering why the heck i decided to have another baby).

I should probably point out that every other time i have tried to either reduce milk or cut it out completely it has been unsuccessful (even 3 weeks ago) so i think dd must just be ready now. also i didn't just do it, before i put her to bed i told her that i wasn't going to give her milk in the night but would give her water and cuddle her and help her get back to sleep if she needed me to. Her response was "Thank you" and a cuddle so i'm not convinced she really understood what i was saying but it made me feel less mean about it!

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 13:18

tam, yep i know body balance.
with yoga you just have to start at the beginning. doesn't matter if you're not flexible/don't know names etc, just have to find a class with a teacher you like and go from there. easier said than done with a baby though. the thing i love about yoga is that it can be for any ability level. i've worked with people with parkinsons doing yoga mostly sitting on chairs, and i've seen the most physically demanding practices while i was in india. in the end all the postures are superfluous as the goal is to quiet the mind.

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 13:20

my LO is blowing raspberries in his cot - that's what he thinks of his afternoon nap!

MegBusset · 15/08/2007 13:32

Clairybee, so pleased for your success. The thought of your DD saying "Thank you" and giving you a cuddle made me go all mushy...

DS barely even got to 12 before needing his lunchtime nap, and has only just woken up now! So much for getting through the day on just two naps...

claireybee · 15/08/2007 13:56

Thanks Meg. It was cute!

choolie · 15/08/2007 14:04

ok, so now he's not interested in his daytimenaps either, am taking comfort from your kind words, thankyou! and also the fact that I probably have a child genius on my hands who will develop quickly??? hope so. I've done the only thing one can do in this situation, gone to the shops for chocolate, made a batch of choc brownies, which i am now munching on whilst DS has a kick on his playmat.

give me strength to get through the night ahead (or at the very least, a win on the lottery).

please forgive me for being so me, me, me at the moment, when I've only been on here a couple of days, but it's just so good to be able to talk about this honestly!!!

choc brownie anyone?

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 14:13

well done on the chocolate brownies choolie! how did you get time to make them. i'm thinking about making dinner. thinking. not doing.

choolie · 15/08/2007 14:44

well, left him in his pram in kitchen with me, chewing his blanket and every so often I'd push the pram back & forth (altho still no sleep!). my next returns lady did come round to pick up a parcel and catch me chattering away to him tho, at least i made somebody laugh today!

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 15:26

i'll have one of your choc brownies please choolie, need an afternoon pick me up!

cheered myself up this morning by doing an online shop with mini boden for ds and topshop for me! it'll prob all go back but at least there are 2 exciting parcels to look forward to this week

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gingerninja · 15/08/2007 15:27

Hello all, sorry haven't got much time so can't catch up with everyone indiv. Hope you're all well tho.

Meg, My DD had an hour n half awake last night perfectly happy with me, just not sleepy. This was at 2 oclock! I sometimes find myself wide awake in the night tho so she's obviously taking after me.

Amber, you're right. My DD definately didn't settle with solids in fact I think it made it worse for a while. I won't be any hurry to start solids with the next one(no there is no gossip there people), the first couple of months are such a faff. You prepare lovely food. Miss the tiny window of opportunity to feed them so they're too tired and just push it into their ears and it takes half an hour to clean up.

Tibsy, I love camping. We got a new tent the year before getting pg with DD so haven't had much opp to try it out. I've camped all over the place. Love it. Although getting a bit old for the middle of the night toilet trip. Hope you have fun.

I did yoga for a couple of yrs before LO and was still as useless as when I started. I'm the most inflexible person in the world and struggle big time to relax. I never mastered the art of emptying my mind during that bit at the end of the class. Pilates tho, I love and had great strength before LO but haven't done it since and miss it terribly. Did think about training to be an intructor at one time but don't think I've got it in me anymore.

Ohh, nights. Last two OK although hasn't settled at about 12 so plonked her in with me and she's done ok until 6.30 ish, wakings but briefly (expcept for the long one last night). She's really moving about tho now. Late crawler and isn't so much crawling as bum hopping everywhere. It's dead funny to watch. Now she can get to the TV her favorite game is to turn it on and off.

Tibsy, is your DD still doing 2 naps? Pretty certain DD is dropping the first but don't know how she'll make it through to lunchtime if she doesn't.

choolie · 15/08/2007 15:36

Ahh, isn't online shopping the best when you've got a baby?!! i was getting all sorts of parcels in the early days. sadly now i've reached my unpaid leave, so it's back to basics with everything. he's worth it tho!

MegBusset · 15/08/2007 15:48

LO currently having last nap, will have had 3.5hrs today, not sure if it's a good or bad thing! Good in that I have had time to do three loads of washing, but not sure if it will mean he's wide awake at 3am again (I don't quite buy this sleep = sleep thing, never seems to work for my DS!).

Mmm, brownies...

Amberjee · 15/08/2007 15:48

i'm an onlineshopaholic!

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 16:00

me too amber! can't stay away from boden for ds, topshop (to make me feel i'm still young!)and the white company and graham and green for house things!

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Amberjee · 15/08/2007 16:31

i can't believe it's my turn to go out on sat night and all my friends are booked up and/or away. sigh. thinking maybe we'll try taking ds out for a 6pm dinner or some such.

Tamdin · 15/08/2007 16:41

2 of my f's are away atm too amber. one is in ibiza (living it up but she is childless and husbandless) and the other is in spain with her dh and dc's visiting family. She text me last night at 7pm to say they were still lying by the pool

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EffiePerine · 15/08/2007 18:14

Well DS fell asleep in his highchair today according to DH . Hoping for a peaceful night as we also have to pack hundreds of books, clear out the desk, sort the rest of the CDs... looks like a late night for us.

I'm heading off to visit family for a couple of weeks from tomorrow so internet access will be sporadic . Hope to see improvements on my return

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