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SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK PART 6 - now with added caffeine*

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ImBarryScott · 10/09/2007 08:04

  • I wish.

Morning all,

Hope you find this!

for your rough night Amber.

After a few good ones, we had a crap one too. Up at 1.30, 3, 4.30, 5.30, 6.15........
I think she was a bit overtired last night. Hope we can get her napping better today .

So how were all your nights?

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Tamdin · 10/10/2007 14:33

mothercare

Tamdin · 10/10/2007 14:35

argos

Tamdin · 10/10/2007 14:37

blooming marvellous

Tamdin · 10/10/2007 14:39

baby dan

Tamdin · 10/10/2007 14:39

hope this helps roro. alot of babydan available on line but with postal strike you'd never get it by sat!

Amberjee · 10/10/2007 15:04

john lewis has the baby dan and they have next day delivery option. from memory they have their own vans so aren't relying on royal mail. i think we're about to order this ourselves!

Tamdin · 10/10/2007 16:01

well found amber. I searched JL for roro but couldn't find it

we'll be in the market for one too as soon as ds goes into his own bed as he's used to sleeping between me and dh and so far hasn't had to have 'edge' awareness!

ds had 3 hour nap today!

RoRoMommy · 10/10/2007 16:46

Thanks, this is perfect, now I can order some new sheets for our huge bed!!

Tamdin · 11/10/2007 08:26

morning. ok night here.
ds was hyper last night so didn't go to sleep until after 9.
he slept through until 4
woke for water
then woke at 7 for the day

only thing is he was so restless in his sleep that my sleep was very broken. don't know what it was but if it's his new sleeping style then we'll have to go back to cot because it's tiring lying beside him!

gingerninja · 11/10/2007 08:44

Similar thing here Tam, DD was all over the place when we took her into our bed at 12 ish especially from 5am it was like she couldn't get comfy and using the whole of a king size bed to make her point. She didn't get up properly 'til 6 though so an improvement even though I was awake from 4.50 with the wriggling I've definately noticed that the later she goes to bed the worse the sleep and the earlier she rises. What's that all about then!!

tibsy · 11/10/2007 08:44

hi roro and a sleepy good morning to all!!

dont know what it is, (sleep deprivation aside), but i am permanently knackered and/or hungry. not putting weight on, thank god, although i should be the amount of chocolate i've been scoffing

anyway, for your no water til 4am tam, but for the late night and for the restless young man.

dd was quite restless too, went off brilliantly, but woke at 11.15pm gave her boob straight away, as was too too tired to hold out, or try a bottle [slacker mama emoticon], then nothing til 4.45am, when she had loads of milk and went to sleep without a 90 minute faff around, thank god! woke at 7.15am.
not too bad, but the 11.15pm wake up is a pita

hope there were some successful nights out there

tibsy · 11/10/2007 08:45

hi ginger and for the wriggling, but yey for the slight lie in!

gingerninja · 11/10/2007 08:46

mornin' Tibsy, the waking just after going to sleep is the worst imo because I really struggle to get back off. Hope you have a good day

MegBusset · 11/10/2007 08:51

Hi all...

Tibsy... knackered and hungry... is there something you're not telling us?

Tam and Ginger, glad your nights were OK (apart from the wriggling).

Ours was fine, gave Medised as teething like mad, woke 11, 2, 4 and in with us til 7. He's been refusing food for days now and it was a struggle to get him to have banana this morning, which normally he loves, so he must have a sore mouth...

Got a friend with 2-year-old twins coming over this afternoon, best get child-proofing!

tibsy · 11/10/2007 09:01

meggy, poor lo hope those blardy teeth come thru pronto. 2 year old twins and
lordy, i hope not, need some serious Zzzz's first....actually i think i need to borrow the thicko emoticon that tam used yesterday, think its probably my period on its way.i was crying at an episode of doctors yesterday i'm so out of tune with my cycle atm.

Amberjee · 11/10/2007 09:37

hi tam, ginger, tibs megs.

hope the teeth come through soon megs.
tibs, i can't get used to thethought of having a period again maybe i should keep up hte night feeds for a while longer
ginger, i'm there with you on the wiggling. and the hair pulling, the nose scrunching, the climbing on my back if i dare turn the other way.
tam, sounds like a good night again, apart from the wiggling.
we had an awful night. LO must still be in pain, though he perked up a lot yesterday afternoon. it's like he can't actually drop off to sleep. i think he was mostly awake 1am -6am this morning, mostly in bed with us, but tossing and turning and whinging, and not getting comfy, and never stopping moving. tried to settle him in cot a few times, but he couldn't seem to get to sleep at all, and didn't want to leave him on his own. eeeek, i hope this gets better soon.

EffiePerine · 11/10/2007 10:41

Amber: spoor you. We've been having similar nights recently. Very unsettled, lots of waking and muttering (DS as well as us) and managing to keep us both awake most of the night, or that's what it seems like! Tried Calpol but it didn't help, still I suspect those blardy back teeth . He's fine during the day, napping and eating well, just a nightmare at nights! I'm starting to get that slightly nauseous cross feeling when you have several bad nights in a row. Think it's partly our fault as we've been bringing him back into the living room with us in the evenings if he wakes up so we can actually eat supper while it is still hot - shades of the newborn stage all over again!

Tibs: I am also eating loads and losing/not gaining weight - the advantages of DS feeding all night, I suppose . Though I may be due on as well - my cycle seems to be all over the place atm. Come to think of it, that usually unsettles DS as my milk supply goes down, so that could be part of the problem.

Anyway, congrats to those with good/OK nights and linking arms with those having bad nights - we will get through this!

PS: we have the Babydan bed rail. Warning: DS tried to climb over it the other night . He had one leg flung over and was pulling himself up as I grabbed him. Perhaps climbing is his next developmental stage

EffiePerine · 11/10/2007 10:41

spoor? poor

tibsy · 11/10/2007 13:17

afternoon guys......i've been cheated!! dd usually sleeps 90mins for her nap, she woke after 30 it's gonna be a loooong afternoon.....think we'll have to get out and feed the ducks

amber thats nothing tho, compared to your night. hope youre managing to rest up today love

EP for your unsettled night(s). i guess i should carry on with the night feeds if theyre having this effect glad you managed to catch lo before he hurled himself over the bed rail.....a friend of mine has a lo who climbed out of her cot the other night luckily it was butted up to the bed and she can get down from that safely.
these bubbas will send us prematurely grey, its already started for me, arrrggghhh!!

hope everyone enjoying their afternoons......off to the ducks methinksx

Tamdin · 11/10/2007 13:20

hey tibs for your cheated nap. ds been alseep since 11.30. will be up any minute i reckon. off into our village in search of a birthday present for a 1 year old. Ds has his first birthday party invite tomorrow
enjoy the ducks

formerlyknownasfatslag · 11/10/2007 13:53

Afternoon, all. Ginger, thanks for the advice. We're not really naturals at co-sleeping, I'm always terrified of rolling on him or smothering him with the quilt and am just too tense to sleep with him in bed with me. Also, I never worked out how to let him get to my boob and feed without my help. I'm impressed by those supermums who breastfeed all night and don't even wake up... how do they do it??

After bed at 8 pm, ds2 growled every hour or so until about 11 pm, woke screaming at midnight, screamed again at 2 am and fed at 4 am. ds1 bounced in at 6.30. Why is he waking up so angy? I just don't get it. And how come early in the night he growls and puts himself back to sleep, but later on he can't? What's the difference?

wolfmama · 11/10/2007 14:56

Thanks for the links guys. I have also been looking out for a bedguard so the info was helpful to me too.
Amber - thanks for EC stuff, sort of had a go at some of it, thinking if building more in now lo's 12 months old but daycare are unlikely to run with it si it will have to be very much a part time thing for us.
Tibs, thanks for the info on gradual retreat. Armed with this and Eliz Pantley (which came in today and I've picked up), we'll try again to tackle this. Esp since we've moved to waking 5 times the last couple of nights! Am quite relieved though, now that I've made decision to ignore breast lump which has been present and unchanging since ds born. I've been going to the breast clinic and now they say I should stop feeding to get the tests done. All nice and simple in their eyes but my boy's such a breastmilk addict and I enjoy feeding him so much that it would be a complete nightmare to give it up in a hurry. I've weighed it all up and decided to trust my instincts. I'll keep a close eye on it and get back to them when I think I need them.
Off to take dh for a walk to calm him before he goes off to see his first client - he's a trainee psychotherapist!

Amberjee · 11/10/2007 15:13

wolfmama, do you definitely need to give up feeding for the tests to be done? temporarily or permanently? geez, i can't believe they would suggest that. sigh. some days i feel like giving up BF, but i wouldn't take kindly to anyone telling me to do so. good on you for standing your ground. i'm sure the lump is ok. i've had something recently and haven't heard anything about appointments yet with breast clinic. maybe its better i don't go
well, i think i've come down with whatever virus ds had. super super sore throat, no wonder he's been miserable. we went to the farm today though which was fun and did finger painting, he didn't even try to eat the paint, yay!

EffiePerine · 11/10/2007 15:47

FFS (and that's a good acronym!), DS wakes up angry as well atm - think it's teeth. He wakes and yells until I physically latch him on. At least with him in bed with me I don't need to open my eyes to do so!

Amber: hope you feel better soon. At least the rain seems to be holding off for the time being. BTW, was planning to find that baby cafe in Newington Green tomorrow - where exactly is it?

Tam: DS had his first birthday party at the weekend - all the other babies happily playing sitting around, DS making a break for the stairs/garden every 5 mins. I didn't get to talk to anyone cos I was running after him the whole time!

Amberjee · 11/10/2007 16:33

just head to newington green, it'sat 1-3 green lanes. you won't miss it. it's called 'that place on the corner' for a reason. the french cafe is also lovely on newington green.

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