SLEEP IS FOR THE WEEK part 7 -- prop your eyes open with matchsticks here

[MegBusset]

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morning lovelies

meggy - so pleased that your darling boy is off the oxygen. i hope you get to go home really soon. rest up darling xx (((hugs)))

charlie - thats fantastic (night and dh) whenever dp looks after dd, i come home to find a house that looks like its been hit by a tornado he can only do one thing at a time, bless him
i'd utilise him more often, he may do the hoovering next time

roro poor little man and his teething. hope you managed to get some rest and lo wasnt in pain

beal what a great night!! moving near to your mum sounds good. we're fortunate in that both sets of grands and not too far.......oh, i love the name noah, one of my faves

well, our night was ok. bed at 9pm after a mammoth 3 hour nap in the day
stirred at 12 for a backrub!
woke at 4am for a cuddle
bf at 5.10am
still asleep now!!!

hope there were some good nights to be had

morning all

meg so pleased ds doing better. you must have been so worried. big hug to all.

morning tibs beal and EP

good night here bed at 8.30
woke at 7.30 for day

unfortunately though dh has whatever ds has and was up all last night vomiting so i didn't really sleep because i was trying to ask him if he was ok every hour or so. not much help but better than lying sleeping while he's chained to the bathroom i guess

tibs no bf unti after 5 is still very good little pet

EP poor you having to leave ds and dh in bed sleeping. hope your work thing goes ok tonight.

beal the ds/dd/dh thing is mumsnet legend, don't think i could leave it behind!!

EP for your night and poor teething lo. also you had to leave the 2 sleeping beauties to go to work. your turn on the weekend hope it goes well tonight, is it a work thing or a socialising work thing?

Tam for ds's night, but for poor dh. thats just the pits. thanks re. the bfing. yep, i'm really pleased with that, i figure it's just a matter of time before she gets bored of waking up for just a backrub or cuddle

Oh, no, Tam! Poor DH! The same thing happened to me and DH/DS about a month ago, and it nearly set me back to newborn days insofar as sleep was concerned because first it was DS, then ME, then DH, and of course I was taking care of BOTH of my boys.

Beal, my DS is Ronan (that's why I am RoRoMommy, as if you couldn't guess), and I get confused with the DS1/2/DD, too, but I understand where Tibs is coming from--my DH thinks the whole thing is hilarious, and he's even started calling me DW for fun. I think it's a great idea to move hear your mum, I am hoping things will get easier for us when my mum moves in with us from LA (though of course that brings along with it loads of other potential issues), but it will definitely ease the stress off of me and DH, and we'll probably start getting along better overall. More sleep=happier people.

Tibs, Tam and EP, those aren't bad nights at all! EP, this teething business is serious...poor LOs, no wonder we're designed to forget this time in our lives.

Okay, drum roll please...bed at 6:30, up at 8:30, then 10:30 a quick feed, woke up at 2:45 because DH came to bed from the couch , fed both sides (hungry!), then 4:30 another feed, dozed until 6:00am! Now that was a stellar night, and I feel great today. Little man is asleep now, went down for his morning nap at 7:45 after more calpol (thank god for that stuff).

Meg, how are you, DH and little DS today? I have my fingers crossed and I'm holding my breath for a positive update...

Oh, and CM, whenever DH takes DS he wants a gold star or something, it's so funny to hear him talk about it to me and especially others, and I love that DH wanted you to share with us his accomplishments. Good for him! Gold star.

EP, I hope your work thing doesn't keep you too late. I am supposed to go to this networking thing for American Lawyers tonight, and I don't know if I can stand it because DS will be asleep by the time I get home.

hi everyone, just a quick one as have to rush off to doctors (and leaving slightly early for coffee detour )

but if anyone is lacking on sleep today, i've got some excess i can share around. so let me know. but it sounds like there were some decent nights.

ds slept from 8 to 8.30 with a 10 minute wakeup and feed at 5.30. i stayed in bed until the very end too i was sooo lazy!

Amber!
[clapping madly]

Morning all ... lots of sleeping going on, wahey! Ro, Effie, beal and Amber, I'm ! Poor Tam though, when they suffer so do we, eh? Hope you are all recovered soon. Good for your DH Charliemama ... tell him to keep it up. tibsy you made me laugh because I read your post as 'it looks like the house has been hit by a tomato'!

Best wishes to Meg and LO ... ... hopefully get an update soon, fingers crossed for them.

We had what could have been a brilliant evening ... 6.15pm in sling to calm down, upstairs to dark bedroom for PJs and BF, rocking and then down to sleep by 8.35 - looking veeery good. Woke typically after 45 mins , what's with these damn sleep cycles! I started settling all over again but was tired and impatient and full of snot so got DP to take a turn. Within 10 mins I can hear hysterical crying and DP's managed to undo all my hard work by leaving crying DS in cot and going 'shhhh' lots, despite DS quite obviously getting very upset and very awake. All he needed to do was pick him up for a cuddle and a rock! But he thinks DS should be able to lie there and just go to sleep (I wish this too but am waaaay more realistic), so he just sat there while DS howled.

I was as nice as possible when I pointed out that I have a rotten cold, am exhausted, am trying not to BF to sleep every time but have to if DS is that upset, DS prob also has cold starting and I wasn't impressed at starting long painful wind-down process all over again . DP was kind of sheepish and shuffled off after that.

Eventually got DS down in cot sidecar after 11 but woke at 12-something and came into bed with me. Fed 3 times in night, not sure when, and woke at 6.30. Sorry to rant folks but am terribly worried about what will happen when I go back to work in a couple of months and DP is in charge of DS all day. Men! tsk!

CSB, don't worry about your DH taking over the day shift when you go back to work. Not only will he have a new found respect for all you've been doing but he will eventually find his own rhythm. I worried about my DD going to nursery because she'd never had anyone but I or DH putting her to bed but they are very adaptable and soon work it out.

Tam, for your DH hope he's feeling better.

I can't remember anyone else's night so I'll just have to do a blanket and . Sorry. Mine wasn't great because I was ill. DH took the reigns with DD and had a bit of a rough night by all accounts.

roro for your night my love!! dp does that too, falls asleep on the couch, then comes up to bed at silly-o-clock, dropping his boots noisily onto the floor, grrrrrr!!! hope tonight goes ok for you. must be hard if you've been at work all day to drum up any enthusiasm to be out at night too. i imagine you just want to rush home to your men.

amber thats fab darling!! have you made your appt for the scan yet? just wondered...enjoy your coffee

tam - meant to ask how ds's naps are going, has he still cut down?

csb wonder what that would have looked like? ..... for your evening, its so hard, especially when you're feeling under the weather. am sure that dp will be keen to rock him to sleep when he's doing it full time. anything for an easy life i reckon

ginger youre feeling rough my love. hope you manage to get on top if it soon. poor dd, teeth?

Amber, did I miss something? Are you expecting?!?!? If so, congratulations! I am jealous. Quite clucky at the moment.

Ginger, I am so sorry you're feeling bad, it really makes the rest of it seem overwhelming to me when I am ill, but good for DP for taking over DD. Poor DD, I hope she feels better, too.

CSB, LOL re: tomato, that really made me laugh, thanks for that! So sorry you had a rough night, and DP will certainly get with the program eventually, no one likes to hear a baby cry and once my DH realized that a child under one year old rarely consistenty self-settles, he embraced (pardon the pun) the opportunity to settle him (seeing it in part as a contest against me and the "power of the boob" ). Our thoughts are with you, and you know you've got all our support! Wish somehow we could offer more.

For some reason I am feeling very delicate today. Ready to burst into tears at the slightest provocation, mostly in reading some of these posts of poor women who couldn't bf for whatever terrible (meaning the situation was terrible, not the decision) reason. Also, ready to cry at reading any story about LOs and the cute things they do. Also tearful about Meg and her DS...and generally wanting to have a good cry I suppose. Great situation at work.

Decided to blow off the evening event, can't face another evening not being able to spend time with DS whilst he is awake. Why is this getting harder rather than easier?

Tibs, LOL at your DH's similar habits. When will they realize that their actions have NOISY consequences??

P.S. couldn't resist adding one more photo of DS showing how incredibly fat he is...

Lovely pics RoRo: the one of him shouting looks remarkably familiar

roro - no, it was a breast scan for amber. not pg, well not that i know of ........oooohhhhh,your ds is so scrumptious, i could just eat him

still here - no new baby yet!

amber - congrats!!! (ashamed to say i only skimmed posts - when are you due?)

and to good and bad nights (i'm really sorry for lack of individual posts - i just don't have the energy, i'd forgotton how shit the end of pg is!)

megs - hope ds is doing ok for you for being so strong

beal - thanks for the offer of pram but currently have my eye on the new icandy pear (and dh has an awfully snobbish view of buying 2nd hand but doesn't object to me selling things on!!!)

oh...sorry amber - got caught up in the pg drama! hope boob scan goes ok

oh god, sorry amber, i've started a rumour now

skirmish, roll on d day. chin up lovely

oops, she is going to come on here and be like, what are you all trying to do to me!!

Skirmish! Great to see you again! I know what you mean, I totally remember those last days, so heavy, so uncomfortable, so bored, so cumbersome, so not sleeping. You have my sympathy! I'd just eat chocolate/ice cream/krispy kremes to pass the time.

Ah-hem, perhaps that's why DS is so fat?? Tibs, thank you...I could also eat him up, my little stay-puft marshmallow baby.

Hi all -- we are back at home now

DS still v coughy and snotty, but breathing much more easily and enjoying his poorly privileges (unlimited use of the dummy, and an introduction to the joys of In The Night Garden).

V glad to be home, will post more later x

Glad to see you back Meg . Hope you and DH get some rest as well.

ahhhhh, meggy so glad to have you back lovely. bet ds is pleased to be home too. you just pamper that gorgeous lo of yours back to health....and take care of yourselves too xx

lol at pg rumour! so far from the truth.

Hooray Meg and DS! That's sweet, poorly privileges. Take care of yourself and sweet little DS!

Okay, what is In the Night Garden?

weolcome back megs - glad all is ok. currently trying to get Jude (ds2!!) off to sleep, he's a stubborn little sod, just like his father!!

think i'm deciding against moving near mum 9 i'm so blardy indecisive aren't i?) just not sure about anything these days, where did that strong minded, opinionated, confident girl go?

Amber - hope scan goes well

Skirmish - no worries i have a df like that! think my babies were second hand and peoppe wanted to get rid of them coz they're faulty in some way lol

Roro - thinknig of trying if you're clucky? noticed the other day you said about being like CM in a few years time!