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

[MegBusset]

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yay indeedy! mind you, i seem more tired for it - too much sleep now! (but i forget how tired pg makes you in the later stages!)

i'm really proud of myself, i managed to put on one cupboard lock this morning! yay. [industrious mum emoticon]
i'm aiming for at least 3 today. but for now i'm going to drink tea and procrastinate.

oh god, i can't imagine having to deal with preg tiredness as well as LO tiredness! max respect to ya skirmish.

i still haven't got around to putting the cupboard locks on - they require a screwdriver and i just can't be arsed! I have put covers on all the plug sockets though

arrghhh, this page thing is causing me trouble!!

morning all!!

amber - [impressed emoticon] i manage to bodge up the most simplest of DIY. am very impatient tho and a bit slapdash ..... for poorly dh

skirmish for your night lovely

charlie - am so pleased you ahd a lovely day and also for extended mat leave

meggy - glad you enjoyed yourself and the choccie cake

tam for your night

our night was difficult
woke only 2 times, but the 2nd waking was 2 1/2 hrs
cant cope with too many more of these on the plus side, she didnt wake afterwards til 7am for a feed and then slept til 8.30am, so i dont feel/look half as rough as i should

think my (sorry dp) enthusiasm for no. 3 has been severely quashed atm. i am not having another til dd stops these epic wakings
charlie and anyone else dealing/going to be dealing with more than one sleepless bubs, i salute you x

yay, have changed it back

aww tibs - 2 1/2 hours! crappola!! was she upset or just wanting to play? probably those damn teeth again

hope you've got something nice planned for today

thanks skirmish...she alternated between crying and chattering away....'daddy, dada, daddy, dad ey, dad eeeeyyyy' was her favourite call. wouldnt have minded if it had been mama will be glad when this teething ends

got dp at home today so think i will utilise him as much as poss

hey skirmish re. the night out, you better get planning and quick!!! 4 weeks and counting

Morning all,

Tibs for long waking. Not surprised it's put you off no.3, I am definitely not having another til DS sleeps through the night!

Skirmish and Tam for your nights.

Amber well done for cupboard locks, I must get around to buying some stair gates, LO was eyeing up the bottom stair with suspicious interest the other day

Rest of our night was not too bad, he woke at 1.30 and had another screaming fit so after half an hour gave more Medised, then woke 4.45 for milk, then 7.20 for the day. Am not too keen on giving Medised every night so might pick up some baby Nurofen today to use instead.

Tibs, we had exactly the same. Woke at 12 ish, settled ok then 4.30 she went from chatty to screamy and kept sitting up and then launching her head down onto any part of me, head, shoulder, stomach etc ehich hurts. This went on til about 6 when I had to get up for work so I'm blinkin' shattered.

Meg - lie-in i wish. had an awful night. up every hour and half. is 8months growth spurt? he's ben getting separation anxiety during day, does it apply at night too?

meggy for the rest of your night lovely, but for the screaming jag. i gave dd some nurofen when she woke last night. i've found it works better for her and medised makes crap all diff to her sleep anyway

ginger - for your night love. its the pits aint it? there was only 1 ffs from me tho, so i must have been quite patient!! are you at work today?

hi to beal

oh god beal, just read you were up every 1 1/2 hrs poor love. yes, the sep anx affected dd day and night hope you get some rest today..........hell, i hope we all get some rest today

beal 8 months is a typically crap time for whatever reason

I would respond to everyone's messages but the new design is doing my head in! Bealcain: yes, sep anxiety does affect nights too. Sorry.

Well the cold has gone, and we have TWO new teeth! Look like the first part of front molars (only one pointy bit of each as yet). Could explain all the screaming .

EP glad those teeth are finally through! hopefully he might settle down a bit for you now.

tibs and ginger for your middle of the night antics. remember slowly slowly wins
the race. you're doing everything you can. it will pass i promise

bealcain yes unfortunately ime sep anxiety carries on into the night hence why i am a firmly ensconced co-sleeper!

meg medised works for ds too. am not sure if nurofen any 'better' for them. i feel so guilty giving ds any drugs but better than suffering through teething so don't worry too much

i've had hectic morning. had a viewing at 12 (estate agent does the showing round) so ds and i had to be out by 12 and leave the apartment looking spotless. not an easy task as you can imagine.
thankfully mil said she'd take ds for an hour so i dropped him off with her and have just had the most lovely 1.5 hour with my friend in a cafe near her eating organic bacon and brie sandwiches and drinking soy lattes. collected ds and he's now gone for nap so i have potentially another 2 hours to myself. The older he gets the easier life gets. why is it then that i keep thinking about no. 2!!!!

Tam of your lunch, apart from the bacon (I'm veggie!)

i know meg. don't worry i fully appreciated it. friend i was with has dd's 12 and 6 so she's used to time on her own and kept laughing at me sitting with the biggest smile on my face enjoying every second of peace. a girl came and sat beside us with her 2 lo's(about 18m and 4 months) and i did think 'oh i'm glad mine's at home' is that really bad ?

Tam you deserve some You Time!

LO has been naptastic today, had 1.5hrs this morning and been asleep for an hour and a quarter this afternoon... keep thinking I should wake him up in case he has too much kip to sleep tonight, but just can't bring myself!

tam your time out sounds lovely. glad you enjoyed it. i used to feel just like your friend when we just had ds, very free. in fact, young children making noise in pubs/cafes used to irritate me i'm on the other end now!!!!! hope you have some good news re. the flat

EP - for the teeth. dd has just got the same ones thru. like your ds, just the corners atm, they sure are big

meg for your sleeptastic bubs, i never have the heart to wake dd either if she miraculously sleeps longer than usual. hope its a good sign for you tonight, maybe he's getting into the groove of sleeping

well, dd didnt have her nap til 2.15pm today and didnt wake til 3.45pm. dont know what time she'll go off tonight hope its not too late, i've got a bottle of red with my name on it!!

i've just realised that they've changed the layout, my sleep deprived brain doesn't function well at all anymore. meg - if you;re confused at my post, i dont blame you, it;s coz i read a post you wrote on sunday and replied to that!!!!! idiot!

really annoyed at myself, the kids both went to bed for nap at same time and i intended on going to bed to, but then got way layed designing a new website for my breastfeeding support group....grrrrr. should sleep really well tonight.

does anyone know what the phrase 'sleeping like a baby' actually means? is it good or bad?

lol beal at replying to a post from sunday!

tibs ds didn't get up from nap until 3.45 too so goodness knows what time he'll go to bed tonight.

Hi all. Beal 'sleeping like a baby' apparently means 'up every hour until mummy is on the verge of a nervous breakdown'.

I don't think I can cope anymore. I hate who I am becoming - bitter and hateful towards my friends whose babies sleep, resentful of my husbands sleep. If I could get 8 solid hours, hell, FIVE hours in a row but it meant him not sleeping for a week, I would do it.

Co sleeping is not working anymore, she is up just as often. Everything I try makes it worse, shush pat, pupd, no cry sleep solution. She woke more often and more violently - 3rd degree screaming as opposed to loud grizzling. I don't have the stomach for controlled crying but I think we are coming to that. Probably I should just accept that my child doesn't sleep well + nothing can help.

Have any of you been in this boat? LO is almost 5 months old. Does it get better? Please lie if you need to. She had reduced night wakings to 2 for feeds only settling quickly until about 4 weeks ago when it all went doolally.

chibi, i was totally in that boat. and it did calm down a little around 5 months. we went down to 2-3 wakings in general, which was not brilliant, but not bad either, and at that stage i would take what i could get. we went through another bad patch at 8-9 months, but we seem to be settling again now down to 2-3 wakings again.
hang in there love, do what you can to get through.