SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK PART 8 -- Pack the bags under your eyes and join us!

[RoRoMommy]

Well...I had to think of something! DH's suggestion "Eyes wide shut--the art of sleepwalking"

just jumping in to say hi everyone. haven't been around much.
ds did himself a massive head injury on sunday and was pretty stressful seeing it swell up to a goose egg size, and now it's all black and blue. but no serious harm done.
we're doing ok on the sleep stakes at the moment, i've been working with a child psychologist and he has been pretty insightful with looking at patterns in the sleep log i kept for a month. i think slowly slowly things are improving. probably about 2/3 of the time he sleeps through (early wakings aside!) and he is generally having between 2 and 3 hour naps in the early afternoon which is bliss.

love to everyone.

Hi Amber . Great that sleep is improving and the psych is helping. The head injury must have been worrying . DS is continually bashing himself on stuff - think I'm to blame on that tendency as I notice we have matching bruises on our legs and knees atm!

I'm awya next week for Easter, but are you London/SE mums interested in meeting up at some point after that? Maybe on a weekend?

How did the job interview go, Meg?

yeah, i'm pretty clumsy too, so don't blame ds. he is starting to go through a wanting to climb everything stage though which is stressful for me!

Hi Amber and ouch for the head bump. Glad your nights are improving, and yay for the long nap. Our naps seem finally to have settled down into 90 minutes after lunch, although if he so much as dozes off for two mins in the morning it all goes to pot.

Job interview is tomorrow, it'll be weird going into town without DS, and in the rush hour! I'll probably come home a gibbering wreck and swear that I'm never leaving the suburbs again.

I am def. up for meeting after Easter, don't mind doing it on a weekend if it means more people can come (that means you, Ginger!).

Hope everyone else isn't getting too windblown...

the wind is horrid isn't it. hope your interview goes well meg.
we are the same that if ds falls asleep in the buggy, the napping is absolutely disastrous. it happened today and ds was so cranky, we had to go for a walk at 4pm so that he would fall asleep (again) in the buggy, he was so tired and screaming at everything!

Hello all.

Horrid screamathon last night with lots of sobbing afterwards. Seems fine today though so can ony imagine it's teeth. Why do teeth hurt so much at night?

I've been thinking. At the end of this thread it's probably time to wind up SIFTW in its current format. Most of you have sleepers now and even for me it's fine mostly. BUT I love our chats and would hate to loose that contact so what do you think about starting a thread in meet ups or one of the other long term thread type places. What do you all think?

Ginger, I think that's a good idea. I feel a bit of a fraud posting to this thread now that our sleep problems seem to be (please god) pretty much behind us.

How is your DH btw?

He's OK thanks for asking. Symptoms haven't gone but he's managing them much better.

DD slept through last night but only until 5 grrr.

I'm feeling a bit emotional as I've just seen the ambulance service working on a guy that was knocked off his bike outside my office. They were there a very long time and took him away under blue light. Think he was in a very bad way.

Ginger

That happened when I was working near Blackfriars, a cyclist went under a bus on the bridge (a notoriously dangerous spot for cyclists), and was killed -- I saw the body covered by a blanket Horrible. DH wanted to cycle in to work for a while but I wouldn't let him after seeing that.

That's the thing, I used to cycle everyday but got knocked off when I was pregnant so decided my cycling days were probably numbered. Makes me really

Ginger: was thinking exactly the same thing . Maybe a SIFTW Survivors thread?

about the accident - I get all worried and shaky when I see stuff like that. [shock[ at you getting knocked off your bike when pg.

Is anyone else thinking about DC2 now we're getting a bit more sleep? I am thinking ... kind of ...

EP, I'd really like to try for DC2 but it's a case of timing. We're going to a big family wedding at the end of Jan 09 so do I go with a very new baby, heavily pregnant or wait until the summer to TTC. Of course it may not happen according to plan but I got prg with DD first time so lots to think about. I am so clucky when I see babies atm and I was never like that before DD. Also think I'm bonkers because I didn't enjoy a lot of DD's first few month but I'm hoping it'll be better second time around [deluded]

DH is v keen (I think he's hoping for a daughter ). I'm thinking I've just started to catch up on my 15 month sleep deficit...

Yeah but if you loose sight of the pain of sleep deprivation you'll be in double shock when it hits you again. that's my theory anyway. DH is not keen at all though what with not being himself but I'm working on him.

I would like DS to have a sibling though...

I would love to try for DC2 but realistically we just aren't in a position to atm -- we would need to move house, and really decide what we're going to do long-term for work (we are both in magazine publishing but it's an industry in decline and not really a family-friendly one, either).

Also I would ideally want a 3-4 year age gap, I'm not thrilled by the idea of being at home with a toddler and a newborn all day, so would prefer if DS was at nursery or school by then!

I am super-broody though, and somewhat of those who will get going (as it were) before we will!

Hello ladies. I have survived my first 2 weeks back at work. I actually found myself slightly enjoying it at times .

I would love to keep chatting to you all so let me know if the thread title changes so I can find you all again.

at you all being broody. I am 98% sure that we are going to stop with 3. TBH I am glad we had them close together because I know that things will get easier . But saying that it has been really hard. I never seem to have any time during the day to myself. If it helps you make your decisions DC2 was my easiest preganancy, birth and after 14 weeks (colic) she was a brilliant sleeper and easy during the day.

Hi folks.

A bit sad to see the suggestions of laying the thread to rest [snort] but I can see where you're all coming from. They've either started sleeping or you've been sleepless for so long you've just got used to it!

On my part DS is still an absolutely pants sleeper but in comparison to the hell that was the first 6ish months he's wonderful. We had a celebration this week because I had a 5 hour sleep myself! I'm finding it hard to keep up what with work these days.

So on this note I would like to thank you all for your kind advice and encouragement, and incredible patience (I'm quite sure if I hadn't had decent sleep for over a year and some newbie came whining about how her 4 month old never let her have any rest I'd have eaten me alive ... ). I've learned loads in this thread and certainly know who to track down for sleep questions should they arise! You're all amazing women to get through the exhaustion, work, family and health difficulties shared on this thread and still be so cheery.

Heartfelt thanks from Chubby/IARCFB

CSB, I really hope you join us when we start up the new thread in chat or meet ups or where abouts. I'll still be moaning about lack of sleep so you won't feel hopelessly alone. I just think to keep it on sleep when we're not talking about sleep so much is probably a bit confusing for new comers to mn so please don't disappear

I'm at my mums and DD is sleeping in a travel cot, amazingly she's gone in awake and fallen asleep on her own and stayed in it all night. Why she'd never do that at home is beyond me!!!

Ginger:; am also staying with family this week, though DS did not sleep well last night, thanks to mystery bug and midnight vomiting session . I can start the new thread if you like?

CSB: I'd like to think we have been of some help despite high levels of aimless wittering .

Where to start the new thread? Any suggestions?

Hi everyone! Checking in after another long absence. I just caught wind of ginger's suggestion of ending the thread...seems so sad, but I will join you wherever you go.

Sleep has been okay lately...DS slept without his growbag last night and I think he really liked it. He slept pretty well (which I know because I was awake looking at him sleeping more than being woken up and sleepily reaching for him to put him back to sleep, iyswim).

I still feel tired, but I suppose that's what you get when you've got the little ones running around. Even an occasional night of only 2-4 hours is enough to make me feel knackered for an entire week!

It's amazing to hear you ladies talking about the next baby...DH has been dropping hints, but I'd like to wait another year. DS is getting so interactive and fun, I'd like to enjoy that for a while longer before settling into the feeding, not-sleeping routine again.

EP, I hope your little one is feeling better. I do miss you ladies, and I will try to drop in more often! (((hugs))))

just a quickie before I dash. DD has slept through the last 5 nights. Three until 5 and two until 6 (and they were at my mums in a cot!!) Can't believe it. I was awake all night though. I think she's settled better since giving up the dummy but it could be coincidence.

Anyway, gotta dash

Goodness me it's quiet on here. Well done Gingers LO. DS2 is also sleeping through, but varies what time he wakes up. The last 2 mornings has beenm 5.20. I hope this is just a phase!!!

Right ladies, I've packed my bags, cancelled the milk and am ready to move to our new thread. Just let me know where you are. Unless you've already gone of course. [sob]

Well, smug I'm not any more as we're suffering canine hell at the moment and day and nights have been hard work.

Anyway, I've started a new thread in Meet ups, here it is see you over there.