Sleep is for the weak - the reprise.

[BrokenliSpears]

There used to be a support thread for the sleep deprived among us. I thought I'd open it up again (hope that's okay with the original Sleep Is For The Weak-ers).

Grab some matchsticks to prop open your eyelids and share your tales of endless night feeds and unsleeping babies. It would feel good to know I'm not alone as I watch each hour in turn tick round on the alarm clock every night.

Last night my 6 month old ds fed at...
6.30 (when I put him to bed)
8.30
10.30
12.30
1.30
2.30
3.30 and stayed awake until 4.30
Then dd jumped on us and woke us up at 5.45 and the day began...

Going to go and Do Things now, but will check back later.

[ragd0ll]

piccalilli will she take a bottle? At least then you could still go out if she woke early, might just be a one off though

[BouncingTurtle]

Hello hope you don't mind me joining late in the thread but I have an 11mo who is waking 3-4 times in the night and then wants to get up at 5am
Since I am working full time (as is DH) this is not doing me a world of good.
He did actually only wake up once or twice when he was 7-8 mo but ever since he has started cutting teeth his sleep has regressed.
This last couple of weeks have been a nightmare as he hasn't being settling back to sleep straight after a feed like he used to, and he cries out in his sleep at lot which makes it even worse!
He has been grating his teeth on my nipples as well when he feeds at night, he doesn't seem to do this during the day!
Anyway I better go to be now, I fed him half an hour ago, I expect him to wake up again in a couple of hours!

[ragd0ll]

I spoke to soon! DD has fed 3 times already since going to bed at 6.30. Tonight is going to be a loooong one.
bouncingturtle ouch! DD does the dragging thing now, hurts enough with just gums,shes cutting her first tooth at the mo, Im dreading it

[BouncingTurtle]

You are not the only one, I just shut Firefox down when he woke up! DH settled him, but took some baby ibuprofen - teeth again, poor baby!
He then woke up near 3ish and then 5ish for booby, at 5 I took him to bed with me and fed him there, and after snacky feeds he drifted off to sleep and so did I. Still got up before 7 though!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Bad night here too. Ds' cough is worsening and disturbed him a lot, and dd (also not 100% well) came through at 4.45am for a feed too. I'd list waking times like the rest of you, but that would imply that there were actually sleeping times .

[Sariska]

Oh dear - sorry to hear about your bad nights, Can'tSleepWon'tSleep and BouncingTurtle. Was yours as bad as it seemed it was going to be, Ragd0ll? Mine was actually rather good. DS slept from 6.30 to 9 in the car on the way back from PILs and then from 9.30 to 4 in his cot. I was so . After a short feed he then went back to sleep until almost 7. Before anyone shoots me, it's only the second time ever he's slept so well (first time was at 13 weeks old). And he woke up with a cough so I suspect he's brewing something nasty. Ah well, it's amazing how good it feels to have had just one good night.

[BouncingTurtle]

Sariska - IKWYM - ds has slept through the night exactly once. Needless to say I didn't