Last night was probably the worse night yet- Im proud to say I didnt have a temper tantrum, lol, but I was also up until 1am before Emma finally passed out.
Aw
Kaites, you poor thing. Do you seriously mean it took until 1am for Emma to go to bed? Or did you get her to bed and then she woke a bit later? I really do feel for you. I think you and I could form our own Bumpkins Bad Sleep forum at the moment. Just as I think things are getting better here, they then revert to what they were ... or even worse. And it sounds to me like you're having exactly the same experience. The funny thing is that Monty is suddenly sooooooo easy to put to bed and even to put down for naps - I mean, if you'd seen us just three weeks ago and the battles we were having at nap time, you would be sooo mightily impressed with the situation now. But that doesn't help me and OH at 3am when Monty just won't go back to sleep. I just don't know what he wants - it's not even that he just wants a cuddle, because even if he comes in with us, he still lies there and cries, sometimes really yells. He isn't hungry - I know this because when he finally gets up for the day, any time usually between 5.30 and 7, he really isn't that bothered about feeding off me - he's quite happy to babble in his cot for a while and then come in to our bed and play, before eventually asking for a breastfeed. It's just soooo strange because to be honest we now have a baby who just doesn't cry ... apart from between 2am and 5am. So all day we have this totally happy baby, who at worst grizzles when he's tired or hungry. But then he becomes like a newborn with colic in the middle of the night. And because we're now missing out on so much sleep, I just feel like my entire life is on hold while we work out what the problem is. I am hardly doing any baby-related activities (playgroups etc) during the day now because my entire focus is making sure he gets enough sleep, so I'm getting a bit stir crazy and OH and I are totally always grumpy with each other and basically I would just like to sort this out once and for all.
I don't even expect him to sleep through the night. I am completely accepting of having to feed once or twice each night, as I know loads of BF babies continue to do this for a year or so. It's this refusing to settle after a feed that's hurting me.
Controlled crying hasn't worked. Pick up/put down doesn't seem much cop either. And basically, if we can't even settle him by just snuggling up to him in our bed, then to be honest I'm at a total loss as to what else to try. The final thing to try according to some people would be cry it out, but that is a step too far for me, and I absolutely put my foot down at that one.
I am thinking about asking our GP about referral to a sleep doctor, but I don't know whether he will just laugh at us. We have a world-renowned children's hospital in our city, so I guess there's lots of great research doctors based there. But would the GP just think we're wasting his time and tell us to shut up and put up? Or do we have a genuine reason? I dunno, at what point is a sleep problem considered a disorder that deserves treatment? I mean surely crying for up to two or three hours a night, almost every night, is not right?
Sorry, I am rambling away here. Feel free to answer if you have an opinion, but I don't suppose anybody has got a right or wrong answer.
Aimee, I hope your dad is over the worst. Have you heard when he might come home? I'm not sure whether you've moved house yet - if yes, I hope it's all gone well; if not yet, then I hope it goes well.
Kte, I didn't realise Nij was back. I am really pleased that you've managed to sort things out. Wishing you lots of luck in getting everything fully sorted. I hope Chloe is enjoying having the pair of you together again and that you've managed to make the most of having another pair of hands on the scene!
Flora, I remember you saying a couple of weeks ago how Harry seemed to have lost interest in solid food. Well, Monty's done the same. He will eat, but he doesn't have anything like the fascination for eating that he had just a week ago. I wonder whether it's a case of the novelty wearing off? I have to say, we seem to have gone backwards a bit in that we're giving more spoon foods now rather than proper BLW style foods. I think this is partly because the HV wondered whether MOnty was waking up hungry, so we have been trying to get lots of lovely carbohydrates in to him! However, as I said earlier, I don't think he is hungry, so maybe we'll move away from the spoon again and do more finger foods. Has Harry started to enjoy his food again yet?
MAffie, how are you? Are you with your parents still? I hope you had a nice weekend and managed to do some fun stuff.
Well, OH is out on a job, but his parents are turning up in a bit, so hopefully the weather will stay dry and they can take Monty out for a walk once he wakes from his nap. I can then put together the newsletter that I should have finished about three weeks ago (I edit a newsletter for a local organisation, on a voluntary basis - but unfortunately there's nobody else willing to take over the helm when I have weeks where I can't do the job, so at the moment we seem to be permanently behind schedule).
Bye for now xx
Well, Emmas sleep has gone straight down the potty and like a horrible mummy, i had a temper tantrum the other night only to wake up to a sick baby 
I felt terrible since there was a reason for her not sleeping- I thought she had a runny nose and was hot from all the crying and it never crossed my mind that she might be sick. Anyway, Im sick now too so we are a good pair, lol. Laptop is still screwed but I think we might be shopping for a new one this weekend. Gotta love income tax refunds 
Will report back, anyway.
Hope the osteopathy helps - I've heard it'll work wonders. 
It's not even been posted yet, we have another pram we were given so I will use that one, don't fancy dragging the 3D though fields 
He seems very pleased with himself lol. 
