is/was your LO a really bad sleeper? support and advise thread!

[Claireyb1]

I'm praying for a good night here as I'm soooo tired. The last few nights have been back to waking every 1hr or so

 

[kosh]

I'm praying for a good night here as I'm soooo tired. The last few nights have been back to waking every 1hr or so

oh no! hope this one is not as bad!

 

[AngelUK]

Clairey I hope it will be an ok night you poor thing!

 

[Jellysecret]

I thought we had the sleeping fixed, lo has just started crawling and for the past two nights had 1-3 wake ups and straight back off was nice to get some sleep but tonight it's been hourly wake ups

I just don't understand why her sleep is so bad she goes down just fine for bedtime and naps. We used to have 7 hour stretches when she was a newborn I couldn't even say the last time that happened now!

I dread to think how I'll cope once back at work hope everyone else is getting a good nights sleep!

 

[Jellysecret]

After all the wake ups, lo has now been awake over an hour. Just rolling round her cot an talking. How can she be awake so long through the night? This usually lasts up to 2 hours so I'm not expecting to get back to sleep any time soon :'(

 

[kosh]

sorry jellysecret you had a bad night
ours was not good either, wokeup at least 4 times to feed but also stayed awake no idea how long for
i'm too dreading going back to sleep

 

[Lulu1982]

Terrible night for. We just seem to keep gong backwards!

Went to bed brilliantly at 7. Up just before 10 and didn't go bk to sleep until 11. Up at 1 for an hour when she was fed and then up from 4.30 until 6 then up at 7.

I can't really think of anything positive to say other than at least I don't have to work today!

Hope someone has something good t report!x

 

[Jellysecret]

Sorry you both also had bad nights. It feels like the older she gets the worse her sleep becomes, surely you'd think there would be some improvement. She's not even been fed in the night since around 14 weeks old!

What do your lo's do when awake, are they crying? Do you have to get them up or just let them get on with it?

 

[Lulu1982]

Sometimes mine practices crawling, rolling and shouting. Se is rarely,crying unless I'm persisting in putting her back down and not letting her do what she wants!x

 

[chocolala]

Nothing good here to report.

Nuff said!

 

[AngelUK]

You poor things!
Dom has been amazingly good lately, sleeping between his feeds (though I don't think he should need that feed at 4am any more since he is at the very top of the weight chart percentile thing) but Sebastian was really unsettled last night and OH had to get up every hour to 90 minutes to reinsert the dummy. As you may know, Sebastian usually sleeps like an angel. So I am a lil worried for him and just hope he is ok :/

 

[chocolala]

Lily has been awake since 6:20, she's refusing to go back to sleep.

It's going to be a sh!t day, already had a massive argument with the husband, who, by the way is far more tired than I am!

 

[Lulu1982]

Lily has been awake since 6:20, she's refusing to go back to sleep.

It's going to be a sh!t day, already had a massive argument with the husband, who, by the way is far more tired than I am!

Same had a huge row with OH who insists that he is much more tired than I am. Because, of course, he's working from 8 to 3 then looking after Ava all afternoon, dealing with bedtime alone and happens to be pregnant ... NOT

I've just put her down for a nap and have come to bed! Hope your day turns out to be bearable

 

[MrsHedgehog]

for the crappy nights girls

We had a pretty good night. She went to bed at 9:30pm which is early for us. I had to resettle her about 4 times before I went to sleep at around 11pm. Then she just woke up once between 11pm and about 7:30am. Then she woke every half an hour until she was up for the day at 9.30am. So that was a couple of pretty long stretches, an earlyish bed time and a total of 12 hours in bed when we usually only manage 10! Her frequent wakings were when I was awake anyway and I just read in bed next to her so it wasn't a problem resettling her. I feel pretty well rested today and LO is in a great mood!

 

[Storm1jet2]

I'm praying for a good night here as I'm soooo tired. The last few nights have been back to waking every 1hr or so

Hey Clairey! Didn't realise you had sleep issues with the wee lady! I thought I was the only one struggling when all my friends babies are doing at least 10-12 hour stretches... never thought I would get Lydia to 8 months and still being hopeful of a sleep through. I've thought I'm going crazy at times with the sleep deprivation but still standing..

Sleepy dust and sweet dreams to everyone elses babies and hope they get a good nights sleep tonight

 

[kosh]

I'm praying for a good night here as I'm soooo tired. The last few nights have been back to waking every 1hr or so

Hey Clairey! Didn't realise you had sleep issues with the wee lady! I thought I was the only one struggling when all my friends babies are doing at least 10-12 hour stretches... never thought I would get Lydia to 8 months and still being hopeful of a sleep through. I've thought I'm going crazy at times with the sleep deprivation but still standing..

Sleepy dust and sweet dreams to everyone elses babies and hope they get a good nights sleep tonight

welcome to the thread storm!
hope everyone is having a reasonable ok night

 

[AngelUK]

Welcome to the thread stormjet!
I am still on this board as I don't think Dom is sleeping well yet. I mean it has been heaps better in the last few nights and so far I have only had to replug him (with the dummy) 3 times as opposed to every 20 minutes lifting him up and rocking. But should he continue to wake every 3 hours from midnight-ish, do you think that then consists of good sleep and I no longer belong here? I am so grateful that I get 3ish hour stretches now when I know so many of you don't. But is that considered good sleeping or is that just good for us on this thread? lol
Hope all your nights are going well so far. xxx

 

[Storm1jet2]

It's 9.14 and I'm heading to be shortly! DH is still at work and working tomorrow night, sometimes I go to bed when she does just so I have a longer window to possibly perhaps get some sleep in! She is soooo unpredictable, last night was good, tonight she's been crying her eyes out once already and I had to lift her and rock her to sleep - she's back down again now - but for how long??? The nights she has good nights I'm awake checking on her - how stupid is that - but I'm not used to periods of sleep.

I wouldn't know what to do with 8 hours sleep! Maybe some day I will get the chance.... Heehee

 

[kosh]

Welcome to the thread stormjet!
I am still on this board as I don't think Dom is sleeping well yet. I mean it has been heaps better in the last few nights and so far I have only had to replug him (with the dummy) 3 times as opposed to every 20 minutes lifting him up and rocking. But should he continue to wake every 3 hours from midnight-ish, do you think that then consists of good sleep and I no longer belong here? I am so grateful that I get 3ish hour stretches now when I know so many of you don't. But is that considered good sleeping or is that just good for us on this thread? lol
Hope all your nights are going well so far. xxx

tbh, i think that's prob good for us in this thread, but i am soooooo happy when i get those 3hr stretches nights!!!!

 

[Gemmamuk]

Evening guys! Hope everyone's evenings have started well!

Last night for us was a bit of a mixed bag. He went of to sleep quickly at 8.30 but our neighbours had a graduation garden party....until 5am....with fireworks....and tambourines and bongos
The noise kept disturbing him but mostly he settled himself back to sleep or I just had to give him his dummy.
He woke properly at 4.30 for a feed, which was very good considering the noise!! I let him cuddle in with me in the spare double bed in his room. He then went back to sleep about 5.30, and woke at 6.30, 7.30 and 8.30 for the final time so big improvements! and he didn't wake up at midnight to play for 2 hours like the last 5 nights!

Just wish my insomnia would go away So I could get a decent stretch of sleep before he wakes, and i wish I found it easier to get back to sleep after a wake up
I'm still only getting 3-4 hours, and it's not even Alex's fault!! Before Alex I'd often easily do a 12 hour stretch!

Today again - mixed bag! He's been like Jekyll and Hyde - either hysterically happy and laughing or having a complete meltdown! Twice he had a big meltdown (both times in primark interestingly at the beginning and end of our trip). At lunch time we went to a restaurant for lunch and I went to change his nappy and he'd had a massive poo explosion allll over his clothes and he diddly had awful nappy rash and was clawing at him nappy. poor thing - no wonder he was crying. It's been very hot today and we were mostly inside so I left him in his nappy as he was clammy and he seemed happier. He was very grizzly and clingy when we got home so not sure if it's the tail end of his cold or teething?

He was a nightmare to settle at bedtime, which was unusual for him. He cried if I held him, cried if I put him down, cried if i fed him, cried of I took bottle/boob away. In the end I put him down awake and he cried for 5 mins before crashing out. BUT he's been waking every 20-30 mins since he went down at 7, but is settling himself back to sleep

Hope everyone is getting on better the we are