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

[kosh]

oh claire! I imagine how anxious you must be.
hopefully she'll start to feel better after the op
i know it must be difficult to think ahead,but stay strong
we'll be thinking of you (and her)

 

[AngelUK]

Sending you and your mum lots of Claire! I can only imagine how anxious you must be, especially as you cannot be with her as much as you would like. I hope your mum recovers very soon and that the op will mend everything needed.

How did your nights go ladies?
xxx

 

[kosh]

ours was an every 2 hours night.
not too bad for us

how about yours angel?

 

[AngelUK]

Not too great but not the worst. Put them to bed at 7 and from 8 till 11 Dom slept without waking! At 10:45 we went to bed and I was then up from 11 to 2 for both boys. I think Sebastian doesn't like having socks on his hands. He was tossing and turning and moaning. So I put him in a woombie at 1 and he fell asleep deeply and immediately poor little boy. Dom cried softly to himself till 2 so I fed him (we are trying to drop the midnight-ish feed cause lately he did well without it). He then cried a lil for his dummy and needed repositioning at 2:30 and then let me sleep till 4:45 when I had to feed him again. Fed Seb too and got another 2 hours. And then at 7:15 Dom was up and chattering. So yeah got 2 and 2 hours of broken sleep. Seems he only sleeps brilliantly for my OH But they are having their first nap at the moment. So odd that they want to sleep about an hour after they got up.

 

[lisa1980]

Claire I wish your mum all the best with the op. Let us know how it goes.

Hugs to you and all your family

 

[Claireyb1]

I'm sure you might think I am mad for coming on here when my mum is so ill but it's such a release for me.
To update you- my mum was rushed into instensive care after the op at 1.30am. it turns out she had a perforated colon. she is still currently on life support and it is very very serious. I am beside myself with worry and having to also look ater my Lucy makes it so much harder for me.
I have been crying all day and haven't hardly slept
I just want my mummy
pray for her ladies...please.
xxx

 

[flippityflop]

I'm sure you might think I am mad for coming on here when my mum is so ill but it's such a release for me.
To update you- my mum was rushed into instensive care after the op at 1.30am. it turns out she had a perforated colon. she is still currently on life support and it is very very serious. I am beside myself with worry and having to also look ater my Lucy makes it so much harder for me.
I have been crying all day and haven't hardly slept
I just want my mummy
pray for her ladies...please.
xxx

Oh Claire. I'm so sorry what horrible horrible news. I am praying for your mum, she will pull through she's got a loving daughter and beautiful granddaughter to be with. Huge hugs and thoughts go to you. xxxxxx

 

[AngelUK]

Sending tons of hugs and good thoughts to your mum and you! I hope she gets better soon and can be with you and your LO again.

 

[chistiana]

God i love this thread! Sorry ladies, dont mean to be rude but it makes it a tat bit easier i m not the only one with such a crap sleeper! My girl had very bad colic and for the first three months she was a very unhappy constantly crying baby. The only thing that saved the situation was that she d sleep 1 seven hour stretch per night and then 2x3hrs. Then at 3 months....magic...colic went away...and nightmare...she wakes up every single hour of the night! I seriously cant take it anymore!!! So there rant is out! Will stick around for tip even though i still havent got any myself. Ow and she's bfing...i have a secret hope she ll sleep better when she starts on solids!

 

[chistiana]

Sorry hadnt read through whole of thread...claire even though i dont know you i m very sorry about your mum. I hope she is off life support and better soon. Sorry for such sn unrelated and insensitive post

 

[kosh]

I'm sure you might think I am mad for coming on here when my mum is so ill but it's such a release for me.
To update you- my mum was rushed into instensive care after the op at 1.30am. it turns out she had a perforated colon. she is still currently on life support and it is very very serious. I am beside myself with worry and having to also look ater my Lucy makes it so much harder for me.
I have been crying all day and haven't hardly slept
I just want my mummy
pray for her ladies...please.
xxx

omg claire, so sorry!
come and talk to us whenever you want, we're here for you!
you and your mum are in my thoughts

 

[firefly15]

Claire, sending lots of thoughts and prayers for your mum and for you

Your post made me tear up

ETA: Also meant to add that I don't think you're mad from coming on here at all. Sometimes you just need something/somewhere else to focus even for 5 minutes and to be able to write down what you're thinking so that you don't go mad.

Get well soon mummy of claireyb There are lots of other sleep deprived mummies here wishing you better.

 

[kosh]

Claire, sending lots of thoughts and prayers for your mum and for you

Your post made me tear up

same here

 

[MrsHedgehog]

I'm sure you might think I am mad for coming on here when my mum is so ill but it's such a release for me.
To update you- my mum was rushed into instensive care after the op at 1.30am. it turns out she had a perforated colon. she is still currently on life support and it is very very serious. I am beside myself with worry and having to also look ater my Lucy makes it so much harder for me.
I have been crying all day and haven't hardly slept
I just want my mummy
pray for her ladies...please.
xxx

I'm thinking of you and praying for your mum. I'm sure she is going to be fine. Please keep us updated when you have news

 

[firefly15]

Also going to post an update on the last couple of days...fairly simple - still crap!

Last night at least was a bit different to normal because I went out for a girls night First time since LO was born, as up until now I just haven't had the energy or the confidence that he wouldn't be a total nightmare if I wasn't around. Anyway had a lovely night with the mums from my nct group and rolled home at midnight just before turning into a knackered pumpkin He apparently woke up at 10 and OH offered him a cup of expressed milk which he wasn't impressed with (and only had a gfew sips) but went back to sleep without too much fuss and then woke again at 12.45 after I got home. He had a big feed, went back to sleep til 3.45 then fed again but as usual I got a bonus crappy wake up thrown in at 5.20 and then he was up for the day at 7am. Quite good that he did a couple of 3 hour stretches last night, hopefully I'll get the same tonight. I'm feeling pretty tired today but at least it's the weekend.

Thanks for the support with the night feeds ladies. I honestly don't know how I could cut them down at the moment as he eats varying small amounts of solids and nothing I try seems to make any difference to the amount he'll eat. He's on the 25th centile for weight so not exactly a huge baby and he really does seem hungry when he wakes (mostly) and I really think he still needs that milk or he wouldn't ask for it

chistiana - welcome to the thread! It's so much easier knowing that you're not alone with having a terrible sleeper

 

[kosh]

welcome christiana!
(just curious - how did you find us??)

we've just had a 4hr stretch
hadn't happened since april-may!!

 

[flippityflop]

welcome christiana!
(just curious - how did you find us??)

we've just had a 4hr stretch
hadn't happened since april-may!!

Woo hoo go Kosh! I hope to god you were sound asleep for those 4 hrs!

 

[Claireyb1]

Thank you all sooo much for your kind words, it really does help!!
No news over night which is a good thing as I dread the phone ringing now.
Will be going in to see her at 12.30 as the visiting hours for ICU are more generous (for obvious reasons)
I will update later when I have seen her.
Thankfully Lucy has been a little angel really all things considered. Her sleep hasn't been dreadful so for that I am so thankful!
Hope everyone elses nights were ok.

 

[kosh]

welcome christiana!
(just curious - how did you find us??)

we've just had a 4hr stretch
hadn't happened since april-may!!

Woo hoo go Kosh! I hope to god you were sound asleep for those 4 hrs!

obvioulsy i wasn't.....

 

[kosh]

claire - how is your mum? thinking of you

---eta
i hadn't seen your post.
hopefully your mum is starting to recover.
glad lucy is being a darling
keep up us posted