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

[Gemmamuk]

Sorry to hear that kosh
I'm going back on 2nd jan and am absolutely dreading it to the point I'm feeling sick and panicky every time I think about it
At least he's staying home with his daddy but I can't help feeling upset that this wasn't the 'plan'. After being made redundant OH was meant to get another job so I could be a SAHM....but instead we have had to completely role reverse and I'm going back to work to pay the bills while he stays home with my baby

Alex is having a bit of a regression I think, along with a large dose of separation anxiety which is driving me NUTS! I literally cannot grab a drink from the fridge or go for a wee without a major meltdown
He's also a bit out of routine after hols last week, a new tooth cutting yesterday and of course......all the bloody fireworks going off till the small hours
I was up every hour last night and had to sleep with him in the spare bed as his meltdowns are so bad and loud at the mo! Grrrrr

 

[firefly15]

Sorry to hear that kosh
I'm going back on 2nd jan and am absolutely dreading it to the point I'm feeling sick and panicky every time I think about it
At least he's staying home with his daddy but I can't help feeling upset that this wasn't the 'plan'. After being made redundant OH was meant to get another job so I could be a SAHM....but instead we have had to completely role reverse and I'm going back to work to pay the bills while he stays home with my baby

Alex is having a bit of a regression I think, along with a large dose of separation anxiety which is driving me NUTS! I literally cannot grab a drink from the fridge or go for a wee without a major meltdown
He's also a bit out of routine after hols last week, a new tooth cutting yesterday and of course......all the bloody fireworks going off till the small hours
I was up every hour last night and had to sleep with him in the spare bed as his meltdowns are so bad and loud at the mo! Grrrrr

to you too Gemma, so sorry you have to go back to work and also not happy to hear about hourly wakings. Fingers crossed tonight is better for you. I promise that if I win the lottery I will help you all be SAHMs if you want to be!!

 

[kosh]

gemma. i know how you feel

well this is what happens when a crap sleeper starts nursery:
they do go to bed very easily because they are in deed more tired but they also wake in the middle of the nigh really chatty to tell you all what they've been up to during the day. and this goes for 2 hours.........

 

[flippityflop]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

 

[kosh]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

hey flippity! i was actually thinking about you today.

re.end of mat leave. it truly sucks.
i cried my eyes out all last week
it feels so wrong, doesn't it?

 

[flippityflop]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

hey flippity! i was actually thinking about you today.

re.end of mat leave. it truly sucks.
i cried my eyes out all last week
it feels so wrong, doesn't it?

So wrong! I just know I'm going to mis his first crawl or steps (almost there on both counts!) I Sat and smelled him for ages today!

 

[kosh]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

hey flippity! i was actually thinking about you today.

re.end of mat leave. it truly sucks.
i cried my eyes out all last week
it feels so wrong, doesn't it?

So wrong! I just know I'm going to mis his first crawl or steps (almost there on both counts!) I Sat and smelled him for ages today!

aww i do that too and believe it or not i don't mind when he wakes now as i miss him so much during the day
who is going to look after him? are you going back full time?

 

[flippityflop]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

hey flippity! i was actually thinking about you today.

re.end of mat leave. it truly sucks.
i cried my eyes out all last week
it feels so wrong, doesn't it?

So wrong! I just know I'm going to mis his first crawl or steps (almost there on both counts!) I Sat and smelled him for ages today!

aww i do that too and believe it or not i don't mind when he wakes now as i miss him so much during the day
who is going to look after him? are you going back full time?

Well the first day wasn't so bad. I didn't even cry! I raced home like a mad woman though and god help anyone who got in my way!

I'm back 3 days a week and MIL is having him 2 days at mine and then nursery one day. I feel very lucky that its all worked out like that. He's had a great day with his Nanny and seemed nonplussed when I got home! I squeezed him so hard.

 

[kosh]

Hey girls

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi. Glad to see some positive stories and sorry to see the not so great. I often think of you all. Cormac is sort of sleeping well but for the last week has decided 2-4am is playtime. Tonight is he last night of my maternity leave. Tomorrow I have to leave my little boy for the longest I have ever left him and only the 3rd time over two hours since he was born.

hey flippity! i was actually thinking about you today.

re.end of mat leave. it truly sucks.
i cried my eyes out all last week
it feels so wrong, doesn't it?

So wrong! I just know I'm going to mis his first crawl or steps (almost there on both counts!) I Sat and smelled him for ages today!

aww i do that too and believe it or not i don't mind when he wakes now as i miss him so much during the day
who is going to look after him? are you going back full time?

Well the first day wasn't so bad. I didn't even cry! I raced home like a mad woman though and god help anyone who got in my way!

I'm back 3 days a week and MIL is having him 2 days at mine and then nursery one day. I feel very lucky that its all worked out like that. He's had a great day with his Nanny and seemed nonplussed when I got home! I squeezed him so hard.

oh, that's not too bad flippity!
glad your first day was better than expected

 

[kosh]

was just wondering...who's left in this thread?
claire, firefly, gemma, me...

chocolala? mr hedgehog?

i have the feeling all your LOs will be 'rehabilitated' and i will still be here!

 

[AngelUK]

I still come and read, though of course that is not much help. kosh! I think of you every morning when I am got up just before 6 and grumble. And then I think of how bad it used to be and how bad it is for you still and I feel lucky and really bad for you.
And also to all the other ladies on here

 

[Claireyb1]

was just wondering...who's left in this thread?
claire, firefly, gemma, me...

chocolala? mr hedgehog?

i have the feeling all your LOs will be 'rehabilitated' and i will still be here!

Haha! no fear of you being left alone Kosh,not if Lucy has anything to do with it!! lol
For any of you who don't know I have not been MIA due to some sort of sleep miracle but due to sickness.1st LO got a vomiting bug and then DF and myself got it too feeling more human today, but boy oh boy was that tough going. I have never used a bra as an aid to catch vomit before, but it works quite well!

 

[MrsHedgehog]

I'm still here. Still having terrible nights. I come on here every day and keep thinking I'll come and post later when LO is asleep but it never happens! We had wake ups every 90mins last night an each time it took about 30mins to settle her, another 30mins for me to get back to sleep meaning I only had 30mins sleep before she was awake again. She's super grumpy today too and my patience is wearing thin. She barely eats anything in the day and I'm wondering if it's because she feeds so much at night. I've no idea how we'd cut out night feeds though as it's the only way she'll go back to sleep.

to those of you going back to work. I've been back for 8 weeks now and it's ok. I only do 2 afternoons a week and LO is with MIL. She barely notices I'm gone I think! She won't sleep for MIL of course but she seems to manage ok even without much sleep on the days I work.

 

[firefly15]

Don't worry Kosh, don't see us going anywhere for a while. After a couple of good nights we're back to crap again only this time with the bonus of 5am starts for the day. Sooooo tired.

I'm really, really pleased for everyone with success but now LO is a year old it's making me wonder if we'll ever see a proper improvement. I don't even need him to sttn, just one wake up is all I ask!!

 

[kosh]

was just wondering...who's left in this thread?
claire, firefly, gemma, me...

chocolala? mr hedgehog?

i have the feeling all your LOs will be 'rehabilitated' and i will still be here!

Haha! no fear of you being left alone Kosh,not if Lucy has anything to do with it!! lol
For any of you who don't know I have not been MIA due to some sort of sleep miracle but due to sickness.1st LO got a vomiting bug and then DF and myself got it too feeling more human today, but boy oh boy was that tough going. I have never used a bra as an aid to catch vomit before, but it works quite well!

 

[kosh]

Don't worry Kosh, don't see us going anywhere for a while. After a couple of good nights we're back to crap again only this time with the bonus of 5am starts for the day. Sooooo tired.

I'm really, really pleased for everyone with success but now LO is a year old it's making me wonder if we'll ever see a proper improvement. I don't even need him to sttn, just one wake up is all I ask!!

one wake up?! don't be greedy! i only ask for 3 wake ups



mrs hedhehog, firefly, claire - *glad* that i'm not alone....
angel - nice to hear from you too!

 

[kosh]

re, going back to work - i'd be absolutely fine if i worked 2 days a week. it's leaving him 5 days a week for so many hours that is absolutely killing me (and him, poor thing, he is not coping well )

 

[lisa1980]

I'm still here (in spirit at least)!! I refuse to leave until woohoo thread day.

We've had a few horrendous nights lately as he's had a bug and has been so poorly (the worst I've seen him, poor mite). He would only nap on me and his routine and nights went haywire, but now that he's better he's back to napping in the cot which I'm taking as a good sign.

Kosh - I'm so sorry LO isn't coping so well with you being at work. Does he like nursery? Do you go to BF him in the day?

Everyone else - I often think of you all and I check on this thread regularly for updates even if I don't post. I'm crossing all my appendages for good nights for you all.

 

[ellebelle]

I still come here to read. Things have been better for us except we've had colds for the past 3 weeks and sleep has been pretty bad again.

 

[firefly15]

Don't worry Kosh, don't see us going anywhere for a while. After a couple of good nights we're back to crap again only this time with the bonus of 5am starts for the day. Sooooo tired.

I'm really, really pleased for everyone with success but now LO is a year old it's making me wonder if we'll ever see a proper improvement. I don't even need him to sttn, just one wake up is all I ask!!

one wake up?! don't be greedy! i only ask for 3 wake ups



mrs hedhehog, firefly, claire - *glad* that i'm not alone....
angel - nice to hear from you too!

I figured to hell with realism and dare to dream!!