Noelle - definitely see your doctor about tweaking your dose, there is no point taking anything at too low a dose, as you will see less and less benefit.
Charlotte must have something bothering her, it doesn't seem normal that she could have such a huge setback from sleeping well the night before. She could be overtired, but if so, being low key today should get her back on track.
Lady Bee - Don't worry, I think it is totally normal to have a few set backs when you are trying to change LO's patterns, eventually he'll become consistent. You are doing so well
Lysh - Fantastic that you are getting some decent sleep. Yes it's always normal to feel worse as you start catching up on sleep, I think your body stops running off adrenaline (in survival mode) and suddenly realises how sleep deprived you are!
Larkspur - Sorry you are here. We're in WW26 fussy period too (although it feels more like stormy period, so I hope it passes soon!). I agree, we seem to have skipped the sunny period from WW19 and are straight back into the messy stages.
Grrr OH's can be such a pain sometimes, hugs to you and I hope you can explain to him (as calmly as possible) why he is such an ass
Mrsbeano - I'm sorry you are also having a rough time, I hope the tooth gets through asap for you. I don't like coffee either, it makes no sleep so tough!
Shadowy Lady - Boo to no STTN, but yay for the 8 hour sleep! One night feed and back to sleep is great considering you are just out of the MOTN parties. Long may it continue, and I hope she STTN's again for you tonight.
Bananaz - Oh no, I'm sorry you are suffering MOTN parties too! I guess at least she doesn't need you, although i guess you can still hear her, and so are awake?
It's great she can self settle for naps, but I know what you mean about no more snuggles - they grow up so fast!
Well.... a bit of a mixed bag here today. Seren slept pretty well last night, woke at 4am to be repositioned, and again at 6am before up for the day at 6:30am. Unfortunately she had pooped during the night at some point, which I hadn't spotted because she went immediately back to sleep each time she had gotten herself jammed about the cot.
She hasn't pooped in the night since she was about 2 weeks old, I think it's the change in formula that has done it, as I think it's much easier for her to "go" on the new formula (go figure, the comfort should stop constipation). The formula change, combined with a bigger teat size and infacol in the bottle seems to have done the trick, not nearly as much of a problem with wind now.
Seren hasn't tried to roll front to back today, but I think it's because she's had a particularly grouchy day. She can't settle to anything, and has been listless and not that interested in what is going on.
She's cried a lot for really no reason today, possibly a bit of teething as she was drooling a lot, but nothing to make her really uncomfortable.
To make things even worse, we are in a nap transition!
She used to do 2-2.5 hours awake with a 30 minute nap, and repeat. As she slept 12 hours and was fine during the day, it was clearly all she needed So she had about 5 naps per day.
Suddenly she is doing:
1.5 hours awake then 30 minute nap
2.5 hours awake then 1.5-2 hours nap
3 hours awake and 45 minute nap
1.5 hours awake and bed.
Which is great because she's getting one proper nap, and the last one is a full sleep cycle.
But we've had to shift her bedtime back. It was originally 7:30pm (according to the EASY routine), but with her naps, she could only manage until 6:30pm but then slept to 6:30am. Now she seems to want to do 7:30pm to 6:30am.
Although I think she may have slept later this morning if she hadn't filled her nappy.
Also a bit weird about putting her down to bed. She wants her dummy while sitting with me for a bit (almost as if she's winding down) and then she pushes it out of her mouth herself, I pick her up, she puts her thumb in her mouth and I can put her down on her tummy and she'll sleep.
It's ok, but I'm used to her wanting to be put down so she can self settle. Not that I'm complaining really, I get cuddles for once!
I can cope with waking and repositioning, even several times a night, but hoping that they will be after 4am so I can get a solid chunk of sleep in.
Good luck ladies, I hope tonight is kind to all of us!