She won't go to sleep.

[MummaSue]

Kate, she seems to be taking a wee bit more in. And I have noticed from her nappies that she is struggling to get a poo out. I wonder if she's a bit blocked up. She hasn't had a good poo for a few days and she's very windy - burps and pumps!

I just had another screaming match trying to get her down for her nap. Again, she's been showing me that she's tired for about an hour yet when it comes to settling down, she's all over the place. She is clearly exhausted but just won't give into it.

I've given her some nurofen for her ??teething. Not sure what to do for the potential pooing problem. Just keep feeding I guess. When she wakes I am going to put her in the sling. My nerves are a bit shattered today and I'm not feeling as patient as I usually am, I really hope she's not picking up those vibes

Thanks for your kind words Dusty

ETA Just also realised that she's 36 weeks this week and THAT my friends is a WONDER WEEK (week 37)!

[human bean]

You are describing almost word for word the last 3 or 4 weeks in my house! Every sleep has become a real struggle, and my patience has been wearing really thin. DH has been a saviour through the night and on weekends as I've needed a little bit of distance so DD doesn't pick up on it. (I hate to admit that but it's true, we have all been running on little sleep and I don't wear it very well!)

It's been so frustrating because she is really tired, but fighting it and fighting it. We've only woken twice overnight the last few nights, and she is starting to be a but more chilled for day naps, so I hope it's passing. Don't mean to go on about us, but just wanted you to know you're not alone, and hopefully it will all calm down soon Everytime we hit a WW I think it can't be as intense as the previous one, but no..... ha ha

With the poos, I find as long as I'm offering DD a range of fruit each day, she's pretty good with pooping, miss it a day or two and she seems to block up. Pear seems to work a treat here

[onthefly]

At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.

[MummaSue]

At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.

Thanks Marcellus, I'm thinking the same about DD. It seems that she has to be sooooooo buggered to go over at the moment. I'm trying to roll with her punches but she's a handful and I'm feeling quite burnt out at the moment. We got out for a huge walk this morning though, which was good for me - and of course good for her. I've realised too that I haven't been looking after myself as well as I could which is probably contributing to being so frayed around the edges and vice versa.
Today is a brand new day

[Livinthedream]

MammaSue, Nurofen is quite harsh on their little tummy's. I know it is meant to be better than panadol for teething (due to its anti inflamatory properties, but it is best if you can alternate it with panandol.
This may well be why she is a bit windy and constipated. will she eat pureed fruit with yogurt? try pears if she will eat them. This may help her go to the toilet. Panadol and nurofen always back me up.
Also, have you tried putting her to sleep at the first sign of her being tired, ie before she get overtired?
My DS is a nightmare when he is over tired.....

[MummaSue]

MammaSue, Nurofen is quite harsh on their little tummy's. I know it is meant to be better than panadol for teething (due to its anti inflamatory properties, but it is best if you can alternate it with panandol.
This may well be why she is a bit windy and constipated. will she eat pureed fruit with yogurt? try pears if she will eat them. This may help her go to the toilet. Panadol and nurofen always back me up.
Also, have you tried putting her to sleep at the first sign of her being tired, ie before she get overtired?
My DS is a nightmare when he is over tired.....

I have only given her nurofen this morning, I try not to usually but she just seemed so upset and she hates panadol, spits it out when we give it to her LOL.
Also, I do try getting her to sleep at the very first sign of her being tired.... hence the 2.5 hour drama last night trying to get her over, she was fighting it to the end. She also doesn't give us much in the way of tired signs so it's hard.

We're doing BLS so haven't gone down the puree route at all, she won't take anything from a spoon from me. I'll give her some pear slices when she wakes from her nap, see how that works.

Thanks xx

[HotI]

You can put anything on a muffin or toast if you did want to give pear or apple. Then bub can still feed themself and my little one will suck the fruit or vegies off the bread.

I was gonna ask about Wonder Weeks. Hoping we hadn't hit another one!

[MummaSue]

With the poos, I find as long as I'm offering DD a range of fruit each day, she's pretty good with pooping, miss it a day or two and she seems to block up. Pear seems to work a treat here

You know, that's a good point, over the weekend we haven't had our usual morning and afternoon tea fruit that we have. Everything goes to ***** at the weekend when daddy is home LOL We get into a good groove in the week then the weekends are totally different.

Will get some rockmelon and pear into her today!