Liz- Oh don't tell me you haven't slept through for 2 and a half years, I might cry. We are back to our same old horrible slept patterns. The developemental thing makes sense but- it would explain why I almost have to hold Ty down in his cot to get him to go to sleep- he's got a thing for pushing up onto his knees and the top of his head at the moment. looks painful. Good luck with your washing. I hate using my dryer but I have a load in ther at the moment.
Jus- for you. I know it's hard. Let's sell them on Ebay and go on a holiday to Bali with the profits hey?
Hmmm a very boring houseworky day here. I'm even going to try and make a lasagna for dinner Very Stepford of me.
Yep have to agree that sleep is not happening here either day or night
Vicky has decided that she'll only sleep properly during the day if I hold her, putting her in the cot and shes awake within 15mins and nights argh! she was brilliant for ages then since Thursday its getting worse and worse...falls asleep with bf put her in bed and 5 mins later crying, cuddle her to sleep put her down wakes up straight away, pick up straight asleep put down awake straight away...so last night i sat there patting & shushing for an hour (OMG) and finally went to sleep only to wake at 2am for a feed and instead of going straight back to sleep as before the same crap as before. Then crying at 4am cause her teeth were bugging her. Plus Alex is calling out again around 1am - Will be sooooooooooooooooo glad when this improves somewhere between now and the next 5 years. Happy 7 Months to my little girl
Nic - Glad to hear the boys loved their party.
Jus
Hugs Morgan - I had a very similar night last night with both Sara and Loren up an down. I literally saw each hour tick over until 6am and then I got to sleep for 2 hours. Of course this made my late for playgroup, but omg I needed that 2 hours. I am on my second coffee for the day and it is not helping...
Buzzie - Are you going off dairy for you or for Ash? Only asking because you won't see an immediate improvement. You really need to be off it strictly for 1 month. This is what I have to do when my allergies flare up. I usually go dairy free for 3 months at a time.
Bekz - it is supposed to be for Ash, but the chiro was never REALLY strict. Said if i wanted to wait till after treatment and if he was still not improving then try going off dairy, but i went all out and just did everything to make it better.
Is soooo confusing what is right tho because Ash is fine during the day at passing wind its just night time, so he doesnt have a HUGE issue as if it was 24-7.
But going off caffiene has done nothing. he has always been a very good sleeper so with no caffiene hasnt improved him sleeping hes just waking up crying cos he cant pass wind at night time. And i very rarely ate dairy in the first place, like very a piece of cheese in my sandwich, very rarely a coffee with milk or eggs.. etc... so i was talking to mum today about it and we were thinking maybe its just the frequent feeding at night time and lying down. (because hes fine the second we get up in the morning!) I ve started getting him sleeping in his cot durning the day now which is fantastic and there decent sleeps well 45mins, but better than 10mins waking up looking to see if im still in the room. Anyway i think maybe its just time to get really strict and night time in is cot and putting the dummy in rather the constant boobie comfort...... see if that makes a difference..
Im getting alot more confident with his solids.. finally!!! hes having more of what I eat and seems to enjoy it, mind you he smooshed more of his toast than he ate this morningand didnt gag once but hes still gagging with his chunky lunches but is great with pureed tin stuff! i just hate giving him that stuff...i dont feel like a real mum unless i make my own stuff LOL sounds silly i know.. hehe
Does anyone else just buy the tins/jars or is everyone making there own food??
Lauren - We are homemade only here, but its easy as Vicky will eat anything so i just give pieces of whatever veg we have a night or just mash it together roughly with the masher, brekkie is bellamy's baby porridge which i just add some mashed banana to & lunch is normally a few pieces of apple & pear. What i do especially at dinner is cooked at little extra veg and put a couple of extra serves in the freezer for lazy days
I bought a jar the other week as i had nothing in the freezer and we were super late getting home - i couldn't get over how tasteless it was - lamb and 3 veg - it tasted like cardboard (JIMO) so I wont be doing it again. Alex never had jars/tins if we were out longer than planned i'd buy banana and/or avo and give him that.
Just my personal take on it and I dont have any issues with other people using those products - im just lucky enough to have the time to make my own.
Hey everyone, thanks for the reality check. At least I'm not in it alone on the sleep front. and it does sound like the weekend was a shocker because of some kind of 'wonder week' action. would love to read that book...
So sorry that no-one else is getting much sleep either.
Prob extra hormonal atm & so not coping v. well. Just have to keep hanging in there one day at a time.
thinking about getting rid of the dummy again tho! hmmm. dunno.
to all the otehr sleep deprived mummies.
Lauren, Ella's wind did improve when I reduced the feeds, altho I don't think I was feeding as often as you. Reducing the no. of feeds made her feed better & therefore get more hindmilk & reduce the lactose overload which is a problem. Ella's still a bit of a windy bub on the whole, so I think it's just her / slightly sensitive gut, altho not the same probs you've got with Ash at night. I'm still wondering about going off dairy again tho & seeing if it improves night sleep.
On the solids front, I'm giving anything I can get my hands on. Am cooking for her, but because she's so fussy, not cooking much b/c she may not eat it, so lots of jar / package foods while we find out what she'll actually eat. Prefer to home cook, but we're going for reality here!
Hey Nic, just remembered something else she'll eat - the first thing she actually opened her mouth for - a heinz fruit custard that comes in packs of 4 tubs. Maybe Olivia will take that?
Found a new brand of organic/dairy free rusks (& other stuff I think) called "holle" at our local big chemist. Might be worth you looking for for ash Lauren.
Hope this all helsp & everyone's week going OK. Gotta go pay the baby some attention. just got home from work (aka my 'day off')
for you. I know it's hard. Let's sell them on Ebay and go on a holiday to Bali with the profits hey?
Very Stepford of me.
and nights argh! she was brilliant for ages then since Thursday its getting worse and worse...falls asleep with bf put her in bed and 5 mins later crying, cuddle her to sleep put her down wakes up straight away, pick up straight asleep put down awake straight away...so last night i sat there patting & shushing for an hour (OMG) and finally went to sleep only to wake at 2am for a feed and instead of going straight back to sleep as before the same crap as before. Then crying at 4am cause her teeth were bugging her. Plus Alex is calling out again around 1am - Will be sooooooooooooooooo glad when this improves somewhere between now and the next 5 years.
Happy 7 Months to my little girl 
At least I'm not in it alone on the sleep front. and it does sound like the weekend was a shocker because of some kind of 'wonder week' action. would love to read that book...
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