Sorry ladies no personals today..... im just over life.
I think it was you Christy that suggested some stuff to Tara for sleeping...(for Chels not me....altho...if any one knows somethign safe i can take that would be good too)?
I hit breakin point today.....and all i can say is im glad i held my temper otherwise god only knows what i could have done with Chels
*hugs* Kim it was me. We used two things, either brauers calm homeopathic drops or Bach Flower rescue remedy. Most chemists who have a supply of natural remedies would have them. Bach Flower takes the edge of anxiety and restlessness. I used it during anxiety attacks when pregnant and when I was in labour. I also used to give it to a dog of ours who suffered with anxiety. ALSO I used to put it in Matilda's bottles. The Brauers homeopathic drops are great, but they have belladonna in them which can cause nightmares. I use it still with Matilda as well as lavender oil in the bath & sprayed on her bed before bed. I find she settles so much easier with less screaming & frustration when we help her along.
Kim - big hugs! can someone help mind Chelsea while you nap? What about splitting the night shift with DH. Sleep deprivation is the worst torture.
Tara - how are you going hun? Its a roller-coaster ride isnt it?!
We'll we're now in our new home. Living out of boxes still. Ella slept badly the first night - waking up every hr the first night but its now a lot better. We've got the freedom to do her room any way we want so that will be fun.
She doing well generally. Her teeth are still annoying her sometimes I have to medicate her before her night sleep - she's in so much pain.
YEah Craig still home....Chelsea sleeps at night... in fact still asleep now and wont wake. Its the days thats our problem. Im sorry but 40 mins a day of sleep is not enough. She just wont give in and sleep......instead cries, screams and gets so worked up nearly hyperventilates (sp?). I on the other hand does not sleep at night..... so im pretty awake much all the time.....or if i do manage to get to sleep its from pure exhaustion....then something will wake me....i reckon i get round 2-3 hours maximum a night....and thats no lie at all. Im at my wits end....i have no idea what to do with her....i try rocking, feeding, car drives. Nothing works. It started happening before Craig was home all the time too... so i cant even say its started since he is always home...its just gotten worse.
How i long for FDC to start up again.....3 more weeks before her carer is back from Sri Lanka
kim, sophie isnt sleeping much during the day either at teh moment, yesterday apart from going back to bed at 6.30am, after waking at 5.15am for a feed, for 2 hours, i kept her up for 3 hours thinking she would sleep for at least an hour at 11.30, nope, 35 mins!!!!!! aarrrhhhhh, out to mothers group home and bed at 4pm and only slept for 50 mins!!
im not sure whats going on either, sorry i'm really no help!!
Jovie's average amount of day sleep atm is 45 minutes. Its awful, you just need a break sometimes. I have it easy because she can be tired and still happy, but if Matilda didn't sleep she sould scream for hours, still does
its absolutely HOWLING here... made sleeping interesting last night, the kept waking everyone up. Have kept my big kids home today because it was too hairy to get them to school, and DH came home from work because of the weather, so aston is a happy boy! got three other people to play with today.
Kim I hope things are better today hun sending you hugs - which right at the moment is probably what you don't need, but actually another set of hands! wish I wasn't so far away hun - I'd be there in a shot, and Chelsea and Aston could pretend they are playing football for the premiership, I could referree and you my darling girl could sleep!!!!
Evies exactly the same during the day, actually starting to get better. our nights are just a joke at the moment, up every hour or so last night for a while there.
did u guys have trouble at nights once you started babies on solids? i think that could be part of the prob. *shrug* what do i know!
Well yesterday CHelsea slept....had 2 good naps.... and cos she was a good girl i tok her to the shops...****... wat a mistake... she turned horrible on me....i went shopping for baby clothes and the like.....and Chelsea threw them all over the ground, held on to things as we walked thru shops, winged, cried, screamed. I was determined not to come home til id done all i wanted to do.....and i didnt. She passed out in the car on the way home.
Everyone keeps telling me its cos of teeth... i guess ill go with the flow and say 'Yep ok'.
Each night she is a gem and sleeps 10 or so hours, so cant complain at all there....just the days i needed sorted before bub comes!
Solids are... yeah...getting there....she eats wat we eat for dinner now. Had rissole the other night.. was goin wel to a piece got stuck and she coughed to hard and vommited at the same time.
Vicky, i wish u was closer too.....just so i could chat with another mum... Craig is great but a mum would be good!!!
Hey Kim, I was reading a baby sleep book, it was one i mentioned before i cant remember the name but it was by Anni Gethin and Beth someone anyways it has a bit about trying to get your baby to sleep and how you need to just focus on that. i find when i'm putting evie to sleep that i'm thinking 'right, as soon as shes asleep i'm going to fold the washing, put some washing on, put the dishwasher on etc etc' and the more and more i think about what i want to do the worse she is at going to sleep. when i stop and think that i need to be helping her relax then she goes to sleep a lot easier. its amazing if you stop and think about your body (posture/breathing/heart rate) how tense you can be. So i always tell myself 'i'm putting her to sleep and it will take as long as it needs to, this is what i'm here to do' (then i go hug some trees j/k roflmao) and when i make a conscious decision to be calm my whole body relaxes and then so does evie. anyways back to the book - they say that if you're tense then baby is thinking 'whats going on with mum? i think i'll stay awake to see whats going on OR i think i'll stay awake because she seems stressed and i dont feel very safe and secure so i certainly dont want to close my eyes.'
I know it's hard and you're stressing about the baby, but maybe you can try thinking 'if you dont go to sleep its ok because you sleep at night' (man i would give anything for that!!! lol)
Just try :hugs:
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