Nightfeeds Chat Thread

[loopylou83]

Have a dummy for the first time ( against all my beliefs but 6 nights with no sleep takes its toll) so far she has had an hour and 50 minute sleep without it as she usually does but then went an hour and twenty minutes sleeping with it ( this is a record as she normally wakes every half hour during the night- still plenty of time yet as the night is still young but I'm happy that I've had 3 hours sleep lol- Hannah latched straight onto boob a minute ago so doesn't seem confused xx

 

[flisstebbs]

First feed tonight. Yay, we have a pattern people!
J is great, just my stupid back to fix now. ?

 

[LD1978]

I've just ordered a zip up swaddle as I'm useless doing it with blankets.

That's fab Lou - nice to get some more sleep!!

Fliss - tonight has been much better. 3 hour feeds of formula and she's been more content!(did offer boob but she was fussing and not taking it) Still a bit restless but I've managed to get some naps. She cried when I turned light off though!! Just some pesky wind now then hopefully more sleep!! I'll definitely try keeping her awake a bit again although there were mixed reviews well done on the pattern - you should be proud how you've stuck to it!!

X

 

[Kimmyj_b]

Lowen has just had her feed after sleeping for 4 hours... She fell asleep on me and is now wide awake as I tried to put her back in her Moses basket - typical!xx

 

[SpinSugar]

Fliss, that's fab!
Lou, you gotta do what's right to get by. I hate the idea if dummies but I was begging my LO to take them a few days in! As long as she just has it to sleep I don't see there's anything wrong with it.
LD, the zip ones are a good start, but babies can still wriggle a lot in them do they don't work great. I love the mothercare swaddle blanket. You can wrap it really really tight and it rarely comes loose. Plus it can be used for ages, we've only stopped this week at 16 weeks.
Kimmy, I hate that. Sometimes I swear they can even sense when were thinking of putting them down!
I'm up for feed 2. Pretty good going so far! Xx

 

[Kimmyj_b]

She's still awake... I've enlisted daddy's assistance now! He mentioned about giving her a dummy, but I'm not massively keen. May try and persevere a bit xx

 

[SaraLouise]

BEST NIGHT EVER!! 7.30PM-8AM (apart from the odd dummy drop!). Please please please be the start of sleeping through! X

 

[SpinSugar]

Saralouise that's BRILLIANT! YAY!

 

[SaraLouise]

I actually can't believe it happened lol! He was soo miserable yesterday with his teeth, so I think he wore himself out lol x

 

[flisstebbs]

BEST NIGHT EVER!! 7.30PM-8AM (apart from the odd dummy drop!). Please please please be the start of sleeping through! X

Awesome

Kimmy, I'm co-sleeping with jess, and gradually we're getting stretches in her cot but its slow. I have a Co sleeper cot which she tends to somehow crawl out of, and we wake up cuddled up most of the time. At other desperate times I have "sideboobed" her to sleep which never fails! Setting her down is a bit tricky, but using a cardigan that I've been wearing seems to help.

 

[flisstebbs]

Up with first feed and jess weed all over me and her when I changed her nappy
At least we are settling into 3hrly feeds at night and she seems to recognise night is night now. How is everyone else faring? X

 

[twinkle90]

Thought i would join this thread. i havent slept!! im not even.tired and just cant sleep. LO is sleeping. woken a couple of times, just given her dummy and off to sleep she goes. i just cant fall to sleep at all. Xxx

 

[SpinSugar]

Lovely fliss! Just what you want.
Hey twinkle. Hope you manage to get some sleep tonight! Xx

 

[Dotty_woman]

Oops Fliss! Hope you didn't get too wet. Pleased to hear about your feeds going 3 hourly. I tried to get Violet down an hour early tonight but she woke up as soon as I put her down and I ended up having to feed her again so don't think I got to sleep until about 2am. Still I've had a couple of hours sleep do shouldn't complain. xxx

 

[Kimmyj_b]

Lowen wouldn't get in to her own bed after her late feed tonight so has been awake ever since. She's now hsbing another feed and I'm hoping up get her in up her Moses basket.... Fingers crossed. Got a headache, think it's cos of sleep deprevation! Hope everyone else is ok xx

 

[flisstebbs]

Arg! Twice I got weed on now!! She's being a cheeky monkey tonight. However I'll take the 3hr chunks of sleep and be grateful.
Kimmy, I got a full on migraine last week after a few nights of 2hrs sleep. You must try to catch naps in the day if you can to stay sane. X

 

[ChloeSmith]

3 hour chunks sounds great Fliss! We had one 3 hour stint 10-1, then it's been every 2 hours got a 1 hour feed each time... Not much sleep x

 

[Clairexx]

Hi ladies! Glad to see some of the tiny babies are realising day from night yay! Well we keep having strange nights where I'm not sure if I'm allowed to moan or not! As M is now 5 months old I no longer feed all through the night, but I will feed once when he wakes and won't be settled - this is usually anytime between 3-6am. He does however still wake roughly every 2 hours, but popping dummy in settles him almost instantly which is great.. But it takes me ages to get back to sleep again! I'm still allowed to feel as shattered as I do right?? Haha. He usually goes to bed around 9pm, then wakes about 12, then 2, then 4, feed at about 5 then up at 7:30/8? I known it's nothing compared to the 2 hour long night feeds though! Xxx

 

[flisstebbs]

Think our good streak may be over. Jess seems agitated, not settling and I am feeling tired and emotional as my mum left tonight
I know I have to learn to do this on my own, but its been so lovely to have her support, and our relationship has subtly changed again. Its been amazing watching jess getting to know her nana too
I'm lucky to have a great hubby who's very good with jess, but it's not the same as having your mum!!!

 

[MrsE]

Aww my mum was a great help with my boy was born; she's in India at the moment but there are days when I wish she was still here so I could have a rest! She's back for a couple of days at Christmas then she's off travelling around South America.

Well he fed at 9 for an hour and woke up at 12 with wind so feeding him now hope it's not a 3 hourly night again!