MINOS - UPDATED (Tues)

Anyone want to join me on the bench? I'm sure there's plenty of room...

Isla decided to wake at 1.30 for a feed (despite having a dream feed at 11 last night) and then again at 3am (but wasn't hungry) and then 4am (still wasn't hungry) and 5am (when I finally persuaded her to have some boob in the hope she might go back to sleep). She then woke for the day at 6.15am

I think I got about 4 hours sleep last night. It sucks

She is 17 and half weeks, so I know I'm in growth spurt territory and to be honest, I'm still waiting for the feeding frenzy to happen. She hardly fed in the day yesterday, so I'm wondering if that disturbed her sleep. She also had her 16 week jabs on Thursday last week, so maybe that had something to do with her rubbish sleep. Or maybe it's just that she is a rubbish sleeper and I'm destined to be perched on the MINOS bench for a few months yet

I want a refund please. I'm not sure I can find the receipt for her, perhaps a swap would be OK?

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UPDATE

So it would appear that poor little Isla has a cold she's not had one yet, so getting to 4 months without problems wass pretty good going

She woke at 11.50, 12.30, 1.00, 1.45, 2.45, 3.30, 4.00 and up for the day at 6.15

I ended up giving her Calpol at 4am, should have done it sooner, but she seemed to just want to be picked up and cuddled back to sleep. She was so snotty. I put a tissue with Karvol by her when she went to bed and her cot was propped up, but she still kept on waking up. Funnily enough though, I don't feel as bad today as I did yesterday, maybe it's because when she woke she was only awake for 10 minutes or so and I was able to get back to sleep soon after

Hey ho, I'll just have to eat the enormous box of chocolates she bought me for Mothering Sunday to keep me going

Maybe phone the technical helpline for assistance?

S was much the same last night, only went down to sleep at 11pm, was up at 1 but wasn't hungry, then at 2:30am, then 4:30am then 6am and finally up at 7. With him waking up so frequently I couldn't get to sleep for long inbetween, think I need matchsticks to keep my eyes open today.

Hope her sleep gets better soon Spam

Louie was like this last week. Down at 8pm, awake a 1am, 3am, 4am, 5.30am, then 6.30am for the day. By 9am he was so grizzly I had to cuddle him to sleep and he managed a full 3hours shut eye whilst I had matchsticks holding my eyes open!

I'm hoping it was growth spurt time, plus he, well the whole house hasn't been well. He seemed ok last night and would settle with a dummy so fingers crossed.

I hope Isla sleeps better for you tonight.

Shove your bum up, another one here... I think Isla and Anna must have been in cahoots as she woke at almost exactly the same time including the one for fun and the five o'clock desperate feed just so I could have another 10 minutes. She is 17 weeks tomorrow and tends to snack during the day - my boobs hurt We still have jabs to go .

I think I'll still be only having 4 hours a night when she's 15 [sigh]

And another for the bench, although I can't really complain as c is only 3 weeks. She went down at 8 and slept till midnight (longest sleep so far) luckily I went to bed at 8.30! As she was then up at 12,1,2,3 and 4. At 4 I brought her to bed with me, until her brother woke us up at 6.30! I don't feel too bad today actually, seeing as its been like this for pretty much the last 3 weeks!

Oh dear, this bench is getting busy isn't it? Still, I have a muffin to eat, and sticky toffee pudding for dinner tonight, so the thought of that will keep me going

She's now refusing to nap as well *sigh*

I hope we all get a better nights sleep tonight

Now, repeat after me fellow MINOSers 'this too shall pass, this too shall pass, this too shall pass...'

Update in OP

Poor Isla - Anna is just getting over a cold and cough and her sleep deteriorated during it. She needed cuddles all the time. Hope she gets over it soon. Raising the head od the mattress and sleeping on her side helped A.

Enjoy the chocolates - you have earned them! x

Poor Isla - sounds like you had a rough night! Get started on those chocolates (and pass a few down the bench please!)

We're still on the bench, G woke up at 11.00, 1.30, 4.00 and 5.00, when she decided it was play time, then I managed to get her back to sleep in my bed for a couple of hours. We've bitten the bullet and started weaning so hopefully we'll see some improvement soon....

MightyQuin:

Poor Isla - sounds like you had a rough night! Get started on those chocolates (and pass a few down the bench please!)

We're still on the bench, G woke up at 11.00, 1.30, 4.00 and 5.00, when she decided it was play time, then I managed to get her back to sleep in my bed for a couple of hours. We've bitten the bullet and started weaning so hopefully we'll see some improvement soon....

Good luck with the weaning MQ. You've had a really rough time these last few weeks haven't you? I really hope G's sleep settles down soon