Calling all parents

[iamarover]

Congratulations!

ZWORTT is quite a selection of initials!

[mcteeth]

Congrats Toppers

[theadore]

Congratulations mate.

[Gibbon]

Congratulations mate!

[Rover the Top]

Thanks guys.

[Dan]

Congrats RTT, best of luck to you all!
Not to hijack the thread (again) but my own little girl was born on 30th October, and managed to give us an exhausting 9 day stay in hospital in the process. She's amazing, but I hope you're getting a bit more sleep than we are! She's picked up an annoying habit of sleeping most of the day and then going absolutely crackers for a couple of hours at around 11pm.

[Gibbon]

Parenthood = Sleeplessness. (at least for the first few months at least.)

Congrats again Dan.

[mrblackbat]

If only it was just the first few months. My little boy has chronic ear infections and now confirmed glue ear. Had five courses of abtibiotics since August. He wakes five or six times most nights and can't sleep without calpol. Earliest referral appointment is March next year.....

[mrblackbat]

Congrats RTT, best of luck to you all!
Not to hijack the thread (again) but my own little girl was born on 30th October, and managed to give us an exhausting 9 day stay in hospital in the process. She's amazing, but I hope you're getting a bit more sleep than we are! She's picked up an annoying habit of sleeping most of the day and then going absolutely crackers for a couple of hours at around 11pm.

Congrats!!!! Sounds like a tinker in the making.

[theadore]

Congratulations Dan!

If it makes anyone feel better my youngest still wakes 4 times a night and is 1 in a couple of weeks... they both wake up at 6.

[Gibbon]

Ouch. My oldest (7) sleeps like a log these days, but the youngest (1y 10mths) is up most mornings at 6am. Last night she was up at 4.25, but that’s an exception to the rule. They’d both settled into pretty civilised sleep patterns by their first birthday, so maybe we’ve been lucky.

One thing I’ve learned though is that having a second child doesn’t double the work and disruption, it somehow cubes it.

I feel for you, lack of sleep is one of the real downsides to parenthood, and has completely bolloxed up my freelance work schedule over the last 2 years.

Also, Blackbat, my eldest gets glue ear everytime she gets a cold, and a couple of her friends have had grommets fitted. It’s very common and usually clears up as they grow and the position of their ear canals shift. (Which I’m sure you’re aware of now)

[mrblackbat]

Yeah I'm well aware of it, just the timescales that are the problem. He's 15 months now, can sleep for maybe three hours max before waking in pain; not sure I can last another five months.... Though also sometimes its a temper tantrum which Mum can't distinguish between; and I'm obviously evil every time I suggest any form of controlled crying.

[Gibbon]

Sounds tough. Hopefully it’ll get easier soon.

Can you get any relatives to take over for a night now and again to allow you a good nights sleep? Obviously Simon’s a bit busy at the moment, but you have to look after yourselves so you can look after them.

[Rover the Top]

Congrats RTT, best of luck to you all!
Not to hijack the thread (again) but my own little girl was born on 30th October, and managed to give us an exhausting 9 day stay in hospital in the process. She's amazing, but I hope you're getting a bit more sleep than we are! She's picked up an annoying habit of sleeping most of the day and then going absolutely crackers for a couple of hours at around 11pm.

Firstly, congratulations! But 9 days? I hope mum and baby are okay. I thought we had enough being brought in to be induced at Sunday 10pm (Mrs RTT's waters broke the night before without baby making much of a move). They didn't get on with the induction until 9:30am Monday, then insisted on keeping us in for 24 hours after the birth as a box ticking exercise. But most of the problem was with various members of staff making it all more stressful than necessary. And the fact maternity units seem to treat men like garages treat women.

I wouldn't mind being kept awake at 11pm, Ziora seems to think wake up time is 3am! Don't know if it's a universal thing, but I've found I can calm her down a lot of the time by bouncing her gently as I walk around and making long shushing sounds near her ear. If that fails, then it's pass her over to mum for a feed.

[Rover the Top]

I'm obviously evil

Finally you admit it!