Is it just me thats like a bear with a soar a*se...?

Question

when woken in the middle of the night? my 5month old doesn't get fed in the night anymore but she comes out her swaddle like 50times...lol...so i leave her out her swaddle and she smacks herself in the face...then her dummy keeps dropping out....urghhhh i get so mad!! not at her just mad in general,then i look at my other half who is snoring and that winds me up even more.

i read posts from mums who say ''ooh i love getting up in the night to feed my baby etc..their sleepy eyes ohhh so cute''

i just mumble things stumble about and grunt alot...lol...

so do any other mummies HATE waking in the night to see to their little one????xx

Answer 1

I'm with you! Its not nice for anyone to have to be waking up all hours of the night to see to a baby but hopefully it wont last too much longer. If your partner is snoring away and you've already been up a couple of times then wake him up! women say that 'Oh no i couldn't do that my husband works!' so what, my husband works as well but i dont stop all day either and my job lasts 24hours not 9 - 5.When i got to the point where id really had enough, i always woke my husband up, yes he was tired too but that's the joys of being parents!

My boys are 3 and 4 now so we've got used to sleeping all night again, so wish me luck for October when it starts for me all over again, lol.

Good luck and best wishes x*x

Answer 2

I wouldn't say that I *hate* waking up to feed my son, but I do hate being tired the next day. How's that for a compromise?  He's 14 months and doesn't sleep more than 9 hours, so that usually means that we're up at 5 am or so.  He's never been interested in a pacifier, so I haven't had that additional frustration of having to put it back in for him.

BTW, 5 months is a bit late to be swaddling.  Even if she is smacking herself in the face, it might be time to set her free.  

Answer 3

i know i do.. she makes me so tired cuz my daughter is only 2 months and she doesnt even sleep thru the nite... she will go to sleep then an hour later will wake up and stay awak till 3 or 4 in the morning. and im the one thats suffering cuz my bf sleeps thru her cries but i cant. so sometimes what i do is when shes hungry i just lay on my side with her chest facing me and feed her and fall asleep and eventually she will too..

i love her to death but i thought it was supposed to get easier as they got older? but it hasnt its only gotten harder... :o( lol

Answer 4

well, i really didn't swaddle after about 2 or 3 mos

but she still feeds in the night

i have her crib in my room so it is not such a chore (we also co-sleep sometimes too....ok most of the time :)  )

with the dummy, you may want to try a different shape - the one they gave us in the hospital did come out of her mouth very easily in the drifting off to sleep stage - so i tried the nuk brand and that shape tends to stay in her mouth better even when going to sleep and sometimes when asleep - there are other brands with that same or similar shape as well, playtex has a great one also

i do go thru stages where i will wait a few seconds to see if she will go back to sleep (she Never does) or hop right out of bed - usually it is hop right out of bed though - because that allows both of us to get back to sleep much faster and with much less stress - but no i dont hate having to get up with her sometimes i just wish she would have slept a little longer

Answer 5

I'm with you! My son is 11 months old and still waking a few times a night to feed...I'm guessing bc he's teething again....and it drives me to the point of insanity!! I know it makes me grumble under my breath when I hear 'my child slept through the night at 6 weeks...' blah blah blah...luck you! Like you, I also don't enjoy the 'my baby's soooo cute at night...I love holding her and rocking her back to sleep'....I enjoyed it the first few months...it was nice bonding time, but at 11 months...mama's ready for some solid sleep so she can function!!!

Answer 6

I feel the same way, my daughter is one month old! Tomorrow! It flys so quickly! I am still feeding in the night obviously and i feel so tired and drained! I long for a night when i actually get to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time, even though it can be tyring i try to enjoy every minute i have with her! Hopefully it can only get better!  

Answer 7

It's not just Mums, Jade.

Us Dads are often the one to be pushed out of bed at ungodly hours to attend the needs of young children.

So my sympathies to you, but rest assured that when they are teenagers, the whole hassle starts again !