I found the same down in Midleton
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Once you get the hang of the words âgangâ and âladâ youâre away.
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keep going pal
as myself and @briantinnion said on here beforeâŚhaving young children is one of the best and worst things that can happen to you in equal measureâŚthe best of luck man⌠youâll come out the other side of this one. just keep it in check at home as if you fall they all will
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I canât offer you any advice other than it only gets better son
My missus went through PMT/post natal pretty bad and those words on a screen arenât even remotely close to what itâs like in real life. What you took the courage to do and write out there is very important.
A big step.
You arenât alone. Weâve all had cunts of days/weeks. Ask anything
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Johhny a friend of the missus had awful trouble getting the baby to sleep. To the point where it was destroying them. They were in very bad habits with the baby and the whole day was gone with the fucking acting.
Anyway they went away and got a sleep consultant, âŹ300 quid or something mad like that. She only told the mother what everyone was trying to help her did, but as an âexpertâ she listened more readily. They lay out a bed time plan etc. tell you what habits to break. Sleep was right in a week, and literally changed their lives. Her husband says it would have been worth 10 times that.
Might be worth getting the outside voice in, to play bad cop
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Indeed. I have memories of friend of mind from Clare sitting in a dark phone booth in Freemantle in 2003⌠Roaring at his ould fella to bring the radio closer to the phone!
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The youngest is waking a fair bit at night this past while. She has been great to sleep and would go up to bed for around 18:30. She might stir the odd time but itâs for her dodi and sheâll go off again. But now sheâs waking at around midnight and sheâs wailing. Sheâs over 6 months so sheâs starting teething but this will happen another two times at least before waking for the day at 06:00. Itâs tough going, plenty of coffee during the day. Apart from that sheâs a very happy baby and her sister is a great sleeper. Fingers crossed itâll settle down again.
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Itâs very tough going and no one fix solution. My eldest was 2.5 before sleeping through. Would wail and wail and wail to the point if not picked up, would puke. Harrowing shit for a while. Just had to deal with it as best we could. Those years are a blur in retrospect.
I hope this helped.
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Everything passes as you well know, but when youâre in the middle of it, itâs a tough station. Deep breaths and quick forgiveness.
I donât know how we do it.
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Those first few years of a baby youâd have a whole new appreciation for your own parents especially your mother particularly if you were reared in cloth nappies !
I hear ya kid⌠3 times a night for the last 2 weeks. Coffee, coffee and serenity now, serenity now. Youâd be driven demented and then youâd see their little faces when asleep and your heart melts. Hopefully itâs just pre Superbowl nerves.
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Here you go dadsâŚ
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And encouragement.
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You can put 95% of sleeping issues down to teething. The little one gets bad doses of colds when sheâs going through a spell of teething which affects her sleep patterns but it hasnât affected her form during the day which is a big help. Still cheery and happy to be wandering around the house.
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I have a great story like that, but itâs too long to type.
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Thanks for sharing that you wonât share
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100%
Our oldest it transpires was allergic to dairy.
He screamed every hour pretty much on the hour for the first 6 months. I can remember sitting in bed with him and my eyes were so dry from tiredness I didnât have enough tears to blink.
My ma said to my wife he had colic. Of course, anything my ma said was wrong.
He wouldnât take breast milk right from the start. We had a breast feeding âconsultantâ who after a while just said she didnât know what to recommend. He didnât thrive.
When he was six months, I gave him a Farleyâs rusk, and the poor little hoor broke out in blisters everywhere it touched, hands, mouth, etc. Herself took one look (I was extremely agitated by this) and said âoh God heâs allergic to dairyâ. She stopped eating all dairy and he instantly took breast milk, but she switched him to dairy free bottles. It was like turning off a tap. Every night of unbroken sleep bar once to feed. I just made a bottle before bed and left it in under the duvet beside us so it was warm, and didnât even have to get up to make it.
Absolute bliss.
Second great milestone is when theyâre old enough to go downstairs and turn on the telly.
To be honest, after the dairy thing, we didnât even notice teething.
I wouldnât mind but sheâs a consultant paediatrician, and she said sheâd have seen it in anyone elses baby straight away đ¤ˇ
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I may try later.
Turning on the telly themselves is a gamechanger.
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