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[Andrew aka Stuwy]

just bring the clam indoors... that's what I did

[Zuber]

Woke up the other night at 03:00 hrs, wind howling, front clam had been removed and left on the lawn the previous day. Had to get up, put on the dressing gown, wellies and head torch, go out half expecting to find the clam on the road...luckly it had not taken off, turned it to face the wind..went back to bed...could not sleep...thinking the wind direction might change, got up went out again, stuck a fork in the ground and secured ropes to the clam and fork...went back to bed...started thinking that the ropes/fork might abrade the clam...got up and wrapped bits of carpet around the ropes/fork...went back to bed, had a argument with the wife...could not sleep !!!

 

 Conclusion insomnia caused by VX ownership that night.

 

My Mrs would have sent you outside with a sleeping bag to sleep with the Clam...

[rob999]

Meh

[Wolfstone]

Meh

 

That's not insomnia Rob..........it's called work.  Go put out a fire!  

[rob999]

Meh

  That's not insomnia Rob..........it's called work.  Go put out a fire!  

Between days and nights Kenneth! Now I'm on a night so no complaints Two so far, just over 12 hours to go....

[Claws]

Here I am, just over 22hrs awake after 2 hours of sleep last night. Bed time soon...

[KurtVerbose]

I had the reverse this weekend. Went for 40 winks at 18:30 after a days skiing, stayed in bed till 7:30 the next morning.

[KurtVerbose]

Almost as bad as insomnia - a girlfriend who's on call for the fire service and doesn't drive. Sat outside the fire station now, waiting.....

[Wolfstone]

Not me.....but my mum's bloody dog that I'm currently looking after. What a bitch.

[KurtVerbose]

It must be contagious. Girlfriend's given it to me.

[Wolfstone]

Into a pattern of not sleeping on Sunday and sometimes Saturday nights. Good job I've got tomorrow off as leave.

[Mangham54]

A child that somehow doesn't understand what sleep is... Particularly in the middle of the night. We have to go to bed at 8pm on occasions just to catch up. For example tonight Theo went to bed at 7:30, we followed at 8:15pm and thank God we did. At 11:05 he woke up wailing and 2:00 he is still fighting to avoid settling back off. On many occasions Mel sorts him, whilst I power nap through his 'awake' periods, but on occasions like tonight I am just wide awake. I just don't understand how he manages to have the energy and determination of a demented cheetah. Health Visitor said "children his age normally sleep for around 14-16 hours a day. And Mel wants another=== :crazy:

[Ali87]

Read him some puns. He'll laugh himself back to sleep. Now, TVs and fishcakes...

[Mangham54]

Didn't get me anywhere... He finally gave in at 3:30am.

[Wolfstone]

This is bollocks. Something needs to change.

[Mangham54]

This is bollocks. Something needs to change.

[RabnaKS]

A child that somehow doesn't understand what sleep is... Particularly in the middle of the night. We have to go to bed at 8pm on occasions just to catch up. For example tonight Theo went to bed at 7:30, we followed at 8:15pm and thank God we did. At 11:05 he woke up wailing and 2:00 he is still fighting to avoid settling back off. On many occasions Mel sorts him, whilst I power nap through his 'awake' periods, but on occasions like tonight I am just wide awake. I just don't understand how he manages to have the energy and determination of a demented cheetah. Health Visitor said "children his age normally sleep for around 14-16 hours a day. And Mel wants another=== :crazy:

Ah, I remember 22yrs ago, then as soon as there was talk of another, I made an appointment to visit the docs. When a date for the snip came I dropped it in a conversation! Survived both!😬 Still get sleepless nights.

[Stevie Dubyah]

A child that somehow doesn't understand what sleep is... Particularly in the middle of the night. We have to go to bed at 8pm on occasions just to catch up. For example tonight Theo went to bed at 7:30, we followed at 8:15pm and thank God we did. At 11:05 he woke up wailing and 2:00 he is still fighting to avoid settling back off. On many occasions Mel sorts him, whilst I power nap through his 'awake' periods, but on occasions like tonight I am just wide awake. I just don't understand how he manages to have the energy and determination of a demented cheetah. Health Visitor said "children his age normally sleep for around 14-16 hours a day. And Mel wants another=== :crazy:

 

Chris - I just saw this and wanted to share:

 

We had the same issue with our eldest. For the better part of three years (0-3) she did not sleep more than 2 and a half hours consecutively. I am being literal here. She would go ballistic and was unable to self calm. Sometimes (out of sheer exasperation) I would end up putting her in the car at 2am and driving round for half an hour until she fell asleep.

 

Eventually, after nearly stacking the car on the way in to work one day (thank God for the rumble strips on the A12) I called the Health Worker and became considerably more insistent that we needed help (we'd been repeatedly told that she would grow out of it).

 

Health Worker referred us to a specialist (a wonderful and terrifying woman called Christine) who came and talked to us, then booked to spend two entire nights with us. She gave us tips on routines, ways to react when baby cries, how to set up the room; by sleeping over she was able to give us top advice in person. Two nights of that, and presto! The child went through the night and has never had any issues sleeping since.

 

It was all NHS driven.

 

Don't suffer with this. Parents need sleep too.

 

I hope you get it sorted (we had another shortly after - he slept perfectly and always has).

 

Steve

[Mangham54]

Cheers Steve. Something to approach if we don't get any traction in the coming weeks. Had a couple of better nights in the last week, so hoping to build on that... But we shall see. Somehow there is a cycle of 3-4 decent nights, followed by 2-3 broken nights and then a horror night. The cycle then repeats itself. It often coincides with his topsy-turvy bowel motions.

[Stevie Dubyah]

Oh man. I really needed an early night....