Sleeplessness

[blondie95]

Well Friday night was the only night off, he was back on sat night though only once at 3am and the this morning at 5:30 which wasnt so bad as i am normally stirring then knowing the alarm goes off in 50 mins and because its a light box for SAD in winter it gradually lights up from an hour before alarm so normally sense it getting lighter.

Last couple of times he has woken have heard them as if we wants milk and normally 5mins later all is peaceful again

[kerrensimmonds]

I hope there will be an all-night rave at your house, either before or after your wedding, Amy. Then the neighbours might find out what it's like to live so close to disturbance.... Perhaps they could be encouraged to move the baby to a different room, or keep the windows closed, or something......
Seriously, I am sure the poor child is not deliberately disruptive, but I am sorry that his/her nightly anguish impacts so much upon your own ability to sleep properly. How well do you know the parents? (Not that, I guess, they could do much about it, as Frances pointed out earlier on this thread. They must be having disturbed nights, too).
Strangely, my own neighbours (we are in a 1960's semi detached property) apologised profusely to me when their first baby came home in December two and a half years ago, saying he was 'very noisy'. Actually, I have very, very rarely been disturbed by the nightime noise caused by either him or his young brother. The children's rooms are at the front of the property, while my bedroom is at the back.

[Katharine]

I well remember the first night that our elder son was very disturbed with teething. We had only just arrived in Pakistan, so life was very strange for the poor mite. The next morning our neighbours - from the other side of the road came to enquire whether we had registered with a doctor I was so embarrassed by it. What I had not realised, as I was so new to the country that as it was Ramadan they had a very early breakfast before daybreak so they were up and took their meal in the cool of the terrace. It made me feel a lot better when they explained!

[Fjgrogan]

Luckily we are rarely disturbed by overnight noise, but I have noticed when sitting at the computer, which is against a party wall, that I can hear someone next door throwing tantrums - occasionally it is the youngest child, who must be about five or six by now (too old for toddler tantrums), but more often it is one or other of the parents, which is quite scary.

[mvgrogan]

when that room was my bedroom, i remember hearing a baby screaming in the night... I guess it's the kids room the other side of that wall.

[Fjgrogan]

Not any more it isn't, Maria. I noticed when Arran was little that he always used to scream about 7 pm when I was trying to watch Emmerdale on television. Once I asked very tentatively if my television was disturbing him, and his father said 'Oh no; he just always screams when is sent to bed'!He hasn't changed much as he has got older; he just sleeps at the back of the house now. I wonder what we will discover once our back bedroom on that side of the house is back in use, other than as a storage unit?

On the other side, some years ago, we suddenly got The Ride of the Valkyries at full volume at 2 in the morning. No idea what that was about - just one of the perils of living in a terraced house.

[blondie95]

Thats the thing, i cant moan too much, the poor boy cant help it! He is such a lovely boy, when i see him in the garden he always comes up to the fence to say hello and then says all the words he has learnt recently! Its just infuritating that its every night, it doesnt seem to be getting better. Oh well at least today it was at same time as my alarm

[kerrensimmonds]

Have you tried earplugs, Amy?
I once lived next door (terrace) to the neighbours from hell. Inter alia, they had a Downs Syndrome boy whose every whim they indulged. Until I called them into my house to witness it, they did not appreciate that him turning up the bass beat on their HiFi system (standing on the floor, against a party wall with my house) actually caused my whole house to reverberate and one could feel it by putting one's hand on a fixed piece of furniture, e.g. a kitchen working surface. Even after they were persuaded that I had a case, they did nothing to stop it. So many mornings I woke up thinking I had a thumping headache, until reality dawned. Wax earplugs did turn out to be quite helpful.....
When my father passed away, I inherited enough money to move away from there to the place where I am now. Bliss.....

[sejintenej]

On the other side, some years ago, we suddenly got The Ride of the Valkyries at full volume at 2 in the morning. No idea what that was about - just one of the perils of living in a terraced house.

Didn't that feature rather loudly in a fillum about the Americans in Vietnam? Perhaps your neighbours had got the video out.

A certain gentlemen of theatrical bent used to give good parties and the invitation would include the statement "Gunfire at 4.00am" or similar. There were loudspeakers in the trees so we would get the 1812 overture or Waterloo (not the Abba one but a parallel to 1812) at full volume. Fortunately the neighbours were invited but it must have been heard for several miles.

[Fjgrogan]

Anyway, my new mattress topper is a great success.

[kerrensimmonds]

Glad about that Frances! Sleep well from now on.
My memory foam topper came covered and pre-fixed to the (already deep) mattress of my new bed (last January). So I just had to put up with the chemical smell etc., and in due course the smell dissipated, I coped with the sweatiness and in due course I got to love it. But I did have to buy new bedding.. my existing fitted under sheets were not deep enough.
Amazing to find that such deep fitted sheets are only available in black or red satin (ermm... not quite my scene!) or plain white or plain cream Egyptian high-count linen. So lots more dosh to add to the cost of the bed in the first place. I bought three fitted undersheets at a cost of a little more than £75.

[blondie95]

our matress has memory foam top and it is nice, although its amusing when i swap the matress round so we end up on each others, they are slightly diffeent shapes (mine barely an indent on the foam)

[midget]

We have recently spent the kids inheritance on an Adjustomatic. All bells and whistles, 2 singles linked, BUT they are 6ft6ins long, and really need fitted sheets, and we can only find one supplier, so more dosh. It is really worth it, aches and pains in neck and shoulders disappearing, and more sleep.

[kerrensimmonds]

Welcome to the club, Maggie! I had to shell out £25 a shot for each new undersheet, of an appropriate size, to fit my new super duper mattress. And now my duvet (still the same one, with the same covers) looks like a pimple on an elephant's b.t.m. even when it's tidily placed on top of the made bed. Oh well. I am not going to invest in another and larger duvet and more supersized bedding! It's only me, the dog, the cats and the cleaning lady that see my bedroom anyway.

[englishangel]

IKEA beds are 6'6" and may have long sheets