Okay so i know i have often posted on here about DDs sleep issues and what not. But i am desperate!!!!!!
I had DDs (10months) sleep routine down. She would have a huge nap during the day, 2hrs. Then bath with dad before he went to work, dinner and feed to sleep. then she would wake twice during the night. eventuallly ending up in bed with us.
A fortnight ago we went away for a couple of days and since coming home, her sleep routine has gotten so bad.
Take last night for instance she went to bed at 6:30, wake at 7:30, wake at 9:30, then 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:00, 5:15, then finally 6am. Then she was up, as of today her nap was less than an hour. She has to be tired, i am more than tired.
I need help. Dh is hopeless, he says what can i do? i tell him rock her to sleep, pat her in her cot, cuddle her. So what does he do takes her into the lounge room and plays games with her. So its all up to me. Im tired.
Her bedtime was 7pm, but i brought it back thinking she might have been over tired, and hoped that the earlier bed time would help with her sleep, but no, its made it worse.
I only b/feed her at bed times, and although i know she can, she will not go to sleep by herself, she wants to feed to sleep. Its driving me crazy!!
We have been trying to avoid formula, and she is having other drinks during the day, along with three meals, plus snacks. She slef feeds at meals times, so she finishes when she wants to (so i dont think that i am overfeeding her)
After two weeks, i have averaged under two hours of sleep per night, and that isnt even in a block!! As soon as i try and lay down when she naps during the day she wakes instantly.
i am currently usng no cry sleep solution to help with her sleep, but at the moment i am not making any headway with it
Would love any advice, help, anything really.
Sooo tired, sooo very tired
Oh *hugs* to you. I'm in the no sleep society at the moment too! I've never implemented real routines with my babies, so we're different in that respect, but we are the same when it comes to wanting some sleep!
I also understand being the only one to really settle the bub too. DS fed to sleep, and still wants me with him to go to sleep .. not daddy! Daddy is for playing! DD now too won't really settle for DH, and he's more inclined to just get her up and play. That being said tho, she usually wakes up and plays really well for a couple of hours (I'm talking evening time between 7 and 10ish.. not 3am!) and then I find she'll go off for a couple of hours sleep if I'm lucky. Never right through the night tho unfortunately!
I find getting DD to sleep is no problem.. she often self settles with her dummy and is still wrapped.. but it's keeping her asleep.
I get myself through it by thinking this too shall pass. And truly - it does pass. In the middle of it all it feels like it's never going to end and you've got years of no sleep ahead of you.. but really, it does pass. I will say I still haven't really ever had a full nights sleep LOL (freaked out my baby buddies by saying I haven't slept through in 2 1/2 years LOL) but a couple of wakeups per night I can handle.. it's the constant wakeups that kill.
Is she teething? learning to crawl/walk? Separation anxiety kicks in at this age too I think.
Is there any way you can have help so you can get one big block of sleep for yourself? I find if I can just catch up on that little bit of sleep, I can deal with the wakeups with a bit more sanity until it passes. Can someone help through the day so you can sleep? She can just have other drinks and solids from someone else while you sleep for 6-8 hours! Think how refreshed you'd be to tackle that night's wakings!
*hugs* again tho. I know what it's like.. and just know you are not alone!
what on earth to do *sorry this is long*
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