HELP- A kid that doesn't sleep

[Arcadia]

Day sleeps were touch and go with us until about 6 months, and then DD settled into a good 2 hour morning sleep and an hour (or so) two more times before bed at 7. She used to be impossible to get to sleep some days at around 4 months, and like others have said, the less I fought it, the better we all felt.

Gee its tiring though, and walking around with a big bubba in a sling is also tiring. At one stage I was going for 5 walks a day just for her to have 5 x 30 min cat naps!

Will she feed to sleep? DD has always been a booby monster and even now will fall asleep anywhere if there's a boob in her mouth!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Aww hun, it's so damn hard and even worse when you get told SLEEP promotes SLEEP.. well ummm i know but tell me HOW to get them to sleep.

Z wont take a dummy, at all and when i was having MAJOR issues getting her to sleep i found she really liked having a crocheted blanket, she could get her fingers through it and snuggle it close but still breath, now she goes to bed, i give her her blanket she sooks for no more than 5min and then she sleeps.
She basically on has 2 days sleeps though and they can be from 30min-2hrs (generally 30min though).
After say 3pm i have basically NO CHANCE of getting her to sleep, she screams and screams and screams, she has to be cuddled and carried around until she has tea, i have tea she has a bath etc then is fed to sleep, she still wakes 1-2 times overnight.

I hope something is helping hun, maybe try a 'comfort' toy or crocheted blanket (i think i have a spare if you need one), i'd suggest making it something she doesn't get during a feed or play time, let her associate it as a safe 'bedtime' thing IYKWIM.

Good luck.... if you ever need a break i'm not far away.

[HotI]

We have had some ups and downs but currently back to not sleeping again- urgh. Yesterday she had a 10 min powernap and that was it from 8am until 7.30pm. She was awake overnight for feeds 3 times but went back to sleep (yay!). She has been up since 8.30 and not looking like sleeping, however is getting a bit cranky. Have given her a bath and feeds but she just fights it.

A couple days this week she had a good morning sleep (couple hours) but then wouldn't sleep til 9 or 10pm.

I don't know what the point of posting is. I know there are lots of sleep posts going around, so i know i'm not the only one. just frustrated today.

We have a wedding tomorrow and will have little Miss with us. If she could get some sleep today & tomorrow, she should be good for tomorrow arvo- if not, it's just gonna be painful.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

hun.... Now she's starting to get cranky if you put her down what will she do?
Z has a blanket that she cuddles as she wont take a dummy, thats made a big difference in her sleeping... hope she gets a good rest today and in the morning so she's ok tomorrow.. you never know the excitement of it all might wear her out.

Take her swimming.. Z slept nearly 3hrs this morning.. thats unheard of for her.. we went swimming last night.. hehe

[MummaSue]

it must be the weather , missy isn't sleeping in the day at the moment either. I think she's just a kid that doesn't need much sleep - but still gets cranky!

I hope that you have a lovely day tomorrow Kate xxxx

[HotI]

Thanks guys

DH was on night shift last night so when he woke up, he took bub and they had a spa together. When she came out she was all relaxed, had a feed and fall asleep. I put her down and she slept for an hour! She also had 2 poos before the spa and i think the combo meant she was relaxed enough to sleep. DH is going out for a bit and gonna take her with him.

She has dumped her dummy (oh no!) but is getting more attached to her blanky (yay!).

ZF, if i put her down when she is cranky (without getting her to sleep first) she just screams and gets all worked up. i have ordered the no cry sleep solution and just waiting for it 2 arrive so hopefully might get some ideas there.

she is doing heaps of poos lately, and i think her tummy is making it hard 4 her to relax.

[BabyMama]

hi kate07

hugs for you!! our DS (who is now just over 2) was never a good sleeper. we tried so many things, anguished over different methods and advice but in the end it seemed easier to go with the flow - some things worked for a small period of time and other things were useless.

DS still doesn't sleep well but has had periods in the last 2 years where he's been OK. we just do what we have to do to get through each day and know that things change.

hang in there - eventually we will get sleep!! sounds like last night was better

[kungfubecca]

I wish i could offer a suggestion, but i read this hoping for some ideas myself.
I brought home a fabulous sleeper, her brother was also but both went hay wire at 4 months, and it seems to get worse for me and I just can't get back to the good sleep routine. DS now 3 is still a shocking sleeper, and I so don't want to head down the same path.

Although annoying I can cope during the day ok, it's when I am screeming why in the middle of the night after 3 nights of not reaching rem sleep at all i'm ready to run away from home.

PS i just ate 3 chocolates due to frustration with sleep didn't help the sleep but i felt better

[onthefly]

After a while I realised that there was always a reason why DS wasn't sleeping well. Mostly I couldn't figure out what the reasons were till after the fact (if ever), but it helped me to resign myslef (like babymama ). Every now and then the stars align with jupiter and hey presto, he sleeps! And he has been heaps better in the past 6 monhts or so, except if he's sick, or has a nightmare, or overtired, or.....
A lot of parents crow about what a great sleeper their baby is. Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

[kungfubecca]

Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

I like this

[HotI]

A lot of parents crow about what a great sleeper their baby is. Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

Love it!