I hear ya! I've been living on hmmm somewhere between 4ish hours and on a good night 6ish hours of sleep a night for oh a year... well more if you add in preg sleeping! BUT I call DH and whinge and I get REAL coffee... GJ for me lol. It's seriously sometimes the only way I can stay awake during the day! It wasn't as bad when Oskar still had day sleeps cos I would just sit, even if it was bfing Elijah but I just didn't do washing or house stuff. Now, I don't get that respite cos Oskar doesn't sleep now ugh. Anyway, that's what I do lol.. whinge to DH, ask when he's coming home and I get me a real coffee! hope he starts to sleep better... oh and for the record, Elijah has an amber necklace also but it doesn't seem to do anything about his sleeping times!!
It's awful when you're feeling this way, it makes it so hard to enjoy motherhood doesn't it.
I think any 'you' time you can get is really important. I make a point of taking at least an hour every weekend to go out by myself and leave DS with DH, even if it is just to walk up the street to grab a coffee, sometimes I treat myself to a pedicure, or head out for a spot of shopping (or at least window shopping). I find it makes a real difference and when I come home I'm itching to give DS a cuddle.
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10 months was the absolute worst time for us! Teething and unsettledness - awake every 1-2 hours and cosleeping with a thrashing bed-hog. I was workign then too, so no time to catch up during the week, but i always got sleepins on the weekend.
Hoep your little man is well soon - that always makes it so much worse.
hope he starts to sleep better... oh and for the record, Elijah has an amber necklace also but it doesn't seem to do anything about his sleeping times!!
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