I agree with Santosha. Sleep promotes sleep, apparently. If DS has crappy day sleeps, the night is a shambles. I spent the first 6 months.of his.life feeling broken and tired and struggled to cope. It seems our sleep issues are back, I think teething and learning to crawl has disrupted the half decent nights we were having.

What helped me was to forget about everything except essentials. Sleeping, eating., paying bills. I would nap religiously when DS did. On those terrible swearing my head off days, I would go out. Anywhere. Usually to wander a mall aimlessly. A wise woman once said it's much harder to be a homicidal maniac in public. She was right. Another thing I found useful was to be very gentle with myself. Avoiding stressful situations as much as possible, and reminding myself that I was a good mother.

These suggestions come from the.obvious basket, but I'll put it out there anyway. I substituted sleep for food. Food gave me the energy to.carry on through the.sleep.deprivation. Enlist help. Even if it's only 2hrs a month, get someone to take over for a bit so you can recharge even a little. Do you think a sleep school might help?

I know the pain of sleepless nights. It really affects our ability to cope, and to function. Give yoirself an RDO asap, and go.from there. Sadly I never found the magic solution, but things did improve by themselves. And if all else fails, remember- this too shall pass.