Yeah i know but i can't be f**ked sitting in a room with the lights out whilst she screams or hits me or laughs at me for 3 hours. i don't want to go to bed at the same time as my 6 month old - so she will sleep. i want to be a big person and watch tv. i am so friggen tired and i just need me time and its not happening.
I will suggest my old standby - mattress on teh floor. That's what worked for us at this age (and for quite a while after). I lay down with DS, fed, cuddled whatever to sleep, then left him. He was fine alone (well, for an hour or two at least anyway). I had to sleep there too for a lot of time when this or that was making it hard for him to sleep.
Would she fall asleep on the couch with you while watching tv... just thinking multitasking...
I found a light show music thingy that projected onto the ceiling helped DD settle in the cot, have you thought about trying one of those? It settled her enough to get sleepy and drift off, some of the time. Certainly not every time, but I was grateful for the times it did. On the odd occasion it settled her back off if she woke during the night too, if I started it before she woke too much (if she wasn't due for a feed) I'm sorry I don't have any other suggestions, I really hope you both get more sleep soon.
hun, i have seen how alert and stubborn (in a good way) she can be, even when we take her for walks she's wide awake and taking everything in, most kids her age would fall asleep on a long walk.
I think it's a matter of do what you need to do, with Z i had a couple of stages where i would need to go and lay on the bed with her or tuck a top of mine under the sheet so she could 'smell' me, feed her to sleep in our bed and then slip out of the room.
It is a PITA and it's so very tiring but eventually it WILL pass, it's no comfort now i know but your trying and thats better than some.
Your always welcome here during the day but that wont help much at night... maybe you can get your OH to try giving her some expressed milk and a cuddle? get her a little more used to him and giving you a break?
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hun, i have seen how alert and stubborn (in a good way) she can be, even when we take her for walks she's wide awake and taking everything in, most kids her age would fall asleep on a long walk.
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