Kate... does Bella wake up at night at all though? See I'm up 1-3 times a night still..... she still feeds once a night which is fine....
I'm totally exhausted because I'm not getting enough rest... day or night
I'm feeling so down today.... it's all feeling very overwhelming.... I really hope she starts sleeping more soon.... I've been so patient with it all and hardly ever complained....
Poor DH, i have NO energy for him by the end of the day.
I'm lucky if DD has a 2hr sleep in the middle of the day.... that might happen once every fortnight??? It's that Rare.....maybe when she is crawling she will be more interested and more tired.....????
Bella "wakes" but only if she spits out her dummy - she doesnt get out of her cot - or very rarely. When she was sick this week with infection she was up a few times and I know how tiered I was then - thats nothing compared to you your poor thing.
I have been trying to get Bella to bed earlier as I know what you mean about no "you" time or couple time and I miss that also.
When Bella does wake in the night (espec when she was sick) I would put her in our bed and she would go straight back to sleep.. maybe give that a go?
Im not sure about the feeding thing as I was not able to BF so bella has been on Formula - and she rarely feeds over night at all.. only when she was sick.
I have been doing the 15 on and 15 off thing - I will put her down and let her lie awake for 15 and if she is protesting then up for 15 - only usually goes for 2 cycles - IF she gets upset though I will not leaver her there - only if she is playing or just giving little grizzles. Dont know if that would help?
I really dont have any answers as Bella is still up right now as I type this and that si not unusual now - I thinkI have just gotten used to it to be honest!
Some times DH goes and lies with her on our bed when she has been protesting and just sings to her and she will fall asleep.. maybe another thing to try??
Aww hun Ds was like this too. So we just did what worked at the time and slowly changed it back.
I so get you on the "adult" time! She wont be like this forever and you wont spoil her by letting her stay up a bit later.
Hun i so feel for you right now cause ds was the same no big sleeps ever and even now he only has an hour and half.
If you let her go to sleep later does she get up earlier or later? How dark is her room! Could you possible put her in your bed when she wakes and maybe she may go back to sleep? We did this wiht ds and I used to get at least an extra 2 hours!
Wish I could come hug you cause I know exactly how you feel Your doing a great job and should be so very proud! xxx
Arrgh! My DD is doing this RIGHT NOW! She has been screaming every time I try to put her to bed for the last hour and a half She did it 2 nights ago too. I hope it is just a phase.
I know its hard no having mummy & daddy time but for me - Id rather DD happily go to bed later than fight it (making us both frustrated) going earlier!
Eva has always gone to bed 8pm-ish. Both my girls are up super early now too thats qld spring/summer for you though!
I think youd find that Ava would adjust her daytime sleeps as she needed to - so maybe just try the later bedtime and see how you go??
She's just gone to bed! Fingers crossed.... DH played with her heaps this afternoon to help tire her out even more... her eyes were so red she must have been sooo tired.
Jakabella - yep we bring DD into our bed of a night time (and day) if she won't sleep in her own cot but I don't sleep well with her in our bed and once she falls fast asleep i then carry her back to her cot anyway... i feel she is safer in her cot than in our bed. DH and I are rollers and roll around alot and have the doona over us I worry DD would get overheated etc.
Yep we do the 15mins/15mins thing too some nights.... but if she's really upset I don't do it I just let her stay up with us until she's really tired.
Thanks for your posts
Boomba - she seems to get up the same time in the morning regardless of the time she went to bed.... Her room is always nice and dark but in the morning the sun seeps through the cracks around the blinds, i'm sure that doesn't help. We are moving soon so maybe the next room might be better Yep she will fall asleep with us in our bed but sometimes she wont... she'll lie there chatting away thinking its play time very cute but not when i just wanna sleep.
Sneaky - I am the same... I don't like the whole fight to get her to sleep thing so I don't try for long and instead just bring her out with us of an evening so she can sit and watch us eat dinner etc or have some more cuddles. Thing is that is upsetting me about it all, is the fact that it's such a loooong day for me because DD doesn't sleep much in the day time and wakes earlier in the mornings lately so with all of these things happening i'm one exhausted Mummy
I think her going to bed later in the evenings, would not bother me as much if only she slept more throughout the day time you know??? *sigh*
lucky she is cute .....
Ren I'm so sorry to have to say this, but you've made me feel so much better. Thankyou.
Nate is doing EXACTLY that. He's killing me. Plus he still feeds some 4 times+ every night. He screams his heart out if you even try to put him down. Until 2 nights ago he fell asleep after his last feed, and even though he wasn't completely settled until about 9.30 he was still asleep.
He started crawling a few weeks ago and is now cruising furniture so I know he's usuing his energy....far out you'd think I'd have some clue this time around wouldn't you?
Sorry Ren.. I dont have any more advice! Bella is now in the bed room with Dh and he is trying to get her to settle and go to sleep.. looks like it will be a late one for her tonight!
Ohh I can hear her screaming ... one very very over tiered little girl!!
Hope you get a good nights sleep tonight ren *finger crossed*
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Ds was like this too. So we just did what worked at the time and slowly changed it back.
thats qld spring/summer for you though!
Her room is always nice and dark but in the morning the sun seeps through the cracks around the blinds, i'm sure that doesn't help. We are moving soon so maybe the next room might be better 
Yep she will fall asleep with us in our bed but sometimes she wont... she'll lie there chatting away thinking its play time 
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