Holy Moly...........tired Mumma!

[Lulu]

A few more days, just a few more and hopefully it's over.

Maybe its a case of Holy Molars I kill me!

[Junglemum]

lulu! Don't make me laugh, a sleep deprived mother might just cry!

[Lulu]

No no no, dont cry. You gotta stay laughing. Although you can do the laugh/cry combination which is especially effective when you still have your jarmies and crappy old dressing gown on...

[fionas]

Hey Ange

My DD did exactly the same - went from being a fantastic sleeper to waking every 40 minutes. Not fun.

I found the Brauers Teething Relief much better than panadol or nurofen. It takes about 20 mins to kick in but she then has a long block of sleep.

Good luck - it will pass.

[Junglemum]

we've been through a bottle of brauers in the last little while Fiona! It is on my shopping list for this am. Hopefully we'll have some luck with it tonight. Thanks for the encouragment!

Lulu- have you got a spycam at my place?!

[Janie]

Hugs and sympathy from me Ange Must have been something in the air, because although we co slept for most of last night, DS still woke OFTEN. I wasn't looking at the clock

I hope you're not doing anything wrong, because that means I did too PMSL! DS used to sleep fine, but then it just spiralled out of control, I don't remember when. I can tell you now, I got so desperate when he was 8 months that I tried a form of cc for a week. It made things soooooooo much worse, and I still feel terribly guilty for doing it. Each to their own, but it definitely didn't work for us.

I would suggest that this is a temporary thing though, I doubt she'll be keeping you up all night forevermore. Maybe in a night or two things will settle down again (that's what usually happens here), and you can catch up. Even better, have a nap today when she does! I know that the prospect of a nana nap always cheers me up immensely LOL. I really think that there's usually a reason why they have nights like this (teeth, whatever, who bl00dy knows!) but they just can't tell us.

Here's to tonight being a better one

ETA If you're after teething remedies, try Hylands teething tablets. They're great!

[Willow]

Oh Ange...how I feel your pain!!

Our nights haven't been toooo bad (not as good as usual though) this week but last week SHEESH! Days this week have been a nightmare, he's averaging about 1.5 hours sleep a day, depsite me trying and trying to get him to go down.

I also gave in to temptation and tried CC for a night or so (and yeah, I feel pretty crap about it now) - it didn't work for us either. If anything, things are worse now than they were before, so it doesn't always work out.

I've just taken all three of us to the GP, ABs for me, DD seems OK so just sticking with the Brauer's Cold and Flu Relief for her but after checking his gums, GP reckons L is teething again....ahhhhhh, that kinda explains it then I was starting to suspect it because this is exactly what he did when he cut his first two teeth - day sleeps went to pot.

I must have been very lucky with DD, I remember weeks of bad nights when she cut her first teeth but then she cruised through it after that. DS seems to suffer a bit more.

PS I've got the Hylands tabs too, going to try them tonight.

[Erin_25]

Have you tried a teething gel? That can take the pounding away...I would say it is just teeth. In my experience there is always a reason for constant waking away from the norm & in this house it's mostly been teeth. And yes I didn't notice the first 4 teeth but the rest really made their mark...Charlie gets the worst cold when he teeth's & it's not much chop at all. I've been looking on the bright side...he's just over 1 and only has one more to go!!!
Teething gel, some panadol or nurofen & a feed is what's done it in this house...that gets us a couple hours between wake ups LOL....I hope it gets better for you soon.
The good thing is with Charlie, once the tooth is through he's back to norm sleep again like nothing happened. I used to stress I'd given too many night cuddles that he'd wake for them all the time - but not so.
The other thing...just a thought - if not teeth could bubs be cold?? We had a few wakings before we realised we needed the heater to take the chill off.

[Willow]

Charlie gets the worst cold when he teeth's

Funny that, DS has one too...