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

**Junglemum** · June 14th, 2008, 08:37 AM

DD is 8 months old. Has 4 teeth through.

Sleep round here used to be fine, waking once a night for a feed, sometimes not at all. Then the teeth started coming and it has all been out the wondow since then. DD began waking 2 times a night. I could cope ok with this, but last night, OMG.
Her longest stretch was 1 hr, the shortest 15 min. She woke crying every time. She would settle easily enough with a cuddle or sometimes a feed. But I feel like i didn't sleep at all. At 2am i gave her some panadol, but it didn't seem to help. She is getting another cold, but she doesn't have temp.

She seems to know a little grizzle wont get my attention, so now she goes straight to a distressed cry, so i go straight in to get her. I'm not into CC, but i need some sleep. We have tried co-sleeping and neither of us (DD and I, Who cares about DH!!

)sleep very well.

It seems slepp is just getting worse and worse, am i doing something wrong?
Is there anything else i can try, or do i just suck it up and ride it out?
None of the other teeth have caused this kind of sleep pattern. Makes me wonder if it is someting else..... any ideas?

Wish there was an icon with matchsticks holding eyes open!

I feel better just telling ya'll!

**Ginger** · June 14th, 2008, 08:45 AM

Ange- is it the 2 front teeth coming through? my lulu was sooo bad when they were coming through but now that they're here he's heaps better.
um....not sure what to suggest...
what if you moved her cot into your room for a while so at least you didn't have to walk as far???
i'm clutching at straws here aren't i?

**~Trish~** · June 14th, 2008, 08:46 AM

Oh Ange

. Sorry you had such a bad one last night. I can't offer you any words of wisdom because I had a near identical night last night! Was it a full moon? Maybe something in the air?

I feel horrid today and I have a yucky cold too, why do they always do this to us when we're sick?

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I have a lot of sympathy and understanding for you today

.

BTW - No you haven't done anything wrong, I'm sure it's just one of those developmental things. The guni will probably start walking tomorrow or something!

**Junglemum** · June 14th, 2008, 08:54 AM

Well you two made me smile at least!

Gracie- She has two top and two bottom, but still has lots of teething symptoms, madly rubbing things on her gums..... i was thinking maybe another top one.... Has L got more than 4?
I did think of moving cot, but i have to actually dismantle it! Maybe it's worth it....

Trish- i am sorry to say this, but it does make me feel a little better knowing someone else was paddling the same canoe as me last night!

Hope tonight is good for you too.

Worst thing is we have a friend and her 18 month old coming to stay tonight, and although she wont mind at all, i will worry about guni waking her DD!

Fingers crossed tonight is better.

**sunshine_sieben** · June 14th, 2008, 08:59 AM

Ange, I'm sending lots of hugs your way. I now how it feels. I was at the end of my tether a few weeks back. We do co-sleep and DD was sleeping really well for the first 6-8 months. But then the exact same thing happened. The front teeth (top and bottom) seemed to pop out without giving her any grief, but after that she started on some horrendous sleeping patterns. Waking up every 20 minutes some nights. It drove me insane. I am ashamed to admit, some nights I lost it. I even pinched one of DHs cigarettes one night, just to have something to calm me down. I hadb't smoked since I got pregnant. I almost puked after 4 or 5 drags. Needless to say, I haven't picked up a smoke since.
I ended up just riding it out. Whenever I tried to do something to fix the problem, it failed and I just got more frustrated. So I gave up, tried to sleep with her during the day to make up for the lost nights and on the weekend ordered DH to do night duty sometimes.
She has just fallen into a much better routine in the last couple of weeks and sanity has returned t this household. We have cut out one of her daysleeps and although I don't think it was the only reason for improvement, I think it has helped. But mainly, I think she just got through this phase. No new teeth, though.

Please believe me that you're not doing anything wrong. Sounds to me like you're doing an amazing job, I know how hard it is at times. Keep up the good work and don't blame yourself. Unfortunately they just go through stages like that and there isn't much you can do about it.

All the best, hun
Sasa

**~clover~** · June 14th, 2008, 09:04 AM

Hi.

First of all...it's the teeth, Not you!

2nd, with my girls they got more irritable as they got more teeth. 2yo molars were the worst. DD1 had the diorrhea that burns the skin off their bums & had blisters going down her legs. What made it worse is that she was 13 months old & ran away everytime I tried to change her nappy. I had someone make a comment about DOCs seeing it. I felt bad enough!

**Ginger** · June 14th, 2008, 09:13 AM

ange- lewis has 6 teeth now, but the 2 front centre ones were definitely the worst in terms of his moodyness! we have his cot in our room with one side completely taken off and stuck right up against my side of the bed. it means i don't have to get out of bed in the middle of the night so it has really saved my sanity.
it's not you at all and you've done nothing wrong

**~Raven~** · June 14th, 2008, 09:23 AM

Ange rest assured I have BTDT. I found that it passes after a few days of madness though Caleb was still waking once a night for ages after. I'd just take him back to our bed for a feed and transfer him back to the cot later.

**Junglemum** · June 14th, 2008, 09:24 AM

Thanks for your replies Sasa and Skye. (Sasa is your user name pronounced Sabine? I love that name.)

Sas- you've given me a light at the end of the tunnel!

BJ- Are you telling me it is only going to get worse???????

Your poor DD1, blisters would be painful, i'd run away too!

Gracie- hmmmmmm doesn't sound like a bad set up, might have to give that some serious thought. 6 teeth, has he bit you yet? She has munched on my nipple twice, OUCH! Last night i was having a bath with her, she was sitting on my tummy, lent forward and i thought she was going to give me a nice sloppy kiss, as she does, but nooooooooooooooooooooooo, she bit me onthe nose! I jumped about a foot i reckon!

ETA: More light at the end of hte dark tunnel! Good to hear it will pass Sam. Once i night is ok with me.

Just not 25 times!