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Oh sweetie
I really hope things improve soon. My DD is a similar age and I feel almost more sleep deprived than when she was a newborn! We are cosleeping, too. I just wanted to offer some empathy and say you are not alone. Things will get better and you are doing an awesome job
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I remember when the "over it" bit happened to me - just after a year here too. DS fell over and I just looked at him and said "your own daft fault, you can walk well now and you're just tired; you should sleep at night." (He didn't nap in a half-hour walk either.) He was wailing at me! A friend looked at me, and told me she was taking DS for a half hour so I could sit down with a drink.
So I had a drink and a chat to friends and was refreshed enough to cope with DS.
Could you do that? Even just a half-hour of no children can make such a difference.
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Thanks for the replies ladies. I have been much more relaxed with this one and overall found it to be much better than with my first. It does still get to me though. Most phases we seem to get through, this one really seems to be hanging around too long. Atleast she finally went to sleep today and gave me enough of a break to have a shower.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Bit out of left field, but could you give her Rescue Remedy? Hopefully she is going through an "everything $hits me to tears" stage with the teeth, and RR could help her through it.
Other than that, can you shift her routine to include sleeps 30 mins earlier than usual? Get her down before she gets too gnarly.
xoxoxo
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No Rescue Remedy, but do have some calm drops the naturopath gave me. Might help us both if we take them for a few days straight.
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Have you got a sling or carrier? On bad days I have put DD in our ergo and just gone about our day and she falls asleep eventually - not ideal but gets her to sleep and means I still can cope with DS. Good luck
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Have 3 of them
Don't have an ergo though and wish I did.
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