She won't go to sleep.

[MummaSue]

I'm at the end of my rope tonight. DD is exhausted, been awake since 3.30pm (when she woke from her nap).

She's been irritable and cranky all day, I think her top teeth are coming through and she has had a fair bit of wind (burps) all day - I have no idea what I may have eaten to have passed through my breast milk to make her like that.

She won't feed to sleep, I've left her in her cot to roll around and she cries - of course I won't leave her to cry so that doesn't last long. DH is now rocking her and things have gone quiet but that has taken 2 attempts. I've taken myself out of the bedroom because I'm getting frazzled and she can probably sense that.

Don't really need an answer, just wanted to put it out there.

I'm so sick and tired of reading FB status updates of friends with babies younger than DD who sleep through the night and go to sleep straight away when put down in their cots. It's BS.

I love feeding DD to sleep, I love co-sleeping, it's just been a difficult day

Thanks for reading.

[sloane]

hope she settles for you soon.

i hear you on the fb statuses....now repeat after me ...they will sleep through when they're ready, they will sleep through when they're ready (please let it be soon, please let it be soon.....)

[HotI]

Do we have the same child? My LO had a 1o min and a 20 minute sleep today. She then went to bed at 7 and woke up 10 mins later. DH patted her and got her back to sleep for 20 mins before she was up again. She had another 5 min sleep. Currently feeding again and hopefuly will go to sleep and bed again.

I don't have a solution, but just want to let you know you are not alone.

[UsPlus2]

really hope those teeth make their way out sooner rather then later.

another that hears you on f/b updates about sleeping through bubbas. She will sleep through when she is ready, in the meantime remind yourself how many more hours you are getting to spend so much time with her while she is little.

[onthefly]

Your friends have pretty boring fb updates
Hope tomorrow is a better day

[Persephone1]

Your friends have pretty boring fb updates

Except for me

Sue, I promise that I won't put a status update on my FB about my DS's sleep patterns. I also think they're BS. And I don't understand why it's considered a good thing to update your FB with your child's sleep patterns...is it a bragging thing? Cause that's just rude.

Hope you get some rest soon. My DS has a cold so we're not allowed to put him down on his own today...best get to bed myself.

[~Minny~]

Definately sounds like some teething is going on there. DS has been like this for the last week or so just not wanting to sleep no matter what you try. If it makes ya feel better DS is 11.5months and never slept though and generally wakes up at least 2-3 times a night

I hate those facebook status's as well!

[appletree]

mine too tonight... His first tooth broke through today so he is getting extra cuddles and love! Last night he was awake every hour thrashing around and crying and i couldn't work out what was wrong. Hope she settles soon and you can take a break for a bit.

The only reason i can think they are posting on FB is because its exceptional, every other night i bet there kids wake as frequently as ours, they just aren't telling everyone about it.

[MummaSue]

Thanks everyone. She settled at around 9.30pm but that was with an almighty crash...... poor wee sausage. I'd been trying to get her to go to sleep since 7pm - when she showed me that she was tired.

A friend has my NCSS book and I am just about to email her to ask for them back!

[HotI]

Has Moozle been taking in more solid foods lately? I wonder if maybe her tummy is getting used to all the new things and its upsetting her abit.

[dusty]

Sounds like you all needed a hug last night .

Perhaps she just needed comfort cause of teeth etc even though she was so tired? My DD is currently doing something similar in the middle of the night and I was stressing about it until I realised that she would get to sleep eventually and she would get enough sleep and it wouldn't hurt her really and the best thing is to give her cuddles and calm her as she needs it.
MS you are doing a fabulous job raising your beautiful daughter and I look to your parenting experiences quite a lot as a guide for my own as I think we have similar approaches.

[MummaSue]

Kate, she seems to be taking a wee bit more in. And I have noticed from her nappies that she is struggling to get a poo out. I wonder if she's a bit blocked up. She hasn't had a good poo for a few days and she's very windy - burps and pumps!

I just had another screaming match trying to get her down for her nap. Again, she's been showing me that she's tired for about an hour yet when it comes to settling down, she's all over the place. She is clearly exhausted but just won't give into it.

I've given her some nurofen for her ??teething. Not sure what to do for the potential pooing problem. Just keep feeding I guess. When she wakes I am going to put her in the sling. My nerves are a bit shattered today and I'm not feeling as patient as I usually am, I really hope she's not picking up those vibes

Thanks for your kind words Dusty

ETA Just also realised that she's 36 weeks this week and THAT my friends is a WONDER WEEK (week 37)!

[human bean]

You are describing almost word for word the last 3 or 4 weeks in my house! Every sleep has become a real struggle, and my patience has been wearing really thin. DH has been a saviour through the night and on weekends as I've needed a little bit of distance so DD doesn't pick up on it. (I hate to admit that but it's true, we have all been running on little sleep and I don't wear it very well!)

It's been so frustrating because she is really tired, but fighting it and fighting it. We've only woken twice overnight the last few nights, and she is starting to be a but more chilled for day naps, so I hope it's passing. Don't mean to go on about us, but just wanted you to know you're not alone, and hopefully it will all calm down soon Everytime we hit a WW I think it can't be as intense as the previous one, but no..... ha ha

With the poos, I find as long as I'm offering DD a range of fruit each day, she's pretty good with pooping, miss it a day or two and she seems to block up. Pear seems to work a treat here

[onthefly]

At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.

[MummaSue]

With the poos, I find as long as I'm offering DD a range of fruit each day, she's pretty good with pooping, miss it a day or two and she seems to block up. Pear seems to work a treat here

You know, that's a good point, over the weekend we haven't had our usual morning and afternoon tea fruit that we have. Everything goes to ***** at the weekend when daddy is home LOL We get into a good groove in the week then the weekends are totally different.

Will get some rockmelon and pear into her today!

[MummaSue]

At that age DS would not sleep when tired, only when absolutely, completely shattered beyond belief. So he dropped a sleep and I just learned to wait till he literally could not hold his head up any more, then would take him for a walk.

Thanks Marcellus, I'm thinking the same about DD. It seems that she has to be sooooooo buggered to go over at the moment. I'm trying to roll with her punches but she's a handful and I'm feeling quite burnt out at the moment. We got out for a huge walk this morning though, which was good for me - and of course good for her. I've realised too that I haven't been looking after myself as well as I could which is probably contributing to being so frayed around the edges and vice versa.
Today is a brand new day

[Livinthedream]

MammaSue, Nurofen is quite harsh on their little tummy's. I know it is meant to be better than panadol for teething (due to its anti inflamatory properties, but it is best if you can alternate it with panandol.
This may well be why she is a bit windy and constipated. will she eat pureed fruit with yogurt? try pears if she will eat them. This may help her go to the toilet. Panadol and nurofen always back me up.
Also, have you tried putting her to sleep at the first sign of her being tired, ie before she get overtired?
My DS is a nightmare when he is over tired.....

[MummaSue]

MammaSue, Nurofen is quite harsh on their little tummy's. I know it is meant to be better than panadol for teething (due to its anti inflamatory properties, but it is best if you can alternate it with panandol.
This may well be why she is a bit windy and constipated. will she eat pureed fruit with yogurt? try pears if she will eat them. This may help her go to the toilet. Panadol and nurofen always back me up.
Also, have you tried putting her to sleep at the first sign of her being tired, ie before she get overtired?
My DS is a nightmare when he is over tired.....

I have only given her nurofen this morning, I try not to usually but she just seemed so upset and she hates panadol, spits it out when we give it to her LOL.
Also, I do try getting her to sleep at the very first sign of her being tired.... hence the 2.5 hour drama last night trying to get her over, she was fighting it to the end. She also doesn't give us much in the way of tired signs so it's hard.

We're doing BLS so haven't gone down the puree route at all, she won't take anything from a spoon from me. I'll give her some pear slices when she wakes from her nap, see how that works.

Thanks xx