Strugling and looking for a little hope.

[willow5]

Anyone who has had wakeful babies/toddlers. DS is 22 months old and has always been a poor sleeper. We have between 4 and 8 wakes a night.
I'm just wanting know when your frequent wakers finally slept better? At the moment I feel like I'm never going to sleep again Some days and weeks are worse than others and the last couple of weeks I am really struggling. So would love to hear from others who are now sleeping again to make my attitude a little more positive.
I got really angry with DS last night and I feel terrible it's not his fault but I am so exhausted.

[Razzberry]

I feel your pain hun, my dd has just turned 2 and I am still looking for the magic answer!!

[courts&munchkins]

I have 3 horrible sleepers so I feel your pain. Master 4 has recently started sleeping through pretty consistently so it does get better eventually.

[Lily Dust]

willow5 Dont beat yourself up hun, sheer exhaustion is hard to deal with but feeling like there isnt a light at the end of the tunnel is just awful I was certain my DD wasnt going to sleep through before she was 21! She was much like your DS at that age and pretty darn bad from about 4 months ( we had the prefect newborn!) Then at about 23 months she just did, I dont know why, it just happened . So she went from being up several times a night to sleeping about 11 hours straight. I guess Im trying to say that it will happen and it might just come out of the blue! Hang in there because this too shall pass

[Boo Boo]

DD was terrible until 2 yrs 3 months - now she sleeps all night...it will happen...a psychologist once told me waking up during the night until they are four is normal. It is very very hard though I know.

[willow5]

Thanks everyone I'm also glad to hear it can just happen. I was talking to a friend who has 6 kids and she said in her experience it doesn't just happen and if it hasn't by 18 months you need to do something about it. I can't do CC, although last night I thought about it, but I'm just not comfortable with it. I've tried a few other things but nothing has worked. So I guess that is exactly what I needed to hear, that it can just happen out of the blue. So thank you

Boo Boo I did know that it's normal, but less than 8 times would be good lol actually I think last night was more like 12. Oh well tonight is a new night.

[~Kim~]

Yes hun, I promise it gets better
I've been getting up at least 4 times (often up to 10-12) for the last 6 years....at least it's only for one now.

[*Twinkle*]

My first born DD was a horrible sleeping waking at least hourly most nights. She was about 3 by the time she actually slept through the night. I feel for you Hun, sleep deprivation is the worst form of torture especially when you have to look after kids the next day.xo


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[kelebek]

DS is now 3 and 1/2 and sleeps through about 4 nights a week. The other nights he wakes as normal but we got a king single so I always join him from the first wakeup until morning. It was just what worked for us. I am hoping that the 4 nights will increase to 7 sooner rather then later I feel your pain I truly do...

[willow5]

kelebek I sleep with DS too. The getting up and down just makes it worse. Yay for 4 nights! Hope you get the increase sooner rather than later.

[sloane]

my DS was very similar to yours willow it really is tough. we had 2 occasions where he slept right through the night until after he turned 2. i co-slept with him as well. then he got croup, slept with both DP & i & started sleeping through - well, he'd still stir but would reach out to us both & obviously be reassured enough not to wake up fully. he's just decided (at 27.5 months) that he would like to go back to sleeping in his own bed. in 3 nights he's woken on 2 nights & slept through once it has improved greatly though compared to 6 months ago. i think 18 months is still a bit young - my MCHN said it was perfectly normal until 2 & even beyond for some kids.

i hope it improves for you soon.

[MrsFabuloso]

Yep, I have 3 terrible sleepers too. DS2 (9mths) is still waking every 1-2 hours each night. DS1 (3.2yrs) wakes 1-3 times a night but has very occaisionally slept through, maybe once a fortnight, and DD (4.6yrs) will sometimes wake 1-2 times a night, though will also sometimes sleep through, maybe 3/7 nights.
There is hope, but IME, it won't be for a while yet. Though my first two kids got better at sleeping after they were about two and the amounts of times they were waking dropped pretty dramatically, to maybe 2 times a night, rather than 6 or more each.
Good luck hunny. I know the torture of non sleeping children all too well! Get a nanna nap or rest in when ever you have the opportunity!

[Janie71]

My DD was a terrible sleeper, but once the last one of her 2 year old molars came through all of a sudden she is sleeping through most nights. On the nights she does wake it is only once a night and usually because she is cold because she has kicked the blankets off.

I hope things improve for you soon.

Janie xxx

[Tuesday's Child]

Saw this and couldn't read without offering some

You know the issues I've had with DD. She's not a frequent waker - just likes to play for 2 hours the one time she does wake. But she is starting to sleep through more often. I believe that if she can do it, any child can.

[Jellyfish]

DD was a frequent waker until a couple of months ago (around 26 months?). Now she sleeps through a few nights a week and only wakes once on the others. It just happened, didn't do anything.

[willow5]

Thanks everyone

I actually had a better day today. DS went down last night at about 8.30 then only woke at 11, 3.30, 5.30, 6.30 then up at 8am. I had not long gone to bed when he woke at 11 so I wasn't asleep yet, so it was like he only woke 3 times really. The last few were in the morning so it felt like I'd actually had some decent sleep, the 11pm to 3.30am stretch probably
So almost felt human today.

[Pip82]

I feel your pain. My DD1 was a very frequent night waker but (to my surprise) started sleeping through at 27 months - one week before her sister was born and the whole cycle starts again!

[kelebek]

I'd actually had some decent sleep, the 11pm to 3.30am stretch probably
So almost felt human today.

I remember when a 4 hour stretch was a decent sleep too (and the times I actually wished for that much straight). It does get better, the developmental leaps suck but I figure by the time he is a teenager I will be struggling to get him out of bed... right?!