Polly, we all need to vent sometimes so don't hold back in this group - we all have a turn!!!

Hope you're all having a better day than me!

Robert woke at 5.45 this morning. I gave him a feed and then put him back to bed. He didn't actually sleep I could hear him "talking" to himself but it gave me time to make DS1's school lunch and get some porridge for me. I sent DH an email while I was eating then got bubs out of bed. He was looking a little bit content so I put him in his bouncer in my ensuite so I could have a shower (DS1 had gone to school).

After my shower I fed bubs again and tried to convince him it was time for a sleep. It was just after 9am by this stage and he'd been up for 3 hours. By 10 I had decided that he could just go in his cot. The next two & half hours were a combination of him screaming and me crying, then him dozing and me singing. He was doing some major screaming and wouldn't settle at all, he even ended up with real tears. The longer he went on the more tired he got and the more frustrated I was getting. I did the calming breaths before going into the bedroom each time he started to get too worked up but to say it's tough is an understatement especially when you know that they will feel so much better if only they would go to sleep.

I gave up at 12 and thankfully he went off to exhausted la-la land on me after a feed. I put him in his bouncer and it better not run out of batteries just yet. It's been just over an hour and a half and I've got everything crossed he stays asleep for atleast another hour . He's at my feet in case I need to give him a "bounce" to resettle him.