OK I know this has been done to death but please, please, please! Why won't my baby sleep?!
I'm going mad with my own lack of sleep. I don't mean that flippantly. Single parent of two with no support. Always felt quite strong and in control but this is really getting to me.
I can't and won't do controlled crying. My back is killing me from keep leaning over the cot and trying to soothe. That doesn't always work either. Then when asleep, great! I edge out of the room but as soon as I leave "wahhhhhhhhhhhh" how does my baby know?!
15 months old and never sleeps more than two hours. But how when we went away and was in a travel cot slept through for the first (and last!) time ever 9pm-6am. I kept waking up alarmed listening for breathing.
Why doesn't my baby, well, sleep like a baby? And who are these babies that do? Not mine that's for sure!!
I feel like I can't cope and I don't like it. I'm so so tired every day all day. I also work. I'm becoming stressed and quickly irritated. I feel my body burning up all over during the night when baby wakes up crying. I know that doesn't help and they can sense it.
AIBU to want for us both to sleep?
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BrightOranges · 31/08/2016 22:54
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