Anyone else so sick of being up at this ungodly hour after being up half the night?

[pevie]

Just a moan really. I have never been good at getting up in the morning in fact I would go as far as to say I hate it!!!! Got used to it to some extent with DD1 who slept reasonably well through the night with some bumpy moments. However, DD2 is up at least 2-3 times a night and nearly always gets up for day at about 6.15. How crap is that?? DH often gets up with her as I am up during the night (still BF) although obviously I usually have to do feed first. However, he is going back to work and is away reasonably often, also I am going back to work p-t soon which will mean much less opportunity to have extra hour or two. It really depresses me to think this may go on indefinatley. I just want around 6-7 hours sleep, is that too much to ask??

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

i sympathise throughly - having not had an unbroken night in over three years. ds can sleep through as he is 3 but he often does not especially recently as he ben unwell. DD is still co-sleeping and bf during night so even if I don't get up for ds, dd still wakes regularly.

It is crap - as I can be so grumpy the next day which can ruin the time with the dc's. I also have never been a morning person - but have adapted to 6am rising now (once upon a time being up all night was 'fun' - now all i want is a cocoa at 10pm and a good nights sleep).

So you are not alone pevie.

[ladytophamhatt]

if it makes you feel any better, the longest stretch of sleep I got last night was from 4:45-7am, from 11pm to 4:45am I was up about every 45minutes with ds1 puking.

Ds4 woke up at 6:50am, which is actually late for him....

[aGalChangedHerName]

Sympathy Pevie,i know how you feel.

I haven't had a full night (or anything like) of sleep since dd1 was born August 2004. She has slept through for ages but dd2 has taken over lol.

She is 18 or so months now and i have been firm over the xmas and new year break,i am only bfing morning when she wakes and before bed and still do a dream feed and her sleep is much improved. We still co-sleep but dad does the putting to bed and she is easily settled when she wants to bf during the night.

Don't know how old your dd2 is but is this worth a try?

[DANCESwithaMuffinTop]

Ah now I did have a night's sleep so I can't complain about that but ds was up at 5.30 - that's FIVE THIRTY I TELL YOU! It's not right. Oh and he's almost three

[pevie]

I dont think I am suited to this parenting malarkey!!! DD1 now up and is pandemonium so dont think I'll get to say much more. I think I should have stopped at 1 as am too selfish, is that a terrible thing to say?

[DANCESwithaMuffinTop]

Not terrible, just human. Sleep deprivation is an awful thing. They don't use it as a torture method for no reason...

[ScoobyDoo]

Crap night over here to, put dd to bed about 7pm she woke at 8pm,10.35pm, 2,30am,6,45am not to mention ds was put to bed at 8.30pm got up about 20 times & did not go to sleep till 11.45pm

They have been terrible at sleeping lately, i am shattered, dp still in bed i think i am going to have to go back to bed when dp gets up i am shattered & not cut out for this parenting lark at all today!