I had an operation 6 weeks ago - I should have been out of hospital the same day, but it ended up being much more major, and I stayed in hospital almost a week - my dds were looked after at home by their aunt and uncle who they don't know really well. Dd2 (6) has only spent a couple of nights away from me in her life, and I can only assume this is the cause of her current issue...
Ever since I came back from hospital she has woken at least once in the night, shouting out to me again and again. She shouts that she can't get to sleep. If I tuck her back in again she just shouts out again. And again. If I ignore her she will go and shake her sister's bed or get in with her, waking her up too - then dd1 will start shouting for me too.
I've been in a lot of pain, and exhausted, and I'm ashamed to say in the end I shout back at her. She can stay awake for a couple of hours, refusing to sleep. Or wake a second time and go through it all again.
After a week, I was so desperate I slept on a mattress in their room and then she was fine - she still woke, but would get out of bed, kiss me, get back into her bed and fall asleep. I was very uncomfortable but did manage at least some sleep. 2 weeks later the kitten punctured the mattress and I returned to my bed. I've ended up letting her get in my bed if she wakes in the middle of the night as then she will sleep easily - but I find it hard to sleep.
But sometimes she wakes when I go up to bed, and I can't face having her in my bed all night. I'm so so tired, and still not feeling great after the op. I have no patience any more, and feel so cross, and then so awful that I can't be patient.
She has no interest in any rewards, doesn't care about any consequences - all she wants is my physical proximity... but I feel so cross and tearful with lack of sleep I don't know what to do. She's slept properly only once in the last 5 weeks, and that's the only decent sleep I've had since I had the op (no chance of sleep in hospital either!)
I'm at the end of my tether, seriously just feel like rocking in a corner sobbing with the sleep deprivation and can't see how to resolve this.
So just hoping someone might have ideas on what I can do?
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HELP! 6 year old sleep problems, I'm at the end of my tether...
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splishsplosh · 07/11/2014 12:57
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