Just that really. I feel utterly defeated from the second she wakes to when I go to bed. She will not nap, she crawls around the room screaming because she's overtired but also too stimulated. I've tried switching tv and lights off and giving her milk and she fights me, literally writhes out of my arms. I've tried putting her in a sleeping bag and treating nap time like bed time to see if it helps but she just pulls herself up in her cot and cries until I come back. Yesterday we went for a 2.5 hour walk just to get her 30 minutes of sleep and I can't face doing that again today. The other day I did 3 car rides just to get her to nap but each nap only lasted 20 minutes or so. She has never slept through, not once. She still wakes for a feed around 3 (and seems to need it before people suggest giving it up) and then she'll stay awake for an hour or so before falling asleep. I've just broken up on Christmas holiday and I feel so hopeless - I'm a teacher and this term has really taken it out of me and now being at home with her again is no break either. Her nursery has hinted that she's very demanding, rarely naps and just wants to do everything for herself. I wondered if there was a behavioural/developmental thing at this stage that people have tips for? I don't hold much truck with the wonder weeks (it's never matched up before and I find it all quite wishy washy tbh) but now she's sapping all my enjoyment of anything, I'll take any advice.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.
Behaviour/development
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.