DD is 16 months old and DS is 4. After "lights out" at 7.30pm, DS is usually up and down several times until 9pm ish.
DD falls asleep straight away, but then is awake , crying and wanting attention, at least 3 times in the night. Still! 11ish, 3ish, 5ish and wants to get up (standing in cot shaking sides, yelling) about 6.30 am at the latest. She has never, ever, slept for more than 5 hours in a row ever.
We've tried ignoring her, and she will cry and wail for 3 hours!, we've tried just giving her a bottle of water rather than milk, I even did CC at 3 am for 3 weeks .... (she started settling herself at bed time after a week of CC) ... but still she cries and wails unless we give her milk and cuddle her back to sleep. We have experimented with extra/fewer covers, night lights etc
It doesn't really matter whether it is DH or I who go to her, I really don't want to bring her into bed with us as the bed is v high and it is the only space in the (small) house that is child free! I know that this is not a long term solution, but I am so tired after 16 months that I no longer know what to do.
I am so tired now that I can barely function. I am very short tempered and shouty and I upset everyone I come into contact with because of this (this week, DH, DMum, DS and good friend). I went back to work at the start of January and feel like I am dying. DS was a champion sleeper from 6 months, it never corssed my mind that DD would still be waking several times in the night by the time I went back to work!
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BikeRunSki · 20/02/2013 20:52
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