My 16 month old has been a hard-work baby since birth. When he was born he cried literally all the time and as he got older that turned to whingeing. I call him a “high needs” baby and I’ve posted about him before (under a different username) as he honestly has us on our knees.
He’s our third dc and honestly feel like we’re starting with scratch with him. Nothing that worked with our other two works with him. He’s clingy, needy, whingey, forceful and quick to cry. (I should add that he is very loving and sweet, too.)
He cosleeps, not because that’s our ethos or anything, but because that’s literally the only way he will sleep - period.
The reason I don’t want to sleep train him is because I can’t see it working. He would honestly just cry until we went to get him, however long that would be (and I couldn’t stand that either).
But I don’t know what to do! I have to be holding him in some way all through the night. He whines and cries for no big reason almost every night.
My husband and I are zombies and our marriage is suffering. I think it might break us. My other kids are also tired and grumpy for school as they can hear their brother in the night and it wakes them.
Every day I’m snippy and quick to temper because I’m so tired. And I think part of the problem with my DC3’s daytime behaviour is that he’s also tired.
What on earth do I do????? Any advice at all?!
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16 month old cosleeps, whines and cries all night, but I don’t want to sleep train. What do I do???!!
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Themosttiredperson1 · 08/02/2018 08:30
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