reaching the end of my tether with not enough sleep

[gingernutlover]

dd is 3 and has never been the worlds best sleeper, we have maybe a few nights of sleep and then we alternate between periods of waking early, middle of the night, crying out etc etc. I am a light sleeper and I am absoluyely knackered, she has woken me up every morning at 4 am for the last week week for various reasons and I cannot gt straight back off like she does

so so so tored, I cant do my job properlt and nearly crashed the car recently because I am so tired. DH says i shoud go to bed earlier but by the time i have got in from work, sorted dd, put her to bed , got our dinner and then done all my paper work for school is is 10 pm most nights that i slope off to bed.

I cant take this much longer, feel like she will be okay whatebver but what i want or need dont matter whatsoever, I am bottom of everyones list and someimtes wish i wasnt a parent, hate my lofe at the moment

dont know what to do. the last time i got a full nights sleep was 3.5 yeares ago and I cant do this anymore. I have these awfyl thoguhts about dying or running away, must be the world worst nother and wife

[TheInvisibleManDidIt]

You are not a bad mother or wife.

It can be really hard when they're little and still don't get the whole 4am is too early to be up thing.

I can't give you any long term suggestions, but could you maybe get a day off work and get someone to watch your dd so you can catch up on some sleep.

What time does she go to bed at? I'm all for strict early bedtime once they're school age, but maybe if you could keep her up for even an extra half hour, she may sleep a little longer in the morning?

Being a parent is sooo hard at times, and Iknow it's hard to see past what is happening right now, but I promise, it will all pass and you will come through it. Again you are not a bad mum. Just a very tired one

[gingernutlover]

maybe didnt make it clear she gets up at 4am whinges for a bit, maybe goes to the loo, loses her teddy etc etc then goe back to sleep, somtimes til gone 7, so i dont think its cos she isnt tired

someone told me they sleep better once they go to school , great another 2 years of this then