DS has been screaming for 3.5hours now and I just want to sleep

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DS is 14months and is still awake crying after waking at 10. I've tried everything - Calpol/neurofen, nappy change, brought him into my bedroom, let him sit on me, sing and shush, drink, letting him cry with my hand in the cot, rubbing, patting. I feel like I'm losing patience.

DH is away on a course so it's only me.

I just want to sleep

He must hopefully be close to wearing himself out. Go out for 10 minutes if you're losing patience - it won't matter if all the other things aren't working. You need a break.

Oh poor you. This was me and DD a couple of weeks ago, pretty much the same timing and I was at the end of my tether too when she finally went to sleep.

It's one of the few times I've brought her into my bed to sleep and eventually she did drop off (only for 4 hours though).

Could he be hungry? Have you tried feeding/formula?

I hope he'll wear himself out soon, he's rubbing his eyes just not going to sleep.

I tried giving him some milk but wasn't interested.

Try white noise? I know he's older now but might still work to calm him/ zone him out

Has e had a cold recently? Could be earache?
I'm up with 2yo dd who has just been waking every night for a few hours the past week. I'm incredibly tired and cross with him.

Not ideal but can he watch TV or something somewhere safe like from his cot?

Try white noise x

Nothing to add but solidarity. DD (11months) has now been up for 4 hours with no end in sight.

I hope everyone got some sleep in the end last night.

Of all the bucket loads of baby advice people gave me, by far the best one is that every day is a clean slate. Don't expect yesterday's problems to be an issue again today. I've found this really useful as it stops me changing the routine or my behaviour on the back of one bad night (or bad anything else - meal, nappy change, car journey etc.).

Thanks everyone, he finally fell asleep at 2.30. It's going to be a very long day...

It doesn't help you get more sleep, but I find a change of mental attitude helpful in situations like this. Instead of thinking 'I just want to sleep' try to accept it's not going to happen and do something else (tv, play together, read books etc). I find I feel less frustrated and tired if I think like this, though I know it's not easy at 2 in the morning!

Hope everyone got some sleep! My ds finally fell asleep at 4.30. dd2 woke at 5.30... today feels endless!

So here I am again, much less screaming this time but not much sleep happening either.

DH is home but sick and I can hear him snoring away in the bedroom

I had such a good run of sleep with DS I'm so gutted I'm back to this

Argh meep! Sorry you're back to sleep battles. DD had a little phase of this and I thought my good sleeper was a thing of the past but I think we had three nights like this over the course of a week or so and then she suddenly chilled out again and things improved (until I ballsed up the clocks changing and since then she's woken at 5am but I'll take that over being awake for hours in the night).

I have to admit that on the 3rd occasion of DD waking/not wanting to go to sleep, I left her to cry and after 10-15 minutes she stopped and went to sleep and after this things got better (but then you never know if it's a coincidence!).

I'm still awake with my 4mth old too...he's been evil tonight. Dp told me off for saying evil child too him, prob was harsh but I've had two hours sleep in 22hrs.

Oh, I remember the numerous times I put a mattress on the floor next to the cot and dozed on and off with my hand through the bars of the cot as DC screamed! I might even have had earplugs in a few times!

My sympathies, and I hope you can grab a nap sometime today.