Does interrupted sleep from a waking baby cause insomnia?

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My sleep is totally messed up. My 1yr old wakes around 10x a night. I don't know why which is a whole other thread. However, I find after a few hours into the night after she has worken a few times I cannot get to sleep. I so desperately want and need sleep but it's torture.

Can the constant interruption from baby be causing the insomnia?!

Yes. It's really difficult to get back to sleep (for me anyway) if you've been woken numerous times.

Getting a really good night"s sleep would do you the world of good and you will be able to think more clearly. Do you have a partner who would do the weekend shift? Or even a friend or relative? Consistently suffering from poor quality sleep is bad for your physical and mental health. I wish I'd got help when I had no sleep. It sometimes stopped me enjoying my babies as much as I could have when they were little.

If you're anything like me, the relentless wake ups is causing anxiety, which in turn is making you unable to sleep.
I have no advice, just solidarity

Well, yes, of course it’ll cause it. You will need to get into a good pattern of sleep for the pattern to be more ingrained, and it can take time to get better, even without a baby waking you. 10x a night for a one year old is an awful lot. I’m not surprised you’re sleeping badly. You need to tackle the baby first. Do you know what is causing her to wake up?

Oh thanks. I thought I was developing a sleep problem or something. It is affecting me massively. I can't remember thingsz I'm exhausted. I don't know how to keep DD asleep.

I don't know why she wakes up. I want to cry sometime. I'm so exhausted.

What do you do when they wake up

Yes. Since having children I often think that if I could have one superpower it would be to sleep on the click of my fingers. Even with a bad sleeper there is some dead time where I could catch a few z's, but I can't or won't sleep - I can't relax because I'm waiting for the next interruption, or am so strung out I just want to watch tv because there's no point in trying to sleep only to finally doze off and waaah waaaaaaah they're awake again....
And the pressure to sleep RIGHT NOW QUICK OR YOU'LL BE SORRY is not relaxing.

It's miserable!
No advice only solidarity from me too.

I'm a single parent so there's nobody to take over. On the other hand it wasn't helpful when my husband used to say "right, get to your bed" the second the baby was finally asleep. Or if I said I was tired blame me for not being able to sleep etc.

Yes, I managed to stop sleeping even when mine were asleep..it was anxiety as mentioned my pp.

Yes. Is it possible to split the night with the dad so that you both get a regular period of uninterrupted sleep? This saved my sanity at a similar age - the 8-10 month regression is often the worst time for sleep.

Yes.

My DD woke hourly until we stopped night feeds at 16 months. She finally slept through the night in her own bed when she was 3.5 years old! She's 6 now and I still suffer from insomnia and wake through the night when I do manage to sleep.

I think it's anxiety and my body regulation being totally messed up anticipating being woken.

I know that's probably not what you want to read but you're really not alone, try not to get too hung up on "going to sleep" just focus on having some time to relax, unwing and unwind. My Kindle Paperwhite is my most treasured possession now because I can lie in bed, cosey under the covers with the lights off and read through the night if needs be.

Yes. There was an article about it in the Sunday Times at the weekend.
Women suffer from insomnia more than men do, and this is a major trigger.

I always slept brilliantly when I was younger, but since my son was born I have never slept through the night once - he is twenty now!

I found Kalms helped if you aren’t breastfeeding?

If you can't sleep then empty your mind & at least rest your body.