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Original poster

to just want a night's complete sleep without one of them fucking waking us up

135 replies

hooochycoo · 02/09/2013 04:46

We have a four year old and a one year old, not a night passes without one of them waking up and waking the rest of us up. Why oh why can the pair of them not understand that bedtime is for sleeping? so utterly sick to death of it.

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MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 22:46

YANBU, I know the feeling well. We have a just 8 year old and a nearly 7 year old and still wait for that dream where they both sleep through the night!

BodaciousTatas · 02/09/2013 22:53

I used to have to plead with dd to go to sleep, she was a complete mare until she was about 8.

Today reader she is 14, I got home from work at 2.30pm and she was still in sodding bed, I did the decent thing and vacuumed the house.

ZingWantsCake · 02/09/2013 22:55

Bodacious Grin

hmm, I still think you were gentle. next time - hose her down!Grin

BodaciousTatas · 02/09/2013 22:57

She is more than making up for the 8 years of not sleeping. Now I am too old to sleep in past 8am.

mumofweeboys · 02/09/2013 23:49

I swear mine r up in the bedroom planning. The one night the baby was actually sleeping my other 2 woke my every hour taking turns gahhhhh

stopgap · 03/09/2013 00:04

I feel for every single one of you. A lack of sleep throws everything off for me: my thyroid, my hormones, my (mostly) happy demeanour. I become a hollow shell, replete with spots and sunken eyes.

My two-year-old sleeps like a dream, but the sleep deprivation thing is one of the things I'm utterly dreading about DC2's arrival in January.

anonacfr · 03/09/2013 10:11

Zing needs to change her name to ZingTheOctopus...

purrpurr · 03/09/2013 10:15

Absolutely! Or ZingOctupi. Tee hee!

Whereisegg · 03/09/2013 10:45

Ok, I realise some of you may want to hunt me down and kill me for asking, but....
What on earth are children over say, 3, getting up for so often in the night?!

I thought my ds was bad enough not sleeping through til 14 months, but some of your stories make me feel so sad/bad for you!

(this really is a genuine question and not intended to get people's backs up, so apologies)

ZingWantsCake · 03/09/2013 11:15

anona and purr Grin

whereisegg the ones I heard are up studying for their French and Philosophy exams!
Although mine is doing an essay on "The significance and applications of Nanotechnology in intergakactic travel - aka how to build a shuttle to the Moon"Grin

ah, apart from illnes it's usually stuff like bad dreams or they wet themselves or falling out of bed.

ZingWantsCake · 03/09/2013 11:15

*intergalactic

Whereisegg · 03/09/2013 16:32
Grin

I understand illness and bedwetting, but I got the impression that the older children were still very unreliable sleepers (ie every night) and I just wondered why?

Is it habit or.....?

Lambsie · 03/09/2013 16:47

My son, nearly 7, wakes for 3 or 4 hours every night and that is with sleep medication.

CatAmongThePigeons · 03/09/2013 18:07

My 19 month old has, of recent, enjoyed getting me up 20-30 times a night. He goes to sleep at 7ish and is ready for the day at 0430.

TheFowlAndThePussycat · 03/09/2013 18:47

Bad dreams, too hot, too cold, something hurts the aforementioned itchy bottom lost toys, wet beds, drink of water, feel sick (not actually sick)....

I have Samuel L Jackson reading Go the F*ck to Sleep on a loop in my head.

marryinhaste · 03/09/2013 18:55

Another one signing in with matchsticks propping my eyes open.

I have a 5 and 2 yo and the 2 yo only recently slept through for the first time. His sister woke that night, and he has rarely done it again since. I'm a lone parent, so have to do every sodding night and haven't ever bothered with a babysitter as I know they will get the golden hours til midnight when they sleep, and I'd have to deal with the waking hours when I get home. So I don't go out.

I just bought a Nespresso machine - helps me get through the day! Grin

ClairesTravellingCircus · 03/09/2013 19:01

Yeah yeah to nespresso. First thing I do when I get woken up before 7am! I have nearly 19 month old twins and seriously sleep deprived. The few times they have both slept through at the same time I had dd1 or dd2 up with nise bleeds or hirmonal problems, or being sick...

Whereisegg · 03/09/2013 21:53

4:30am!

I could cry for you all Sad

cheeseandbiscuitsplease · 03/09/2013 22:15

Mine are 8 and 4. Neither sleep through. Never have. 2005 was the last time I slept properly. Honest to god.

madmomma · 03/09/2013 22:18

YANBU; little beggars.

Original poster
hooochycoo · 05/09/2013 03:54

ffs. every night, it's one of them.

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TurnOffTheTv · 05/09/2013 04:11

Tonight it's been all three of mine. The bastards. I've had 30 mins sleep since 11pm. They are all now flat out and I can't get back to sleep the fuckers.

fiverabbits · 05/09/2013 05:20

I have 2 DC, my DD slept 12 hours a night and 3 hours a day, then I had DS who slept 30 mins in day, not the same time as DD and 30 mins a night. I have been an insominac since a child so I coped well with the sleepless nights and didn't fall asleep in the day by never sitting down. Now the DCs are grown up and love to sleep at least 9 hours a night I still can't sleep all night and never get a lie in either. The last time I slept for 9 hours in 2005 I had concussion, it was worth a bang on the head with a cupboard door for a good nights sleep. Tonight I was still awake at 1 am, woke up at 2.45 and still awake at 5.15, if I am lucky I will get back to sleep at 7 to get up at 8. The annoying thing is that I am now retired and 61 so I don't have to get early and could lie in bed all day and night but I just can't sleep.

pongping · 05/09/2013 05:34

Love finding this thread. My 6mo has been up for around two hours in the night every night for the last few weeks. And he makes such a fecking racket!

He has previous form for then waking up my nearly three year old, who then won't go back to sleep until around 10am the next day. He is a very light sleeper.

For this reason we now have two double beds and one of us is in each with one of the boys. DH gets to sleep through the night and then rise early doors with DS1, and I get biscuits and tea at 3am and then go back to bed for a bit.

The most depressing thing is how badly three years of no sleep has aged me :(.

Right, DS2 just dropped off again. Night all.

CuriosityCola · 05/09/2013 05:41

Alana we have two double beds. I'm actually jealous of my dh. My toddler and dh are getting a great sleep, though an early start. I have our 3 month old that tried the whole sleep thing and has decided to give it a miss Hmm He has just decided to fall back to sleep, but ds1 will be up in 20 mins.

Another here who fantasises about a hotel stay. Especially with room service as I'm hungry Grin