Please help me get some sleep....

[Mum2monkey2]

Hi everyone, this is more a begging letter than an AIBU, but I am literally desperate and posting for traffic. I have spent hours trawling the internet to find a suitable answer but no joy
Here is my issue:
I have a 2 year old who is waking every hour through the night and I'm thinking it's due to being cold. He has a duvet but kicks it off due to excessive wriggling. I'm putting him in long sleeve vests, pjs and socks.
I also have a 6 month old who is ebf and also waking to feed every hour so I'm hanging here from lack of sleep.

Please throw your wisdom my way and any products/bits you can recommend.

Thanks so much from a sleep deprived desperate mummy

The gro company do sheets that zip onto the duvet so that they stay in place. I’m sure if you google them you might find them. Or you could try a sleeping bag. From memory I think ikea do ones for older babies /toddlers? Good luck. It’s a killer!

The zippy sheet things are called ‘gro to bed’.

If you really think she’s cold, I used to put a blanket under the bedsheet to protect from cold coming from below.

Try a flat sheet (or empty duvet cover) wrapped over him at a right angle and tucked under both sides of the mattess, then his duvet/blankets on top.

My son would never keep socks on so I bought navy blue woollen tights to go under his trousers /PJs.
Worked a treat.

Are you planning on starting the six month old on solids yet?

Grobag sleeping bags go up to age 6

Turn the heating up? Put a nursery heater in his room? Make a fleecy onesie?

Give the baby their solids quite late to fill them through the night. Start cutting night feeds shortly afterwards.

Wow - that's tough. Duvet clip things for the 2yo, and co-sleeping with the 6 mo.
Are you sure the 2yo not waking up out of habit or to compete for attention with the 6mo? Can you insist that dp does all the 2yo resettles? My 4yo generally stops getting out of bed when she realises she's getting daddy.
Any chance of giving the 6mo an early morning bf and then dp taking him downstairs for solids brekkie while you get an extra couple of hours?
I remember very nearly losing my shit when I was in your position. I begged him to stay home from work one day to take them so I could get a couple of hours sleep and he refused. He has since admitted he was wrong. So wrong.
Good luck. There will be sleep again in the future. Promise.

If your older one has a cold have you tried the calpol vapor plug in thing? I find that really helps with my little one when he’s stuffy. Hope you get some sleep soon!

Sorry ignore me! I read has a cold not being cold!!

Both ds’s were in junior beds. I used a single duvet and turned it sideways, then tucked half of it under the mattress. Worked a treat.

Weighted blanket. Not only does it help my lo think I'm cuddling her all night, but it's difficult to kick off. Good luck

Use a double duvet and tuck the sides underneath. But no socks in bed. They might over heat.

A sleeping bag with legs and arms works for us really well. Jojo Maman Bebe sell them
www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/sleep-snugglers-2-5-tog-b7186.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo43z8_il1wIVFBIbCh3swA7sEAQYASABEgKCv_D_BwE

Thank you all so much, will be trying some of your tricks...

Find the thread on here about the rabbit that wants to go to sleep

What is this witchcraft?!?! 'The Rabbit that wants to go to sleep'
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/3076785-what-is-this-witchcraft-the-rabbit-that-wants-to-go-to-sleepwww.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/3076785-what-is-this-witchcraft-the-rabbit-that-wants-to-go-to-sleep

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/3076785-what-is-this-witchcraft-the-rabbit-that-wants-to-go-to-sleep

The problem is that the OPs child is waking several times during the night, rather than the problem being going to sleep