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To contemplate sleeping in the car!

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CrispSandwiches19 · 09/08/2019 23:58

Omg. It seems every other night. Dd plays up at bed.. ( the ones in between she's obviously too knackered) 17m.. Active. Gets exercise fresh air each day etc. Eats well.
Goes to bed at 8. By 10pm wakes up.. Every 10 mins.. Checked she's not ill, Even tried another bottle in case it's that. Changed nappy made sure shes warm etc
Dh sleeps through her crying mostly except the other night. He could honestly sleep through a bomb. She In our room due to lack of Space awaiting moving.
2 nights ago it got 4o the point ds got on his top bunk. Dh got on bottom. I went on sofa.. She was relentless. U til 6am! Then only slept till 7 30

Tonight she's at it again.. Before we went to bed we Did a swap around. Ds on top bunk. Dh bottom and put her in with me.. To which she laid there cli bed over on my legs and was going hahahaha.
20 min later I've put her back in her bed.
I'm on sofa but each time I relax she is shouting.
The other 2 are asleep.
I so wish I could block it out and sleep in the car so dh will eventually have to hear her
I've comforted her a d she wants to play.
Of course I'm joking and I wouldn't actually do it. And Im.in and out like a yo yo. Banging headache and exhausted.. Kids eh

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TeamUnicorn · 10/08/2019 10:35

Hope you managed to get some sleep, I had a dreadful sleeper so I feel your pain.

I would leave her with DH for the night and sleep in a hotel the other room.

You need to make him take over, I made myself pretty ill on the little sleep I got

CrispSandwiches19 · 10/08/2019 12:11

Our flat is small so wherever I am I'd hear her.
He did eventually hear her but I ended up going back in there at 4am and Co sleeping.. He had work this morning and he needs to be on the ball.. To night I'm standing my ground if she does it again.
Our smoke alarm went off once and he didn't even hear it! Sleeps through everything.

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VenusTiger · 10/08/2019 12:49

Sounds mean but I think you’re going to have to start ignoring her. You’re checking she’s safe and well which is great. But she knows you’ll come EVERY TIME - you need to break the cycle - might take 3 nights and you may cry a little as it’s so hard, but it’s the only thing that’ll work. She needs to learn boundaries.

AppropriateAdult · 10/08/2019 13:10

If she'll sleep better in your bed I would just embrace the co-sleeping. She's still very young, neither of mine were in their own bed at that age. Sleep is largely developmental, they all get there in time - in the meantime you need to maximise whatever sleep you can get, and if that means she's in your bed full-time then that's fine.

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