I have a 12 month old and I work full time. Went back to work at 8 months. It was horrible, he was teething the whole time but i powered through as i thought it was temporary.
He had a brief stint of sleeping through the night, 11 hours, from 10.5 to 11.5 months. These last 2 weeks though he started sleeping badly again. The last 2 nights were particularly bad. He woke up every 90 minutes. And the nights before he woke 2-3 times and I got maybe 4 hours of sleep each night.
I'm at work and honestly incapable of doing anything other than simple admin. I've been staring at the screen all day. My brain just won't work. I want to cry. And I soon have to go home and parent a very energetic toddler for the next 3 hours. I just want to collapse.
How do you all do it? This is a part of parenting I was not expecting. I mean yeah babies don't sleep. But I really thought by 12 months we'd sleep again. At least some 6 hour chunks.
Going to bed early isn't helping, he woke up and cried at 9.30 pm, 11pm, 12.30, 2am, 4am and up for the day at 5.30 am.
Calpol made no difference.
He eats a TON of food. Everyone comments on how much food he eats. He's also walking ALL THE TIME, he's definitely burning energy. He does not seem to be teething.