Three hours sleep

[SpicyJalfrezi]

Eight till eleven - I don’t know how ds (8.5 months) does it. During the day I never regret him but at night I could cheerfully return him

He had the grand sum total of 1.5 hours sleep today (635-8pm) then up three hours later. Fed well, nothing discernible wrong.

I’m losing the will to live.

And even when they finally go back to sleep you stay awake and have to work or take care of them through the brain fog the following day.
It's exhausting.
But it does get better. It might take a while (maybe a few more years ...) but most children eventually do settle down at night. I found it best not to focus too much on the kids and their sleep and just occupy myself with something else.
Two dots and mumsnet for the win...

Same OP. Almost 9mo DD. Woke up after about an hour earlier. Took 2 hours to get back to sleep and now is wide awake again.
My DH is isolating in our room since Tuesday afternoon and I have 2 older kids.
I could cheerfully walk away just now

It’s hideous. Surely they must get tired!?

It sucks! That’s was the worst age for us sleep wise, got better at 10/11 months.

It’s not for everyone but would you be open to gentle sleep training. Bedding in worked really well for us at this age, that hand holding and a stick on black out blind x

It's awful. Can you leave him with your DH from, say, 10pm-2am and get some sleep?