Not sure what I'm after with this post, just some solidarity more than anything - and some hope that this will pass!! 🤞🏻
My DD is 17 weeks and for the last week and a half has become a terrible sleeper. She had been reasonably good - going down well at night, usually only waking once for a feed. Now, its every hour (if that, tonight and last night it's every 40 mins). She wakes up crying and builds to a scream if we don't get her out of the next to me. She either wants feeding or it's hours of rocking/shushing. She'll fall asleep on the boob but as soon as she's back in her bed her arms will jolt out or she'll stir after 20mins or so and the whole cycle repeats!!
Daytime naps are non-existent, she's never been a brilliant day sleeper but now we're lucky if we get her to sleep for 15 minutes!!! We monitor all her sleep cues and as soon as she shows them it's operation nap time!! But nothing works and she either refuses to sleep or goes down for 15/20 mins. In the pram I can get half an hour of sleep maximum before she wakes and cries for me to carry her.
I'm at my wits end, as is my partner!! I'm finding it really starting to impact on my mood - feeling almost resentful towards her which I feel awful to say, just beyond exhausted 😩😴
Definitely won't be needing a Halloween costume this year, I already look like the walking dead!!!