Sleepless mums thread #2 come and join us! zZzZz

[pinkgin1]

Other one is nearly full so thought I'd get this one ready!
@ayylauren
@Ijustneedtosleep21
@JammyRedRooo
@LemonElephant
@LCF2021
@MintGreenLife
@Mytigerhasstripyfeet
@Sneezymcsneezy
@mummabubs
@jmj90

(Apologies if I haven't tagged you it won't show any other usernames on my phone )

Worst night we've had in a while here don't know whats going on with him. Finally went at 9 and been up at 9.30, 11.30, 1.30, 2.30 and now 3. Praying this is it until morning now 🙏 😴🥱

We’re having worst night in a while too @FurBabyMum02 so far I’ve slept between 2am and 3am and DS is now wide awake.

Can I join? Sorry you're (we're) all having a rough time but reading real experiences on here makes me feel so much better as the rest of the Internet makes me feel like I'm doing everything wrong 😭
My nearly 5mo was an awesome sleeper until about a month ago and then started waking every two hours. We're now back up to about 3 and I feed her back to sleep but I don't understand why she's waking in the first place. She wakes and starts whimpering so I do all the shushing, hand on chest, patting stroking, white noise but if I don't pick her up the whimper eventually turns into a scream.
But it's like she's only crying because she's still tired so I wish she would just go back to bloody sleep!
Asleep in my arms now, trying to decide whether to attempt putting her down or just keep her in bed with me so we have at least a chance of going through till 6.

Hi @TooManyAnimals94 it’s so hard isn’t it! My son is nearly 5 months too and I really think it’s just this age. They have so much going on developmentally that sleep falls by the wayside for a bit.

DS was a great sleeper until 3 months and it’s slowly got worse since then.

@lemongrass9 that sounds rough hope you've managed to get a bit of sleep now. Luckily mine did go down at 3.15 till 6 so I got a chunk, DH always gets up with him at 6 so I can sleep a little more till 8 (luckily he's working from home). DS did an almighty sounding fart just after my last post and went from asleep squirmy to dead gone in my arms so I think that's what was keeping him up bless him

Hiya can I join please?! My DD is 8 mo and was up pretty much all night teething and my 3 yo DD likes to shout 'mummmmmy' really loud during the night which always wakes up baby on my 3rd coffee already 🤣🤣xx

Thank you @FurBabyMum02 I did manage 4-6 then 6.30-7.30. Now DS is lying on my bed blowing raspberries at me while I drink a much needed coffee!

We've got a cold 😫 actually thought we were turning a corner and then last night it all went to pot. Also started vomiting all over the shop (me) so 3 pyjama changes and a duvet change later and here we are...!

As in DS was vomiting all over me, not the other way round 😂🙈

Oh no @Kate105 hopefully you aren’t feeling too poorly with cold. It all happens as once doesn’t it!

After a few days of improved sleep, illness has hit us and we are back to no sleep

Hi all, glad some sleep is happening for some. It’s so unpredictable isn’t it.

Does anyone have experience of reflux? Finally realised that my baby is experiencing reflux and it’s acid regurgitation that wakes her every 45 mins. So we’re in the process of trying to find a solution. There’s some issue with my latch which I’ll work on and I’ve made some diet changes. It’s been rough sleep wise. Only going on back for a 30 mins at a time at the beginning of the night. I really wish I could place her on her front. I know she’s sleep soundly!

Urghhhhh, I thought that we might be in for an "average" night as she went 3 hours before waking up. However she's now spent the last 2 HOURS awake and unsettled as soon as I put her down. DH keeps saying she must want more milk, she doesn't! Then he said she must need it anyway, she doesn't! I'm just feel broken by this non-stop shit fest that is nights and then having to parent her and her high energy 4 year old brother during the day. Please let it end soon!!!

@mummabubs that pretty much describes my past few nights! Tricks me by sleeping 3 hours, then that's it. Constant wake ups and not resetting. I've ended up holding him from around 3am last 4 nights. I also have a struggle every nap time, he only naps in the sling but now puts up a massive fight every time! I can't cope, I'm on edge all the time and can't sleep even when he does his 3 hours! 😭 I dread every night, and every day now too. He won't even let me sit down when he's in the sling, I have to stand swaying/rocking EVERY nap 😭😭😭😭

Oh @Frazzled37, I'm waving at you in empathy! My DD is also resisting all day naps, everything I've read says at 8 months they usually try and transition from 3 naps to 2, which can disrupt sleep. Well mine is just trying to do away with naps altogether! The only place she'll nod off is in the car and then as soon as I get to where I'm going (usually only 10-15 mins away) she wakes up again. I have got her to sleep on dog walks in the baby bjorn sometimes but then I still don't get any break. Things will change for both of us eventually I'm sure, it can't last forever right!?

Oh gosh @mummabubs poor you, I'm only 3 months in, if he's still like this at 8 months I may be dead from sleep deprivation! 3 months of about 3 hours of broken sleep a night is already too much for me. The most annoying thing is last week he settled himself back to sleep a couple of times and did a 6 hour stint!!! Never happened before or since, but I thought we were onto something. I didn't even make use of the 6 hours as I woke expecting him to feed after a couple of hours and couldn't get back to sleep, plus I had to pump as I was so engorged! Now he won't even settle after a feed though. 😩

How's everyone doing? No comments since Friday, are you are alive?😅

Can I join? DD is almost 11 months and has never slept more than 2 hrs together. Last night she was up every hour and I'm absolutely dead today! She's actually going to kill me...😭

Welcome @WildWombat
That sounds TOUGH! And I was hoping that would get easier as my bub (4.5mo) gets older.

Things have really turned south for us, we now know she has silent reflux and am trialling some meds. However, she’s now refusing to sleep on her back…

Everyone tells me it does get easier but I've yet to see it! Dreading tonight 😬

@pinkgin1 alive and co-sleeping, I think I'm just too lazy to move every time he wakes but he's definitely better than before. @LCF2021 how are you doing and has sleep training sorted everything?

@WildWombat man that sounds awful, have you got some help and is there any reason why? Teething? Illness?

@Sneezymcsneezy Hello! It’s going well thank you. She still isn’t sleeping through but I honestly didn’t expect that. She usually only wakes once a night though which obviously is a HUGE improvement. She generally settles for naps and bedtime with zero fuss but it can still be really hit and miss. Some days she’ll take long 1.5 hour naps and the next day she’ll only manage 30 mins. I must admit I am stretching her awake windows compared to what the sleep consultant advised as I felt that 2 hours awake between each nap was a bit too short for her so I usually stretch that to 2.5 hours max.
I really think helping her to settle in her bed has made the world of difference despite how hard it is.

What method did you use @LCF2021 ? I'm desperately waiting for our house to be plague free and then sleep training is goooooo!

@Kate105 We’ve done controlled crying. We tried to stay in the room with her to settle but it made her worse. My son was the exact same. The first night took about 40 mins and we still had a fair few wake ups. It’s gotten better in the 3 weeks since we started but we still have the odd early start and every few days have some disastrous naps!

Good to know, thanks @LCF2021 . Think we're going to go down that route too