Hi all
My DD is 22 months and for 6 weeks now has been waking up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning screaming the house down for a minimum or 2 hours. Sometimes is genuine crying, other times its just screaming and shouting. The sound is deafening and we're at our wit's end!
We have tried everything- going in and comforting her, letting her cry it out, changing her bedtime and naptime, changing room the tempreture, husband has even slept on the floor in her room... but nothing is working. Its been 3 days and she's waking at 5am asking for milk, which we've started giving her, she sometimes falls asleep after this and other times she's still awake.
It started the day I went into labour with DS and has continued since. Some days she sleeps through perfectly but she's mostly waking up distressed at 2am or 6am. She used to be a great sleeper through the night 10-12 hours and bedtimes were a breeze but now we're really struggling with her. She fights bedtimes, has started going a few days without her lunchtime nap and when she does sleep, she's up hysterically crying.
We've heard seperation anxiety? Sleep regression? Growing pains? Teething? I've looked into it all but we're really struggling especially with a newborn around its getting a bit much.
PLEASE share your experiences. The thought of this being my life is really stressing me out esp wth a newborn, I feel like its never going to end. What the hell is going in!?