Sleep deprivation

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Can I please rant about how tired I am.

My eldest woke at 5:40 today. Then the whole day is just constant, being pulled in different directions, parenting, cooking, cleaning, laundry, washing up, walking the dog. By the evening I'm just shattered but my youngest wakes 1-3 times in the evening so even that doesn't truly feel like 'my time'. Then going to bed truly exhausted. Then a broken night's sleep. Then get up and do it all again.

I am too exhausted to enjoy my bath tonight. Does anyone else feel like this? I just hate it.

I overheard a young person today moaning that they were woken as 'early' as 7:30 this morning and I just wanted to grab them and tell them how good they have it! The other day ds woke at 6:30am and it felt like a lie in

Please no advice or comments such as where is dh. Dh is either out working in the ambulance or at home with me being very supportive but we are both just very, very tired and have no outside help. No advice e.g gro clock for ds, none of that works. I just want solidarity or just to be heard. I've got no mum of my own to moan to, please be kind.

Sending solidarity. Of course you can rant.
I can sympathise a little, I have an 18m and pregnant and just so so tired I feel ill - not having an end in sight to feeling tired is really really hard, and I say this with a child who does sleep!
Also I have no mum around to rant to either, and I don't think you can underestimate how impactful missing this can be.
So rant away!

Oh I'm with you! My youngest has had back to back viruses and sick bugs, we are renovating, the dog barks at everything, house a tip, my health is not great, sleep doesn't happen... I wake up and count down the hours to bedtime again....

I really sympathise, ds did the 5am wakes for about a year. He started sleeping through at 18 months but woke very early instead. It was awful. It did stop when he dropped his nap, he reliably sleeps until around 7 now, sometimes half six but very rarely 5 any more.

I promise it does get better; I remember feeling like you do but slowly it got so much better and they do eventually sleep

Thank you so much everyone. My friend is pregnant with her 4th and honestly I'm in awe of her as she must be even more tired than me.

This too shall pass as they say.

I entered a half marathon for February next year and am nowhere near ready which makes me sad.

It is so awful when they just won't sleep. Been there, it was soul destroying but it did pass! Still being woken up by the youngest occasionally but now know how lucky we are compared to the oldest's utter refusal to sleep! Coffee is your friend.

Rant away.

But also remember it won't last forever!

Are you ever getting a lie in? If you're not a single mum you should be either getting lie one or naps.... I appreciate that can be hard but do push for it

I hear you. Some people have children who just sleep. It gets easier. Some times you just have to go to bed at the same time as them.

Oh OP I really feel for you. Sleep deprivation is so hard. Hopefully it will get better for you soon.

Sending solidarity. It's so hard!! I've been diagnosed with overactive thyroid postpartum and it's given me massive insomnia 😭 Due to the meds I'm having to take for it I've had to temporarily stop breastfeeding so I've been pumping to maintain my supply. So when I do manage to get to sleep either I'm woken by baby or I have to get up to pump. I got two hours sleep last night and just want to cry! Sorry to hijack your post with my own rant haha! You're definitely not alone, and one day we will get more sleep again 💖 But in the meantime ranting helps!

DD didn't sleep for more than 2 hours in a row for two years. It's shit.

Solidarity with the no sleep crew - my 13 month old is not a fan of sleep. My older daughter didn't sleep well until she was nearly 3 so I have readied myself for at least another year of this 🙈

Re: half marathon - if you have done some running (10Kish) before, you will be fine, even if you don't get much time / energy to train. I did one in September and was quite disappointed beforehand that I physically hadn't had the time or space to train. On the day I followed a pacer and reminded myself that I spend hours every day and night 'getting through' so I could get through the 2 or 3 hours for the HM, no problem. You will have so much more mental resilience than you realise and even it doesn't go particularly well, at least you'll be handsfree and unavailable for a few hours!

I'm here for you OP!

I'm a single parent to 3 since twins were 1 - haven't slept through the night in years - twins wake up at 530am no matter what time they go to bed 😩 the day is constant with kids - then full on full time job - then kids again then housework and then up 2-3 times in the night

Ex dickhead husband commented a few weeks ago about how tired he was.....after going on holiday abroad for a week (I can only dream of that!) and I could quite happily have committed murder! 😅 (he has no overnights with the kids as unsuitable accommodation)

Sometimes it gets to me - the lack of sleep - but I think I'm so used to it now my body wouldn't know what to do with a full nights sleep 😂

One day I won't have little visitors in the night for cuddles and I'll miss it (maybe!)