Work and poor sleeper

[Mt563]

It's completely unreasonable I know but I'd love to take an afternoon off sick to sleep. I'm so tired and no idea when this regression/ these nightmares are going to end.

Not unreasonable, take an afternoon off and sleep! You can’t pour from an empty cup.

Do you have a partner? Dh and I traded off on doing nights based on who had the most stressful day the next day. That way we both got to sleep well part of the week.

I completely agree this isn’t unreasonable. I’ve never felt so awful as I did when I wasn’t sleeping (because my son wasn’t sleeping). If that doesn’t constitute being sick, I don’t know what does.

Something has to give when things are tough - I’m ok with work being the thing I compromise on.

Dh is a gem and we've definitely done this before but he's away and won't be back for a week. I just feel daft that I can't cope with 10 days solo parenting.

I've ended up resigning recently to take a break off work. My 16 month old is a terrible sleeper, has been since 6 months when I had to go back to work (I don't live in the UK, I only had 6 months mat leave). I'm a broken woman.