Crying when your baby won't sleep...

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Am I the only one who sometimes finds themselves crying out of frustration and helplessness when your baby won't sleep? I know it makes matters worse, but sometimes I just can't help it when I pacing the hallway for a another hour wearing a sling just so someone will take a friggin nap

yes, i remember this. 6 years down the line i am in tears of frustration trying to wake said child up for school.

it does get easier! but in the meantime good luck.

It's just tiredness! (yours, I mean). This will get better... and you're not the only one, promise.

I've been there. In fact, I'm still there. It is frustrating when all you want is to sit down and they will only settle when you're standing up and pacing.

yes. last night was one occasion. She immediately stopped crying and started laughing at me, which really helped the situation.

oh god yes, i remember making ds little head and soft hair all wet with my tears, that made me cry more and think i'd probably damamged him for life.

it didn't - he's fat and happy and jolly and sleeps for 14 hours a night now! hurrah!

it will pass, let those tears out and very soon this will be a distant memeory

Yes! often. And I'm afraid I have shouted at him in tears as well. He looked at me in shock and cried even harder. That made me feel like total shit :( I am trying hard not to let it affect me now as that upset me so much. TBF it was after over 24 hours of having him on my own as DH was away with work, but even so :(

Oh yes, I've done that. We went through a period where he just screamed himself to sleep - nothing helped. He wouldn't sleep in the sling/in the pram/cuddled/fed. He just screamed himself into exhaustion. We both ended up crying.
Weirdly, me sobbing seemed to soothe him a bit.

All babies seem to respond differently to different tactics but I think Baby Whispering him has made the difference for us: pu/pd and four hourly feeds (no more snacking).

Don't give up. We've gone from hell to heaven in a few weeks. It can all change quite quickly. Good luck

Oh yes, ds went through a phase of being awake from 2-6am every night for about 5 months, I was going mad by the second month...

You are definitely, most assuredly, not the only person to do this. Both me and DH have done this over our first DD (terrible, no, appaling, sleeper) and DS (shows some signs of having more potential at night but awful, awful, awful in the daytime).

Yup, done it many, many times ... and probably will do it many more times (DS only 11 weeks and super-alert, wired sleep fighter). Hugs!

yep.

shouted too.

sleep deprivation is fucking awful.

Yep, I was crying last night because DD (16 months) just will not sleep.