Forget the 4 month regression: this is much, much worse.....

[matana]

Everyone warned me 4 months would be horrendous. In hindsight it passed relatively without incident. DS is 8 months and is all over the place. He's tired and cranky all day, he has frequent wakings at night. Sometimes he'll whinge a bit and eventually go back to sleep, sometimes he'll end up trying to crawl down his cot and gets stuck so screams the house down until i rescue him. His naps are crap - cannot be relied upon and completely inconsistent. Just now he woke after 30 minutes face down, tearful and won't go back to sleep even though he's knackered. I can't catch up on sleep during the day because it's guaranteed that just as i fall asleep he'll wake up.

My DS is usually such a good sleeper so i suppose i've been spoilt/ lulled into a false sense of security.

Anyone else with an 8/9/ 10 month old and care to share?

first of all.i ve just got her to sleep half and hour ago and ive jsut spent the last half hour typing frantically (my routine as requested) in case she wakes. only when i want to post the conversation it asked me to log in at which point everything i had written had GONE!!DISSAPPEARED!UNSAVED!

I WANT TO CRY NOW. time is so bloody precious and my brain had to work reakky hard to get all that info down!!

hi that would be so helpful. im a first timer of course
i dont have a strict routine as she seems do unpredicatable week to week.
so she was in her moses basket till 8 weeks, then co slept fully till 4.5 months and then she went back to moses basket but most nights i would end up bringing her back to my bed around 6am. then 2 weeks ago i ve started putting her n the cot but around 6 am(when she ususally awakes) i have to bring her into bed with me becasue my exhaustion is horrendous.she is BF. two weeks ago ive started her on tiny bit of babyrice. she seems ok with it but not keen on other solids/purees.

shes 5.5months

she wakes around 6.30/7 am
bfeed in bed
plays&babbles happily till 8.30/9 (in my bed or more likely cot)
sleep till 10am
quick bfeed
up and abut downstairs for playtime 10.30 till 12.30ish. (incl.cup of 50ml babyrice for her to try)
bfeed 1pm
nap 2-230/3(i take her out in the pram or sling before this nap usually)
bfeed 3.30/4ish
nap 4.30/5-5.30
quik bfeed
playtime in cot till 6/6.30
bath and dressed 6.30-7

feed till drowsy or sleep
if lucky will sleep7 -8.30 ish
then awake hyper rowdy till midnight. by which time she is COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED.
she will start chewing and drooling and squealing bang on bedtime after the bath and bfeed.
so until 8.30-12 will hold her, rock her, shush, lullaby, put her on the breast for comfort suck, sometimes white noise, walk up and down with her my shoulder,if she too hyper have a little play again.

if shes finally on the verge of sleep or alseep i put her down in the cot and she writhes around on her belly,rubs her face madly on the sheets, bites her fingers, sits up cries.
i then start all over again.
after this she wakes every 2 - hours for a bfeed till 6 or 7am
but sometimes wakes every hour too so i try settle her back or see f she wants a quik feed.

i also want to stop breastfeeding.i've had enough of the tiredness and being relied on this way. it sounds bad but i have built a generous stash in the freezer for her.
yes so repeat daily till i wither away with fatigue and insanity!!

PLEASE HELP.

t.i.a

Poor you! Didn't want you to go un-answered brokensleeper, but hopefully someone who knows more will be along shortly to help.

Is this a change in behaviour or has she always kept the same hours? Could it be teething (chewing and drooling)? That's sometimes worse when they're lying down so can strike in the evening/ night. Does she fuss and pull away in the middle of feeds or has she been pulling on her ears?

Otherwise i don't see too much wrong. The only thing i would say is avoid letting her play once it's 'bedtime' - however hyper she seems - as she could be getting mixed messages. Once it's bedtime it should be quiet and dark if possible. Do you have a blackout blind? Also, a consistent place to sleep at night, all night might help, even if it means persevering with rocking, feeding, lullabies etc etc until you've cracked it. Does she nap ok during the day in her cot?

Have you tried reading the No Cry Sleep Solution? I haven't read it myself, but many people on MN swear by it....