Self indulgent sympathy request

[Secondtimelucky]

Am feeling a bit low and fed up today and am hoping a someone can come along and give me a bit of sympathy. I promise to return the favour!

DD2 has been sleeping like a jack in the box recently. We have been co-sleeping a lot of the night, but I need her to spend some time in her cot because otherwise it is too hard on my back (only a double bed, and no spare room or other suitable place for DH to sleep. She sleeps like a starfish and I end up curled round her in the most uncomfortable positions). Last night she woke up about a dozen times between putting her to bed and 7am, including a stretch in the small hours where she woke every 30 minutes. Brought her into bed at 3am and it lengthened to 90 minute slots.

I am beyond knackered. I know that it will pass. DD1's sleep didn't get better until she could roll onto her tummy and suck her thumb, and was a bit more active in the day to wear herself out. She didn't sleep through until one, but aged 2.5 is a brilliant little sleeper.

Can someone pat me on the head and remind me that 'this too shall pass'?

Ouch and I was feeling sorry for myself today after my 8 mo DD wouldn't settle until 11pm last night and then woke 2 hourly after that. She has never been good but i long for the 3 night wakings we used to have.

We co sleep out of neccesity too and I get the back pain. I lie on the floor during the day for a few minutes at a time and am promising myself a massage when I have more money after Christmas.

How old is your DD2? What's her longest stretch been? If DD1 didn't sleep through till age 1 there is hope!

She's nearly six months. Between about 2 and 4 months, she was doing lovely four hour stretches and resettling easily. Then the four month regression hit and it all went to pot. DD1 was the same.

So sorry to hear you are in a similar boat. It's sooo hard when they won't settle in the evening isn't it - like you don't get a moment to catch your breath before the night shift.

Definatly. We used to have a 6pm bedtime as she napped badly. Now she naps a bit better bedtime is unpredictable.

Can your LO sit up yet? Does she have any teeth? Maybe she is working on a new skill. I think mine is trying to crawl and possibly getting her top teeth (she is biting me)

Did you do anything to make DD1 sleep or was just ready at 12mo?

She can almost sit, still can't roll. No teeth on the horizon I don't think.

DD1 was a combination of things. Aged 11 months she was waking about 4-5 times plus a two hour screaming fit. Nothing stopped or even slowed the screaming before two hours was up, so in the end (and very reluctantly) we did one night of controlled crying, which seemed to break the pattern on that. The night wakings sort of sorted themselves out over the next few weeks. We did gradual withdrawal for settling to bed - but that was a bit earlier on I think. You know, cuddle and sing, then pat and sing, then sit by the cot and sing, then sing from the door, etc over a few weeks. That was good because it didn't involve her getting upset. If she did, you just went backwards through the stages until she calmed down.

Sorry to hear about the biting.