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DD is ill but I can't do this any more

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BubandMiniBub · 30/05/2012 19:43

DD is 1 yo and has always been a monumentally bad skeeper. Out of the blue after literally 6 wake ups a night the night before, she started sleeping through. It took months to get her into her cot at night and one night, she apply started going in without a fuss however I still cuddle her for her daytime naps. She gets picked up and breastfed to sleep every time she wakes.

Then came norovirus from nursery, then 2 molars in 2 weeks and now straight into chest infection.

She is now refusing to go into her cot. Co- sleeping used to preserve my sanity but she has had a 40 c temperature since Friday and she rolls and crawls all over the bed in her sleep then climbs over me looking for milk. It's a nightmare and for the past 5 nights have had 1-2 hours sleep.

I am on my knees. I just want to put her in her cot and close the door. But she's ill (just got antibiotics today) and I can't but I don't know how much more I can take. It's worse than having a non sleeping, non put down able newborn. Sad

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tickleme63 · 30/05/2012 20:43

Sending hugs and much sympathy Bub It's awful when it's just a constant stream of crap that LO and therefore parents must endure. With us, DS had a cold, then teething, then nasty cough, now more teething and now the cough has returned with a vengeance. All of which equals balls all sleep for any of us.

Not that he's a great sleeper when he's well anyway...

RandomMess · 30/05/2012 20:46

Will your partner look after her for a few hours so you can go to bed and get some decent sleep? Yes she's ill but she will survive without being bf for several hours.

girliefriend · 30/05/2012 20:50

Oh bless you, my dd had this virus at similiar age and I never co-slept until she had this virus when she was so poorly she would only sleep with me next to her. Its good you are bfing as at least she is getting all the antibodies.

It will get better I promise, and just because she won't go in her cot now doesn't mean she never will. Good luck and hope tonight is a better night Smile

BubandMiniBub · 30/05/2012 22:53

Thanks for the replies.

She loves her Daddy very much but at the moment she just screams 'no no no' if I am not holding her - she has the tugging at the heart strings down to a fine art!

She's just had a massive coughing fit and her temperature is back up so I am feeling guilty for even thinking like that. I do think I might just bypass the GP and take her to A&E tomorrow though.

I am also now terrified from another thread about long viral infections and pneumonia so I am now quite happy that she's so close and I can keep an eye on her.

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girliefriend · 31/05/2012 20:09

How did you get on? Is she any better?

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