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Anyone want to share how totally knackered they are.......

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welshmum · 20/03/2006 13:48

Not really looking for any solutions to this, think it's all just one more bloody phase.(weak Grin)
From sleeping really, really well dd (almost 4) is now waking early, 0530 some days, calling out for up to 3 hours at night sometimes, coughing herself awake then refusing to go back to sleep or a mixture of all 3.
Ds (10 months) is woken by dd and then yells for more than an hour for no apparent reason, wakes soon after 5 (unless its his sister's turn to wake early that day)
Dh will attend to either if woken froma deep sleep to do so by me, he also snores and if not snoring, coughs.
I hear everything and have insomnia too. On some nights I lie awake while everyone is soundly sleeping around me.
Writing this down it all seems ridiculous.
Anyone want to share the hell that is currently their nights....

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expectingsummerihope · 07/04/2006 00:27

Blimey peaches, I do sympathise. I'm 34 and struggling with one 22 m o who has slept thru less than ten times since birth. It's not uncommon for him to wake upto 6 times a night. I work full time but in four days and I think it's actually harder when I'm home with him in the day as I am forced to socialise with The Sleep Thief and be nice to him. At my lowest points I even toyed with the idea of waking him just as he had got off to a lovely daytime kip, just so he knew what it felt like Grin

bluey1 · 07/04/2006 10:36

my youngest is 9mnths and her sister is 9 years so bit of a got and i had got used to my sleep, i cant wait for this phase to be over and i can sleep again:)

bluey1 · 07/04/2006 10:37

opps i meant gap - im new at this

bluey1 · 07/04/2006 10:39

hi redhead ive tried controlled crying and it works at 7.30 but then she is still up in the night and it doesnt work then

LittleMerlin · 07/04/2006 10:44

I know you will all be Envy at this, but finally after nearly 12 mths of broken nights (anything between 2- 8 times a night) DS2 is sleeping through - well almost a week so I'm not jumping for joy just yet! I really sympathise cos DS1 was a fantastic sleeper day and night but unfortunately DS2 likes to be different!

All I can say is hang on in there - you will turn corner eventually. Actually, what did it for us was taking away his dummy - only took him a couple of nights to get used to settling without it and now he hasn't looked back.

tegan · 07/04/2006 10:54

I'm totally knackered due to the fact I have had the dreaded sickness bug and dd2 has got tonsilitus with a cough and runny nose. Thankfully dd1 has moved in with my mum for the hols and dh has got some time off work.

schneebly · 07/04/2006 11:01

am shattered today, ds1 was coughing and crying all night, ds2 was pulling his ears and crying all night despite maximum calpol dosage - feel all shaky and have thumping headache. Have just eaten chocolate to try and feel better but know I will slump when the sugar wears off. They seem fine though! if i can get them to nap in the afternoon I am going to as well - sod the pigsty I call a house.

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welshmum · 07/04/2006 11:03

Update - just in case anyone thinks we're still in dire straits and to remind myself that things do get better.
Both now sleeping through again - sometimes even 7 until 0645!!!!!!! Miracle.
I'm taking Nytol to tackle the insomnia - I know it's probably not sensible but I couldn't carry on how I was. Hope things are getting better for others too.

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expectingsummerihope · 07/04/2006 11:59

Great news Smile

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welshmum · 07/04/2006 12:00

Thanks esih - it shocked me when the thread popped up again, I'd genuinely forgotten how bad things where when I wrote that.

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welshmum · 07/04/2006 12:00

'were' even

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expectingsummerihope · 07/04/2006 19:34

what's an 'h' between mners Smile

PiccadillyCircus · 07/04/2006 21:05

Especially ones who are either totally knackered, or coming out the other side Smile.

LoveMyGirls · 02/05/2006 09:47

I am SO TIRED. dd2 was sleeping fine until a couple of weeks (maybe more or less i dont know) ago. now she wakes for at least 2 hours in the night for no reason. she is 7mths old and we're cutting her morning nap out. we did try putting her in her siisters room but that made her worse so we moved her back wit us. at the moment i am working 5 evenings plus 6 hours in the daytime sat/sun and trying to set up a childminding business and i have a 6yr old dd (who is quite demanding)
dp insists i havent got it as hard as he has and when i asked if he would have the kids yesterday while i slept as long as i wanted he told me that he wanted to spend time with me so he let me sleep from 9.45 am (i got up originally at 7.20am) til 11.40am i then got to relax at 11pm last night and then dd2 woke at 3am (dp got up with her for an hour) then i did 4am til 5am when she finally fell asleep now ive been up since 7.20am im gonna ask my mum if she can have the baby while dd1 is at school so i can sleep!

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welshmum · 04/05/2006 07:30

Hope it gets better soon LMG. They go through so many different phases in that first year (thier whole lives?!) just when you think you've cracked it it all goes pear-shaped again. Is she unhappy when she wakes up? Or does she want to play? is she teething a bit?

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welshmum · 04/05/2006 07:31

Must be knackered as I still can't spell Smile

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LoveMyGirls · 04/05/2006 18:02

she's teething a bit but not waking in pain, more for attention, wanting to play. i decided enough was enough and told dp that when she wakes he should go down stairs to sleep and leave me to settle her. dp always shh's and talks to her as well as putting her light show on etc it just wakes her up more. so the other night she woke at 1.10am he went downstairs at 1.30am i woke up i listened to her (she's still in our room) for 15 mins then put her dummy in without talking or looking at her i did that every 5 mins til 2.10am then went downstairs to check everyone was asleep and get more dummies just in case. she fell asleep at 2.30am. the next night she only stired for about 2 mins and DIDNT WAKE TIL 7AM!!! fingers crossed for her sleeping through again tonight. if she does sleep through for the whole of the week i will move her into her sisters room.

LoveMyGirls · 04/05/2006 18:04

oh forgot to say that when she cried the loudest i stroked her head - still not looking at her etc just to reassure her but i only did it for about 2 mins and then got back into bed.

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