He has never been a great sleeper, but after much work we got him to sleep til 5am, then in with us til 7am, worked relatively ok even if he does figit too much!
Anyway, has had a bug, and left with a nasty cough for the last two weeks. Saw GP today who said not a chest infection, just lingering cough.
He just won't sleep. His bedtime routine has gone to shit. He gets a million times, despite us following a nice calm relaxing bedtime routine, normal time. He does not sleep until 8:30pm or later, continually coming out of his room. He is hyped up (overtired we think).
This evening we put him to bed earlier, due to him being so tired.
He wakes during the evening, wakes several times at night, sometimes coughing, sometimes just crying for me. And ends up with us at some point in the night, kicking, fussing, crying.
Over the weekend, on one night, he woke 7 times, no word of a lie. He is simply refusing to settle for either me or DH, but if DH sees him, the world has ended.
The only way he will settle is if I sleep with him in his bed. I just cannot do that. My eyes are on stalks and my head is pounding.
Right now, he is screaming his head off, crying til he coughs, coughing til he wretches. The only way he will settle is if I go and lie with him. And if I do that, he will wake again in a couple of hours and so it goes on.
I am so tired. I no longer look forward to sleeping any more. It's not like this is new really.
Right now I am ignoring him. Well, I say that, my head is literally throbbing with pain from his crying/shouting. Should I ignore him? go to him and lie with him? what? help me work through this!!
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PavlovtheCat · 04/12/2012 22:22
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