I need BIG help with 2 yr old

[BernieBear]

I have not had a full night sleep since my 2 yr old was born. He was covered with exzema 4 wks after birth but after a lot of fighting with NHS he has now been diagnosed with a dairy, egg, and peanut allergy...............now has not got ezcema but still won't sleep. I have done all systems apart from letting him cry it out. Controlled crying (which is apparently supposed to take max 5 days has not worked still doing it 3 months later) Sorry but 2 b*stard years and I have run out of patience, can't stand it any more. Am also a single monster (sorry, mother but feel like a monster at the moment!) Any ideas oh wonderous ones! zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Oh i so know how you feel - DD is only now sleeping through the night and she will be 3 in 2 weeks! We've tried everything - the controlled crying was a nightmare. She wasn't suffering from excema or anything but used to take 10 - 30 min power naps then be up for hours. We've discovered that she doesn't like it dark in her room so always has a night light on and for a while one of us would sleep with her. not recommended by experts but hey, we needed sleep and I think that worked best as she started to go down ok. We then weaned her off needing someone beside her very slowly. She still does sleep better if someone's in with her but she will sleep most of the night on her own. Hurrah!! the doctor also recommended using Medised with her night time bottle - that helped too but I don't want to rely on drugs full time. I think wht has helped us is that as she's getting older she's now finally getting into the habit of sleeping rather than being up at night. Fingers crossed, wood touched and all that in the hope that I'm not cursing myself!! Probably hasn't helped but hope you get some sleep soon! take acrea nd good luck!

Me too!!!
3 years old in 2 months and has only started sleeping through over the past few months.
Till then, never.
Bodily i feel 100 years old, spiritually i feel 21 still!

Go and see your GP and get a sedative prescribed. 'twas the only thing that ever worked for us - instant bliss, and made my dd snap out of this habit.

Its nice to know there are others out there. He has always been bad (where does this "newborns sleep for 16 hours" come from???)I put it down to head to toe ezcema, now the only way that I get to sleep is if he joins me in bed at some point during the night. I just don't have the energy to do it ALL NIGHT. Thank god I am single, as any marriage could not cope with this. I do the same routine every night. 6.30 bath. 6.50 after massage and hugs, three stories and then into cot with kiss and hug. It has always been the same - is this wrong?????? Geelgrrrl would do that in a second but apparently he sleeps through at his Dads every other weekend and goes straight to sleep with no crying. Can't work out what I am doing wrong? He has just started again....only had 1/2 hour break..

Zyrtec every day for 2 week at half the child dose - breaks the itch cycle of eczema and allows them to get into a good sleep routine. Controlled crying makes the symptoms worse, stress triggers eczema. Good luck.

BB, can your ex have him for a bit longer and see if he can snap out of his non-sleeping when he returns to you? Realise this might not be possible for all sorts of reasons though.