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He has never slept thru the night, help

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shatteredmumsrus · 19/07/2006 19:13

My 18 month old son has never slept through the night.He goes to sleep on his own even says night night. But hes up around every three hours and always has done. Ive tried everything possible to get him to sleep thru. I even gave him phenegan as recommended by my doctor but that didnt work. Has anyone got any miracle advice. Ill do anything now, im so tired

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mellowma · 09/09/2006 20:11

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shatteredmumsrus · 09/09/2006 21:40

Its weird because as I have said so many times he goes to sleep fine but tonight he didnt. Had to bring him down in the end (dh wasnt much help or support) But to be honest he never cries like that and i know his back teeth are coming through. He come downstairs and I put him back 20 mins later, with no milk or anything. Put him down wide awake and he went down as usual as goos as gold.The problem I find is that when I go in to try and settle him it makes him so much worse. He has a lullaby light, i might just go in and put that on every 5,10,15 mins etc. Im gonna be in and out of that room like a yoyo

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mellowma · 10/09/2006 13:34

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shatteredmumsrus · 10/09/2006 13:55

Til 6.10 and i gave him milk then I think that was long enough. I said well done you have slept like a good bot, he fell back to sleep and woke at 7.45!

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shatteredmumsrus · 10/09/2006 15:06

OOoh ta ill have a look x

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fridascruffs · 10/09/2006 21:35

hi, I have a 2.3 DS and a 0.7 DD. DS has always been a poor sleeper, though he's usually down to waking once a night at the moment (DD then wakes twice either side of him), though at the moment DS is up more often as he has a cold, and has a new big boy bed which he can get out of and he trots up the corridor to keep us company in the night. Wouldn't mind (anything for peace!) but he doesn't actually sleep so we have to put him back in his own bed anyway.I've got more info out of this thread than I have to contribute, but wanted to say: I use wax earplugs cos dh breaths really loudly/ grinds teeth/ talks/ sort of gobbles, and coincidentally, I've found that earplugs really help if you have to leave babies to cry for a bit, as it takes the cutting edge off the screaming. Could at least help your dh's to sleep, even if you don't want to use them yourself for whatever reason. Might make them a bit less crotchety whci you don't need after a night of misery yourself.

shatteredmumsrus · 11/09/2006 12:40

Ah thanks its nice to know others are awake too when you feel so alone at 3 in the morning. He has used industrial earplugs but they fall out, we use cotton wool at the mo which helps a bit. Gonna look for the wax ones tho thanks.
Last night was much worse. He went down at 8 up at 3, I put lullaby on and he went back straight away. Then up at 4, i went in at 4.05, 4.10 and 4.30 and at 4.40 all quiet. Then up at 5, back asleep by 5.15. Up at 6.40, had enough then and gave milk. Woke at 8!!!
Am I doing this right to all you CCers out there?
HELP, not looking forward to tonight...

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UmmMusa · 12/09/2006 18:41

hey, I think things like teething, if he is teething that is and illness can set back even those babies who normally sleep through the night. If he does have teeth coming then maybe try a herbal teething powder and a gel before he goes to bed or/ and calpol. It is perplexing that he sleeps happily then wakes up but it could be a case that he isn't sure that he has to sleep thru the night because I remember Hogg saying its something we teach them, so perhaps you are getting there by just sshing him back to sleep and keeping things dark and quiet and eventually he'll realise that theres no point in waking up as its no fun anyway, with my little one the steps were progressive so he would get up later and later in the morning till it came to 6 am and that was fine at that age-4-7/8 months so Id give him milk at 6ish when he'd wake and after milk he'd sleep till 9ish but aroung 8/9 mnths he started sleeping longer. So as you can see it was progressive. Hope itgets easiar, hang in there and nap while you can! Oh yeah and even sleep through the night babies have bad days or nights though not often!

shatteredmumsrus · 12/09/2006 19:03

Thanks Ummusa i cant remember what its like to go to bed and wake up more that 5 hours later. Heaven ill be a new woman as ive survived on such little sleep for so long x

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shatteredmumsrus · 13/09/2006 10:51

im not sure if anyone is even reading this but it helps me anyway,a kind of therapy but free!
The CC is going well so far. He went to bed at 8 and didnt wake til 4, i put lullaby on and he woke at 5.50, amazing compared to last week. For anyone who wants to try it but is scared - do it!!!!

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mellowma · 13/09/2006 11:14

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shatteredmumsrus · 13/09/2006 11:23

I hope so Mellowma, glad your still there. Thought id lost ya, ha ha.How are your cherobs doing?

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shatteredmumsrus · 13/09/2006 12:02

i no it is boring isnt it. i spend money because i am bored. surely that defeats the object.i work tuesdays and thursdays. It breaks the week up nicely.

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sleepysooz · 15/09/2006 00:02

Aaaaaaaaah! I'm going barmy!

Twins up 10 times already tonight and look at the time, dd keeps going to the bathroom for a drink and dh taken ds downstairs for a bottle, will we ever get any sleep! (had 3 hours last night)

We do just put them back in bed then go to bed ourselves! we could just completely ignore them, but I don't think anyone would get any sleep then!

shatteredmumsrus · 15/09/2006 07:43

poor you sleepysooz. how was last night in the end?I cant imagine having double trouble, you must have the pstience of a saint, how old are they again?

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UmmMusa · 15/09/2006 13:24

Hey I think the phrase no milk, no wake lol!! might help if u say it in your head when the little ones screaming. When my little one woke my dh used to try n get me to give into giving the milk but i just stuck to my aim though and my dh would go sleep in another room and looking back I'm so glad I didn't listen and dh is too! I have noticed in the past week that my 11 month old is taking little longer to sleep and wants to be patted and sang to whereas since the age of 4 months he would fall asleep with a cuddly toy, I have read that at this age they change a little but once he is patted he drifts off.

UmmMusa · 15/09/2006 13:26

hope things are getting better for you shattered mum and all other night time mums?

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shatteredmumsrus · 15/09/2006 13:35

thanks ummusa, they are better. I had a whole 5 hours sleep with no disturbances last night.wow!

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sleepysooz · 15/09/2006 23:12

Hia, wasn't too bad last night, I got 4 hours in the end, from 2 - 6am, well it was an improvement on 3hrs the night before!

Twins are nearly 3, yes I know they should have an established sleeping pattern by now and shouldn't really have a bottle, but its the only way to settle ds and they don't drink milk any other time.

I have just turned 45 and dh 53 we are knackered, but hey you live and then ya die! so why not fill it with hard work and wonder (and no sleep) haahaa

sleepysooz · 15/09/2006 23:16

They do go to bed and go to sleep, they don't scream and cry, they just get up and need steering back to their room 10 times (at least) in the night!!!!!

If we ignore them they would just climb into bed with us, and I don't want that, bad enough listening to dh snore but 3 little pigs

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