The dreaded SLEEP REGRESSION support and solidarity thread!

[Tiredemma]

Here we are. Sleep deprived, emotional and craving all things sugary just to survive the day.

bah.

How do all.....?

Here is tonights news.....

• crap naps today
• slightly grotty bum end (him, not me)
• appears to be teething according to HV, I had no idea
• teething powder administered
• no bedtime meltdown
• stayed in cot, first time for weeks
• still in cot after first wake up

He's keeping me guessing.....the only different thing is the teething powder.

He's going to be up all night instead, isn't he?

Cake which teething powder? We have calgel and can't say it seems to help, plus I just get it all on her tongue or lips!

Think they're Ashton & Parsons, a & p something anyway

They were a bugger to get hold of, out of stock in all pharmacies round here but found some online. About £6 for a box of 20. No idea if they work!

cakebaby are they homeopathic ones? The only teething powders I could get hold of contain camomile as the main ingredient . Haven't tried them yet as I don't know if she's teething or not.

DD has a grotty bum too, day 7 now of multiple green nappies all day and night. She's really sore from it which can't be helping. Settled in her cot for a few hours this evening but woke up and cried just as DP came to bed. She's now gnawing at my boob though it's barely 3 hours since her last feed.

Hello all!

Well here we go again! This time no evening at all! She went down at 7 then up every sleep cycle until 930 and then impossible to settle. Now sleeping on her stomach again (put there by me in desperation). Last night after an hour of this i turned her onto her back and she slept for four hours. I bet that doesn't happen tonight. Daren't get hopes up or it's too disappointing when i hear her start to cry.

ArtemisTheHunter thanks for the pillow idea. I also think that this might all improve as she becomes more mobile and can chose her own comfy position. Does feel like clutching at straws but have to keep positive somehow! Also i have found the homeopathic teething granules quite good. Was also very dubious about them but definitely worth a try. Plus as they haven't got much in them i use them really often. Wondered if she might just like the grainy texture more than anything.

Booville3 I'll be interested to hear how you get on tonight. Did you move ds last night after four hours or did he wake?

He woke!!! Tried him again tonight managed a two n a half hour stretch then he has been in & out of bed with me since midnight got him back in his cot 2-4 again on front it's the only way he will sleep for any decent period!!! Has developed a cold overnight as have I, dp in spare room so he can have a decent sleep - when will I ever have a decent sleep again!!

Feeling ill, tired & emotional this morning - is it morning or the night still?? Hope others are faring better!

Desperate times here, ds isn't crying/ screaming etc just wide awake I'm now eating an Ice cream I've just found in the freezer, I wonder if the reason women put more weight on post pregnancy is due to the eating to desperately try & improve/ increase energy levels??

Really want to go Into spare room to wake DP but will resist although I'm starting to find the whole "he's got work to go to" a little hard to swallow as I feel like I've never worked harder/ been more tired in my whole life!! There aren't enough ice creams in the whole world!!!

Have you tried Anbusol liquid for the gums? It contains Lidocaine so 'numbs' the teething area.

Put DD to bed (awake) last night at 7pm. Gave her calpol and nurofen before hand as I have no doubt her teeth were the problem yesterday. I came to bed at 930 just expecting to be up most of the night but she slept till 7am??? Can't fathom this out.

She may have woke in the night, but if she did then she must have settled herself back off.

Morning!

boo ROAR at freezer rummage & ice cream at 530am! Awesome!

Yes the teething powders are matricaria which is camomile. Huge sceptic here but desperate times and he was definitely calmer going to bed last night. He stayed in cot, albeit with wake ups til i went to bed then couldn't settle with me beside him. He also seems to have a cough so we co slept and actually slept quite well with very short wakings to feed. Can't even remember the times....

Hello, DD is 16 weeks today so I thought I'd join this thread as I feel I can name her horrible sleep now!
It was great before xmas, then bad from 11-15 wks, then good again for 3 days (oh how I loved them) but I'd broken again now.
She's worse than ever and has teething pain too so won't be consoled by anything, not even the magic boobs!!
I want to eat, brush my teeth, shower, and nap. She won't let me finger leave her mouth so these seem like ridiculous ambitions.
How is everyone else doing?

Welcome Kiki - my fingers bled until I caved to the dummy - now an absolute saving grace.

Tired - amazing!!! More hope...

Boo - I feel properly ill today, first time since dd born 5 months ago. Am lying on bed pillowed up and asked dh to come home. Dd is chirping in cot so I know she's safe but picking her up makes me want to keel. Tiredness has got me erg.

Teething granules - beware hidden lactose if you think it might be an issue.

Hello again. DS still firmly in sleep regression sadly.
We're working on moving his bedtime forward (currently 9.15ish) to see if that helps. DP has been doing the bedtime settling for the last few nights and, whilst I'm glad he's a hands on dad, he takes flipping ages!! DS does actually settle quite quickly if it's done right. 2 nights in a row now DP has finally got him settled at nearly 10.00. I haven't said anything but think I'll offer to do it tonight. He used to asleep through from that sort of time but clearly things have changed!

Last night my insomnia kicked in again and I was awake for over 4 hours from 1.30. I woke about 2 minutes before DS and didn't drop off again til he was in bed with me after his 3rd waking at 5 something. It's so frustrating. Beyond bored of this now! I bought the NCSS book hoping I wouldn't need it but I fear this phase will not pass on its own. The things is it seems that book is aimed at parents of babies who have NEVER slept through, though I don't know if that even matters, does it? I mean, DS USED to know how to stay asleep so surely his wakefulness now isn't down to bad habits we've formed? Sorry, my sleep deprived brain isn't making much sense..

At least you know your baby can do it & probably just needs help to do it again either through change of daytime routine or maybe if unwell/ teething/ growth spurt this will pass & you will get back to decent sleep - I don't think my ds physically can sleep through the night haha!!!

Lots of love to everyone out there willing the day to be over already although I don't know why I will on bedtime when I know I'm not going to get much sleep anyway!!

I'm wondering - new element to this thread has it put people off having anymore baby's I'm absolutely knackered today, constant headache this week feel slightly better that DP had ds from 7-9 & has gone into work a little bit later ( so I've had 2hrs undisturbed sleep) yet I still think we may have another in a couple of years!!!

Who knows Boo - I have no idea what we did before this phase that caused him to sleep through! My DP is also consigned to the spare room at the moment. I know what you mean about wanting to go in and wake them, it's great hearing him snore while I feed DS for what feels like the thousandth time

I only intend to have the one DC but I have to say this sleep regression thing hasn't made me question my decision!!

I put DS to bed at 8.45 tonight as part of the effort to move his bedtime forward. It took about 15 minutes to get him to the point where he was drowsy enough to be put down, then he went off quite quickly. Sure enough he woke after one sleep cycle at 9.30 and DP has just managed to re-settle him. I have absolutely no faith that the earlier bedtime will make any difference whatsoever to the quality of his/my sleep tonight. However, it will be 'interesting' to see if his 2-hourly wakings start any earlier...

Oh dear. Just over an hour since his last feed DS has woken up ravenous. Good job I hadn't gone back to sleep then eh. This must be one hell of a growth spurt/developmental leap.

Goodbye sleep, it was nice knowing you

Similar scenario here Noisy. I am convinced dd can't be hungry each time age wakes - she doesn't eat like this during the day - but she's acting as though this could be her last ever meal. I have been struggling to get to sleep between wake-ups tonight. It's like I am sleeping next to a live grenade and know that at some point it's going to go off.

Do you think the earlier bedtime helped? How is everyone else doing?

Every 2 hours last night for me this is getting a bit ridiculous now but I feel powerless to change the situation!!

Just popped back on as I'd lost you all on the I'm On threads.

For those of you in the middle of this hell, I bring a glimmer of hope. DD2 now feeding twice nightly - sometimes 3. It was a long 11 weeks but we seem to be through the worst until the next one kicks in!

Still co-sleeping and DH still in spare room!

Artemis I'm not sure if the earlier bedtime made any difference tbh other than it meant DP and I had a little bit of an evening together. If anything DS woke even more frequently.

Ironically DS has actually been going a little longer between feeds during the day. It's often every 2.5 hours instead of 2 lol.

How old is your DC? We've just hit 5 months and I'm seriously considering introducing some solids. Clutching at straws, me?

soup 11 weeks?!

Every two hours for me with calpol.

We can all live in hope tonight is another night - surely our baby's are tired themselves my ds certainly doesn't catch up with sleep in the day he has two one hour sleeps in the day and another half hour nap at 4ish but I couldn't drop any of these with him he is only 4 and a half months old!!

My DS rarely naps for longer than 40 minutes at a time, unless he's in the pushchair. The other day I resettled him when he stirred and he managed nearly 2 hours in his cot, plus another 2 or 3 half hours during the day. Made no difference to his night wakings, sadly. I would say though that he's such a cheery chap during the day, I really don't think he needs more naps.

*I meant longer naps

So what were all saying is our baby's are a mystery & there is little we can actually do re their sleeping just try & go with it!!! Easier said than done when so tired - yawn!!

Can I join? Lo now 17 weeks but sleep started to go downhill around 14 but only in so far as him waking too early and being cranky. Last few days he hasnt been sleeping much. Getting up every 2hrs and at times taking all that to settle only to wake ravenous 15-45 mins later. He's always hungry when he wakes but ironically in the day time he doesn't care much for his milk and after 5oz kicks off if I try to give him more. Only really giving him 3 bottles at that during day. Upto now he has had reflux but knows day from night and pretty much from 5-6 weeks he has only woke for one feed unless going through a growth spurt. It's getting me down as his feeding has been shocking for 3"weeks, he cries much more than he used to...and now sleep is going down swanny. Spending EVERY minute of the day with him it feels like. Oh and his naps have always been shit and rely on me going out for everyone. Fed up!!!