Hello fellow sleep-deprivees
Sorry for the lack of posting, just been too knackered to do anything other than some half-hearted lurking. We're still illness and teething central with some interesting conditions going on between the DD's including thrush and diarrhoea (DD2 - thankfully no vomiting though) and athletes foot (DD1 - god knows how/where although I suspect the local scuzzy swimming pool. Since when did they get rid of that freezing cold bleach puddle that you used to have to walk through?). Not to mention the buckets of snot that I smear across faces daily...
Sorry to hear about the sleep regression Elph, although it sounds like you are getting on top of it. It's hard getting to grips with having a new sibling so sympathies to your DS1. DD1 does adore her sister more and more as she gets bigger and more able to play (some times they sit at the table together waiting for lunch or tea and make each other laugh and laugh which is just amazing to watch) - but she does struggle with the divided attention and DD2 trying to grab whatever DD1 is playing with.
We've been struggling with sleep regressions here too, DD1 is currently not going to sleep for bloody ages, tonight I went up at 9.15 and found that she'd emptied half a wipes packed into her bed and consequently everything was soaking wet...
oh FFS.....
Back again... Nearly 10 bloody pm and she's wide awake. Again. No doubt she'll be up in the night again as she always sleeps worse when she's exhausted. Not sure whether to cut her naps short/out but am scared of making things even worse if she gets even more tired.
DD2 has also been having a shocker, I had two nights this week where I literally got no sleep between the two of them, every time I got back into bed and closed my eyes one of them started wailing.
But - I have a SMBD plan!
Fuck, fuck, fuckity, there goes DD2. No wonder I never bloody post.
Where was I? Ah yes, the plan (plAnn?) - OH is off the week after Xmas so DD2 is being night-weaned - I'm going to sleep downstairs for a few nights (with ear plugs as am shit at not interfering) and OH is going to deal with it - I figure there's not much choice if they are in the same room! She'll probably just end up in bed with him but that's ok, I'm not expecting miracles from this, it's just the first stage. At the moment I can't go near DD2 at night without her fighting to get to the boob, so hoping it might solve that issue. Then have to think about moving her out of our room and doing some gradual retreat....
Hopefully if I actually get a few nights actual sleep I might be able to deal with it all a bit better.
But if I'm not getting anywhere by the end of Jan, I've decided that i will stage an Ann-tervention and call for help from the Sleep Fairy herself. Sod it, it will be worth every penny to have some sanity back!
Right, sorry for epic post, I'm buggering off to bed to try and get 10 minutes sleep before the next wake up....
Good luck all!