I'm afraid I'm going to lose my temper soon

[NearTheEdge]

Posted on another thread about my son suddenly not sleeping.

Well, im not sure how much more of this I can take. He's hollering every 10 minutes. As soon as I go in he is silent. Sitting with him only has him bobbling around with excitement. Tried putting him in bed with me which resulted in giggling and bouncing around.

If I don't go to him he just screams at the top of his very healthy set of lungs until I do. I haven't tested this for too long as I have a second (very stoic) child who needs to sleep... And neighbours who are probably wondering what the hell is happening...

He is utterly exhausted. His behaviour is shocking as he rampages around with grey/purple circles around his eyes... I'm not sure which is harder... Days or nights.

I'm so exhausted I can barely string a sentence together. I admit I don't handle sleep
deprivation very well and am VERY short tempered. I'm so very conscious of it but this 24 hour, non-stop (he's started AGAIN!!!) shit of dealing with not sleeping at night and then over-tiredness during the day... He did have a short nap today which gave me 45 minutes respite...

No questions but trying to distract myself... I'm fed up.

The other thing I would try is to give some Calpol if you haven't tried already. He could have something niggling he can't tell you about headache, growing pains etc.

Thanks Boysclothes

Yup, tried Calpol/Ibuprofen and it hasn't made any difference whatsoever.

I think maybe getting cross has worked. I didn't lose my temper but didn't say anything, picked him up and laid him back down, chucked his blanket on top and walked out. It was just (a lot!) quicker than he expected as he usually stands there for a second before laying back down himself. I'm usually all slow and nice, with a bit of forehead stroking and telling him that he needs to go to sleep . I just checked on him and he's sound asleep and snoring away.

Definitely something to think about...

boys I do this. If he giggles, I have to get crosser.

I hate myself :(

He will be a nicer person as a result. He will. Not sure I am though

I know how you feel Fast .

DD is 2.3 and was waking early (went to bed fine). GroClock worked really well - he's old enough at 2 and a half to understand blue stars = sleep and orange sun = get up

I haven't read the full thread bit you are not a terrible parent. My 2.5 yo had just started exactly the same thing. It's just soul destroying. You're looking forward to the one part of the day when you can have some time to yourself and now that's been taken from you. I totally lost it with my dcs last night and I don't feel guilty! Maybe I should, I'm worried now!!???

To my mind, I love them and see to their every need all day long, there are going to be times when you can't keep it up and you're only human! Them seeing that isn't a bad thing.