All I want is to sleep

[Bartenderandthethief]

6 months in and dd2 such a crap sleeper. And I want to do is sleep. I'm so sick and tired. Night after night the same. I honestly can't see an end to it. Never two babies the same, well that's a load of shit. Both mind didn't/ don't fucking sleep. 😡😩😩😩😩

I feel your pain. I'm Up feeding DS (6mo) but since putting him down at 7ish, he has woken at least a dozen times. He only had 4oz before bed at 6:30 so fed him around 10pm but all the other times were just whimpering. He hasn't been well this week but the constant waking is hard!
Has your LO ever slept well?

I feel you. DS2 is 13 months. The frequency of waking is down to just a couple of times, but I can count the nights I've had more than 5 hours total or 4 hours in a row on one hand.

DS1 was the same (except DS1 breast fed till he was 2 which was a super-quick was to get him back to sleep. DS2 decided boobs were for losers some months back)

He's back in bed, but if I move, he'll be shrieking as soon as my head touches the pillow. How do they know?!

Huge sympathies, OP. We'll get to the end of this phase eventually.

I'm starting to feel this too now OP, it was fine at first and dd slept pretty well most of the time
but now we have hit the 8 month mark it's become so difficult. If for whatever reason her two daytime naps are not at the right time she is up for the day at 3 or 4 am consistently. I'm getting so so angry because of the fact it is only happening because relatives insisting on having her visit them and extending these visits for hours and hours where she gets increasingly overtired and grouchy at which point she is handed back to me and then she won't sleep well. By the time I've fixed her sleep pattern again it's the weekend and more bloody visits. I've asked DP that we plan around DDs need for naps but he just says that I don't want to spend time with relatives, which isn't the case, the baby just doesn't need 6+ hour visits every weekend. Unfortunately she still needs to feed to sleep most of the time so I can't just make him deal with the fallout.

She never really slept but unfortunately I am someone who needs a lot of sleep to function. My oldest didn't sleep but sleeps like a dream now. So just need to wait another few years 😞

How old is your eldest now OP? When did they start sleeping well? Looking for some hope

They are 6 but slept through from about 3/4. So just another 3 years hopefully.

Both mind didn't/ don't fucking sleep

Are you doing the same sort of things (in terms of baby sleep) with DC2 as you did with DC1?

Maybe consider a different approach?

In what ways is DC2 a crap sleeper?

Sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure tbh. Dd1 was ff and co slept until 6 months but would wake at exactly the same time every night and wouldn't go back to sleep unless in bed with us. Broke this with the gradual retreat approach. Dd2 is bf and still wakes every 3 during the night, co-sleeps. She moves around the bed so much it's obvious that it's not a good sleep.