Solidarity thread for the non sleeping babies!

[furryelephant]

Hello! A new thread for babies who don't bloody sleep and aren't sleep trained in any way to chat/cry to each other in desperation!

Just read from a very respectable source the daily fail that over tiredness causes your brain to eat itself! We're all fucked

My DD is 6 months and currently only believes in sleep if it's in my bed. And so close to me that when I breathe it rocks her back to sleep

Storminacup

That sounds bloody awful! Fortunately my 3 year old is a good sleeper otherwise I would properly enter the realm of the zombie!

You're all going to hate me today. Both little ones were asleep by 7:45, I played video games and ate a few packs of haribo and watched shameless until 11! Baby was still asleep in her carrycot in the living room with me so I just wheeled her into the bedroom and she stayed in the carrycot until 2! It was heavenly. And only 1 night feed. I'm in shock. My body doesn't know what to do with so much sleep!

storm your right I do hate you but it's all just jealously so you'll have to forgive me!
DS has gone back to sleep and now I'm too awake! Always the way isn't it?

I'm jealous of anyone in the world with a sleeping baby right now mines definitely malfunctioned where can I get a refund

Apparently you only have a 30 day return policy and mines well over that.

Hello everyone! Jeez, it's tough isn't it! Sure there should be a little button somewhere so you can switch them off for a while! Or at least turn them down...

I have no idea why ds2 is waking; apparently there's sometimes a sleep regression at around 1 and another one at 18 months. So I have that to look forward too . I think he's trying to walk / crawl / anything else his brother can do that he can't. We got a nice rendition of twinkle twinkle on the monitor last night which was creepy lovely. Ds1 just wants cuddles, which is fine as he goes back sleep instantly in our bed.

I don't remember any of this being covered in the ante-natal classes .

Love the dog-sitter. I can't imagine how they're coping with the 5am starts

I meant talk! He can crawl and climb unfortunately

An off button is definitely what they need or at least a pause! Could have a wee in peace then

Storm that made me chuckle! Think I'd have been so creeped out hearing that

Does anyone else's baby/bigger baby try and have a long evening nap? DD has been asleep an hour and a half now I'm not sure if she's just catching up from a rubbish night and day of sleep or if she wants her bed time brought forward (from 9pm usually for her!)

My DS has passed out (at 6pm) and will be down for the night (with a thousand wake-ups of course!).

But then he has only had two naps today. One was 45mins, and the other 30mins 😱

(He's 6mo)

I think she's trying to suddenly have an early bed time too! she's just woken but definitely doesn't want to be up she'd also 6 months!

My baby is a bed invader, wakes at 2 for a chat, I'll do the shush pat, then wakes several times. This is repeated from 4 with more vigour on his part as he's now hungry at which point I cave and bring him to bed. There's not much I won't compromise on if it means I get some sleep

He has napped really well today but has decided, now, even though he is tired he would rather scream at me for an hour. I know it's his teeth and there's not much more I can do but I really miss my evenings.

User I tell myself each night I'll do 3 resettles for the cot then give up and leave her in my bed. That usually is an 1.5 hours after she's gone to sleep 

@Youvegotafriendinme oh bless him have you given any calpol? If we have more than about 45 minutes of non stop screaming with no obvious cause I tend to give it out of desperation! Hope he's settled now the poor thing, teeth are horrible! DD's only just gone to sleep and still in my arms trying to kick me in her sleep

Yes I gave calpol, gel on his teeth, frozen chews, bickipegs (sp?)
He finally went down at 8, bless him. He has 2 teeth that cut through about 4 weeks ago and he has cut a back molar a few days ago but which ever one/ones are due next are really giving him jip, poor thing.

Oh no! He's just woken up!

I honestly think the little guys trying to kill me via sleep deprivation, had me up from 2-5. I gave in put him in my bed and he's suddenly all smiles and laughter. Then cat napped till 6. I'll give the 3 soothes a try. Just keep reminding myself I'll miss it all one day

Ooh I hope so - I certainly would hate to forget how hard this is (sort of). We were up 1-4:45, just party time! Then slept on spare bed in her room with her until 7:30 so at least got a bit of sleep! I'm still blaming teeth - just want something definitive to pin it on so I can kid myself it will just stop

Teeth are bastards.....who decided to allow bone to force itself way through the flesh of a baby who can't tell you what's wrong and doesn't understand you??

We had a lovely bedtime at 7.30pm. I was smug thinking I'd cracked this nap lark (I even 'advised' a fellow MNer a few days ago on how I'd sorted my DSs nighttime screaming, what a twat I was) and then he woke at 9pm. He didn't want milk but screamed until 10.30pm until I think he just exhausted himself. Up again screaming at me from 1am until 2am. Still not wanting milk. Screaming again 4am-4.45am and then up for the day at 6am.

He didn't want any milk until 6.15am this morning so in theory if he hadn't screamed at me for hours he could have slept from 7.30pm-6am. I'm holding onto the fact that he obviously can go all night without milk....if we can just stop the screaming.

He then fell asleep again at 7.30am and is still asleep on me now

Isn't it frustrating Spindle, what could be! How old is your little one? Mine is 10 months and totally quit milk with her last bout of teething about 5 weeks ago, so can't even offer that. It's a nightmare getting enough dairy in to her now but not a lot I can do if she won't drink the milk!!

sofreakingtired my DS is 7 months. He cut his first bottom tooth about 2 weeks ago but now we have the 2nd bottom one and both the top ones just under the skin. Sorry to hear you're still going through it at 10 months

It's the whole not knowing how to help them that I find hard. Once you've ruled out being hungry, having wind, needing a nappy change, giving teething gel, cuddles back to sleep you then try the calpol and they go off! And then you're left wondering if you should have just given calpol in the first place or if they're asleep again because they've exhausted themselves

Then just repeat that all night!

Agreeing about the bastarding teeth! before I put DD down last night I managed to get a good look at her gums with a torch and the front bottom two are so close but just not through

User I gave up on 1 cot settle last night I thought her waking up hysterically screaming was her teeth... but the pattern is now when she wakes up after having slept in her cot for any length of time (usually about 7 minutes) she screams like she's being tortured. Cots are scary things

Spindle hopefully it was a one of bad night! Fancy advising us how you sorted his nighttime sleep out

Morning 😴

Totally agree user I also think they're slowly trying to kill me off through sleep deprivation.

Teething is horrible for everyone. Saying that one of my friends' baby just had teeth that popped through in the night and he barely cried. I'm secretly hoping he'll be a really awful teenager

Ooh, that's just cheeky! She should have to have each of ours for a couple of nights to make up for it we've got top and bottom two, can't get a good look to see the rest (unless I tip her upside down which she loves, but I only seem to remember immediately after feeding...) think I can feel the next two sets already though!

Humans are definitely designed flawed why can't they just be born with teeth? Imagine a new born with a full set
I'm sure babies who aren't affected by teething will be hellish three-nagers hopeful

I'm so tired I have called my toddler 'mummy' 3 times today ☹️. She's looking at me like I'm mad.

furryelephant the advice wasn't anything magical, just that making sure he wasn't overtired got us back to only one quick feed at around 3am. I smugly retold my tales of DS lying in his pram with his dummy and calmly drifting off to sleep. Now I'm lucky if he naps for more than 30 mins at a time and he clutches on to me for dear life! (and he may have started sleeping in my bed again because I cannot stand being woken up every hour in the night )