Solidarity thread for the non sleeping babies!

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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

Jiddly yay for the good stuff!!
I'd stick the 6:15 on the good side as well though, we've had some 5:30s recently! I've kinda got to the point where I'm happy if the time starts with a 6 now... never thought that would be me!

Think I've cracked it got a solid 5hours last night but actually feel more tired. First lot of sleep training we reduced night feeds to just one at 7 before bed then a last one 10-11. This time round were working on self soothing and staying in his own room. If he cries we go in and roll him on his side and bum pat, leave let cry for 10mins, then back in to give dummy but don't hang around, repeat if necessary. Sorry if this comes across as a brag but it's taken military planning and being up every 30mins to an hour if I'm lucky and now I can see light at the end of the tunnel. We've cut back daytime naps to a max 3hours a day either all in one go or two separate.

So the baby seems to be doing well for the first half of the night. Sleeps until about 1/2, feeds then goes back down. He sometimes has a grumble after an hour then he wakes at about half 4. This is when he decides he's not going back to sleep even if I feed him. Only he's so grumpy because he really needs to be asleep. And so do I! If he could stretch it to even half 5 that would be great.

Any tips for me? Three year old who's never slept through and a 6 month old following in those footsteps. Partner works nights. I'm desperate now

user1489 absolutely no advice but a solidarity fist pump ✊. My DH works away a lot too (although not nights so not as bad as you), and it feels as though the 3 yr old and 1 yr old tag team each other.

Sorry I've been MIA but Love Island has taken over any free time I get
So we tried to get DS in his own room, starting Sunday night. It's went like this: an ok night, a rubbish night, a brilliant night, a crap night & now currently we're back to where we started aka feeding lying down then once he's fallen asleep I'll move him into the travel cot beside my bed. My DH had been going in & rocking him to sleep which we had pretty good success with, until the 4th night & each time he goes in now DS just puts up a fight with him. This happened when I moved him from the co-sleeper cot into the travel cot, I was wanting to try get him to fall asleep without being fed so would just keep lying him down whenever he would get up & would pat him & sing to him until he fell asleep. I had various degrees of success over 3 nights with the 3rd night being the best but then after that it all went downhill!
We just don't know what to do. I'm sick of sleep being such a battle!!!

Hi everyone been MIA as well DD having a long streak of awful nights and days feel like I can barely string a sentence together! Just spent an hour trying to get her to sleep thinking it was too hot so she wasn't falling asleep. But no. Turns out she wants to sleep upright on my chest

I've had roughly 20 minutes of the beginning of each nap to try and do everything I need to each day, before she wakes up and either is awake, or goes back to sleep with me holding her

Hope everyone else is getting on better than us and coping in this heat!

Hi. I'm in the middle of the worst 2 weeks of sleep. Ds (6months) is waking crying every 1-2 hours, I'm so exhausted. I thought it might be related to weaning but have stopped that for a few days and his sleep is still awful. Any tips? My hv just told me it's a phase and to ride it out. If I leave him when he cries he sometimes goes back to sleep but often will just ramp up the crying. I'm going back to work in a week and really need some sleep!

I need help guys. Currently stuck on toilet due to a UTI, only just managed to get DS to sleep (fed to sleep) as had to keep stopping & starting due to me needing to go pee! We've been co-sleeping for the last couple of weeks as DS sleep has been horrendous, "D"H is sleeping on an air bed downstairs in the living room. I say "D"H because he's useless!! Basically waiting for me to come out the toilet instead of attempting to get DS to stop crying & getting annoyed with him after 1 minute! He hasn't even seen him much today, got in from work/football at 6.30pm! I need to get DS to sleep without being fed & preferably by DH as well, I did wonder what would happen if I had to stay in hospital (God forbid!) I honestly don't think they'd cope! I keep putting off CC but I'm feeling like I'm running out of options. Back to work in 6 weeks as well so will definitely need to have sleep sorted by then! Don't even know how we'll get through tonight

Hi to all the exhausted mums (and dads) out there!
It's currently 0350 and I'm on mumsnet. I'm sure you all relate.
My almost 8 month old is sleeping in his cot tonight for the first time after co sleeping with me since day dot. The time has come to have my bed back. He's used to feeding all through the night but I just need my bed back and some longer sleep intervals! The decision came at the weekend when I found myself curled up in the co sleeper crib and my husband and son sprawled in bed.

This evening I have done some controlled crying (both baby and me!). After 41 minutes, he went to sleep. Since then he's woken twice for feeds. I'd say this is a massive success so far. If he stays down now until 6ish when my toddler gets up then I'll definitely feel like I'm winning the war.

Now, do children conspire to make sure you don't get any sleep, because usually my toddler sleeps from 7pm until about 6.30am but tonight she has been poorly and has been waking every 1-2 hours crying her eyes out, waking me up but then just falling back to sleep. If it's not one keeping me awake, it's the other. Effing sleep thieves!!

I suppose I should try and shut my eyes again but I can't help but feel that as soon as I begin to drop off, one of them will be wailing.

Peace and love to all the knackered mum's out there feeling like it's groundhog day and you might never get a full nights sleep again. We will, I'm sure. Well, I hope.

Hi all, my DD2 is nearly 8 months and is an absolute nightmare. Last night woke every 2 hours to feed and then the rest of the time move all over the bed. Never been a good sleep like her big sister 😔. DD1 only slept through from 3/4. I honestly can't manage another 3 years of this. I am already at breaking point.

To top it off she is a nightmare for weaning, gagging at all foods