My DS's sleep just seems to be getting worse and worse and I am really struggling with the sleep deprivation now - there is no end in sight and I don't know how I can keep it up.
His naps are all over the place. He usually has 3, sometimes 4 and the other day he had 2. They are all over the place because he can be awake for 2-3 hours in between but the lengths vary from 20 mins to an hour and a half, from one day to the next. Once he is awake, I cannot resettle him.
I cannot get him to sleep without feeding him, no matter what I try or how tired he is.
He goes down for the night between 6 and 7. I find I get a better night sleep out of him if he goes down closer to 7 so I try to keep him up as best I can til then.
The night is the problem. He goes down in his cot fine and then wakes at 9.30 on the dot, at about 11, then pretty much hourly (occasionally get a 2 hour stretch and feel I'm doing well) until 5. Then he's up.
I can resettle in his cot at 9.30 but the second wake up he won't go back down. Thrashes around the moment I put him in there, cries and whinges. I usually try a few attempts and then give up and put him down next to me where he falls asleep instantly. So we cosleep for the rest of the night. I don't want to cosleep - it is the only way I get ANY sleep at all.
I feel like the cosleeping has probably caused a 'habit' and I just want him back in his cot and my DH back with me in our bed! It's such a long night on my own with him and I honestly just feel really low.
I can never catch up on sleep as I have a 2yo.
Everyone I speak to tells me to let him cry. I can't imagine doing it but also, he is a very stubborn little man and I honestly think he would scream the house down before giving up - and I have a 2yo!
Can anyone help? I feel like I'm losing sight of how lucky I am to have him.i just want him to go away for a while :(