HELP AND ADVICE

[sleepdeprivedmumoftwo]

I really need some help and advice from you other mums out there I have two DDs DD1 is 4 and DD2 has just turned 1 and our sleeping arrangements at the minute are terrible! DD2 is a very bad sleeper shel happily go down after bath and bottle but stays asleep for a couple of hours and then is up all night! The problem is, is that when she wakes up she screams this terrible high pitch scream and this goes on for hours! Last night she did it till 3am! I get up and settle her back down she will throw her dummy out the cot, I'll give her the dummy back and tuck her back in for her to jump straight back up a minute later! I've tried giving her milk to calm her, this doesn't work i pick her up and shel settle on me but I don't want to co sleep due the risks! The scream sounds terrible and as we live in a terrace I know the neighbours can here it and I can imagine it must be disturbing their sleep and extremely annoying for them! She isn't teething or anything and is a healthy baby! Has any one else had this? If so how did you manage to get your baby to sleep? I'm extremely exhausted I need some advice

Which cosleeping risks are you worried about? Cosleeping statistics tend to mush together "accidentally falling asleep on the sofa with the baby" (dangerous) together with "safe, planned bedsharing" (absolutely fine) when they're different things.

Could you sidecar her cot to your bed to give you all more space and then bring her in with you?

I wouldn't be able to rest knowing she was in bed with us incase she managed to roll out of bed or If one of us rolled onto her I think after hearing stories about accidents that have happened with co sleeping it's not something I've considering! I could look into how to do it safely and plan! Her cots in our bedroom we have a 2 bedroom house so DD1 has the other room, I even place my hand through the gaps in her cot and hold her hand to see if that will calm her but nothing seems to

Hi guys. My daughter is 3 months old/15 weeks. She was going from 7pm waking just once in the night. However, she now wakes around 12, then again at 3, then sometimes an hour later. She wont take a dummy and has a feed when she wakes up. Would you say this is a growth spurt or sleep regression? This is my first baby, so have no idea. Thanks

I co sleep as DD was doing this. Tried everything dummy, milk, cuddles, ssh ash pat pat etc but never letting her cry it out (my heart wouldn't allow me) so for us all to sleep, I co sleep. It was wakening me up too trying for ages to resettle her. Shes a really happy baby during the day so I'm putting it down to mix of teething and separation anxiety as it's only at night time whereas before she slept through for 12 hours.

Becky that sounds like a bit of both! It does pass so hang in there.