Feeling low
Can anyone please offer me some words of advice or just reassurance that this will hopefully pass.
DS is 8 months this week and has always been quite a good sleeper! He is mixed fed and my first baby. Over the last three months he has slept ok at night, a little inconsistent maybe but manageable. Sometimes he will wake a couple of times and need to be resettled, sometimes wakes for a feed, sometimes sleeps through but starts the day at 5am and then sometimes sleeps an amazingly blissful 12 hours. Over the last 2-3 weeks due to illness and teething everything has gone to pot. He had hand, foot and mouth and then tonsillitis, so as expected he was up most of the night and naps and any routine went out the window. He recovered from that but then got a cold and has been that stuffy that he can’t breathe properly through his nose and it keeps waking him up. Now hes cutting two more teeth. For the last two nights I’ve had two hours of broken sleep each night as he is constantly waking then sometimes I can’t settle myself. Last night he woke up 9 times, the last three weeks he’s woken between 5-7 times a night, sometimes he goes back to sleep quickly and other times it takes ages. I have been Co sleeping just to try and get through this but he still wakes. Tried the usual pain relief, ibuprofen, anbesol and teething powders etc. I can’t catch up on sleep when he naps as he is now only napping 20-30 minutes at a time and wakes up screaming. He is still managing to self settle for his naps some of the time, but other times he has to be rocked to sleep. My DH has been trying to help at night but DS only wants me and I end up awake anyway. This has been going on for 3 weeks now, some nights are better than others but I feel so sleep deprived, I’ve ended up poorly myself and it’s making me feel quite low to be honest :( I guess some of this could be the 8 month regression too. will this pass?