Losing it!!!!

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Any help or advice?! It’s been so long since I slept properly!!! 9 month old is teething and snotty, she either wakes coughing and ends up being sick, I pretty much “sleep” on the sofa with her every night with her propped up to try and ease the coughing. But I don’t sleep because I’m scared she’ll roll over and suffocate. The nights she isn’t coughing she is wide awake at 3am. She’s on solids now as well as formula, I had hoped she would sleep without needing any night feeds. My 4 year old keeps waking in the night with a funny tummy (fine in the day!) this has been going on a few nights. I’m just so sleep deprived. Started back at work last month and seriously struggling. I don’t know what I’m hoping for sending this message. It’s 1:18am and I’m feeling sorry for myself. It won’t last forever I know. I’m just so tired. I could cry all the time!!!!

Hi

Sorry to hear this no wonder you are exhausted have you taken her to the gp re her being sick?

Hope it gets better soon.

What time do you feed her in the day and what time is dinner/what does she eat?

Are you able to tell whether she's waking with hunger or is she just waking because she needs you there and wants to suck?

Is she able to roll back and forwards? Can she crawl? I'd think she'd be OK in your bed at 9 months but I'm not sure on up to date co sleeping guidelines - can you Google and check what it says?

Hi OP, in a similar boat with my 16 month old. He has never STTN. We currently sleep on a double matteress on the floor. Tight fitted bedsheet, one small pillow for me and a thin blanket kept below my waist. I sleep in a C shape curled around him. Have done since he was 4 months old. Was originally too scared to turn the night light off incase I crushed him in my sleep, but I am over that after 12 months in the same bed. I get much more sleep this way, albeit not a full night. And the frequent wake ups don’t wake me up fully. This was the only thing I found really helped. LO was so much more settled next to me. Maybe a bit safer than the sofa and you can rest easier. Hope your okay OP. Sleep deprivation is awful x

Still not getting any sleep!!!!

She has-
Bottle first thing
Porridge for breakfast
Bottle
Fruit snack
Lunch- baby jar
Bottle
Snacks- baby wafer/rusk etc
Bottle
Baby jar/ whatever we’re having for tea
Bedtime bottle

Usually another bottle in the night

She is now waking every hour!!! Tried just comforting in the night, hand on chest etc but it doesn’t work. Resorted to the dummy again! Which worked one night.

I just don’t know what to do any more. I think 9 month regression is a normal thing... but whenever baby isn’t sleeping internet throws A whatever month sleep regression at you!!!!