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Just want to run away - broken mum

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Carroll27 · 08/05/2020 22:24

Hello
My daughter is 20 months old. Never been a good sleeper. Never. She has always been a pain to settle with lots of night waking. She still wakes 2-3 times a night. But. My God. It has gotten so much worse. I dont know if shes coming into the toddler yrs or what but shes is having screaming paddy's every night,head butting and fighting and it can go from half 8 right through to 11 sometimes. I settle her downstairs because she keeps her 5 yr old big bro up otherwise but I'm just broken. I love her I do but I cant bare to be near her at night the constant screaming and she cant BEAR to be away from me. At all. It's bad during the day but even worse at night my husband cant be near her without a full scale nuclear melt down
I feel so sad and fed up and wretched I just want to be anywhere but here. I know it wont last, but dear god it feels like forever right now. Please just tell me im not alone I just feel so down it feels like almost a physical weight around my neck

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CloudyVanilla · 08/05/2020 22:29

I've had similar with my second, not quite as bad but definitely he went through phases if taking friggin hours to go to sleep. For a while it was teething, and it was back teeth so it hurt :(

Then over the winter he slept badly so I put him to bed at 6 instead of seven, this made a dramatic difference and he slept through again. He's over 2.5 now and is getting much better! It will pass, sorry I don't have better advice just wanted to reply so you know you aren't alone Flowers

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