The stalks sent me a faulty baby !!

[popgoesperfection]

Not looking for advice, just a moan and to see if anyone else got a faulty one ds is 7 1/2 month old, sleeps terrible. No set pattern, even though we have a solid bedtime routine, don't cuddle to sleep etc etc, he just sleeps shite. We have the odd night of 1-2 wake ups (these nights are utter bliss) then its back to what feels like the 200th wake up, I need sticks to keep my poor aged baggy eyes open. What I don't get is why all my friends got the perfect working babies 🤷🏻‍♀️ anyone else want to join in the moan ?

Anyone being smug about having a baby who sleeps through just remember it doesn't mean anything. Mine slept through the night every night 3 to 8 months then work up loads every night until he was 3 years old.

Current baby doesn't sleep well either but hasn't even bothered to lull me into a false sense of security

Just checking in to see how you mammas are doing?
Well just as I thought sleep (or lack of it) couldn't get any worse, in comes the apparent 8 month sleep regression !! Who even knew there was one of them !!!!! I'm almost pretty sure now that this is a plot to murder 🤔
How are all your lo's doing at night?

My 2nd and 3rd were poor sleepers. For my 2nd (DD2), I cuddled and sat beside her bed and played soothing music, etc. for HOURS. For the 3rd, I got tough. Put him down the first night, good-night cuddle and left. He cried for 45 minutes. I came back every 15 and said calmly "It's time to go to sleep now." Second night, 20 minutes of crying. Third night, no crying and he slept 9 hours straight through, waking up happy and hungry. I know the "cry it out method" is no longer accepted, but it worked for me and for DS.

@GeorgiaGirl52 I think a bit of tough love might be the only way!!

We had one of those- though this one was broken day and night. Just would not sleep at all in the daytime and never for long at night. People would tell me that it was a sign they were clever and this model is doing rather well at school so maybe that is true. At least you can drop it into the next conversation now 'oh that is fantastic that Tarquin is still sleeping from 7 to 7. Poor Harry still isn't sleeping much, not sure that everyone (some random on MN) telling me that he is probably really clever is much comfort at the moment though' and then watch them scarper to the nearest tutor.

One thing that helped a little was the Pantly pull off method which helped them to self soothe.

Although still not as sleepy as her teenage peers she does spend the extra time studying and helping around the house. Thankfully now when parents compare how much their dc sleep she scores rather favourably!

Mine was defective from the start. She was quite cute so I fidnt consider opting for a refund😂.
She is just 3 (years) and has slept for 14 whole nights consecutively for the first time ever! It's amazing. Now I keep waking up!
As you have exceeded the refund period upu might have yo wait a few years😬.
Whilst it's not supposed to work, we finally found letting her go to bed really kate and then wake up really late is the key yoher sleeping. We gave obviously been in the wrong time setting for her all sling and she vouldnt for whatever reason adjust. When shes a bit older and more used to slerping she will understand about young to bed earlier I hope.
I feel your pain. Good luck

Oh god I'm so glad this thread has appeared on my homepage.

8 month old. Definitely faulty. Feel I've tried every trick in the book and have now come to realise that this is my fate and I will never sleep again. Send gin help

DS, now three, was a wonderful sleeper when he was born. Three hours at a time till 3 months when he was sleeping through. Then he hit four months and BAM! He became faulty. Nearly three years later and hes finally going down when we put him to bed, and the past two nights have only woken up once briefly. So yeah, mine had a short warrenty...

I feel your pain. It's also ironic because now hes sleeping better, our sleep has got a lot worse. On the plus side though, after three years, my body can now function on very little sleep...and a lot of caffiene

3 glam and whiskey 😮😭 please god no not for that long !! 😂
It's awful isn't it @Twiglet2353. Is this your first baby? I don't know if I had forgot or blocked the torture out from my first baby who didn't sleep well, I miss sleep. If only they came with an off switch !!!

Your baby is NORMAL.
Most people lie about their baby's sleep.
Cuddle your baby.

@popgoesperfection it is first baby. I've considered taking it back to the ivf unit it came from but not sure if they do returns or swapsies? 😉

Worth a try @Twiglet2353 😂😂 hows bubbas mood this morning? Mines a bit grumpy not surprised as he's been up most of the night so I'm going to try and get him down for a nap 🤞🏻

@popgoesperfection we've been up since 5.30 so he's napping now. Had combined 3.5hrs sleep overnight. I'm not sure if it's teething/regression/separation anxiety/general attitude problem 🤷🏻‍♀️🙈

Think we'll both be running on caffeine today won't we!

Most definitely ☕️ half 5!! I bet you are shattered 😴 I managed to get him in bed with me until 730 luckily. Does he have a dummy?

🙋🏻‍♀️ mines faulty too, another Dec 19 baby. Will only bf to sleep, will take an occasional bottle at bedtime but only from me. Tried daddy bedtime again last night and he just screamed as soon as they both went in the nursery together, for 30 mins until i went in and rescued him. Poor daddy didn't even get as far as picking up the bottle 🙈

Wakes up every 45 mins to an hour for most of the night from 7ish til 6am ish. We get the occasional 1.5-2 hour stretch, maybe once a night. Will only feed back to sleep, will only take bf, not bottle to resettle.

My mum has offered to babysit for one night whilst we have a night away in a hotel to sleep, and i am actually really anxious about how she will cope. She might just end up sitting up with screaming baby all night til I come home ☹

@Whiskeylover45 - 3 years?!?! I don’t think I was ready to read that 😢

@Nervousdave - my MiL and mother are desperate to have our LO over night too and I’m not very keen. They haven’t patented in 30-odd years and their approach is “they’ll sleep if they want to/don’t go to them if they cry; they know how to manipulate you” which is the polar opposite of what DH and I believe.

@Nervousdave do you and do take it in turns to do bedtime? I've said to oh he can start doing Saturday bedtime as I'm back at work soon and often have meetings after work (6pm onwards) so will not be home for bedtime on them occasions 😬
Mum has also offered to have baby overnight but I'm not sure he would settle and feel like it's a massive ask of her.

twiglett I asked the GP if I could swop products when I took him for his third/fourth ? Set of jabs, as I felt he had fell under false advertising. He laughed and said no, sorry refunds aren't avaliable on the NHS 😂

Mine is 2.5 now and slept through 8-6 for the first time a week ago! We tend to be down to one wake up at night now though, have been since about 2. So I completely get your frustration!

@popgoesperfection can I join the no-sleep party please? Dec 19 babe who also won’t sleep and I’m slowly losing my mind 😩

Dec 19 baby also non sleeper.. doesn't nap in the daytime (lucky if 20 minutes!!) Wakes frequently at night !!!

Is anyone starting to think December was cursed? Resulting in night time torture by non sleeping babies ?!? 😩
Keep your sleep stories coming and feel free to have a moan about your non sleeping child, it's great to talk to you other mummies in the same boat (and that admit to finding it hard!!!) 🙂