Really struggling with lack of sleep.

[Zed122]

My baby was sleeping through the night, then around 4 months he stopped and now wakes up at midnight, 3 and 6 to feed. I'm struggling to get back to sleep after he wakes me and am frequently functioning on 4 hours of very broken sleep as he grizzles alot in his sleep.

I'm shattered. I'm scared to drive my car incase I crash it. I do try and nap in the daytime if I can but it's not always possible and often makes me feel worse.
It's been weeks of not getting any more than 2 hours of sleep without being woken and I'm not sure how much more I can take.
I have other kids and a house to manage and I feel like I'm drowning.

I found the four month sleep regression very very hard. Can you try black out blinds and ear plugs to help you get back off? You'd definitely still hear a crying baby in the same room as you. I often lie in my side and just put the one ear plug in the ear that's not on the pillow.

I went through this without other kids to worry about so I'm sure that makes it a lot worse xxxxxx

Consider sleep training and night weaning (if your baby is over 6 months). You don't have to live with the sleep deprivation.

@Zed122 you have every bit of my sympathy. My DS is almost 6 months and we have been going through this for 6 full weeks now.

He will sleep 2-3 hours and then wake hourly! I am at breaking point right now. I too have a toddler and feel like the most useless mother ever. It is so horrendous and I'm afraid I have no advice 😞

I've found my people!!
I have an 8 month old who stills wakes in the night 😭😭
Solidarity OP

@Limegreentangerine don't tell me that 🤣🤣 I can't cope with another week of this let alone another few months!

I have a 14 month old that still wakes up to 5 times a night some nights.

Cosleeping has saved me, im a semi functioning human as a result.

Are you all cosleeping?

DS is 3 and wakes every night

Totally sympathise OP. My 6 month old goes through phases of waking constantly and then sometimes sleeping through. At the moment he is waking at 3am then 4:30am and then 6:30am...if he is teething he is waking every hour!

I found its usually a matter of getting his daytime naps right and having a very strict and consistent bedtime routine (dim lights, bath, story etc). Also, blackout blinds are brilliant and make sure baby isn't too hot or cold - can lead to a restless night.

Do you have a partner who can maybe take over for a night or two so you can catch up on sleep? My DH takes over at night if I am particularly tired. My DS is bottle fed so it's easy for him to feed baby but if you are BF maybe you can pump and offer a bottle???

Good luck, from one sleep deprived mum to another!

My LO when he was little woke every hour at the 4 month sleep regression
He slowly came out of it but it was months
We had to just do sleep to ride it all out, that way I went straight back to sleep when he did
I hope your ok, it's awful x

My 8 month old woke every hour last night
I'm meant to be going back to work in a month! How do people cope running on fumes!?
Solidarity to the tired parents !!