How am I supposed to cope with today

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My 20 month old woke up at 12:30 am today. Yes you read that right. I managed to coax him to sleep between 3:20 and 4:40 but he’s been wide awake since. I even drove him in the car to see if he would sleep but no.

Firstly, how is he going to function having barely slept the entire night.

Secondly, how am I going to keep him awake enough throughout the day for the same to not happen tonight.

Secondly, how am I going to keep him awake enough throughout the day for the same to not happen tonight.

Don’t even worry about this, when he falls asleep today, do the same yourself.

You just do it (mother of an adult disabled adult who has always done this sort of stuff). I wouldn’t drive on no sleep though or do anything I didn’t have to. Maybe a day on the sofa as much as possible. Although fresh air would prob help you both.

Is he going down with something? It was he woken by fireworks or noise. Get him to bed really early tonight - the only issue is he may be hyper after that little sleep so a short nap might help. Definitely not hours or you will have the same issue today but a short one may help.

Fingers crossed he sleeps tonight. Good luck.

You nap when he does. You will get through it.

I think let him sleep but don’t let him sleep past about half two. Then if possible some fresh air may help.

Is this typical or a one off?

Do you have anybody else who an watch him while you sleep ?

He'll be fine. Let him sleep when he wants to, it won't make any difference, especially if you let him nap earlier, e.g in the morning.

You too will be fine. Have a coffee now and power through. If you get a good night tonight there will be no harm done.

If it happens persistently that's different as persistent poor sleep is very bad for your health but one night won't affect you.

I’ll nap after lunch for an hour or so but I also have a 14 week old and we have DSS today so will be busy enough - I’m just hoping he won’t sleep too much because I can’t risk having a repeat before school and nursery starts as it impacts everyone. (Especially DSS he’s only 5)

this used to be the sleeping pattern from about 8 months until 18 months and we’d just gotten out the other side and I don’t think I can handle not sleeping again for 10 months

You have my sympathy. Do you have any help you can rope in? Sounds like you have a partner, were they up too?

Yeah he was, he works in a prison however so I’d rather he slept more and had his wits about him in case something was to happen at said prison

I feel for you. My nearly 5 year old was an awful sleeper until earlier this year. It wasn't unusual for him to be up for a few hours during the night, he'd often go back to sleep early morning just as I needed to start getting ready for work and the school run. We still have some nights where I'm going back and forth between him and the baby.It sounds like it might be a struggle for you with the other children but try and rest when you can today, even if you're not actually asleep, just resting can help. Hopefully it's just a one off for him