Surly this is not right? I am on the edge!

[ScoobyDYSONDoo]

Ok so yes i am going on about dd, she just does not need sleep.

This weekend has been hell, absolute hell to the point where i am thinking i can't go on any more with her, what the hell do you do when things are this bad?

Well Dd now can get out of her cot, not a bad thing in the fact when we move on friday we have brought her a big girls bed anyway.

BUT Friday i toke her to the indoor play centre spen from 10.15am till 1pm there with friends & there children, dd was shattered, came home & she slept for 1.5 hrs.

Friday night put to bed at 7.45pm woke at 3.10am & would not go back to sleep not for love nor for money i tried EVERYTHING, so sat up with her literally bouncing off the walls till 5am then dp had to get up & do it till 7am when we all got up, dp got called out from work, i carried on with the day.

Last night absolute hell, she went to bed at 8pm because i put her earlier as she had not been to sleep since 3.10am saturday morning but she got out the cot, screamed shouted.

So again she woke at 2.30am would not go to sleep, i got in ds's bed with dd she was having none of it, i stayed up for about 2 hours again with her, put her in my bed eventually she went to sleep but again up at 6am & she is still going.

She just needs no sleep, is this normal? surly not? i can't go through my days/life like this, it's not helping that we are moving so i have loads to do & also have the flu but dd not sleeping is sending me over the edge.

I nearly walked out & got in my car, me & dp rowing, my temper is now short with the kids & all i want to do is curl up in a ball & cry.

What the hell can we do? not only does she not sleep but she is bouncing off the walls at all hours? is there something wrong with her?

I am going to the doctors tomorrow before i have a break down, i need help now..

scooby you really do have my sympathy.
Is it possible she isnt getting enough sleep? Sometimes when you are so wired up then you cant sleep. I have had to start putting dc into bed for a sleep of at least an hour a day and it is helping a little with the nights.

She has a nap every day for an hour to 1.5 hours depending on how tired she is, this new lark seems to have started since she worked out how to get our her cot so she will not stay in bed, she just gets out stands at the gate at the door & screams/crys.

She has to burn out soon surly, we are all totally shattered, i feel ill where i am so so tired/drained.

Oh god you know what i just want to give up on this parenting front, not pratical i know but it's how i am feeling!

Sorry missed other threads so how old is she?
Is it time she dropped a nap?

My first thoughts are that if you are about to move she will be really unsettled even if she's says she's happy about it. The whole process of looking for houses, you and dp being stressed about fecking solicitors and estate agents really takes its toll.

On top of that is she is finghting aany infection/cold off that can send them a bit dolalley.

Why not bring her in with you for a bit over the moving time, talk about how night time is quiet and everyone has to whisper, tell her stories in the dark and make sure you go to bed early for a couple of weeks.

She was 2 last month.

She does have a cold, i pray it is the cold sending her mae because this surly can't go on.

I don't mind her in with us but she does not stay in our bed, she gets up & goes wondering normally into the bathroom & turns the taps on

If she would stay in our bed & sleep i would put her there every night just for some bloody sleep.

have you tried her in a bed? If she is getting out the cot anyway might be time and then just do that rapid return in silence.

medi sed her till thecolds gone, might break the cycle

youhave my sympathies-DS is waking at 4 for no apparent reason!!

Her & ds share a room, she has been in his bed last couple of nights but yes she still gets out, i just keep putting her back in.

We have ordered her a bed which she will get when we have moved next friday.

It's not just the cot it is any bed, even ours she just won't sleep anywhere.

Am going to give medised tonight but the last time we gave her that she was awake all bloody night, it sent her the other way.

Will be giving her max dose tonight though because she has a cold.

it is hard when they share a room as dds share and they purposley wake each other up if getting no joy from us

Sharing does not work at all, ds has been sleeping with me.

Ok so she has finally burned out, after all the nightmare behaviourer i put her in her cot, she got out so i ignored her after a good half hour, she iss asleep in ds's bed a very very overdue sleep.

Now the question is how long do i let her sleep, when should i wake her, as obviously i want her to sleep tonight at some point.

Oh dear dd was up screaming last night holding her ear saying oww, i think she may have an ear infection & thats why things have been so bad, i feel terrible now, bless her we have the doctors at 10.20am so we shall see.