Hi all,
I literally haven’t had a proper nights sleep in 9 months.
I have an almost 4 year old boy and a 9 month old girl. My boy used to be a great sleeper before his sister came along… used to sleep 7-7. But now wakes up at least once a night screaming and then wakes around 5:30 and doesn’t go back to sleep. My little girl mostly sleeps ok, wakes once for a feed, but is currently in a sleep regression and wakes for like 1-1.5 hours at a time at the moment.
I feel like the universe is against me and whenever one has a good night, the other has a terrible night. If my little boy actually sleeps through, his sister will wake for hours. If the baby sleeps through with one wake up, my boy will shout through 3-4 times that night.
maybe worth mentioning as well, that if I don’t rush in to my 4yo when he shouts in the night, then he wakes up the baby, who then doesn’t go back to sleep. So I run into him like a sprinter each time.
I am literally a zombie. I’ve sleep-trained both of them, and feel there is no more I can do.
ive worked with sleep therapists but nothing has helped.
currently lying in bed… my night has gone: baby woke from 11-12:30am, then 4yo woke up screaming at 2am wanting me to “tuck him in”, then baby woke at 5:20 wide awake and is not going back to sleep (currently 6:25) my 4yo woke too and is now downstairs.
Any help, or advice would be much appreciated. I’m back to work and just surviving on empty. At my wits end.