14m ds sleeping v badly at night, I need serious help.

[kitkat9]

took him for a jag yesterday and ended up crying in the HV's office - I'm just so damn tired.

He's been waking up so much in the night I can't even count - for a few mornings in a row it's been before 4am - he eventually falls asleep again (in my bed) by about 6am, at which point my older 2 are starting to wake. So I'm up from 4am! I'm exhausted.

He goes down ok at 7am. He has a nap during the day, usually about 1.5 hours. By bedtime he is knackered, but then typically wakes at about 10/11, then 1/2, then 4/5/6.....there's not really any definitie pattern. I'm afraid I've got into the habit of giving him a bottle which used to do the trick, so I thought he must have been thirsty, but for the last few nights he's been refusing that too.

I don't know what to do. am reluctant to do cc as he's teething and I wouldn't want him more upset than he already is. I know this is just a phase but I honestly haven't had a night's sleep for years.

Any ideas? Please. I'm becoming a terribly grouchy mother.

Can't help but ds who is 11months is the same. I keep telling myself he'll eventually be a teenager who won't get out of bed so I can sleep then

Can't offer any help I'm afraid, just my sympathy.

My dd2 is 15 months. Like your ds she naps 1.5 -2 hrs in the day, goes to bed easily at 7 and sleeps a few hours, she then wakes repeatedly all night looking to breastfeed.

If I don't feed her she kicks off and wakes the whole house.

I am exhausted, was in the GP's on Mon getting checked for anaemia but it might just be the fact that I haven't had a good nights sleep in four years that is causing it.

Hopefully someone with a magic wand will come along soo and sort out our problems

it's such a bad situation, isn't it? I'm trying to keep him going till I've taken dd to nursery, in the hope I can put him down for his nap and grab 40 winks myself...he's so grumpy and whiny too, clingy and demanding - and he was always my 'easiest' baby! He's usually a happy wee soul - i hate the teething stage!

I know there's no magic solution

How much sleep should a 14/15m old be getting through the day?

According to the No Cry Sleep Solution book 13.5 - 14 hrs combined nap and night sleep.

She recommends 1 or 2 naps of up to 3 hours in total.

My dd goes for a nap around 1 and usually sleeps 1.5 hours although if I think she is tired I watch for her waking a try and get her to sleep longer (she sleeps in the pushchair in the day [blush} )

If she falls asleep in the morning now however briefly that is it for the day. She is rarely tired these mornings anyway.

My dd2 was always a very cheerful baby til she was about 13 months and then she went through a very clingy, whiny stage too but thankfully has come out of it again in the last couple of weeks.

good, so he's not getting too much daytime sleep then - you would think i'd have cracked this now given that he's dc3! He's been asleep for nearly 2 hours and i need to wake him for the school run in a minute. I was wondering if I should be trying more of a routine with him - ie short morning nap, short afternoon nap, but that wouldn't really work in this house. There's too much going on!

What time does your ss go to bed at night if she usually sleeps 1-2.30, suiledonne?

This too shall pass, this too shall pass, this too shall pass.....