PeanutBean
Mumma to B & I
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Yet another sleepless night with Byron. I've really had enough. We used to spend hours rocking him to sleep before gingerly getting him into his moses basket. Then he stopped settling in his basket at all at any time of the day or night, always waking within 30 mins no matter how sound asleep he was. So exhausted from lack of sleep we caved in and brought him into bed with us. For a while that worked and we would all sleep so that was great but it didn't last long. Now he won't settle even if he's cuddled up in our arms. He just wants to play all night long. It's no good saying 'make it boring at night' as it couldn't be more boring. We've had him awake until 6 am on a few occasions. Last night I think we got maybe 2 hours sleep tops and by 4am after yet another feed he doesn't really want or need (he always roots when he his bored or overtired) we said enough is enough. The moses basket is clearly never going to work and he's been enjoying playing in the cot so we put him in there about half 5 and cried until 7am when I figured we may as well start the day. The moment he comes out of the cot he's asleep in my arms. I put him back in he wakes up enough to feed. We feed, he falls asleep, he goes back in his cot. And hour later he wakes again. Pick him up, asleep again almost instantly, back in the cot, an hour later awake again and I am dying so he comes into bed with me and sleep soundly another hour or so when I give in and get up for a shower. Now he's asleep again. He was awake all day yesterday, not more than 2 hours of cumulative naps but then we have a night like that. He used to sleep so well. Sleeping 7 hours in a row, sometimes more, but now he's never asleep more than 4 hours, usually much less and hardly at all in the day. And he's so overtired it's unreal. Eyes like slits with exhaustion but he won't let himself sleep or if he finally goes off from sheer exhaustion he wakes soon after from a bloody fart!
What a rant...I'm so unhappy with it all. I'm like the living dead today and I dread to think how poor DH is managing at work. He didn't get an extra 3 hours this morning.
What a rant...I'm so unhappy with it all. I'm like the living dead today and I dread to think how poor DH is managing at work. He didn't get an extra 3 hours this morning.