Sleepless nights.....Sleepless days

[Mandyblur]

My George is now 11mths old, he still doesn't sleep through. The longest he goes without waking in the night is 3 hours, some nights its every 2 hours, or nights like last night he is up all night.

My husband had to take the day off work today as i was that run down i literally couldn't move, i'd been sat on the edge of the bed sobbing since 3am.

Sleeping during the day isn't an option for me as i have my toddler too.

On top of the lack of sleep for 11mths, George has also cried for 11mths, it started with reflux/heartburn. That resolved at 8mths but hes so much into his routine of crying that he just continues with it.

We have no family or friends nearby and the cost of nursery one day a week is ridiculous!

He has had an official diagnosis of been "a very naughty baby" Doctors can't find anything wrong and assume it is all habit.

Health visitors just seem to read off whatever they can find on google :/

Is anyone else in the same situation? Does it ever end? Any tips advice or just anything to help me feel more motivated, i currently feel at a loss with everything.

 

[calm]

Big hugs, I can totally understand that you can cry just from how run down you are. My two are 11 months and tonight we were in the living room at 4 in the morning because they were both awake I just wanted to bang my head against the wall and cry and scream. My whole body is in tension, I just want a good nights sleep. One of my two was a big cryer too, it was despairing. It has got better, not sure why, just hope that happens for you too. Stay strong

 

[Mummy to be x]

Sleepless nights here too! My son is 8 months old now and recently he has been a terrible sleeper, we have to be up early too for the school run (I have a 4 year old who has just started school) it is tough, I'm right there with ya!

Hugs

 

[LeannieB]

Sleepless nights here as well. Jamie is 11 months now. He has got worse since being very poorly in hospital. He wants too sleep but cant settle at night. Poor little man. The only way I can settle him is to BF him back to sleep. We have ended up putting him in bed with us when he wakes. He was pretty much up every hour last night. It cant be good for him having such disrupted sleep. X

 

[Wugz22]

I know how you feel I tell people my son had colic until 18 months, because he was such a miserable baby until then. I thought it was just his personality. But over this last month or 2 he has become such a joy to be around, making us laugh and learning new words. He even started sleeping through the night a couple weeks ago. I think some babies just hate being babies, and they are miserable until they can walk and talk and have their independence. Hang in there mommy, this will pass.

 

[HoneyBee144]

I know how you feel I tell people my son had colic until 18 months, because he was such a miserable baby until then. I thought it was just his personality. But over this last month or 2 he has become such a joy to be around, making us laugh and learning new words. He even started sleeping through the night a couple weeks ago. I think some babies just hate being babies, and they are miserable until they can walk and talk and have their independence. Hang in there mommy, this will pass.

I completely agree with this. My DS1 should have been born a toddler (obviously for the sake of my body I'm glad he wasn't ). He hated being a baby, he wanted to be up and moving and be independent, he didn't sleep properly through the night until he was about 20 months old and he was always very frustrated and cried a lot. As he's got older he has got calmer and is far happier as a toddler, he loves just running around, burning off his energy and I think he got frustrated because he couldn't express how he was feeling. I also think the lack of sleep affected him, I know how I feel when I'm tired and haven't had enough sleep so I can only imagine it had the same kind of affect on him.

I don't have any advice I'm afraid but I can fully sympathise, hang on in there you're doing a great job I always tried to tell myself tomorrows a new day and you never know when things may start to turn around