This is when getting a hand off soneone is good as in these moments you can say to yourself - ok im not getting a sleep tonight, but next week on tuesday im getting the night to myself and oh am i going to enjoy it.
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If all that doesnt work then, and admittedly we do all the stuff your ' not meant to' - we either bring him in with us (although that doesnt mean he will sleep either tbh) or we just give up and go through to the living room with just a lamp on and let him play with some toys or read a book or even watch a movie with backlight dimmed whilst we sit there and have a cup of tea. We normally start with the 'routine' if that doesnt work then try anything else that might work i.e: bottle, cuddles etc. When you stop and say to yourself - right, tonight isn't going to happen no matter what i do, lets just make the best of a bad situation and just right off tonight. The worst nights have been where me and my partner really want to sleep and are going back and forth cursing why the child wont sleep and that we just want to go to sleep, and going to and from our bed to his cot. I know that sounds disheartening but its not meant to be - honestly. accepting that sometimes nothing works and residing yourself to the fact that your not going to get a sleep right now.Rocking to sleep, cuddle, for us its as soon as we hear a whimper we dart through and shove a bottle in.
use any comfort method that works at the moment for night wakings, especially if it means they stay in cot.Ive been known on my day off to get ds ready in a cosy pram, clean nappy and cosy bottle atvthe ready, gone around the block for a walk as i know that will lul him to sleep and then head home as soon as he fall asleep, park him next to me bed and crashed out. when its really bad, use any moment at all to sleep or nap.Failing that even a few hours in day from a friend or childminder if you can afford it.
Really you need someone to take them over night to give you a proper rest. My mil has ds overnight once a week (give or take some weeks) which has been a godsend and i am eternaly greatful for. get some help from someone if you can.When your all better rested you canndo your nornal routine again. Dont make yourself feel any worse, if bringing them in bed for a bit means you all get a better night then so be it. do things that you said you never would, just to get a bit more sleep.Practical things we have done than have helped us get through the non sleeping nights: No matter how much you love them it can be so devistatingly crap sometimes, especially when your exhausted and all you want to do is sleep. And also with facebook and friends etc you always have to say things like 'no sleep again but oh dear darling child is still gorgeous and i love every minute of parenthood blah blah' but you know what? Sometimes its shite. Im not saying this to say ah boohoo im worse than you etc, just that i know how hopeless your probably feeling and that you probably feel like your the only one. Inbetween this he will wake between 4-5 times.
I have a 1 year old who on a normal night, as tonight, goes to bed at about 11.30, and is up for the day at 7am.
It also feels like anyone else around you who has kids, have kids that sleep! As you can see im writing this at 3.53. No one tells you how shite it can be having a non sleeper. Hope this helps, but don't worry about setting bad habits, getting the sleep is the important bit now, the rest you can sort out later if you need to, but you probably wont need to at all - good luck Im also wondering given his age, if maybe he wakes now because he is hungry? - this happened with DD too & though she was EBF to that point, I took the good advice of adding a bed time formula feed, it fills them up more & lasts them through the night - that worked like a dream On nights she wasn't soaked in a bath, I used to massage a couple of drops of lavender oil into her feet - all are safe even for newborns & can really help.
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What really helped though was soaking an epsom salt bath(ask for bath grade), it gets magnesium into them, which helps regulate sleep, stress etc, used to add a few drops of Roman Chamomile & Lavender aromatherapy oil to the bath too - again good for sleep & stress & for skin flare ups too. Its a long time ago now, but my own DD was like this when very tiny & I did end up with her cot along side the bed. As you’re going to bed, you can say the formal good night and then if you are friends with the person or on any kind of informal terms with them, you can add sleep well to which they will most likely respond, you too Tony: Time for bed I think, Mary. Nina: That makes sense, he did look tired.As above you just do what is needed to get some sleep. He said he was going to catch some shuteye.
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