A screaming baby is no fun
By BellaDoc
@BellaDoc (762)
San Diego, California
November 24, 2015 9:46pm CST
Our almost one year old son does not like his sleep. He'll only nap in someone arms, occasionally a carrier and often if the car is moving but for never more than 20 minutes.
Nighttimes are disastrous for all of us. For years I worked several jobs, getting by on little sleep. And of course when I was working as a doctor in the NHS I had a work pattern that meant I slept at odd times and was always behind my sleep quota.
But all that is nothing compared to the sleep deprivation caused by a second child.
I suppose in time I will forget all about this. Although my in-laws remind me that my husband was apparently the same.
Sigh. Must. Be. Positive.
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22 responses
@moffittjc (118820)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec 15
Hang in there! Eventually it will get better. My neighbor has twin babies that are the same way. They cry constantly, and I can hear them every time they are outside. I feel so bad for the poor mother, because it's hard enough taking care of one crying baby, but she has to take care of two!
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@SavvySprite (87)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@Belladoc Oh petal, that sounds awful. You must be soo tired. Is small blonde sleeping any better? Just remember baby boy is a lovely happy baby so you must be doing something right. xx
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@SavvySprite (87)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
Btw that like was cos you'd posted not that I liked baby depriving you of the zeds x
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 Dec 15
Thats it blame your husband! It is a horrible time when the little so and so's will not sleep!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Nov 15
Maybe you could get a big Teddy Bear that could hold him in his crib while he sleeps @Belladoc ? Is there a medical reason that he's not sleeping? What about some natural herbs that will help induce sleep.
@paigea (35830)
• Canada
26 Nov 15
Oh, that sounds rough. I hope he settles soon. My late niece woke up nightly until she was in kindergarten. She was hungry and wanted milk. Eventually I taught her to get it herself. She still woke me but I didn't have to actually do anything. She was hard to get to sleep but once she was asleep she was a sound sleeper except for that middle of the night feeding!
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@shellyjaneo (1081)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 15
Oh no hopefully he will grow out of it soon, Vinnie was bad in the nights until he was about 8-9 months old. As he is poorly at the moment we have the opposite problem, he is sleeping constantly he has didn't get up until 11am yesterday then had too naps and went to bed at 5pm but was up at midnight 2am and 3.30am and my alarm went of at 6am so I do feel for you as a few days of it is killing me now that I'm out of practise x
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
2 Dec 15
My three girls were all pretty angelic when it came to sleeping but my son (now almost five) was VERY much like your little one (ie. total bedtime nightmare). It's horrible and you have my complete sympathy, hope he settles soon x
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Apr 17
Very hard to be postive when you have a child like mine who cried day and night also.
It lasted till he was much older in fits and starts but by the time he was five I had managed to handle him so that he did get to sleep earlier and sleep right through the night.
But I did it all by myself.
No fun I know what its like.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
7 Dec 15
No doubt the disruption will pass soon enough and you'll get more used to it before they find whole new ways to drive you crazy
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
I've read your more recent post and see that you have been able to solve the problem. You've helped him learn how to sleep on his own which is something that will help him later in life as well.
@jillybean1222 (6408)
•
7 Dec 15
definitely rough days that i can relate too. hope you get some rest
