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Moms of bad sleepers
When did it get better? Nolan is on the verge of 17 months and I can count on one hand the number of times when he's slept through the night. And that's generous, as I'm considering sleeping through the night from 12:00-5:00.
Lately he's been hard to put to sleep (which wasn't an issue previously) and even harder to get back to sleep. The past few nights he's been up from 1:00-3:00. I know he's going through some developmental stuff--evident from the dinosaur example the other day and this morning he paired up horse/cow figures with horse/cow puzzle pieces and he's really trying hard on the language development front.
And while I love seeing his little mind work, I'd love it if it worked primarily during the day...and rested at night. DH and I are both exhauted and crabby, and while we know what the issue is, that doesn't typically stop the middle of the night arguments of "no you get him" and "it's your turn".
On top of that, Nolan wants less of DH and more of me. So despite DH being willing, Nolan has other plans, as he insists on sleeping skin to skin with me (he pulls up my shirt so he can rest his head on my belly (good thing I haven't lost that baby weight yet!).
Recently I've been compensating by going to bed around 8:30/9 a few days/ week, but having no uninterrupted sleep is taking it's toll. I look and feel haggerd.
How do I deal? At this point I'd settle for a light at the end of the tunnel.
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Re: Moms of bad sleepers
Ugh - boys ! They love their moms! Eamon is a mama's boy too - constantly snuggling right up to me vs John (not complaining but...) he's not skin to skin though (which is so cute btw..)
OK so to answer your ? Eamon just started
How time flies! Caileigh (9), Keira (6) & Eamon (3)
Todd night weaned at 21/22 months and slept through the night within a month or so of night weaning. 15-21 months is the potential length of the developmental spurt and Todd was in it from start to finish. His separation anxiety is always a problem dur
Tons and tons of hugs to you - it is rough, and I swear extra rough when they want their Mama and you can't catch a break, even if you can convince your DH to take them...
Cori was a rough sleeper always, and still somewhat is unless she is super
Honestly for us... I'd say he was closer to 2 1/2 before he slept through the night MOST of the time. He was potty trained totally by 3 1/2 so there are sometimes night wakes to go potty since then or an occasional bad dream, but he sleeps more o
Married, September 23, 2006
Thanks ladies--it's comforting to know that you all lived to tell the tale :-)
Brinley's sleep turned around when we night weaned at 14 months, however, even though we've night weaned, Nolan still throws fits when he wants to nurse in the