6 1/2 months sleep issues?

I am exhausted to the point I feel unwell. My lb has never been great sleeper at nights but always good for naps recently he will fight naps screaming it took 4 hours this morning to finally get put down for a nap after being up all night so I know he’s over tired. I can’t catch up on sleep it’s pretty much me and him all day, when he goes down I have work to do or housework. No family to support, my partner works all the time and complains he’s tired and struggles to put him down because he’s so used to me doing it. I’m feeling really low and struggling. Is this a regression that’s not spoke about? He has two teeth that came in a couple weeks ago and I can’t see signs of others, yes it’s been warm but we have fans everywhere so I don’t even know if it’s that. I’m just looking for some form of light at the tunnel.

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Hi ,
My little boy is 7 months old and went through the exact same thing at about 6.5 months. I was at the end of my tether and I was exhausted thinking what had happened. However, the last week or so things have started to improve and he is getting better.
Hang in there , it's tough at the moment but it won't last forever!!

My LB is 8 months and is similar at the mo… he was up wide awake at 1:30 last night just wide awake talking away… up for over an hour and then up at 6. I used the pampers sleep coach app and it did help but it’s expensive, £22/month but they do a weeks trial which did help me learn some tips on getting him to sleep better. Ie I’ve stopped a dream feed at 11:30 now and sometimes put him down earlier when I thought he had to wait until his usual bed time x

My 6.5month old is exactly the same. I think there is a sleep regression around this age as they are learning to sit and crawl. He’s fighting naps like no other and took 5 hours to be put down for bed last night too, he was so overtired he became hyper. It’s so draining but it will hopefully pass soon x

Thanks ladies nice to know I’m not alone in this, it’s just horrific being in the midst of it and hearing the crying when you know they are tired but fight their sleep. Hopefully will pass soon x

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I'm struggling. Have been for a while. I've had one break from parenting my daughter, that was for 3 hours in December when I left her with her dad.

She's 14 months old and I'm just tired. I've done every night by myself. He's out of bed at 4am and doesn't get home until 7-9pm. He drives for work, very physically tiring.
On the weekends he was doing 6 days, one weekend day off, but now has both off.

He doesn't sit on the floor and play with her, he doesn't read to her because he says she doesn't have the patience.
He will pick her up and hold her whilst he's cooking.

Recently I've been "snappy" with him.
He got back from the mechanic last weekend, she was getting onto the sofa and he put his headphones on and started to watch Netflix on his phone.
The same day I told him I was going to run her bath and to watch her whilst she was still eating, he fell asleep on the sofa.

Today he went to football after going shopping, so was out 1-3 and then from 4-8.
He got back and I was snappy.

"I don't get why you're so snappy with me"

I said - Probably because I haven't had a break since December.

"Do you think I don't know you haven't had a break. I haven't had a break", "I just won't go to work, I'll sit at home all day".

Then "do you think I like not having a connection to my child"... But that's on him? He never sits to play with her. He "doesn't see the point". He's stated that this age is boring to him.

Since she's been born, he has been to a friend's once a month. Football - He stopped going for 7months, but has been the last two weekends.

Are these not breaks?

He does do the washing/washing up/cooking/vacuuming when I haven't had a chance to; but I'm the one in charge of feeding her, naps/bedtime, teeth brushing, hair brushing, baths, dressing her, making sure she has the right shoes, appointments etc. Everything falls on me.

If your partner works ridiculously long hours, how much do they look after your child? Do you ever get a break?

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