Worst sleeper.

I’m calling it… I think I have the worst sleeper out there! My LB is 8months… feeds to sleep which is fine… will wake without fail 40-50 mins after going to bed… and basically repeats this all night…. I’ve tried dropping a nap longer wake windows longer day time naps, shorter day time naps.. you name it I’ve tried it nothing seems to work… no real point to this other than to get it off my chest and see if anyone else is in the same boat as me.., I co sleep now just so I can get some rest!

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I’m the same!
I’ve started to co sleep again as the other night I was trying to settle her and honestly I was delirious.
You’re not alone 😥 feel free to message to vent if you want!! X

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I feel you!! I’m in the same boat 🫠
My boy always slept in his cot (waking up every 2 or 3hrs) but these last two months he started waking up more often and the last three weeks or more has been sleeping with me because is getting impossible to put him back in his cot when he wakes up during the night.
It’s supposed to be a sleeping regression because of how many things are going on with them atm (teething, separation anxiety and learning many new things).
For me sometimes it gets very hard but I remember myself it’s temporary.
You’re not alone!🫶🏼🫶🏼

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My 8 month is exactly what you’ve written! We’ve tried feeding more, adjusting naps, bringing bedtime forward and making later but without fail she’s awake within an hour! We also co sleep because I feel this is easier then being tired everyday - I thought sleep regression but this has been going in weeks now 🙃

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I’m exactly the same. Feel you 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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I'm right there with you! LB will go down fine and then wake up am hour or 2 later. And he can be awake for an hour before going back to sleep then he's awake again at 4/5am for a bottle but after that I have to put him in with us otherwise we would be getting up at 4am as he nest won't go back to sleep in his cot after that. I've been running on empty this last couple of weeks. I'm hoping he settles back down soon 😴🥰

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Omg, I thought I was the only one. 😭 My LO used to sleep through the night and now when I return to work, he has been waking up 2-3 times a night.
My mum said it could be he needs more food and going through a growth spurt.
But I don't know, we have tried more food and more milk throughout the day. But nothing seems to keep him asleep longer than 2-3 hours. I'm very lucky if I get a 4-hour block of sleep.

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I’d do anything for my baby to wake up 2 or 3 times! I was up resettling her 14 times the other week 🫣🫣🫣

But 2-3 is a lot when they were previously sleeping through! X

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You are not alone!!!!! My sons been a low sleeper from birth. I never get consecutive rest so constantly overtired. My son also frequently has split nights where he will be up for 1.5-2 hours on top of frequently waking.
The HV told me to wait it out..been waiting it out for 8months 😂😂😂

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@Caitlin Yeah, I've had to do a couple of nights of sleeping on the floor in his room because he just kept waking up crying.

Never 14 times. How do you function? I got 3.5/4 hours last night and I just wanted to cry and fall asleep for the whole day.

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Exactly the same here. I've think I've seen every hour of the night for the past few nights..it's exhausting.
Keep telling myself it's just a phase amd it will pass🙈

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