Sleep
I’m at my wits end. My 6 month old is waking every 1-2 hours needing a feed (breastfed and refuses a bottle) and my toddler is waking for hours on end in the night and will only settle for me. I’m getting to the point of having 2-3 hours of broken sleep a night for the past week and I’m really really struggling. My husband says it’s got to the point we just need to let them both cry but my baby is only 6 months and my toddler is just waking the baby up anyway crying and will just run around upstairs . He won’t settle for dad at all. We don’t have a village and there’s nobody who can help me out during the day to look after them to let me sleep. I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried just letting my toddler come into our bed but he just lies awake and says he wants to go back to his bed. Tried sleeping in his toddler bed but then the baby wakes for a feed. My husband also hates this as he thinks it’s creating a bad sleep association and making the problem worse long term. Really don’t want to co sleep with 6 month old as we both move around lots in our sleep and I would be too scared . Does anyone have any advice that isn’t co sleeping?
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How old is your toddler and do they still have a daytime nap? And what time is bedtime?
Tbh co-sleeping saved my sanity with my first son we did it until I night weaned at 14 months he slept in his own cot then
What’s your baby’s schedule? Wake, naps, bed
The toddler is having split nights and is almost certainly being offered too much sleep in 24 hours so that will likely be an ‘easy’ fix.. what’s their whole routine time wise wake, nap time and length, bedtime?
I move tonnnnes in my sleep usually but when I co-sleep with my babies I don’t move an inch - it’s strange but your body just knows they’re there x
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