Im no stranger to sleep deprivation, having a child not sleep through the night till 2 years of age can do that to you. Of course adding a newborn to the situation can make it worse. Does anyone remember this post when i said how much i was loving my sleep. I thought i had got lucky and smugly went along my daily life thinking my baby sleeps all night na na na na (with no Cry it out involved). So of course just when i start to truly except the situation it all goes to hell.
Eilidh has been a nightmare lately, not napping or sleeping well at night. Some nights up for hours at a time and refusing to settle again , a few nights she even passed out in my arms for a few hours which was lovely. I was getting barely more that 3 hours (broken) sleep a night and was pretty miserable.
Things seem to be improving though, the last two nights she slept perfectly all night . Even if tonight is back to being up again having a few nights to catch up on my sleep really helped – and it showed she still can sleep through the night.
Then there is Becca, straight from the beginning she has been an early riser – 5 maybe 5.30am most mornings. The last few weeks she has started getting up around 6 /6.30 am , but her nap time has been getting more and more difficult.
She has totally shocked us the last two days though, yesterday getting up at 7.20 and today 7.40 – and both times i think i woke her up leaving the bed to get Eilidh.
Yesterday she still napped but today she refused, it was the first no nap day for her. To say she was a mess tonight was an understatement and was over tired all day long, even asking to leave the play centre we were at. Its also the reason that its only 6.47 here and both kids have been down for almost an hour.
Its to early to say for sure but i have been feeling the giving up nap thing has been coming for a while, to be honest i would probably prefer to get up at 5am and have the two hours during the day to relax . I missed it today.
I have a feeling I probably just jinked everything by writing this post but figured i got 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night (then another 1 1/2 hours after bathroom break) so i deserve to do something stupid.
well i feel ya there. taylor went from sleeping all night to not. she gets up at 12,3,5,9! uggg
help?
Here’s hoping Eils will soon be back to sleeping through the night regulary, and Becca with continue sleeping “late” but still nap as well! Good luck…I know sleep deprivation makes *everything* so much harder.
I hope she starts sleeping better for you!! Ashlyn has been getting me up 1-2 times a night for the past couple months and she used to be Such a good sleeper.
Ryleigh has been sleeping all night, but during the day, most days its a nightmare. I think she just a horrible teether. Hope Eilidh sleeps better soon.