I am tired, really tired, I am unreasonable, I am snappy and grumpy and impatient. The shrieking banshee within is never far from the surface.
I am being held hostage by a baby who doesn't sleep. So this week I am trying to get it a bit better. I'm asking for 5 hrs sleep in a row, I don't feel like, that is too much to ask, well apparently it is cause it's not happening no matter how nicely I ask. So.
We have started on a better regime, I am using a book called the no cry sleep solution that really helped with sebastian too who was far worse than Tristan.
Tristan is good at going to sleep its the staying asleep part he has trouble with.
I started a sleep log with him the other night to see what was actually going on- most nights are such a blur I have no idea what happened or how many times I'd been up. It turns out 5 times awake with 3hrs being the longest stretch of sleep at any point. And daytime sleeps - I hesitate to call them that cause they were cat nap or micro naps at 20 min each, which is really convenient when you need to be dropping off and picking up at school times but not so great for a poor tired baby who can't get any decent sleep. Btwn a combination of reflux and teeth (6 of them! ) and bad cold and ear infection he hasn't had much luck lately.
This is us, on the spare bed, where I am sleeping to try and sort him out and let the patient have some good sleep. - he is wearing a pink sleeping bag and is very comfortable with his masculinity.
Day one we had 3 hrs of daytime sleep and an increase of 4 hrs over night and one less waking time, however today a busy day we missed the morning nap, had an hour at lunch then no afternoon sleep cause of school pick up and a trip to the park. So we will see where tonight leads us.
- I wrote this somewhere
Oh Jacq so get that, tiredness is like slow torture. Really praying he sleeps better and this helps you both. Life is better when you have the emotional resources to draw on
ReplyDeleteMemories of sleep depravation overwhelmed me there for a second. it really is torture like Jen said. Hope that the journalling uncovers some solution and that you can all get on with having restful rights. Eve was a bit like Tristan, but she wouldn't go to sleep. She has a bad attitude about going to sleep which I don't understand. Things got better when I did some hardcore sleep training (just me at home doing tresillion style stuff. Painful). she went to one day sleep at 11months after 3 months of waking in the night for up to 3 hours. She never liked day sleeps, but has generally slept well at night for a while now. 3rd babies just don't get a chance to get in a good routine. Hang in there x
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