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Posted by: pmad | 2012/05/16

Q. perspective please

hi - guess i am looking for some sympathy here. my 2 year old son has been sleeping through for ages but over the last 2 weeks has been waking up, wanting milk and ME. the last 2 nights have been terrible as he doesn''t want to go back to sleep and i have been awake since 3am today!! the issue - an unsympathetic husband who suffers from insomnia and to who sleep is very precious. i fall asleep easily, so don t understand how frustrating insomnia can be, but at least he can lie horizontal?! without a kid clinging to him?!

sleep deprivation affects one''s thinking and i am feeling VERY down today - thoughts appreciated.

x

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Posted by: Peta | 2012/05/16

Shame sweetie, that is horrible!

I can sympathise 100% with you! My little guy is 3 1/2 years old and l still get up at least 4-6 times a night for him, on a good night. A bad night can be up to 10x - like this past weekend where we went away and he had nightmares. And then decided to wake up 100% at 3.55am. Mommy was not a happy camper! LOL!

the only advise l can give is to go to be literally as soon as he is asleep...grab those zzzz''s while you can!!!!

Hang in there!
P

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Posted by: Lilo | 2012/05/16

I have not had a full nights sleep since early 2010! I had major surgery in March 2010 & could hardly sleep. Would sit up most of the night. I fell preggies same year & it was a difficult pregnancy & once again I sat up through the night & went to work the following morning.

My babies were born preemie & when they came home, we struggled with them. We thought we would rest when we had them home. I could never sleep when they were in the hospital. Unfortunately it didn''t work like that. I would have 2 to 3 hrs sleep max every night. Hubby helped tremendously & was up with me for every feed.

Three mths later, I was back at work. I was still getting max 3 hrs sleep. From December, my babies get up twice at night. Dad & I alternate nights these days, so we can catch up on sleep. 4-64H8243 hrs of sleep is a blessing.

Understand fully how you feel.

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Posted by: pmad | 2012/05/16

thanks SO much ladies - for some reason, i ALWAYS enjoy another mother''s encouragement. he def seems physically 100% and have no idea what might be bothering him - but yes, it won''t be forever...x

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Posted by: heidi | 2012/05/16

shame pmad, nothing as horrible as sleep deprivation. have you had his ears checked out? might be that he has ear infection.

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Posted by: Blue Spark | 2012/05/16

With a child that did not sleep through until the age of 3 I can sympathise. Children go through these phases, just bear with it. It will pass, just do not start the milk thing or you will regret it. Say that is is not good for his teeth and can only get water. Maybe something have changed somewhere and your child is feeling insecure. Remember as they grow they are also more aware of their surroundings and do often not know how to " digest" the info that they are give. Just keep on being patient and reasuring him and give him lots and lots of love. It is crappy to not sleep again! Shame.

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Posted by: Annie | 2012/05/16

I know how you feel when all when do is taken for granted.
I do sometimes wake up my husband and tell him its his turn to attend to our little girl (22 months) but she also wants mommy.
Either they get up and watch Gumpy in the middle of the night, or I have to get up anyway to put her back to bed.
Worse part is how he complains the day after about lack of sleep, where I get up twice every night and he mabe once a month!
But, at least on a Saturday or Sunday he gets up early to watch some sport on tv.... then I just ignore lg''s calling and sleep a bit later!

Good luck staying awake!
Do you know what bothers your child?

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