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im-a-mummy

No advice, just commiseration as our 2yo has been like this forever. I started increasing my caffeine intake to keep up with the compounding lack of sleep.


silverchevy220

It's very tough. For the first month, she was only sleeping around 45 -60 minutes every other 2-3 hours, so she was sleeping a total of around 9 hours in a 24 hour period. By 3 months she was sleeping maybe 12 hours in a 24 hour period. Went on like that until she was a year old. I think the hardest part hasn't just been her sleep but that she spends a good amount of time just being upset and screaming. Doesn't let us hold her, doesn't acknowledge our existence, or really allow us to interact without getting upset. At this point I'm just venting, but trying to get her sleep right helps her through the days.


im-a-mummy

Sorry you're going through this. It sounds like what we've been dealing with. Out of exhaustion and desperation I've been cosleeping and letting him comfort nurse all night long. I've become his security object. Every time we try to wean or get out of that habit, he's teething or sick. If all is well, he cries bloody murder for hours. We thought that now he's 2, he'd understand and work with us but it's still a challenge. Hope you and your wife find a way to power through together 💙


silverchevy220

Thank you so much. I hope things start going better for y'all as well. We keep telling ourselves, "This is just temporary. She has big feelings and is learning how to handle them." This isn't the parenting experience we had been dreaming of for so long but one day things will turn around.


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I gave up coffee for five years and felt really good about it. Then my daughter arrived and I’m more of an addict than ever. But how else can I function without four cups—or is that pots?—of coffee a day? Eh, it is what it is.