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shattered! any medication i can give to make her sleep?
wahhhhhhhh!/
how can she not sleep?we have been swimming for first time today(lessons all week)and she cried 25 out of 30mins down to tiredness.....she wont sleep during the day unless taken out in car/buggy/sling,but when you stop moving she wakes up...im also to tired to use sling/buggy/car.....she has colic atm and doesnt6 settle till about 9,then sleeps till midnight,then down again till about 2,then its awake every hour.....i cannot catch up on my sleep and im shattered today........she is asleep on the boob nosw,but if i move her she will wake up,so i cant move her so i can sleep.....
years ago my son(now 12)didnt sleep well and dr prescribed phenegan for him,worked a treat.....do they still do this or can anyone recommend something i can get to help her drop off?
my eyes sting so much where im so tired,i could just cry! xxx
how can she not sleep?we have been swimming for first time today(lessons all week)and she cried 25 out of 30mins down to tiredness.....she wont sleep during the day unless taken out in car/buggy/sling,but when you stop moving she wakes up...im also to tired to use sling/buggy/car.....she has colic atm and doesnt6 settle till about 9,then sleeps till midnight,then down again till about 2,then its awake every hour.....i cannot catch up on my sleep and im shattered today........she is asleep on the boob nosw,but if i move her she will wake up,so i cant move her so i can sleep.....
years ago my son(now 12)didnt sleep well and dr prescribed phenegan for him,worked a treat.....do they still do this or can anyone recommend something i can get to help her drop off?
my eyes sting so much where im so tired,i could just cry! xxx
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Poppy does the same thing quite often - gets stupidly tired and will sleep when I take her for a walk, but wakes up at every crossing!!
The one trick I have found that does work for her about 90% of the time - I swaddle her, give her a dummy (nipple replacement otherwise she will only sleep on me!) and put the TV on low in the background, facing her away from it so that she can't get distracted. I had to do it today and she has slept for 3 hours so far!!
x x x
As for medication i dont think they will give anything.. i know a lot of parents use to give Medised to knock there children out and for that very reason they upped the age limit from 3 months to 3 years! So thats no good either.
Hugs hun it wont last forever xx
last night was unbearable and i got so cross...she slept from 8-10.45pm then up to feed then down again till 1.30am,then up again and didnt settle till 4.15am,that was in my bed...i was so tired i was crying and she was crying too,i really wanted someone to take her away last night,hubby is away and i felt so alone......she then slept till 6am...and i fed her from each boob and she manged to go till 7.50am......so shes shattered and so am i.....she just will not self settle herself and gets so aggitated that the only thing that works is boob.....so my boobs constantluy look like im a new nursing mother!!
we have swimming again today and she was so tired yesterday she cried 25 out of the 30min lesson!awful!
xxxx i cant go on like this ,i feel like im loosing the plot!
how about a warm bath with Johnsons bedtime wash? Has she got colic hun? I wish i was close to you. I would have her for a few hrs to give u a break. Do you have family close by? xxx
Just a thought hunni xx
I also gave ds a bottle of formula for his last feed as mrsnoname suggests as this helped him sleep that bit longer at night (iv been so lucky with Alana and havent had to do this yet for her)
Massive HUGS X X X
Jayden wont sleep at all on his back - will wake crying every 30mins! - and has been sleeping on his tummy (naps and nighttime) for weeks now and goes into a lovely deep sleep that i have to actually wake him up
I know exacrly how you are feeling i hate getting mad when hes screaming and wont sleep but it is hard when ur tired plus im on my own.hope ur little one sleeps better for u very soon xxx
I knwo exactky how you feel, I’m glad your so honest as I woukdnt have said how I felt without seeing your post.
im sat here with stinging eyes after a 12:30-3 and 6 am wake up, he’s 7 months and it seems all I have fixated on is his sleep because he hardly does, the only time he slept through was when he was having formula when I had to exculsivky pump as he woudknt latch well, so took a few weeks to get the 40 oz but that was months ago, now I’m shartered and unfriendly all the time. My elder son slept ok his stomach and slept all night from three weeks but not my last born, ive tried everything, swaddling baby canopies, i now out cerelac in his night feed but only worked a few days.
im totally against medication but if I could find a natural sleep remedy I would definitly use it
I can’t go on like I am I don’t feel like myself at all and all I do is obsess over how little slee I’ve had in 7 months 😩