2nd baby and sleep regressions
Anyone had their second and dealing with the absolute nightmare that is toddler sleep right now!? Mine has lost her mind 😭😭 everyone says it due to a lack of connection due to new baby, but the gentle approach doesn’t work, we can lay with her, hold her, cuddle her, sing to her - she doesn’t want it and won’t sleep and just fucks about but screams blue murder if you try to leave. She’s not going to sleep till 11pm some nights and then baby has me up every 2 hours as well. We cut out her nap during the day and this made her sleep all night but she was miserable, not coping with no nap and sobbing, biting, hitting, kicking by 6pm and bedtime was a fight.
I just don’t know what to do - feeling like this 2nd baby was the worst idea in the world. All I’ve done since her birth is fight with my toddler 😭😭😭😭
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Yes!! We are having ridiculous bedtime battles with our toddler. He just won’t go to sleep - he will cry and fuss for ages before finally going to sleep. It’s been going on for a few months and baby arrived 3 weeks ago, so I’m not sure whether it’s because of baby or not! But it’s driving us mad!
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I have a 5 week old and oh my god it’s been tough with our toddler!! I am no help but completely feel for you. It’s bloody hard, I feel riddled with guilt for both of them too. My toddler because his little worlds been rocked over night and the newborn because I can’t ever seem to give her th attention she needs and constantly shoving her down so I can tend to the toddler. I’m finding it SO hard to try and spread myself between both of them, toddlers behaviour has been something else.. it drives me crazy which makes him act out even more. 😫😫