Coping on little sleep

The main thing that helped me survive and still does is sleep when he sleeps. Yes it would be lovely to have a bit of time to get stuff done or just for myself but when he naps I nap and my son is usually asleep around 7pm and I get him in his cot and usually manage an hour or 2 of peace then and when he wakes which is rarely more than 2 hours then I go to bed and bring him in with me and at least then when he wakes and wakes me he's usually happy to just have a cuddle and go back to sleep. Although it disturbs my sleep I've found it better than having to fully wake up to deal with trying to keep him in his cot. Not ideal for everyone and hopefully others will have suggestions but I started doing that around the age of 1 because it was all I could do to survive the lack of sleep after a year endurance lol

Honestly... us mommas just survive! I have a 3 year old and a nearly 18 month old and my 3 year old always has been the best sleeper but my second... she's never slept, literally naps for about 20 mins once a day, she also wakes up multiple times in the night still and I'm EXHAUSTED. Having 2 on the go that don't nap, I can't nap during the day so I'm just full of caffeine and constantly on the go cleaning etc but I do have 1 or 2 lazy days where I do most of tidying and cleaning in the evening once they are in bed! It's sooo hard especially when you don't get a break away from them, it's overstimulating and so exhausting but you got this mama! I try to think of it that in about 10 years I'll be able to catch up on my sleep and have a full nights sleep at some point😂♥️

Cosleeping is how I survive it, he's 2 in January and still wakes multiple times, we started cosleeping around 8 months, he starts the night in his own cot then I bring him into my bed after first wake up. Not ideal as my boyfriend is still in the spare room, but then again he gets to have 8-9 hours uninterrupted sleep every night and doesn't want to do the night shift so it's working for us at the moment! X

The only way I'm surviving it is co-sleeping

I also coslept until 13 months and sleep trained. Now, he independently soothes and sleeps in his room while I repeat the process with my 2nd. I found that if he hasn't eaten well, he won't sleep well. Once we had him eat sweet potato mash with loads of butter helped ( fats are necessary for babies and they need more than you think) typical he would eat 2h before bed time. Also, he has had the same night routine since 7 months. Dinner at 5, bath at 6 book and bed at 7. We still have some wakes, but they are random or due to teething.he tends to be very happy to go down with minimum support once he gets his bottle 🍼 😉 albeit he still has the same now he is 2 years old.

Thank you all. I have heard that butter helps them sleep well!

@Rasa the amount of times I've wished to be able to detach my boob so he can have it in his cot 🤣 my son never would take to bottles. Not sure if related to his high palate or just always been a boob monster. He often goes in his cot and lays down and pulls blanket up but can't go to sleep without boob. I know a lot of people wish to breastfeed and can't and I'm truly grateful to still be on that journey with my son but damn I wish he could find comfort in a bottle instead at night 🤣