I’m so f*ing tired

My son is the same with the constant waking up, I’m desperate for a full night sleep:( it’s so hard, I have no idea how to fix it either I feel like I’ve tried everything

My son only started sleeping through the night when I stopped breastfeeding 2 months ago!

Stopping breastfeeding didn't work for us. She still wakes up and drinks water at least twice a night.

@Dona does she have a drink and then go back to sleep? Or do you have to re settle her? My little one has a water bottle in his bed and does wake up and have a drink but then goes straight back to sleep

She goes back to sleep but she sleeps with us after the first wake up so I give her the bottle.

@Dona it's obviously completely different for each child and each family etc, but for us we had to set some rules and stick to them. Previously to this we were getting into his bed, breastfeeding back to sleep, him coming into our bed etc etc. Then we decided nobody was allowed in his bed except him, let him take a couple of toys to bed each night and a bottle of squash (as this was exciting for him to choose what to take and we made it soooo weak) - then at first when we woke we would rock him back to sleep as we never wanted to do 'cry it out'. Then he just stopped waking in the night! It genuinely only took about a week for him to settle into his new routine, after me feeling like it would never happen! And its been 2 months of me sleeping through the night now!... which is just as well as the next one is due in August 😅

@Jessica I agree it's completely different for everyone but I'm glad it worked for you. You definitely need the rest before baby number 2 arrives. ☺️

Every child will get there in there own time, I can’t say what will work for you and you need to do what your comfortable doing. But what we found helped out little boy: We stopping breastfeeding and moved to cows milk max twice a night if he woke, if it had been less than 2-3hr between the wake up we would rock him back off the sleep. This dropped the night wake ups to just 2 wake up from every 45mins. (This was around 16 months old.) we then still had least 2 wake ups up till month before his2nd birthday. We tried no milk, but once I fell pregnant I couldn’t deal with wrestling a toddler to sleep so kept the 2 bottles if he woke. We never did cry it out as I don’t like it. We limited day nap to 1hr and not passed 3pm this helped a lot and then the final turning point was we introduced a magnesium supplement the month before he was 2 on recommendation from health care professionals and other mums. This seems to of been our turning point. He is now sleeping through most nights.

Same girl!!!

Same here 😔