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Kyra
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Our son, who is 20 months old, has never been a good sleeper, but in the last week he's graduated to new levels of awful sleeping. He's waking every two or three hours and crying and fussing for between one and two hours. He's tired and cranky during the day, and we're gradually turning into zombies.
He'll eventually settle if we sit with him for an hour or so, plus an extra half an hour after he falls asleep, but we're both finding it very hard to operate doing that- it means about four hours of sleep an night for me and my husband. If we bring him to our bed, he gets excited and wants to play.
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I'm also pregnant, and really tired. I'm napping during his nap, but I'm still exhausted.
He's still nursing, but we're going to nightwean because night nursing doesn't seem to help him settle as much as just having someone sit with him.
Sigh. Sympathy, advice, this-too-shall-pass?
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Have you had his ears checked? Sounds like my kids when they have ear infections.
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Hugs from a fellow mom of terrible sleepers! I agree with Melissa though, this sounds like a possible ear infection rather than just not sleeping. It wouldn't hurt to have him checked out. This level of lack of sleep isn't good for any of you!
Our 3-yr-old just went through some terrible nights, but he had a virus (fever, clogged nose, cough) and just couldn't rest well. I really do suspect there is reason behind your little one's unrest.
Hoping you get some sleep soon!
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Teething?
THat'd be my guess, after the ears....
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My dd was a terrible sleeper until we got all her allergies under control. There was a time when her only symptom was the bad sleep (up usually every hour and she was close to 2yo). Now that she is no longer exposed to an of her allergens she sleeps through the night (she is now 27mos). Her exposure was mainly through my breastmilk. Once I went on an elimination diet we started to see dramatic progress after a couple of weeks.
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First realize that I do NOT let my children "cry it out" as a general rule. I tend to recommend all sorts of things before that. Almost all of my children have never been left alone to sleep unless it was their choice.. they either had a parent or a sibling with them. BUT.....
I have one child that simply could NOT be parented to sleep. He would use the presence of dh or I to keep himself awake longer. Finally out of desperation I did put him to bed in his room and walk out and closed the door.. oh did that make him mad.. but it was definately a angry cry.. not a sad, you've left me one. I stayed near.. but resisted the urge to look in.. and within 20 minutes he was asleep.. though I had to gently scootch him with the door to get back into the room since he fell asleep against the door. Realize that this is instead of 3 hours or more of him fighting sleep. The next night.. he cried again but it was for 10 minutes and I believe he stayed in bed. And that was it. He's been one of the best sleepers ever since. But he really *needed* to be left along or anyone who was with him would unwittingly help him stay away by giving him a person to act and react against.
I am not saying that this is what your child is doing.. but I like to tell that story any time it might be a possibility.. which to me is anytime a child is fighting sleep and taking exhorbitant amounts of time to sleep with a parent there. So it is simply something to consider.
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Sometimes my little guy needs company, but most of the time he won't sleep if he's got another option. We learned that he put himself to sleep at bedtime better than we ever could, and sometimes needs nighttime help... but sometimes going in to comfort him is a disaster. It's frustrating because it's hard to tell.
He does have a slight cold, so it could be an ear problem, or just congestion- he's not pulling at his ears at all.
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