So it's 12am, DH is just sitting in jamess room after an hour NW of him shouting he doesn't want to sleep. During that time I've been in and out to him trying to calm him just to have him kick at me and shout at me.
I guess he slept through for a period of about 6 months from 2 till 2 1/2 and previous to that we had a couple of good months from 12 till 14 months. Apart from that he is up every single night often a few times. Sometimes he is coherent and just wants help with his blanket or a hug. I am fine with that. Sometimes he wakes shouting and screaming from a nightmare and I can comfort him which I can deal with too. Other times he just goes nuts at me making a silly shouting noise. Basically having a tantrum or like tonight, a NW now going on 2 hours he just says he wants to play and is screaming the house down ( a very spirited boy with the loudest voice humanly possible)
I don't know. Maybe this is more a couch post. I have actually gotten to the point where I feel resentful towards him. (
can't believe I just admitted to this) DH is a wreck at work, we have to go to bed at 8.30 to try and piece together enough sleep so our relationship is suffering, some days I don't even trust myself to drive I am do exhausted by constant lack of sleep. He also wakes up his 1yr old sister. He has never been left to CIO has never been
Allowed up to play in the night etc. he has the same bed routine of bath and stories before 7pm as he has had since he was a new born. No caffeine no tv in the afternoons.
Am I alone in this? Does anyone else have a child with such bad sleep issues? It affects him too. It breaks my heart to see him with blood shot eyes and his behavior once he gets to 3pm and is exhausted is appalling at times. He is way too tired to deal with his emotions. He always used to nap great but dropped his nap a few months ago. I am considering booking him in to a sleep clinic I am so worried he isn't getting enough sleep.
