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@yeshualovesme Oh gosh poor you guys! I can sometimes get a 4 or a 5 hour stretch out of mine now and it feels luxurious when it happens- I hope your daughter starts sleeping a longer stretch soon x

@flashnkitties Gosh it sounds so tough for you! I feel like I think I find something that helps with sleep for a while and then it all changes again! A friend recommended magnesium spray for kids - you spray on their feet before bed and he has slept slightly better since we started using it ( I...

@flashnkitties I am so sorry. 7 years is a long time wth broken sleep! Does she still need you as much in the nights/mornings? Sending solidarity!

@godgirl13 Oh I’m so sorry. The one thing I’m grateful for is that if he doesn’t nap, he’s tired by 7-7.30 and I invested in a rocking chair when he got too big to rock in my arms - he falls asleep in my arms in the chair now and I carry him to his bed every night. He usually stays there until...

@marialavender You are more than welcome. Good luck and Know this community is totally here for you. You are an amazing mama.

@marialavender First of all OP, know that you are doing an incredible job. I have experienced so many parallels with what you are going through and I can promise you you’ll all get through this. My only is 18 months now and it has gotten easy every month. I was afraid for maternity leave to end...

@calebm Qudos to you - I had a nightmare BF experience that forced exclusive pumping too - it pushed my mental health to the brink and made sleep even worse. Very hard indeed

Thank you everyone for chiming in! It feels reassuring to have some solidarity on this and while I am sorry others are experiencing sleep issues, it does help normalise it.

@luigil Feels. Gremlin is the truth. Mine just inherited a gizmo shirt with full instructions not to feed after midnight, get wet etc. all toddler applicable haha!

@sampaththodati I promise you are doing nothing wrong. I also can say that it has got progressively better on the whole as our son has gotten older. Like even when we have a bad night, I can look back on it (after a better night) and think - 3 wake ups and a night tantrum as a one off when...

@ayen57 I honestly think that raising kids is so much about their individual personalities. Like congrats if you have kids who will tolerate sleep training but mine would scream until he vomited. We went to a play date this week with 2 little girls age 2 and 4 who were so quiet, obedient, tidied...

@benftw Oh that is interesting I had not considered growing pains. He is on a growth spurt RN so that would make sense. I always feel better about it if I can find a potential explanation thank you!

@deemarie Best of luck, I am sure it’ll get better and better even though it takes time.

@deemarie Doing it alone would be hell, I’m so sorry. I would genuinely lose my mind without my partner being onboard and doing more than his share of the night parenting. I hope your little one sleeps better soon and you get better sleep too.

@garfieldjl I’m so happy for you guys that you got a wonderful sleeper! And I totally understand why you’d never want to roll the dice on getting the opposite 2nd time around.

@best_coach So rough. I feel for you. My son was between us for most of the night until about 18 months when he got too big for us all to physically sleep (our bed is not huge). When he was 2 we bought a very nice expensive single mattress for his room and now one of us sleeps in his room from...

@katrina2017 Oh I so get this! The anxiety builds and makes falling asleep worse! I’ve gone through periods of using liquid melatonin to go to sleep at night, I use the NOW brand 2mg, it has helped me a lot. I managed 6 months without it but then a bunch of personal issues mean I’m back using it...

@katrina2017 Fear of the night is the truth. I’m still traumatised from the phantom crying that woke me through the baby stage, so when he was sleeping I’d still wake. I get terribly anxious when my kid sleeps and I can’t, like I’m missing the available sleep window of opportunity. I started...

@godgirl13 I’m so sorry. I hope the therapist helps and I’m proud of you for getting help and meds. Sending best thoughts for sleep upon your house as soon as it can possibly come.

@godgirl13 I’m so sorry. It is so hard. Please be kind to yourself and please seek help if you need.