One of the biggest fears I had before becoming a parent was having a baby who didn’t sleep. So you can imagine my glee when my daughter started sleeping through from about six weeks old.
Yes, I was one of those smug bastards who happily announced to anyone who would listen, “My baby sleeps through”.
Naturally, when baby number two came around I had this sleep thing sorted. I would do all the same things, and once again we’d have a superstar sleeper just a few weeks in and I would once again be a smug bastard.
Well. Wasn’t I in for a shock to the system.
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I can so relate to this! I'm going through exactly the same with number 3! My two older ones were perfect sleepers, slept through from 12 weeks and I thought I had it all under control with number 3...was I in for a shock when he suddenly decided to give me the middle finger! I'm like you, finding any excuse under the sun as to why he's not sleeping...teething (for 10months now!!!), overtired, too much day time sleep, too much noise, too little noise, you name it! I still haven't accepted that he might be just a shit sleeper! Every night I hope for the best and every night turns out to be hell! He's now 13 months and wakes every 40 mins and yes I have tried controlled crying but with two other kids you can only take so much. I'm back at work full time and function on 2 hours sleep so I'm sometimes not sure about my own name! Still, I love him dearly...
YES!
My 4 are all sooooo very different when it comes to sleep (and everything else). I have a young child who finds it so very hard to get to sleep, it becomes so stressful for him & all of us.............we will survive & we will love him sleepless or not!