Feeling overwhelmed

So we had six weeks of both babies STTN and then Maeve got sick with a cold! Three days later, we noticed three teeth had popped through.

Of course, Finn then caught her cold and is teething pretty hard as well. He is back up 2x times per night, nursing nonstop and coughing as well. I am waiting to feel teeth in his mouth too. Tonight, he was up from 12AM- 1:30AM and then back up at 4AM, wide awake and uncomfortable, so here I sit, still up at 5:48AM. My two year old has also been sick and tonight is the first night she hasn't woken up.

My pediatrician said that the colds have nothing to do with teething, but it seems with our kids, there always is a correlation. Have any of you found the same thing?

After a week of not sleeping at night, we are exhausted. My DH is stressed out about work, and having three sick kids who are up all night is not helping anything. DH is amazing -- he helps me at night and has since the beginning. However, I think it's taking a toll on him. He has a stressful job and a new boss. However, when two out of the three are up at night, what are we supposed to do?

We had just a few weeks of everyone sleeping and it was the most wonderful thing in the world. I had hopes that by 7.5 months, we would be in the clear. Guess I was wrong!

Having sleep makes such a huge difference....is it ever going to happen again? Sorry to babble, but I am just feeling a little overwhelmed by life right now.
Thanks for "listening".
Beth

 

Good morning Beth...I'm up with the birds too if it helps! My boys aren't cutting teeth yet but they were up at 3 and then 4 this morning with gas. This has been a new daily event and it's beginning to take its toll on me as well.

Keep fighting...you're doing great...things will get better for us.

{{Hugs}}

 

It is so hard, isn't it? We're just coming out of a 3-week stretch of either waking up every 45min - 1hour or waking up at 2:00 and staying up til 4:00. I felt like I was back in the newborn stage again - exhausted and crying at the drop of a hat, feeling overwhelmed and like my life was so hard! Sleep makes such a HUGE differnce! Finally last night my boys slept til 3:00, woke up and ate, and slept til 5:30. I can't complain about that - the past 3 weeks had been absolutely horrible. I found myself thinking about sleep and going to bed all day long!

They will come out of this, you will get to sleep again, but man, it sure doesn't feel like it when it is going on!

Take care and maybe see if you can get a friend or family member to come over and watch the kids so you can take a short (or long!) nap!

:hug:

 

im up too! they both decided it was time to be wide awake. they must not have gotten the memo that mommy cried all day and is very tired.well i got 1 down, 1 more to go! shes laying on my lap cooing and trying to poop though, will it ever end?

 

:hug:
Hope you guys get sleep soon.

Dianna

 

I am overwhelmed today too. I just yelled "I can't take it anymore", mostly about my 2 yo having a tantrum. (Being up so much last night and then at 5:20 for the day doesn't help.) My three oldest looked at me like I am a loon. At least the twins are being good so far. My dh is at the base all weekend and I have rotten pms. Oh well, the day is young and I know I can turn it around if I adjust my attitude.

So sorry to take over your thread. I do hope you feel better and that your little ones get back to their normal sleeping habits.

BTW, I didn't yell at my kids, just in general!

 

Do you have any family or friends that you can call to come over and give you break? It is so hard when you get used to sleeping and they change up on you. Hang in there-all of you! :hug:

 

I have found that repeating "this too shall pass" over and over again actually helps! We've had weeks of good sleepers followed by a few nights to a week or more of crappy sleeper(s). Anything seems to throw them off: colds, teething, learning a new skill,etc. But now I've learnt that good sleep will return...usually within a few days.

Hopefully the same will happen for you!

Cary

 

I agree with pp that getting a break might be the answer. It should help :hug:.

 

I don't have any advice, but just wanted to say that are babies aren't sttn either, and they are 7.5mnths old. I thought they would be now but they still eat at night. I have given them and me a deadline of 9mnths, once they hit that mark we are doing full-blown cio to get rid of all night wakings. Sometimes mine wake up at night just for fun, but they each have a blanket and a soft toy in their crib, so I figure they can play with that, and not with mom or dad!

 

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Do you have any family or friends that you can call to come over and give you break? It is so hard when you get used to sleeping and they change up on you. Hang in there-all of you! :hug:


Rachel read my mind- I was going to suggest calling in 'the troops' so you guys can get a little break. I don't know how I dealt with no sleep for 8 months, but I know I can't deal with it now. :hug:

 

Wow, it does help knowing there were many others up with their LO as I was this morning! Thank you so much for posting replies and letting me know I am not the only one out there feeling like this. Most days I feel like
I can handle things on very little sleep, but for some reason, this morning, I feel like I need a long cry, all by myself to clear my head.

Like I said, I am worried about my DH and his stresses at work, and I hate having to rely on him in the middle of the night. I guess I have to agree though that "this too shall pass" -- the sleeplessness and other worries -- probably only to be replaced by something else, right?!

Thanks again! You ladies are the best! My friends are quite supportive, but sometimes just don't get it.
Beth

 

SLEEP--whats sleep--I havent had it in so long that I have forgotten what that word means--Hope things get better for you and ME too--lol

April