I've been so exhausted by this bug that I've had which I'm still not compeltely over. Tab has been waking up 3 or 4 times every night to feed, plus refusing point blank to sleep in her own crib. I don't know if it's a left over thing from the ear infection but she's become very clingy, very miserable at bed time, very unwilling to be put down unless we put her down in our bed from the off.
Last night I was just completely at the end of my wits about it all. My back is killing me from broken sleep, sleeping on the edge of the bed, not able to turn over easily and being kicked all night. I have been dreading going to bed every night because it's a chore.... because of all these factors making it a nightmare right now.
I told G (through tears) how I was feeling and he suggested I slept in the spare room because Tab does not need to eat all night. I refused because Harry has been ill & I didn't want to be on a different floor of the house plus she has never been refused milk in the night yet. G said go to the sofa then, I refused because it didn't sound appealing and frankly I wasn't in the mood to accept any positive suggestions.
Anyway - he went to sleep then began to snore, so I stomped off to the sofa with my pillow. I then woke up 7 WHOLE HOURS LATER. I haven't slept for 7 hours in well over a year!!! G said Tab had woken a few times, he'd given her a dummy, and she'd gone back to sleep. I think I"m going to do this for a few days next week and get her used to the idea!
Posted by katie at June 13, 2008 01:12 PM