u/Glass_Sky_1014

My 7 month old girl is nothing like how my son was 6 years ago as a baby. She is so fussy, clingy, and yet happy and giggly if me or dad are with her. My son slept better, not perfect. I believe after a year only up once during the night and then by 2 years sleeping through the night. And has been a great sleeper since so YES I know there is an end BUT Do I really have to wait until 2 YEARS to get sleep???

Where are people finding these babies who are easy and sleep great and sleep train with no issues. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. I feel so alone all my friends have perfect sleepers. She’s fussy during the day because of crappy night sleep. Her nap sleep is usually decent.

Shes flown through milestones she’s crawling, climbing, standing and literally trying to take steps which seems way too early. and her sleep sucks.
I understand all of that and a million more things make it hard for babys to sleep. But I need sleep. It’s really catching up with me and my brain feels like mush. I don’t have time or energy for my son or husband or myself.

No matter what I do her sleep is awful I’ve always paid attention to ww & naps & routines. I see her cues, I do age appropriate everything. I tried sleep training and no matter what way I try it doesn’t work for her. She’s a very testy baby as well and very loud and vocal lately. I don’t even want to sleep train that was literally the last straw of trying anything. She didn’t take to any method I literally feel like it’s not in her temperament. But she can’t just sleep on me and I can’t keep patting her every hour and getting her back to sleep. Now she immediately just pulls up to stand and scream. Nothing soothes her, she’s never took a binky, she’s EBF.

I’m seriously at a loss. I’ve read stories on here of everyone having similar experiences or complete opposite. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve tried everything and I feel like I’m failing. My husband and I need sleep. I would literally take at least one 5 hour stretch a night and she hasn’t done long stretch since before 4 months.

I guess this is more of a jumbled mess of a rant. Anyone have anything I can do to help her sleep better and us sleep…

Hello. My second baby is a high needs sensitive gal. She’s happy and go lucky but she does always want me near her, holding her, helping her fall asleep.
We ebf, co sleep at night since she refuses to sleep longer than 30-1hr in the crib at night. She takes her naps in the crib and it’s hit or miss. I feed her do the routine and transfer her to crib asleep or pat her butt to fall asleep. Sometimes great and will sleep 1.5-2hr by herself, sometimes up at 30 min and needs me to hold her rest of nap.

I’ve tried sleep training on and off since 4 months. She was doing a lot better at 5 with falling asleep just to butt pats and not on me, then she cut 2 teeth and it ruined all progress. My 1st was a bad sleeper but was not as fussy or sensitive as her and i sahm with them both as babies. She nurses a few times at night more so out of habit and an easy way to put her back to sleep. She will sleep soundly next to me but is still up frequently. I want my sleep back, time to myself at night back. I’m always stuck in the room holding her to sleep.

How can I sleep train such a vocal, upset baby? As soon as she’s laid down away from me it’s already 0-100 screams, cries, coughing, absolutely losing her mind. When I try to pat her and help it makes it worse. But she never calms she could scream forever I fear. And I hate hearing her so distraught. I have to give up and pick her up and soothe her and then the whole night she’s overtired.

She’s almost 7 months and we’re trying to do a 2 nap schedule recently and the more time in her ww was leading to longer naps. She does about 2.45/3/3-3.5. I follow her sleepy cues to be sure.

I’m at my wits end. My son who struggled with sleep but was much more calm to soothe slept through the night by himself no training around 1.5. He’s now 6 and a great sleeper. She does not have the same demeanor and I need sleep and time with my son and family. Anyone else have a baby like this? I do not think cio would be possible with how extremely upset she gets but I would love to hear some stories. It hurts my mom heart to try that when she’s so overwhelmed but I need to do something to help her sleep better. 🙏

Adding that she had no underlying issues that would make her fussy, she’s so happy and needs met but very strong willed and clingy to me and has used me as her sleep soother for her life.