u/Imaginary_Hat4576

My little boy is now 16 months old. Since 6 months, he has not slept through the night. He wakes up once for a 1.5-2 hour period usually around 2 or 3am. He’ll wake up hungry for milk (he’s on oat milk as he has CMPA). He then will be whiney and awake for the rest of the time. He goes to bed around 7pm normally and wakes up for the day around 5-6am. He’s on 1-2 naps a day, totalling around 90 mins. I will wake up with him in the night and my husband wakes up with him when he wakes in the morning. I will get out of bed around 7am.

I am at my wits end. I am desperate to be able to sleep solidly through the night. It’s horrible for both him and I!

It doesn’t matter whether he’s had 1 or 2 naps, gone to bed at 8pm instead of 7pm, teething or not, unwell or not, eaten well or not. There seems to be absolutely no variables.

I’m struggling in these early hours to keep my hopes up that it’s just a phase, he will grow out of it and his sleep will change. I’m scared to throw time and energy into things like sleep consultants for fear of nothing working and feeling even more despair.

I need other mums to tell me it’s going to be okay and how I’m feeling is valid. I find it so demoralising when other people try and tell me they just needed to change nap times or push bedtime back later. I desperately want this to be over but I have zero motivation left. It may not be surprising to read I have PND and am on medication for it.

A total hun lives here 🐆🍷💖