3:40am Im so tired

[Rubyzz]

My lovely angel daughter is in the other room screaming her lungs out. She has been awake since 1am and woke up READY FOR PLAY TIME.....so we have had 2.5hrs of a temper tantrum because Mummy wont let her out of the cot. I lied in there on the spare bed for the last two hrs pretending to be asleep and just when I thought she was asleep I moved my arm and she sprung back up saying HELLO!...LOL. I have aborted that idea and come back to my own room but she is in there still alternating between talking and crying now. Im just writing here right now to save my sanity....I have many of these nights with my strong willed toddler but some stretch my patience to the breaking point and this night is one of them.
Ok I just needed to vent...Thanks...This is very a very trying job on your own and is under estimated by those in better circumstances. Never mind it seems its the cross we bear for being women.
Im coming back to this earth next time with a penis by the way!!!

[Rubyzz]

Oh and no offence intended for all the wonderful single Dads out there......just that for every wonderful dad there seems to be five more that are not so wonderful.:ecomcity:

[Rubyzz]

I think she has given up and gone to sleep....fingers crossed xxx:fingerscrossed:

[Blueberry Crumble]

Take comfort in knowing that you are not alone!

I am usually up and about at 3am in the mornings because either of my kids wont go back to sleep. I am waiting for my 4 month old to fall back to sleep now lol

One day, somehow, someway.... we will sleep again!

[Myztiks#1Fan]

:hugs:, when my DS would do that, thats when our co sleeping started. if he would wake up and what not, i would make sure he had a bottle, dummy etc, was warm or cool enough and something to play with so i could sleep. sometimes though, we would come into the loungeroom and crash out here and i would leave him to be(not when he was heaps younger but going on closer to 2) and then when he was ready, he would follow suit and end up on the couch in his area and cover himself up and go to sleep or wake me if i had fallen asleep for another bottle etc so he could go to sleep or even possible come and lay on me to go to sleep.

it worked for us most of the time.

[MummyDaddy]

I used to get up go to her and comfort her til she stopped crying, then i'd go back to bed, she'd scream again, so i'd continue this until she finally didn't start screaming again when i lay down.

Unfortunately it's a hard one ... but if you are patient, it might take 1, 2 maybe 3 nights of this technique but it should work for you.

Good luck! Be patient, count to 100 ... i'd advise against sleeping on the floor, better to bring baby into your bed even ...

Sometimes my littlie comes into bed with me, i'd say on average once a week depending on if it's a teething night or she's sick ... sometimes they just need to be close and cuddled, it' never happens more than one night in a row however because we are both knackered after co-sleeping.

For example we co-slept the night before and both got little sleep.

Next night, we both slept til 8.30am!

Good luck - patience, persistence and you'll get there ... just remember you are teaching her what's right, not letting her make the routine :hugs:

[Mama32]

Rubyzz, i know its hard being a single mother. I have experienced such temper tantrums myself. The best way to deal with them is to hold your baby/toddler in your arms, sing to them, give them a lullaby. You'll see that instead of you pretending to sleep for 2 hours, you'll have them sleeping in half an hour.
Your daughter throws tantrums because she wants your attention, give her all the attention at sleeping time, she wants mummys arms, she wants mummy to hold her. And theres nothing wrong iin that, you'll see that soon she'll stop her tantrums, once she knows mummy is there with her.
Im saying this coz ive experienced this with my son.

[Bubmum]

p:hugs:
It's hard work sometimes isn't it!!??
If it's any consolation, I was up at the same time..and the neighbours as well.

[lochiebearsmum]

oh my gosh! i would find this soo hard!! i give lochie everything he could possible want during his 12 to 13 hours of awake time,,, i am at his call... throughout the night i am happy to give him a bottle (heated at exactly 56 seconds and hold it for him), give him a quick pat on the bottom or find a dummy but there is NO CHANCE EVER that i would rock him at that hour! i would also let him have a cry... i think they need to learn when its time for cuddles and when its time to sleep!