Hard Day

**'Rene'sMumma'** · 10-09-2007 14:49

I just need to have a vent cause I'm having a bit of a hard day.

My Ds is sick and is getting two teeth so he is not a happy camper at the moment. I am also sick so its a bit harder to deal with day to day let alone a very unhappy baby.

Anyway, I feel so bad because he is finding it so hard to get to sleep with being sick. We've recently done some really good work towards getting him to sleep well so I'm also stressing about ruining it all.

He usually has a dummy to help him get to sleep but with the stuffy nose he takes a suck then starts screaming because he can't breath. I usually sit with him until he falls to sleep but nothing I do is helping today he is just screaming!! I hate to leave him but I know he will fall asleep eventually if I just leave the room, which is why I'm on here now. I feel bad about it but he wont even let me rock him to sleep, he just screams!! So here I am feeling bad because I don't like to have to cry himself to sleep but nothing I do in there with him is helping anyway

He is calm now.... nope he's crying again. I hope its just because he is sick, I'll be so sad if all our good work has goon to waste. Ok I'll be quiet now, just needed to get that out.

**Shanaynay** · 10-09-2007 14:52

Have a hug

Have 5 more just because I can give them

**SweetAngels** · 10-09-2007 14:54

Aww you poor mamma, and poor baby boy! Hugz to you both, its a very hard time, I just went thru DS3yo sick, DS1yo sick and teething just last week so I know how tough it is. You hang in there, do what you can and DON'T feel guilty!

Hope you are both well VERY soon!

**'Rene'sMumma'** · 10-09-2007 15:26

Thanks so much for the support ladies

**proud_mama** · 10-09-2007 15:51

Lots of hugs to you

Hope he gets better soon.

**MordecaiAliVanAllenO'Shea** · 10-09-2007 16:27

Those days are the hardest - especially when you are sick yourself - my advice to first time mums to be would be to enjoy sick days when you can just lay in bed all day and take care of yourself cause after a bub they just dont exist.

Dont worry about his sleep patterns being forever ruined - I remember someone once said to me that if a baby does a "bad thing" (as in not desired) once we worry it will become a habit but if they do a "good thing" eg sleep through we worry it wont ever happen again. Just do what you have to to get through this time with your bub -it will pass!

**Tabby** · 10-09-2007 17:55

to you both and hope your over the cold real soon
Try not to worry re: sleeping. DD has always had a beautiful sleep pattern since about 6 weeks but teething it all goes out the window but its always returned to the norm as soon as shes over it without much effort to regain the great sleep again.
If it is different once hes better it wont take as much work as before to get him back am sure.

**~mia&ryan~** · 11-09-2007 07:48

Here are loads of hugs

I hope that today is a better day!

**Shanaynay** · 11-09-2007 10:32

I hope today is a better day for you

**Adelle** · 11-09-2007 11:05

I feel your pain my 3 year old son has completely broken his bedtime ritual and we have been trying for weeks since the arrival of his little sister to get him back into routine. Unfortunately he gets very angry and kicks, bits, hits, throws things and screams its absolutely terrible and everyone ends up stressed as a result. It took us hours to get him to sleep last night. I had to sit with the baby beside his bed for a hour most of which was mum fending off bites and hits etc...I was exhausted by the time he went to sleep. Then I had to try and settle little Ava. Hopefully she won't be an angry little baby. Anyway we didn't give in last night so it will be interesting to see what happens tonight. Wish me luck