Dear Bee, reading your posts has brought it all flooding back; feeling so useless and isolated in the middle of the night that seems to stretch for ever and that sense of dread when the light began to creep round the curtains and you still have not slept! YOU ARE NOT ALONE, helped me to try and remember that and i used to try and picture other tired mummies all over the world jiging, singing and rocking and going slowly mad! I ended up going to the library and getting a load of books on cd so that at least i had something to do while i was awake and even if she was wailing it helped me not get dragged into the crying and remain calm which helped me sooth her. I never really discovered what it was that kept my baby from settling and what made her such hard work and I tried everything and in the end during one long night I gave in and gave her a dummy, even though i always thought i was against them. She was soothed temporarily & sometimes but i was thankful of any respite. I really hope your little on settles soon and don't feel bad about doing what ever you need to do to get some sleep. I'll be thinking of you and sending sleepy vibes ( mine still wakes me 2 or 3 times a night yawn) x
