For several weeks, night-times have been utterly frustrating, emotionally draining, and, to be frank, bloody hard work. Ainsworth went from sleeping brilliantly at a few weeks, through sleeping okay, to sleeping as little as possible. We've had no real pattern: some nights it's been only a couple of wakes - but lasting an hour or more of full-on screaming; others it's been lots of little wakes - as many as 14 in a night. We've tried various things: going through straight away to calm him or leaving him for a while each time; picking him up or not; giving him extra milk; crying into our pillows and wishing it would end soon. All sorts. Leaving him crying was a last resort that we tried but every instinct in us told us it was simply wrong. Cruel, even. And so we've reverted to going through to his room and calming him in his cot, picking him up only as a last resort. But it's really getting Rachael down.
And then this morning we discovered a tooth. Has that been what all the fuss has been about? And if so can we hope for some sleep at last.
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Oh those teeth...
Hopefully that was the big culprit. I also experienced a loss of sleep when Kirsten hit some big milestones (rolling, crawling, etc). Hopefully he will give you some peace. Unless he has another tooth coming in right away (like my girl!).
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