Today, I realized it isn’t my 5 month-old son who has the issue sleeping without me, it's me who can't sleep without him. This is his first night in his crib and I can’t fall asleep. FML
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Today, my son is incapable of sleeping alone because my husband keeps co-sleeping with him, stating, "He's going to be a kid for only a little while." The same guy who forced me to stop co-sleeping with the same kid because, "Kids need to be independent." The hypocrisy. FML
Today, my newborn daughter has kept me up all day and all night for the past few days. Usually my husband sleeps. I finally cracked and yelled for his help, only for him to scream at me that he needs sleep and gives her to me anyway. FML
Today, my 9 month-old son realized he is just as tired as I am. His solution is to cry loudly. My solution was to cry along with him. FML
Today, I've reached a level of tired I didn't think was possible. I've had less than 3 hours sleep in the last 72 hours and have not slept more than 20 minutes each stretch because my newborn is so unsettled. The baby has been peacefully sleeping for the last 3 hours and I can't sleep. FML
Today, my baby kept me up all night, and I only got 3 hours sleep. Normal, right? He's not even born yet and I'm only 5 months along. FML
Today, my energetic 10-month-old decided to stay up four hours past bedtime. After I FINALLY got him to sleep, I tried to go to bed. My husband is now snoring, farting and taking up my side of the bed. I desperately need some sleep. FML
Today, my toddler is sick yet again. The only way he will sleep is me walking with him. It's 2:30 am, and I'm supposed to start back to full time employment in… 5 hours. Parenthood is not for the weak. FML
Today, our 6-month-old is finally sleeping through the night. We thought we'd finally get a good night sleep ourselves, until my dumb husband fell asleep with the TV on and our 5-year-old ended up watching Saw 3 by herself. Now the 5-year-old wakes up with nightmares. FML
Today, after 6 months of my baby sleeping 10 hours through the night, she's now going through sleep regression a week before I return to work. I'm now getting about 3 hours of broken sleep per night. FML
Today, I caught my 5 month-old baby stood up using the sofa to support herself. She can barely turn herself over and hasn’t crawled yet, but she was standing. Then she fell over before I could get a picture, and my husband thinks it’s impossible and that I’m just sleep deprived. FML
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Top comments
BurnInDemonFire 39
This is kinda sweet. I think. Try replacing him with a teddy bear until you're able to fall asleep without it. And please, don't turn into one of those moms who refuses to believe anyone will love him as much as you do, so you sabotage his relationships.
TCRII 30
Try setting up his baby monitor close enough to hear his breathing. That really calmed my nerves when my son started sleeping on his own.
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rebelwithmouseyhair 18
Specialists now recommend sleeping with your baby for up to three years. Don't fall for the scaremongers going on about SIDS. There's a reason why it used to be called crib death. Unicef edited a leaflet about sleeping safely with your baby. Enjoy!
AmbrosiaFan 19
Typical mom reaction. My son slept in his crib for a week and that whole week I tossed and turned. Just remember that they will grow up and eventually not be in our beds anymore. Love on that little guy because eventually he will scoff at you giving him affection in public and around his friends. You are doing great! ~~~Mom of a 7 year old boy
Gofuckyourself 24
You might have separation anxiety or you're just mentally used to having him sleep next to you.
knowledgeofthebees 4
I'm the same with my som, he's slept with me and my fiance pretty well since birth, started out because he had terrible night terrors and separation anxiety even at birth, he had about 2 months where he slept on his own just fine and now the might terrors have been back for about 9 months, and the separation anxiety has tripled no matter how hard we try to work on it, he's 14 months old now. I want my space back😂