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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dunno. I have an almost 3.5 year old and a 1 year old. I’m finding this excruciating. I actually think life was easier when the baby was only 8 months old. It’s getting harder as time goes on and baby is more and more mobile and demanding for interaction.

I honestly straight up hate my life. There is so much screaming. I adore my youngest but yearn for when we only had 1.

I guess I think anyone who chooses a 3rd is insane, to an extent.[/quote]

*sobs* I have an 8 month old and a 3 year old and I thought we were past the hardest part *sobs*[/quote]

Uh, mom of a middle schooler here and I can assure you that you have not scratched the surface of hard yet. Sorry.[/quote]

I mean, my stretches of sleep have extended from 1.5 hours at a time to 3 hours at a time and that has been life changing.... hopefully you at least sleep better than I do? I feel like I could conquer the world if I could get one decent night of sleep.... [/quote]

Sleep training is your friend.[/quote]

I'm trying! I'm not opposed to it. The baby still wants to eat 2x a night and she genuinely seems starving so I'm a little hesitant to cut her off. I've tried letting her cry but she can go for an hour or more. We already do the bedtime part - put her down awake, let her fuss a little, fall asleep on her own. I am fine with sleep training but even I feel a little bad after an hour of crying at 2 am...

The 3 yo on the other hand is killing me. She wakes up and screams her head off until she gets what she wants - a glass of water, her blanket, socks on her feet, etc. There is no 'training' her, she is strong willed as hell. I do all the right things, don't engage in eye contact, making waking up "not fun", offer rewards if she goes through the night without getting us... none of it works. She didn't used to be like this, I think she is going through a phase.

Fortunately they both go back to sleep pretty quickly once they get what they want and I admit it creates a bad incentive system to just keep getting up with them. Neither kid by themselves is a terrible sleeper, it's that when they each wake up every 6 hours or so, and those cycles are out of sync, you end up with wakeups every 3 hours. [/quote]

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