That expression isn't inherently terrifying, but on Tee, it is xD

It looks like her head is about to implode from all the motherly frustration :'3

=(

aww poor Ajna...

Those feels man...

I so understand this picture. Sleep is priceless

it gets better, daring! my little 9 month old is a poo sometimes but she sleeps a lot better now :)

My little girl started sleeping through around 7 months. The only thing that i could suggest (if you aren't already doing so) is meal (solid foods), bath and then breastfeed/bottle bed. We were told by our midwife to develop a bedtime routine to help our baby establish the pattern before bed. But she eats quite a lot of solid food in the afternoon towards bedtime (cluster-feeding) i think this also helps her sleep through; but she still had/has wonder weeks. She got two toothies within the same week last month (which i think was lucky because it saved the possibility of more restless nights) and she started crawling around 7-8 months so she had about a week of restlessness around then too (developmental milestone weeks are called 'wonder weeks' because they are restless again)

But each baby is completely different - some like to be cuddled a whole bunch and crave the contact with mommy/daddy in the middle of the night (when they go through the separation anxiety phase they take another week or so to get back to sleeping through). Some don't need much physical contact at all and are quite content. Others are just really gassy/restless

I am a sucker and like to use my breastfeeding chair while i do her last feed before bed (she tends to fall asleep with the rocking motion) but i usually let her put herself to sleep through her day naps (still has around 2. She generally sleeps from 7pm-8am (on a good night) 7pm-6am on a bit of a restless one (where she can sometimes wake up to 3+ times throughout the night.)

Take each day as it comes - some will feel really terrible and like you've had absolutely no sleep at all and others you will just explode with love/playfulness for your little one. Mine has just started taking her first steps in the last week (oh my goodness, i thought crawling was bad XD); i am pulling my hair out a lot at the moment because she is getting into things more than ever XD

Also just need to say- its not an important thing for them to 'sleep through' until they are a lot older. Some people think that its the most important thing in the world; and it does feel great when you and baby both start getting a whole lot more sleep (you start to feel sane again lol). But our little baby eats a LOT of solid food throughout the day (sometimes 3-4 solid meals and then around 3 BF/bottles) Also.... something that is VERY taboo here (and probably everywhere) and you may be shocked.... my baby is a tummy sleeper. We were strictly told NOT to sleep babies on their stomach by midwives.
around 3-4 months my baby was EXTREMELY restless and would NOT sleep unless she was being held. I had restless weeks with little sleep.

My mother asked me if i had tried tummy sleeping (all of my sisters and i were stomach sleepers) and i said no. But one night i tried it, and she has slept soundly ever since. Some babies just love to sleep stomach-down (and once they can roll around and have more control of their neck, i think its completely fine)

Ugh that would be hard to go up and down all day! I live in a single story house and my baby's room is right next to mine as well (so i don;t have to worry about going too far int eh night if i do have to get up). During the day she has 2 naps and i don't have to worry about getting up too much (unless she is fighting sleep) But she tends to put herself to sleep most of the time.

Its freezing here atm (winter over here in Australia! ) We have an extra blanket on her cot to keep her warm- a nice thick one :) She tends to sleep better if she is a little warmer; has always hated to be swaddled tho- so i have never been able to wrap her D:

We decided to move her into her own room around 4 months when she was sleeping a bit better (after we discovered she was a tummy sleeper and were confident she would be ok) I bought the most expensive baby monitor XD Has a little camera on it and one of those mats that detect if they stop breathing/etc (mat was super annoying because she rolled off it all the time so the alarm went off a lot xD). We just use the baby monitor part now. :)

This is going to sound a bit cynical but I think my favorite thing is that the lines are so shaky XD So we know this is from the heart. The poor, sleep deprived heart.

Read her some of Samuel Jackson's Go The F To Sleep, that should work.

Linky! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sOA_U3-HOs

For most of the first couple of months, that was the only way he could sleep. I got so tired of staying up all night holding him that I created a pillow barricade around me. Pillows behind me and to my sides in a reclining position, and we'd sleep chest to chest. I was often scared that he'd roll off, but he never did. I actually kind of miss that. I felt so close to him.

He is not much of a cuddler anymore. He wants to constantly be on the move, seeing new things. We can't set him down or sit with him on us. We have to walk him around the house. I didn't realize how short lived the time on my chest would be. :( He just turned 4 months on Saturday, if you're going by 4 week months (16 weeks).

(Speaking not as a father but as an older brother with quite a gap [12 years] who shared a very thin wall with his sister for her first five years)

If it's any consolation, things will get better.


And then they will get a whole lot worse. The terrible twos (early onset is typical), the terrifying threes, and the frustrating fours will be a different kind of 'why wont you go the fuck to sleep'. Instead of you not knowing what your lovable hellspawn wants, it'll be a matter of them not knowing what they want. Or worse, knowing what they want but refusing to tell you since you are supposed to be an omniscient and all-knowing Mom-God.

But after that, it will turn for the better and stay that way

So hang in there!

Hah, you think that's an age gap. The gap between me and my youngest sister is 21 years!

You've probably seen it, if not, Go the Fuck to Sleep: narrated by Samuel L Jackson.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Px7ZJRDY4[/yt]

Edit: I can't seem to link it to play directly, but the link works at least.

I'mma just drop this here:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/kids

mine was a loud one, had so much trouble getting her to sleep.....wasn't till I bought a fiberoptic color changing lamp that she started sleeping.....her crying ended at 8 months, so hang in there sweety

they say it takes a while to understand why babies cry. she may need a change, or food. but often its the separation from the mother even for a short time that does it.

I actually know why he wasn't sleeping. He was overtired and the longer he stayed up, the worse it got. I'm getting pretty good at figuring out what he wants. However, he's teething right now, so sometimes the signals are mixed. :s I misread his tiredness as teething pain, so he was a bit wired at nap time, and then proceeded to not be able to sleep for 7 hours. @_@

ah. and O.-.o

That was me when I was born

Every parent has been there. This one included.

I know this all to well, my niece will often refuse to sleep from time to time

"Hey man, when are you gonna have kids?"
"Nah man, I'm good, I've been to Wal-Mart... I've seen and heard things..."

Time to hire a babysitter.

No one is babysitting my baby until he's 18 years old.

He's gonna be your sweet, little mama's boy. ^u^

Dude I know the feel

Oh god, until I read the description I thought it was dead. It's just crying

oi i can somewhat understand...

;-; awwww *pat*

Do you swaddle him when he gets super cranky like that? I have to with Cadance. Sometimes it's the only way they'll sleep this little :c

I been there, done that MANY times! It will get better has they get older! *hugs* I'm a mother of a 7yr and 9yr and I can not get them out of bed half the time now Lol

Awe I don't have kids but having 13 nieces and nephews I still know what it's like. The little one is only a few months I take it? Maybe not even?

I cannot help but feel sorry for you at this point X______________X Babies screaming make me feel physically sick! Even now the thought of it makes a horrible cringe up my spine D8

It used to bother me, and I'm sure if I was stuck dealing with a crying child it would suck again, but having worked retail for the last 7+ years I honestly don't give a fuck about crying kids, aside from feeling bad for the embarrassed parents and annoyed customers.

None of my many years working in a variety of industries has helped me get over the physically sick feeling xD If there is a screaming kid in a supermarket it takes all my will to not leave the shop! I am not ready to be a mother just yet it seems, but that suits me plenty!

He's just practicing for his future role as a Warhammer orc. He'll tucker himself out eventually. Probably. Maybe.

Tip to make baby/toddler fall asleep faster... play with it, wear it out, then instead of cryin' cause it doesn't wanna sleep it will cry cause it wants to sleep! (cause it gonna be friggin' tired, and usually all it takes is 15-30 minutes of effort at least a hour or more before bed (and preferably before feeding time), that's how we dealt with my hyperactive younger brother) Oh and wakin them up earlier helps too. But in reality a mother cannot tend to the baby by herself since a child that young needs care 24/7 the rest of the family must help too (thats whats family is for right?)

MUHA HA HA HA HA HA

XD just wait,, just wait.... Hear that? It's the terrible twos in a few years MUHA HA HA. Yes I am evil.

It's worse with twins, one always wakes up the other. I don't think I slept for 6 months aside from hundreds of little 10 minute naps throughout the day. *gives lots of herbal tea, and a babysitter for a few days*