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Help! My son does not sleep!!
My 18 month old has never slept through the night. As he has gotten older it has only gotten worse 😩 he averages waking up 7 times a night but being up 10-15 times isn’t unusual for him! He has no trouble falling asleep, only staying asleep. We have tried EVERYTHING! We’ve done every different “sleep training,” we have cried it out, tried lavender, melatonin, sound machines, a weighted blanket, we even tried a few nights of Benadryl (per drs advice) and nothing works! We have a sleep study scheduled for early November so hopefully that will give some insight, but are there any other mamas dealing with anything similar??
-One tired mama 😴

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honestly that's still pretty normal.. how many times a day does he nap?

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He certainly doesn’t sleep through the night. I honestly don’t count how many times I’m up at night because it’s depressing. He still nurses, though, and I’m sure that’s a good amount of the “problem.”  He also is not big on eating. Days when he doesn’t eat well are always worse nights. And it seems pointless not to let him nurse as I know he’s hungry. The exhaustion is real. I’m to the point where if I get a collective five or so hours, it was a good night. The toughest nights are the ones where he keeps me up for long stretches at a time. It’s brutal. I think a sleep study is a great idea! Maybe there’s something actually waking him up. My friends son did a sleep study around five. Turns out, he wasn’t breathing well and it was waking him up. They removed his adenoids and tonsils and his sleep improved (it still wasn’t great). Hopefully they give you some answers!

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Same boat here! Its tiring. Expect my son will wake around 1 then stay up till 4 or 5 then pass out. I keep him in his crib. I do tend to him if he's crying hard. He takes 1mg of melatonin to help him sleep but doesn't really help much.

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Honestly everyone wakes up in their sleep. The difference is we learn to go back but that doesn't consistently happen until about 2+ years. Unfortunately before that time they do wake up alot.

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Yes. I’m EXHAUSTED and I’m sure my son is too. But we have trouble putting him to sleep as well. It’s been like this since he was 4 months old. Pediatrician just says he’s teething. When he teeth’s he has like 2-3 teeth come out together so it’s been tough.

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Oh god - no thankfully!! I’m so sorry you are going thru this!! I hope you find answers! Does he wake up upset all the time? Do you ever hear him snoring/ making weird breath sounds? I’m sure everything is fine- maybe just needs to grow out of it? 
We definitely go through phases here- like now- she does not want to go to sleep she is in her crib babbling away and will do that for like an hour! And wakes earlier. This will pass!
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