I’m a stay at home mom to my 5 month old, I’m also 8 weeks pregnant and super exhausted/moody. My son only ever really cries when he’s tired but he is SO hard to put to sleep and wakes up so easy, so he will be crying and cranky for an hour before actually going to bed. And then I need to hold him for another 40ish minutes so he’s in a deep enough sleep and even 30 percent of the time he will wake up when I put him down and I have to start all over. Then he’s only asleep for maybe 30 minutes, and he needs like 3 of these naps a day. He’ll cry when he’s tired but once I pick him up and gently rock him he starts screaming and kicking and having a full blown tantrum. It’s like holding him makes it worse, I’m so frustrated, I feel like I’m constantly trying to put him to sleep or keep him asleep until his bed time. He cries less when he’s by himself but then I feel terrible letting him cry alone.

I’ve tried EVERYTHING, he’s not over tired, he gets more upset I I try to put him to sleep before he’s tired, I put background music on, I don’t stimulate him, the lights or down. This is really making hate being his mom, I’ve never seen a baby like this.

Sometimes when he’s crying I just let him cry himself to sleep because I’m so exhausted. I feel like all I ever do with him is battle sleep 😭