For the last two weeks my son has been going through the 8-10 month sleep regression, which means his sleeping habits (if you can call them that as the name implies sleep) are all over the place. Which means MY sleeping habits are all over the place, or more precisely, shot to sh*t.
The 8-10 month sleep regression is to do with a huge developmental leap around about this age which makes sleeping difficult for babies. These lovely people explain it better than I'm capable of right now.The really fun part is while it officially lasts for about three weeks, it can last anywhere from two to six weeks. So far, it looks like my little darling and I are in it for the long haul. The first week was in inconvenience, the second week was a struggle, this week I'm zombified.
While I'm too far into the throes of this to offer any support or advice for anyone else, I came across this website http://www.askmoxie.org/2008/03/talk-about-the.html which resulted in my lowest parental moment. The line 'You're doing a good job' reduced me to a blubbering mess... yes, I was validated to the point of tears by a damn website. That's what sleep deprivation does to you.
I will write in depth about how I survive this (I'm assuming it's survive-able when all babies go through this). For now, I hope I haven't scared anyone. I just wanted to let other parents going through this that you're not alone! We're all in this big, sleep deprived, bag-eyed mess together. I'm sure we'll laugh at some point.... maybe.
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