sleep troubles are making me hate my job as a mom

[mom2e]

i guess the title says it all... just a vent. the sleep problems are bugging me so much that i feel like i'm not able to enjoy being a mom. any thoughts on ways to cope mentally with difficult sleepers?

[BaMo]

Just know that you are not alone! While I know that doesn't make you feel any better, I'm right there with you. I want to have more children but DS sleep schedule leaves me very exhausted.

What has helped me is napping when he is napping, even though that means that the house is a wreck. Even if I can't fall asleep, I'll just lay there and rest.

I also just try to take it day by day and keep hoping and praying that this can't last forever.

[Louisep]

Do you work? I'm trying to get a bit of work so that I get a break from being Mom. I've done a little here and there and it's great to use my brain and makes me more appreciative of the little guy. He's so needy though that I can't really take on a FT job and there's little PT work out there.

I know how you feel, I think the same thing to myself often.

[Karamom]

I'm right there with you. We have been struggling with sleep for ds for 3 years now!!!