Ok, this is probably a silly thread.
But I would really, really like to have three kids. So would my DH. The problem is, the two kids we do have DON'T SLEEP.
That's to say, DS1, who is now 4.5, finally, finally as of about 6-8 months ago, started sleeping through the night, all night, in his bed, without needing one of us to snuggle up with him if he woke up in the night. So four years of sleep deprivation with him.
DS2 is lower maintenance, but at 8 months he still wakes up MANY (3-6) times a night, and sometimes takes an hour or two to get back to sleep (!!!). This is kind of cyclical, so some weeks are better than others. Even if he's a 50% better sleeper than his brother, that's still TWO YEARS of utter exhaustion!
DH and I are so exhausted. Bone tired. We both really want another child, but I just don't know if we can face the sleep deprivation again! Has tiredness changed anyone else's family plans? It makes me so sad to think we may have to give up on a third because we crave sleep more than another child.
But I would really, really like to have three kids. So would my DH. The problem is, the two kids we do have DON'T SLEEP.
That's to say, DS1, who is now 4.5, finally, finally as of about 6-8 months ago, started sleeping through the night, all night, in his bed, without needing one of us to snuggle up with him if he woke up in the night. So four years of sleep deprivation with him.
DS2 is lower maintenance, but at 8 months he still wakes up MANY (3-6) times a night, and sometimes takes an hour or two to get back to sleep (!!!). This is kind of cyclical, so some weeks are better than others. Even if he's a 50% better sleeper than his brother, that's still TWO YEARS of utter exhaustion!
DH and I are so exhausted. Bone tired. We both really want another child, but I just don't know if we can face the sleep deprivation again! Has tiredness changed anyone else's family plans? It makes me so sad to think we may have to give up on a third because we crave sleep more than another child.
She has insomnia, when he was a newborn, she was keeping up up just as much as he was. DD2 will be 4 this month, she also doesn't STTN, and then DS is 17m, and nope, not STTN either. DH travels for work at least once a month and it is utter hell when he does or the nights he works late. My night will look like this, bribe the oldest to watch the baby while I put DD2 to bed, then put the baby to bed, usually then they both wake back up before I go to bed, on a good night, it is not at the exact same time. Somewhere in there DD1 goes to bed, hopefully she will actually go to sleep otherwise she is in and out of bed all night long. All of them still sleep with a parent when DH is around he takes DD2, I take DS and DD1 just bounces from room to room.
