I am a senior in colege have a two yr old son - exhausted. Son does not sleep through the nite yet, still drinks from baby bottle (live with my mom in a condo, my mom and I are so tired, he'll wake up at 3am and I have to comfort him make him stop crying or my mom will come in crying saying how she has to go to work - VP at a school),he has asthma, ezcema, he's pigeon toed - has to wear special shoes. Everyday gets harder and harder for me, getting him and I ready for the day is hard for me. I have a choice when he goes to daycare - do what I'm supposed to do go to school, study or sleep. Not being able to function properly, being woken up every single night is an extremly hard way to live I sleep sometimes and my grades suffer or I force myself to stay up and end up getting evenmore depressed. I don't know what to do anymore. Help, am open to support, suggestions anything.

asayo, welcome to the site. I want to tell you to keep working at it. Senior in college means you are gettnig close to achieving some of your goals. Keep at it.
I would suggest weening him from the bottle. I don't know exactly why he is waking up like that, but I know of some that the dependency on the bottle at night would affect this. When they would wake up and not be able to find that bottle to **** on would cause them to wake up like that. It may be hard for a few nights, but something he should get used to and then sleep better through the night. At least that's my thought.
Hang in there

where r u from in ca

I'm in Solano County, Fairfield

asayo
hello too. i think Don said it. hang in there things will get better. when my daughter woke up in the middle of the night, i often turned on some classical music very low and that sort of calmed her down a bit. dont know if this will work for you or not, but maybe worth a try. but you are in a tough situtation, i go to school also too, and work. but i think when the day is over, coming home to see the little one is well worth it.

::::hug:::: I remember my son use to wake up in the middle of the night to ask for chee-chee. It drove me crazy. What have you tired to help his sleep habits? Maybe kurb his naps to only a hour and if he tries to sleep early don't allow him to fall asleep. Try a bedtime routine and stick with it. Don't ever falter on the routine because he'll see it as a sign of weakness. Your sutiation was close to mine... eventually they do grow out of it and some don't. My son sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night for water. So I keep a bottle of water near the bed so if he wakes up for a drink I give a annoyed point to the waterbottle. They just need that extra added security.

Hello. My son is 15 months old, and although he no longer uses a bottle, he still wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes, and while all the experts say that letting him cry will do the trick, I often let it go on for 30 minutes to an hour before finally going in to comfort him. So, I guess maybe if I let him cry for longer it might work, but I admit, he's got more stamina than I do, because an hour of crying is about all I can take.

hi asayo, i am in fairfield too are you going to Solano comm college? anyway I have a son wih asthma and excema(the two go hand in hand) his asthma might be the cause of his waking, talk to his doctor about his asthma management. my sons asthma was hard to fix at 3 and he would stop breathing several times through out the night and it would wake him up and me too. I use to call myself the only member of the mom zombie club.
your friend in fairfield. Jean

Welcome to the forum Jean.....I can't hardly believe someone actually from the same town
Sounds like things have been going at least a little better with your son's asthma?

Hi asayo,

I can relate to the not sleeping through the night routine. My son is now 5, but it took a long time for him to sleep through the night. It is tiring, and it's hard to get motivated to take care of business. But do it. I just finished graduate school, and even though I'm often tired, I just remind myself that it's for me and my son. How would your mom be about watching your son on the weekend, for an hour or two? My mom (we live at home, too) would take my son outside or just entertain him so I could get homework done. I don't have an answer for getting him to sleep all night. With mine, it just took time, but he still will sometimes wake up and want to come in my room.

Take care...

I can so totally relate! My daughter is 3, and still does not sleep through the night. I am currently trying to cut out naps at all, but she will honestly pass out sleeping in the middle of playing with her toys.

I'm currently working on 4 years of sleep deprievation here. I think I've built up a tolerance to it. But I can remember whole months where I was simply zombie because of lack of sleep.. I don't have the family support you do, so take advantage of it.