Need to vent

My daughter will be one years old in a few days. Last night was the hardest night I’ve had with her to date. Before her usual bedtime she took a nap for 20 mins. I don’t typically let her nap before bedtime, but she hasn’t napped all day so I said why not. Well that turned out to be the worst idea because she wanted to play all the way until 4am, and refused to lay down or to stay still to be nursed. When she finally was ready to nurse, she fell asleep for a few mins, but would wake right back up to nurse again. This went on every 5-10 mins until 6am. My husband got home from work around 8am and I told him I got zero sleep. Last night, he takes her from me and brings her with him to the family room. I slept for an hour, but when I woke I hear her crying so I told him to feed her her breakfast. He comes in the bedroom with her and as soon as she sees me she started crying even louder because now she wants milk. He knows not to do that because she will cry when she sees me so that he can hand her over. He leaves out the bedroom with her and she is very upset that he didn’t hand her over and now I hear the tone of his voice changing with her. So now I tell him just give her back. So now here I am nursing my daughter, very dehydrated, I have a migraine, he is still frustrated in the background stomping around and huffing for whatever reason, and I am surviving off of 1 hour of sleep while being able to keep my cool through everything. Before anyone suggests weaning, I want to state in advance I won’t be doing that. I plan on nursing until my daughter is 3. I just needed to vent and maybe hear similar stories so I don’t feel so alone.

Posted Nov 12, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

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