We’re having technical difficulties here at Camp Edwards, so I’ve had very limited internet access. 

I’m still not getting sleep.  We were blessed with the necessary mattresses needed by our children, and so we’ve moved Ellie into a twin bed, and Damara is technically in the crib.  Except that she’s not.  She never sleeps more than two hours, but even that is rare.  I should know how to deal with this by now, you would think, but I’ve done nothing different with any of my children, and they’ve all slept this way, except Luke and Ellie.  Eliana was a really easy baby, the kind I’d always heard about and thought were non-existant.  Slept wonderfully.  Damara is not fussy like Brett was; he was the kind of baby that wouldn’t stop crying for anything.  Cried for six months straight, that one.  Gradually calmed down, and by nine months was a REALLY happy guy.  Damara is happy.  And only had a few months of sporadic fussiness.  But this girl does not sleep!  I don’t know how she does it!  I’m exhausted.  I don’t know what to do.  She’s been crawling OUT of her car seat since four months.  Has been mobile since three months (rolling around), and actually had a couple of tumbles off of our bed.  We haven’t been able to use our sweet, little cradle since then.  Ellie used it quite a while, but it would have been unsafe for Damara.  She is my earliest developer by far.  And so, my options for where she can sleep have been limited.  Now that we have the crib up, we’re laying her down in it.  But she is a light sleeper and Eliana’s noise can be an interruption.  Normally at this age I have let my babies that were poor sleepers cry it out, though I really dislike every minute of it.  I have not found any other options.  But because Eliana and Damara share a room, I cannot do that with her.  I really don’t know what to do.  I am getting desperate.  I need sleep.  She needs sleep.  Homeschooling is suffering.  The house is suffering.  And my health has been poor.  What can I do???  Any suggestions from anyone???