Steph Claire Smith shares the exhausting reality of getting her son Harvey, three, to sleep after experiencing her ‘worst night’ ever as a parent

Steph Claire Smith has shared her latest parenting battle with three-year-old son Harvey.

The fitness influencer, 30, posted a heartbreaking update about her son’s sleep patterns via Instagram Stories on Saturday night, calling the experience her “worst night” ever as a parent.

Steph, who shares Harvey with husband Josh Miller, first uploaded a screenshot of a wellness app page showing she had only had three hours of sleep.

“Well that was the worst/most challenging night in my three years of being a parent,” she captioned the chart.

The co-founder of fitness program Keep It Cleaner then shared a photo of herself lying in bed next to her son on Saturday evening, looking less than impressed.

Steph, who shares Harvey with husband Josh Miller, uploaded a screenshot of a wellness app page showing she had only gotten three hours of sleep

‘I came home from the cinema at 11pm and immediately jumped into bed. 11:30am Harvey woke up from a nightmare, Josh settled down again, we thought he was asleep again, ten minutes later he’s awake and crying out,” she started.

“Josh tried to resettle, but Harvey wanted to sleep with us. So I got into his bed, and 20 minutes later he told me he wanted to go to our guest room, and not sleep in his room. So I did. Only to stay awake with him for another half hour until he stroked me hard and wouldn’t stop, as if he was stuck and couldn’t hear me.’

Steph went on to explain that Harvey was then “adamant” that if he went downstairs to sleep in his parents’ room, he would finally fall asleep.

The co-founder of fitness program Keep It Cleaner then shared a photo of herself lying in bed next to her son and looking less than impressed. She accompanied this with a lengthy caption explaining what happened.

But as soon as Steph started sleeping with Harvey, things went from bad to worse.

‘Then the no-sleeping started, kicking our backs, climbing on our heads, anything but sleeping. Fast forward after a few meltdowns from Josh and I, Harvey finally gave in and realized it was a nightmare, at 2:30 in the morning,” she said.

Steph said she and Josh woke up at 6:40 a.m. so they only got three hours of sleep.

The blonde later returned to Instagram with a smiley photo of herself and Harvey dressed in raincoats as they took a walk outside

“Why does everyone warn you about the shocking sleep you get with a newborn, but fail to mention that toddler nights can be just as tough?” she complained.

“Fingers crossed tonight he goes down well and I’m in bed straight afterwards!” Steph added.

The blonde later returned to Instagram with a smiley photo of herself and Harvey dressed in raincoats as they took a walk outside.

“Decided we weren’t going to let the lack of sleep or the rain keep us on the couch all day,” she wrote.