I am totally desperate, my happy smiley 5 month old has suddenly become desperately unhappy and I can't do anything with him.
He was sleeping through the night and having regular daytime naps - I could put him down in his cot when I knew he was tired and he would put himself to sleep. Suddenly on Sunday night he was awake every 2 hrs crying, and he didn't want to be fed just comforted back to sleep. He also now refuses to sleep in his cot during the day, he just screams when I put him down even if I know he's tired. He just seems ridiculously overtired but will only sleep if I take him out in the buggy, and he often wakes from sleep and immediately screams because he still seems really tired.
Could he be teething? He has been chewing lots for weeks. He doesn't have a temp or isn't dribbling excessively, but he does seem like he's in pain because I just can't put him down without him crying and he won't smile. He's feeding normally (breast) and doesn't seem any hungrier than usual so I don't think it's the onset of weaning.
Sorry to ramble on, I'm just so tired and I hate seeing him like this. I feel so upset, I'd be very glad to hear any advice please.