Am going CRAZY with a 3 mth old non-sleeper

[Palmwoods]

I'm going mental. I've a 2.5 year old with cronic ear infection and a 3 month old who doesn't sleep! My DD was a brilliant sleeper and I found it easy to get her into routine, which she thrives on and still sleeps 2 hrs in the middle of the day, but DS is off the rails. He is now beginning to only sleep in my arms. I've attempted control crying but he will just go on and on and the guilt of overwhelming. I don't know how to crack this one! Help!!!

Just posted this on two other threads! Seems to be the day for bad sleepers!

sleep methods

Thank's mumpbump, have just checked this out and it has some good ideas. The control crying method doesn't seem to be working and I've tried the control comforting but it only works some of the time. As a last resort I tried the pick up put down routine but as soon as I put him back down he screams blue murder! Do the NHS run sleep clinics?

Doubt it. There are a couple of threads on this in the sleep topic and someone mentioned night nannies on one of them. Might be worth a look...

Here you go...
night nanny discussion

palmwoods - i spoke to my hv about sleep clinics when ds was 6mths old and sleeping terribly. They won't even look at you until lo is 12mths old.

Poor you - must have been a real shock as your first lo slept so well. My DS needed constant holding until 3 months. I found holding him too exhausting, so slept on a mattress on the floor, with him next to me. If he cried, I put my hand on his tummy lightly and hummed softly to reassure him. Gradually that worked (took a while), but the crying became less prolonged and he calmed, and as he calmed he slept better. After a while it meant that even when he woke he didn't always cry and his wakings were far less frequent. Give it a go - at least you'll be lying down, even if he is screaming!