9 month old really poor sleeper - help advice please feel shattered

[foxy1]

hello
I have a 2.5 year old and a 9 month old. the 9 month old is a really poor sleeper. he does not like it in his cot. he has to be a sleep and put in this cot otherwise he will just cry. at nights i put him to bed at 7.30 and then he will wake at 11 / 1 / 3 / and 5.30 ish. i feel shattered. i have been bf him when he wakes to get him to sleep as soon as poss or bringing him in our bed which i know is not good. i need some advice on what i can do to get him to sleep through.

In evenings i give him about 100g main course then fruit of yoghurt. do you think this is enough? he is sleeping in his pram now.

(gave him mashed pots with cheese and he brought it straight back up again - do you think he is allergic or just not very well?)

Any advice would be really appreciated feel so tired. thank you focy ;)

Much sympathy, could he be teething and this be wakening him up. Would a cuddle during the night be enough to get him off again?
It may be a habit that he is getting into.
Where is he sleeping now?
I put DD into her cot for her daytime nap and she is no bother at night - sometimes wakens but usually a cuddle is enough, stopped Bf at 9/12.Could your DP get up to him ?
Might he be cold/ too hot - a sleeping bag is great.
Hope some of this helps - its horrid being sleep deprived.

he sleeps in growbag. at moment no vest just sleepsuit so don't think he is too hot or cold. should i just cddle him for few mins and then put him back in cot?

Is this quite recent or has he always been like this?My DS is 9 months too and was just as you described a few weeks ago, I'd bf him or bring him into bed too. He's stopped now, but nothing to do with anything we did. Do you think it might pass? A book I was recommended but didn't use in the end was this. I really respect the friend I borrowed it from and it worked for her- might be worth a look?

I would try a cuddle , maybe a picture book, with the hall light on, and back into his cot. If he has a mobile put it on.

Sounds very familiar... I have just recently stopped bf to sleep and cut down to just one night feed with my DS (7.5mo) and I think (hope!) it is starting to make a difference. I have been using the gradual withdrawal method which you can read about here -- much, much gentler than controlled crying.

thank you everyone!! - shall try the withdrawal method once is over his cold /stomach bug. thanks again