I feel burnt out and exhausted... my 7 month old just does not sleep. He sleeps at most maybe 2 hours through the day and this is usually split into 2 or 3 naps. He fights going to sleep and when he finally is gone he wakes up after 20-30 minutes. Once he's awake he will not settle back down to sleep either, no matter what we try.
If he sleeps on one of us he can stay asleep for an hour or more but the moment he's put down he's awake. We've tried getting him to sleep in his cot or on his snuggle bed, in various places by himself without being on us but he just sobs and sobs. We've tried putting him down as soon as he's in a deeper sleep but he wakes up within seconds. He's in our bed most of the time at night too although he will stay in his cot for maybe an hour to an hour and half at a push.
We have tried so much but he just won't stay asleep unless he's on us and this hasn't been the case in the past, he's mostly been quite good at being put down to sleep or in his cot etc but the past 2 months have been incredibly hard. We literally do not get 5 minutes to get anything done or have a few minutes peace. He's like it when awake too, if we leave him on the play mat or in his seat he sobs, if we leave the room he sobs, he just doesn't want to be away from us at all which in one way is lovely but in another its bloody tiring. I think he's so emotional and clingy because he's so tired all the time but I'm out of ideas!
What can we do? Please help 🙏