pidgy sympathy hug. I feel v similarly towards Alex quite often, and have to put her down and walk away, or hand her to DH. It's so tough, I absolutely get it.
million that's not v helpful of your PIL. A friend who's due in Sept asked me what I miss most about pre-baby life and I said 'knowing you can sleep for x amount of time/until you wake'. The sleep deprivation is hard, but I struggle most with never knowing when I'll get a decent amount of sleep, as it varies so much. Unreliable night and day sleeping are such a killer, so thinking you had a night off and then it being taken away must be difficult.
felix for future trips, Mam bottles can be sterilised individually in the microwave, without a steriliser. Might help?
Alex has a horrible cold. We're on survival mode, eating pizza for dinner instead of trying to cook anything even vaguely helpful, and taking each three hour shift in turn, so that the other can rest/catch up on washing up etc. Poor thing is really unhappy, but the constant whinging winds me up incredibly fast. It's never ending!