It's been over a year since I posted on a sleep thread - but feel we've regressed to the early days and really need some sympathy/advice!
DS has never been a good sleeper, but it's got vv bad recently, to the point that last night he was awake for most of the night. He is teething and has a cold, which I know contributes to his discomfort. Before when he was in pain though, some Ibuprofen/teething gel would at least get him to sleep again within the hour. But this time it's hours and hours, I heard him singing the wheels on the bus between 2 and 4am, the rest of the time I was either administering Calpol or bringing him bottles of milk (the only thing that will send him off, and even then only for a few hours).
I really want to get out of the drinking loads of milk in the night phase as it's affecting his daytime appetite and I'm sure he's making up the calories in the night. But as am 29 weeks PG, I will do anything to get 2 hours sleep and if that means giving him a bottle until now, that's what I've done.
I realise I probably need to do some form of CC and cold turkey on the milk, but it seems like there's always something - an ear infection, a bad cold, bad teething, and I don't want him to be crying in pain without any comfort.
It's not even as if he wants us there, often I can see he's trying to sleep and just can't. He rejects cuddles and isn't trying to get out of the cot, he just can't sleep (and seems hungry a lot of the time).
We've tried playing around with his daytime sleep but it doesn't seem to make a difference if he sleeps for 20 mins or an hour an an half in the day - the nights are equally awful.
As I said, he's never slept through reliably but just one night waking would be bliss compared to the hideousness at the moment. And I just want a bit of rest before DS2 comes along!
Am really hoping it's a phase, but any suggestions that have worked for you would be warmly received 
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