My DD has just turned 8 months old. She has never slept a full night. The best we have ever managed was one night at 5 weeks she slept 12-6am. A typical night could she us in with her 10 or more times. Some nights she wakes every 30mins-1hour. Most sleep stretches are around two hours. On rare nights she might do one sleep stretch of 4 hours.
DH and I are at breaking point. Not only because we are sleep deprived, but also we want to help her get a good nights sleep, which she is obviously not getting at the moment. We have recently sorted out her naps and got her into a routine with them. She has 1hour at 10am and 1.5-2hrs at 2pm. Bedtime routine great bath, book, bottle, bed by 8pm. She can fall asleep on her own in the cot at bedtime and naptime. When she wakes up at night, sometimes she is wide awake, singing away. Other times its full on wailing until one of us goes in. We still give her a bottle during the night. I know some will disagree with this, but I don't know how to drop it without making matters worse.
In order to settle her we either have to lift her, cuddle, starts falling asleep, put back, wakes up, repeat ad infinitum or pat her and sooth her until she drops off. We had tried CC (although prob not effectively as it broke my heart and she has a LOT of willpower) and No Cry Sleep Solution. She hasn't even slightly responded to these. Settling her is never instantaneous, it can take anywhere from 5 mins to 2 hours. I am happy she is well fed, not too warm or isn't in pain or anything.
I should also say, we co-slept until about 5/6 months, but she seems ok in her cot now and took to it no problem. She also has all her naps in her cot.
Please help! I think I need a miracle. I can't spend another night in tears at 4am with a screaming baby.
TIA