Has anyone had a baby like this and WHAT DID YOU DO??

[ZuluWarrior]

Apart from cry, that is.

Been here before. DS is 7m now. Our third baby so we are not newbies. He has always been an appalling sleeper. Where we are now:

Self settles after BF at 7pm. Bedtime routine. Wakes up screaming at 9. Screams despite all efforts until 10. BF. Goes to sleep (sometimes needs settled 2 or 3 times) for a couple of hours. I bring him into bed after that as I'm shattered. Quite happy in bed with me. One or 2 wakings but quicky settled with BF.

What is this screaming?? He is a happy, relaxed baby during the day. A bit pukey. Fully weaned, mix fed (I am going back to work in 3 weeks).

We have tried, unsuccessfully;

Gaviscon
Ranitidine
Infacol
Tiger In the tree
Leaving him to cry
Car seat
The head of the cot is elevated
He has a dummy

He is probably teething but he has always been like this so can't just be the teeth.

Has anyone experienced this? I think GP is going to refer us but I think they'll come up with nothing.

I'd say I was at my wit's end but I was there 3 months ago. I'm at the end of my wit's end. Will it ever stop?

OP my first dd was like this (actually worse) she would only sleep for 20 to 40 minutes at a time. I tried to give her back to the health visitor at 8 mo. Same thing as you.. Screaming and screaming with no apparent cause.

I'm also a scientist. So understand completely your dilemma. But I can tell you after 8 mo I was willing to give money to a witch doctor and light a candle and do a dance at full moon if it would make her sleep. So I tried cranial osteopathy.

They told me she had an 'issue' with the cranial axis probably caused by a traumatic birth. Bollocks thought I as they touched her oh so gently... But she slept. She slept! Only fir a couple of hours but that's a darn sight longer than 20 mins.

She's 6now and sleeps well. She didn't sleep through until she was 4, and has never needed a lot of sleep so I think it's a combination of factors. Some kids just don't sleep as much as others.

Lots of good ideas that I hadn't considered. Thank you all so much.

DS2 has suddenly gone on a nursing strike so things are going to get interesting!