My LO is 7 months old now, and frequently wakens up during the night - usually at least 2 or 3 times, at worst every hour and a half - which is leaving me feeling sleep deprived and depressed. I think she is waking up with trapped wind / farting - she will often draw her legs up to her chest and start crying which seems to waken her up. When I pick her up (which is the only thing to soothe her - I've tried, and failed - to get her to calm down in the cot) she farts away like a trooper. This has been going on for a couple of months now. I know she can sleep through the night - she has done in the past (usually 10 hours, but sometimes as much as 12 hours).
I have spoken to a HV and paediatrician about this - the HV was dismissive and told me that the baby "should have grown out of that by now" and I needed to start sleep training/ leaving her in her cot and let her cry it out (which I just can't bring myself to do - especially as she seems to be in real distress / pain). The paediatrician told me that some babies are just like this and to do whatever it takes until she does grow out of it.
Essentially I have 2 problems - her night-wakings and my sleep deprivation. I don't know if its the lack of sleep that leaves me feeling so teary and depressed, or if I am headed towards PND. I know I need to do something - but I'm on my own, and there is no one to help / take over from me during the night.