6month old not sleeping! help!

[meandthomas]

Ever since ds had a cold a few weeks ago he keeps waking in the night crying. Theres nothing visibly wrong with him, and often he'll wake himself up with his crying.

As a single parent I dont have anyone to help me out.
A few times he'll either settle himself or will settle with only a head rub. But I keep waking up in the morning with ds next to me, safe and sound and fast asleep.
I only have a single bed at the moment and there isn't really room for both of us (Im very accomodating though) and its affecting my sleep.....HELP!!!!

oh bless him! All I can suggest is a spell of controlled crying, to get him back into a routine - its hard I know, but he needs to sooth himself doesn't he?
Been where you are, and I know its really hard on your own at 3am, so the sooner he gets back to sleeping well, the better!
(Says me, with a 6m old with a cold who is waking every hour or so at the moment - I have bags down to my knicker line )

Lol
I've given up looking at the clock... it gets depressing!!
Thinking of you, theres something very nasty going around at the moment. ds has managed to infect everyone who comes near him!

Ive tried cc a few times but at the moment i dont wake up enough to think about it, I'm functioning on auto pilot!

Is your baby a boy or girl?

Can you get a double bed and co-sleep for a while? If you are a single parent you really do have to get as much sleep as humanly possible. Good luck.

a boy, a very gorgeous one!
I know what you mean about the auto pilot, you really have to wake yourself up don't you?!

sorry you're having problems.,... having a few sleep issues with our 6.5mth dd too.... i'm not attempting cc but then again i have a dh to help out with establishing a sleep routine... i wouldnt do cc if he's been poorly... maybe he'll just need a few extra days to get back to normal after the disruption of a cold... I'm no expert... I'm on child number one! my sympathies though

Hes now on to his third week since his cold! I did think that it might just be him feeling under the weather still. But now... tiredness is setting in.
He started crying a while ago and he settled himself down in 5 minutes!! I didnt need to go up!

Lets just see if it lasts... fingers crossed everyone

We did cc with ds at 6 months, but needed to redo it everytime he got a bad cold. Sounds like your ds has just gotten in the habit of waking up and getting mummy to look after him. Time to get him back out of the habit, for your sake. Dr. Ferber's book on sleep is really great for the theory on why babies wake at night and how to deal with it.

we not long went throughit again ds is 8 months sounds silly but when you put him down at night just put a cd on quietly it will help him get into a deeper sleep and hopefuly sleep through the night was given this tipby someone of mumsnet havent tried it yet will be trying it when he goes into his own room though hth

last night was better he only woke once after the cc earlier in the evening. He settled down quickly. The cd idea is good...i'll try it tonight - will keep you updated