Sleepless!!!!!!!

[Monkfish84]

My son is 6 months old and has pretty tough time from birth suffering vsd and related problems, he never sleeps through, he has dinner bath an bottle by 715,
Sometimes restless to til dream feed also it changes each night how much milk he has after bath an dream feed. He is restless for his dummy or just restless full stop, we have stopped short at putting in our bed but its very difficult my patner has tried everythin she can think of an i help as much as possible in the night he just struggles for any kind of consistency and i want to help my boy sleep an be happy and help my exhausted partner!!!!!

Is he on solids yet ? Has all his burps come up ?

Been on solids for 2 months burps fine

Possibly teething ? Or growth spurt

We changed from hungrier baby to normal think were goin back to hun grier baby powder between meals, yes maybe teething an this is the age they have growth spurts i suppose just desperate to help an cnt find a solution

Does he have rosy cheeks and drooling quite a bit ? Does his gums look red or sore or feel rough/jagged ? If so maybe some calpol and/or teething granules. Growth spurt could be making him hungrier and if not getting all he wants in the day he could be waking at night for it instead.

Yh i agree with all of the above an everytime we make head way he has jabs, cold, teething or chicken pox! So he never gets chance to find his feet

Are you giving him hungrier baby powder and normal ? Or just a complete switch to normal for all his feeds ?

Bless him. Calpol and teething granules will help with teething and a teething ring in fridge so it's cool. . How many ounces does he have milk wise ?

He needed hungrier baby for medical reasons...he has 7 ounces

You could increase his intake to 8 ounces a feed to see if that helps. If he doesn't drink it, he doesn't drink it but you have the extra ounce that at some feeds he might want that little bit more

Yhhh il see thanks for ur input uts very kind il keep u updated

Yes please let me know how you get on. Good luck

You mentioned that he has had jabs/cold/teething/chicken pox.... so maybe you are already doing the right things, but the illnesses and teething stopped them working.
It's REALLY frustrating, as you just start seeing a possible light at the end of the tunnel then they get another horrible cold...or more teeth start coming through. My son has never slept through, currently only goes 2-4 hours at a time and he's nearly 9 months. It's just been one thing after another, bless him.
Keep up the good work of supporting each other and I hope things improve really soon.

Thanks we will, i wish you all the best too and i keep this thread updated