Help please, I cannot go on like this. Baby is 11 weeks old and for the last 3 nights, has been waking up every 20 mins no matter what I do. He is exhausted and so am I and DH.
He doesn't seem to be sick (no apparent symptoms), doesn't appear to be hot or cold. He's fed and nappy is clean. But every 20 mins he starts stirring and, if we don't pick him up within seconds, crying. He will settle on my/DH's chest eventually but we can't go on like this anymore after having to hold him in turns for 2 nights (and days). We're both exhausted and it doesn't feel safe holding the baby all night when we're this tired. We don't have any friends/family nearby who could help. Tomorrow DH will leave for work at 6am (so needs to get some sleep tonight after having had only 3h last night) and I don't know how I will get through the night and day.
The baby normally sleeps in a next2me. I tried putting him onto my bed but it makes no difference. Tried rocking his next2me. Tried putting him in a sleepyhead pod. Less/more clothing. Arms in and arms out of the sleeping bag. Nothing makes a difference.
What else can we try to get the baby to sleep? At this point I would be over the moon if he slept even an hour at a time. He used to sleep 4-6h stretches until 3 days ago. I'm literally at a breaking point.