Wondering if anyone has any bright ideas as I'm at the end of my tether (again) with DSs sleep. DD was a terrible sleeper for a while so I thought I knew all the tricks but DS has me stumped. As a newborn he was fine, waking to feed a couple of times in the night, but from about 4 months it all went to pot and since then he has been waking between 5 and 10 times every single night [yawn]. He sleeps in his cot, in my room (DH has moved to the spare room and looks after our toddler in the night). I am and have always been demand bf - but now he does not always want to feed when he wakes. He cries in his cot, I pick him up and rock him, sometimes he goes back to sleep, I put him down, if he's not fast asleep he wakes and cries...repeat ad infinitum, often for at least an hour at a time. I would try PUPD if he would settle when I picked him up! If I feed him to sleep sometimes he stays asleep, sometimes not. Coming in bed with me doesn't help. I have also tried cranial osteopathy (three sessions), several doctors (for ear infections, nasal congestion, possible allergy), raising the head of the cot, playing white noise... have tried humid room, decongestants, Piriton, putting him to sleep on his side. Don't think it is reflux (DD had this so we tried Gaviscon with no results). He naps fine in the day - will bf to sleep, or sleep in the car or buggy. He is worse when teething or poorly. He has been congested since his (v.fast) birth - seems to have a permanent cold - and for a long time we thought this was the root of the sleeping problems, but nothing we've done to tackle that has made much difference.
Your thoughts please...