My 7 1/2 mth DS night sleep is getting worse each night. When he was tiny he would only wake for feeding & go straight back to sleep. This was often just once/night. He has, in the last few months, had cold after cold with bad cough on & off & also has been teething (no teeth yet!)
We are now at the point where he wakes about every hour crying & needs either turning on back or side from front, or just a little rub on back & dummy to settle again. He has only ever managed 2 nights when he has slept from around midnight to 7am. I stopped his night feed at 6 months, because he wasnt waking up hungry for breakfast.
We have tried controlled crying (10 days) & even leaving him to cry it out himself, but none of this has worked. Over the last few days when we have tried to leave him to cry, he has turned onto his front, gone on all fours & banged his head on the side of the cot, so obviously we cant leave him doing this.
A lot of the time when he's crying, he isn't even awake. His eyes seem tight shut, but he just can't settle. I feed him & put him down to bed between 7 -7.30 & he often settles himself to sleep without us being in his room, so we know he can do it.
Please if anyone has any ideas, I'm willing to try anything, as I start back to work next week & don't know how I'm going to manage. (think I've tried most things already)
He doesnt nap much in the day either & when he does it's often for only 20 mins. Randomly he's been asleep now for an hr, which never happens.
Sorry for going on, I've tried to give as much info about the situation as poss.
Thanks