Hi -
Just wanting a bit of advice from someone who has been there... My son is almost 8 months old and up until about a month ago was sleeping at least 6-7 hours at his first stretch of sleep and 2-4 hours for his second. I've hardly gotten any sleep in the past few weeks - it seems like everytime he wakes up he immediately starts screaming. I'm getting up anywhere from 3-6 times a night and depending on the night, sometimes I can put him back down once he's back to sleep but sometimes he starts screaming all over again only to stop once I pick him up again. I've tried a variety of things - I've gotten a bedtime routine down pat. He's up to 3 meals a day as well as nursing in the morning, before naps sometimes, and before bed. Nights that he goes nuts when I put him down, I wrap him in a huge, light blanket so he doesn't keep waking himself by rubbing his eyes etc. I've got white noise in the background... I've tried controlled crying, even though I didn't like it, and he just wails himself sick and after the second or third time I go in to calm him it makes him even more upset and I can't stand it. Luckily I'm not working out of the house so I can take naps with him in the afternoon - which is great though the housework is suffering (luckily dp is understanding...). Anyone have any ideas? Or do I just need to stick it out as this is a phase he's going through?