His sleeping is getting worse....

Wow you are doing AMAZING 1st_Time_Preggies to cope with the sleep deprivation!!!! MASSIVE pats on the back to you!!!

Don't know if you'd want to go down this track but I do know of a friend who had terrible trouble with her bubs waking 1-2 hourly during the night and the doc gave her something to give her bubs to make him sleep. Could perhaps be a last resort thing if you really feel like you're not coping. But seriously - you are super mum for what you're going through!!!

Oh gosh that makes me sad :(

Huge huge huge hugs for you hun, this is truly a very stressful, upsetting, emotional and tiring situation you're in. Particularly if you're prone to anxiety issues.

It sounds like you need about a 24 hour break or something so you can just rest! I'm in Auckland, bring him over to mine for the night!!!! Ha - not so easy when you're still breastfeeding huh. But is there anyone else that you can call on? Your Mum? MIL? I just feel like you need some serious zzzzzz's before you go crazy!

Thanks you guys. I sooooo appreciate the support!!!!!

Well my DH tried to get him into bed last night at 7pm and he screamed on and off for more than an hour and a half    In the end I gave him pamol and b/f him.

He woke again at 1030pm, but a quick b/f and he went back to sleep. When he woke at 2.30am, my DH tried to settle him for more than an hour before we gave him pamol and I b/f him again.

Then he woke at 6am! So I managed to keep him in his cot all night (which was my goal) and no playing! So I guess that is a start.

My GP said he "shouldn't" be waking so often cause of his ears (and I think teething last night too) but in amongst the wakings I thought: who is she to say he is not in pain???

I also wonder whether he has developed a bit of a "phobia" of his bed at night time cause he has been in pain while in it?

Awesome lil_nic, sounds like she is doing so well :-) And great that you have a reason for the waking. I guess we shall see how tonight goes!

I hear you Chelle! I can't sleep when he does at the moment either. Very frustrating. My DH is home at the moment so I have been sleeping in which has helped. A few more of those and I might feel human again

Are his ears getting any better?

We had another good night too so am pleased those she was a mission to get down tonight (too hot)!
Am dreading the arrival of more teeth!

Must have been the night for it... I gave up trying to rock DD to sleep as she was fighting me and left her to settle herself... she played in her cot for about 45 min with no tears and I thought MAYBE she's gonna settle herself, but then she started grizzling, then got hysterical and I had to go in, give her some more milk and rock her to sleep (which worked this time). Sigh.

I think we had a minor breakthrough the rest of the night though, as we only had to get up to her ONCE! At about 12.30am, and DP got up, gave her a small bottle of formula and she went straight back to sleep. She actually woke up several other times in the night, but just grizzled for a minute or two (and I think at one point was crawling around in her cot) then put herself back to sleep!! Her grizzling never got to proper crying and never lasted more than a minute or so, so we just left her to it and she was FINE (except a little tired this morning). Only thing is that I couldn't sleep cos I kept expecting her to wake up again and really start crying    I hope this is the start of a new trend!

Oh dear! Not looking forward to that then!!!

just bumping to see if anyone found any miracle solutions

Actually I think that's great progress! Well done. Especially given how hot its been.