I haven't been on these boards in awhile because life has become a survival situation at our house and we are doing what ever we can to get by. You ladies have always been so kind with your advice so I am coming to you now to see if anyone knows of anything else we can try.
A little background DS slept through the night almost immediately as a newborn but has always had crappy napping skills. He was the baby that would fall asleep in your arms but woke so easily if you moved. We eventually found success getting him to sleep in his rock and play but I swear the kid could sense if you walked away and would wake up and cry. He doesn't like to be alone and this has been apparent from day one.
Around four months his sleep began to take a dive. It always seemed to be something. One week it was a growth spurt and hunger that woke him the next it was a cold and the one after that it was teething. In between his sleep would get better only to get worse again when something else hit. Things have gone from one to two times a night back then to four to seven times a night now at 13 months. Along the way we have tried everything we could think of, changing sleep areas, changing outfits and mattresses, making dad go to him, rocking instead of nursing, white noise machine, heartburn medicine, trading down and crying it out. Nothing has worked and we are now to the point where DH is on the couch and I am in bed with LO because at least there I can get SOME sleep instead of NO sleep. I feel like a failure. I am tired. I am stressed. I am not at my best. I have stopped talking about it because of this and because whenever I do I get grilled (by probably well intentioned people) about what I am doing and have I tried this and you have to do something because this is no way to live! And then I feel even worse. My question is this is this just our situation and we are going to have to live with it and hope he outgrows it or do we keep trying? Any suggestions on the less than common/obvious reasons why we are having these issues? I'm feeling like a less than stellar mom and need some hope...:(