Hello! I have a lovely little boy who is 7 months old and is a terror at night. He slept alright as a newborn but wakes up every 90 minutes since July. At the beginning of October I tried Ferber and it didn't really help much. He didn't cry very much at all but he still woke up every 90 minutes. After about a solid week of trying I went back to consleeping because it was the only way to get rest. Two days before Thanksgiving I decided to try again because he started to stay up for hours in the middle of the night, this time the crying has been a lot worse. Now we have been doing this for 10 days and he falls asleep at bedtime with maybe 10-20 minutes of crying, about 3 hours after his last nap. This is usually 6 0r 6:30. He wakes up at 10 every night and then every two hours after that until 3 when it is every hour. Twice during this time he has cried on and off 4 hours from 10:30-2:30. I feed him if it has been 3 hours (this is what my pediatrician said to do) and it just doesn't seem to be helping. I feel so hopeless and like such a terrible mom.

I don't know if I should keep trying with the sleep training, but it just seems cruel at this point. Or if I should just stop, but going back to every 90 minutes seems like a terrible option too. I have another kid at home and I don't feel like I can be a good mom to her when I am so exhausted. She was a terrible sleeper too and didn't sleep well until I night weaned at 14 months.

Any guidance or at least some hope?!