My 6 month old is draining the life out of me at the moment. He shows no tired signs so I have been trying a schedule, I have tried shortening and lengthening the schedule but to no avail. He is worst with his morning sleep and fights it soooo hard and when I finally get him down he wakes after 10 or 20 minutes. We do Feed, Play, sleep routine.
The minute I put him in his sleeping bag he screams and screams. I can settle him with a bit of rocking but the second his head touches the cot more screaming, and not the grizzling settling kind just the escalating kind. I ususally end up rocking him to sleep but it takes at least half an hour and usually an hour to get him to go to sleep and he still screams when I put him down. He is getting worse and waking several times a night now too. I try to put his dummy in but usually give up after 2 or 3 hours of constantly doing this and feed him. Last night I fed him after hours of trying to settle him and he then babbled for an hour until 5 am when I fed him agin to get him to sleep. He also needs a wrap with his sleeping bag and wont sleep without it.
I have tried sleep training every day for the last 2 months and it hasn't worked. I ususally find him on his stomache with his head high in the air crying and crying.
We visited family last week and he's refused solids ever since. (he isn't teething -already has two teeth) and also won't let me put him down on his play mat for more than 5 minutes anymore.
I would seriously just hold him for his sleep but he won't even let me sit down. Any advice?

You poor thing, lack of sleep is the worst. Do you think that maybe there may be another reason for it eg. does he cry whenever you lie him down? Im thinking maybe he has something like silent reflux - they dont vomit but the stomach acid comes up, they swallow it and it burns. This happens a lot especially when you lie them down so if he has something like this then he would be crying as he's in pain.

With the sleep training have you just tried it yourself or gone through an organisation? If you are in WA there is a great organisation called Ngala - they are really good with all this sort of thing and diagnosing if there is more to the sleep problems.

otherwise I'd have a chat with your GP or health nurse and see what they suggest - if they are any good they should have some great advice. Definitely seek some help though as the longer you leave it and the more sleep deprived you become this could lead to PND etc

Sounds like you are doing it very rough, sorry to hear. Unsure about the not being able to lie him down part on a play mat as my son was alway good for this. My son has always been a bit of a crappy sleeper. But I found the feed play sleep routine never worked for my son and once i changed it to play feed sleep much better day sleeps and by the time he was just over 12 months I stopped giving him a feed before sleep and no issues. Though I appreciate this is not for everyone and all the books will say this is the wrong way to do things blink . I started to have your issue once he dropped down to two sleeps a day which was around the 6month mark. I also found by just being more stubborn the my son helped. When he woke after the 20-40 min mark would rock him back to sleep sometimes using his pram or patting him in his cot after a couple of weeks he started having a 1-2 hour morning sleep and a 2 1/2 hour afternoon sleep. If you miss thier tired signals (though i did see that you mentioned that your child does not show these) i found that it was so much harder to get bubba to sleep. As soon as he yawned i would start our sleep routine give him a bottle / bf then put him to bed. Good luck hope that it gets better soon for you, but i promise you it does eventually get better my son is still not the best sleeper still wakes once a night etc but so much better and slowy once a week or so he sleeps through Yay smile

My 6 month old is draining the life out of me at the moment. He shows no tired signs so I have been trying a schedule, I have tried shortening and lengthening the schedule but to no avail. He is worst with his morning sleep and fights it soooo hard and when I finally get him down he wakes after 10 or 20 minutes. We do Feed, Play, sleep routine.
The minute I put him in his sleeping bag he screams and screams. I can settle him with a bit of rocking but the second his head touches the cot more screaming, and not the grizzling settling kind just the escalating kind. I ususally end up rocking him to sleep but it takes at least half an hour and usually an hour to get him to go to sleep and he still screams when I put him down. He is getting worse and waking several times a night now too. I try to put his dummy in but usually give up after 2 or 3 hours of constantly doing this and feed him. Last night I fed him after hours of trying to settle him and he then babbled for an hour until 5 am when I fed him agin to get him to sleep. He also needs a wrap with his sleeping bag and wont sleep without it.
I have tried sleep training every day for the last 2 months and it hasn't worked. I ususally find him on his stomache with his head high in the air crying and crying.
We visited family last week and he's refused solids ever since. (he isn't teething -already has two teeth) and also won't let me put him down on his play mat for more than 5 minutes anymore.
I would seriously just hold him for his sleep but he won't even let me sit down. Any advice?

I'm going thru a similar thing with my 5 month old, so I don't exactly have any advice - but your not alone if this makes you feel slightly better smile I am going to try some re settling techniques to try and get her to sleep thru the night more, at the moment she wakes but will feed for a few mins then be alseep. Could you contact your child health centre and see if they have any recommendations, or advice from a sleep centre (i'm assuming these must exists).
anyway goodluck, hope someone can help you a bit more.

My littl girl is 10 months and has done that on and off. At the moment it is hard to get her to sleep and when she does go to sleep she wakes 10-20 mins and I find that if I go staight in there put her on her tummy or side and just start patting her bum or back and she goes back to sleep and stays asleep she may cry while I am patting I just keep going and eventually she dozes off. She is waking up 2 - 4 times a night whick she never really does for the last 2 weeks and there is no way I can rock/pat her to sleep so I do the same run in there pick her up feed her on the lounge and I find she is alseep with in 20-45 mins I put her in her cot and if she begins to ster as I am doing that I just pat her bum and she goes off to sleep.

I always BF her to sleep because she wont self settle.

You poor thing. You must be so tired - physically and emotionally. I agree with a previous poster - have you taken him to a GP to see whether there's anything that's causing the screaming and discomfort he seems to be in? It could be a simple fix and might make all the difference.

If you do find nothing wrong, then I highly recommend a sleep school. Worked absolute wonders for my sister-in-law whose six month old DD wouldn't sleep anywhere but on her, and she was climbing the walls. Within four days DD was sleeping peacefully in her own cot, and at 2 is still a fabulous sleeper.

Good luck hon.

It sounds to me that hes not tired, they sleep way less at this age my 7 month old only sleeps 1 hour in the morning about 7am 2-3 hours afternoon about 2pm and a hour at 5pm then has her bath routine goes to sleep at 7 sometimes 8:30 depends on if she is tired if not i give her toys to play.And wakes at 5am.Does'nt he rub his eyes or yawn or cry when hes tired?

I really feel for you
go to your local health clinic , get a referral for a sleep school
your son needs to realise you are the boss.
unless he has a medical condition.....get that checked first.
get help asap
u are doing an amazing job muma keep your head up once you get professional help you will work it out.
my four month old is playing up at night does not want to sleep she can go from screaming to laughing I give up.
its full on just keep telling yourself your the boss
i say this over and over in my head when she is screaming...

I really feel for you
go to your local health clinic , get a referral for a sleep school
your son needs to realise you are the boss.
unless he has a medical condition.....get that checked first.
get help asap
u are doing an amazing job muma keep your head up once you get professional help you will work it out.
my four month old is playing up at night does not want to sleep she can go from screaming to laughing if I give up..which I dont do anymore...I now keep telling myself...i am the boss
its full on just keep telling yourself your the boss
i say this over and over in my head when she is screaming...

I'm sorry to hear that your doing it so tough..I agree with the other posters that possibly there is a reason your poor bubba can't settle.. If he does have issues with lying flat maybe it is a possibility of reflux..My 5 month old is a sufferer,but not a silent refluxer he's known as a "happy chucker".. I have learnt that elevating his cot so his mattress is tilted has helped & putting him onto a AR formula (not sure if your bottle/breast) you could try & if no better ask your GP or health nurse for suggestions.. The fact he is content in your arms is possibly due to him being elevated & not flat.. I hope this might help..