Cheezel - Thanks hun.

Doubletrouble - I have a sling but he just goes berserk no matter what when he's in one of these moods.

Meercat - We already co-sleep, but it doesn't seem to be working anymore.

Miss.B - We looked into colic and reflux, he had both and was treated for both. He's come off his meds as it wasn't an issue anymore, but sleep has always been an issue through it all, meds or not.

Oceanprincess - He wakes grizzling sometimes, but mostly it progresses to distressed screaming very quickly. Even if I'm right there holding him, he still works up to a full blown scream. If I leave him for a little bit the screaming goes on indefinitely. He'll go to sleep if I lie down beside him but as soon as I move or try to put him in his bed he cracks it again.

3littlemonkeys - I've tried a few routines from the dreaded books. That resulted in me wanting to have a bonfire with said books. (lucky they aren't mine or I would've burned them in a fit of rage by now). I'm looking into sleep school but can't get through to talk to an actual person, I keep getting put through to this and that dept, and nobody can actually put me in the right spot!

Bloom - We've tried CIO before. He screamed to the point we were both extremely distressed. He was getting to the point where he was choking himself on his own saliva so I couldn't let it go on. He'll cry indefinitely, it seems.

BlackRose - Tell me more about this Tresillian thingie.....

Em - Short answer- YES. Long answer comes with a but.

BooBoo - I think I said above to someone else, that he was on meds but it made no difference to his sleep. He no longer needs them as he's the same on or off them now.

Arcadia - The most heartbreaking part of this is that cosleeping is no longer working. I don't know what changed.

SammyRo - The interval thing hasn't worked so far, but maybe it's because I'm in the wrong frame of mind. Maybe I'm hindering its success by giving up too soon and picking him up to rock him to sleep.

Stoked - Soooo I should have another baby? heh... thanks for making me smile.

If anyone can give me more specifics on HOW they taught their babies to self soothe I'd be very grateful. I didn't want to do this, I wanted to be a gentle parent, but during the day, after no sleep.. I am NOT gentle. I'm a sobbing, hysterical mess and I can barely manage to smile at my baby let alone play with him. He will be better off suffering just a little bit through some firm handed parenting now, than having a zombie for a mother. Failure, thy name is Forshelby.