Hi all

So we still have interesting nights with Miss G. Her cot is in our bedroom, right up against our bed. We did have it side carred but things temporarily improved and we put the side of the cot up. She has woken A LOT since about four months. She still wakes probably about six times a night but the majority of these wakings, she can be settled relatively easily. It is the other one or two wakings that are the issue. During these wakings, she will scream hysterically and inconsolably. We begin by patting her to reassure her (works the rest of the night) but this is pointless and her cries escalate very quickly. As she screams, she will be rolling and writhing around her cot like she is in huge amounts of discomfort (makes me wonder about night terrors) and when we pick her up, she still will not be comforted. Even in our arms, she screams and screams and writhes. This will typically go on for about two hours. It doesn't seem to matter how much/little she has eaten during the day, I can feed her and she just mucks around rather than having a good feed so I am not convinced that it is hunger related, she can have good sleeps/bad sleeps during the day and has no effect on her night wakings so I don't think it is overtired/too much sleep during the day kind of thing. Something else I am noticing though, during the day. is that it seems to really hurt her to have a poo. They don't seem overly hard or runny but really pong. Her bum is a little bit red but I wouldn't have thought enough to cause the discomfort that she is obviously having plus given her age, could also be redness from teething (still a little gummy bear with no teeth).

So, thoughts? Night terrors? Food intolerance (given the sore poo plus I am coeliac myself)? Plain old teething? I don't know what to do/where to turn and just feel so damn helpless.

TIA