Hi Krisp,

I went back to work when my first DS was 9 months and it was HELL!!!

Now with my second DS this winter has also been hell and I'm a full time mum!!

For colds what we did was:
Raise Mattress,
Fess his nose at least twice a day - this really did work for us and he stopped fighting it after a couple of days of being held down ()
Demazin before bed
Vaporiser all night
Heater on in his room.

This changed him from getting up a few times a night to twice. He does have a bottle association, so unfortunately this in another thing we will have to break, but after nearly 3 weeks, he is only up once a night now.

You can call you maternal health nurse and ask the for the numbers of both Koo Wee Rup sleep school and Rosebud, both medicare rebatable. If you have private health cover, my girlfriend swears by Masada Private hospital. The private ones are much quicker to get into.

Good luck. Your DH and you need to take turns so someone is getting sleep. This is what we do, that way hopefully you don't fight and can try and support each other. If you can get a relative to come one night to give you both a break or just sleep as much as you can on the weekends, this also has helped us.