Hi, I was wondering if I could join this thread. I too have a 6 mth old baby boy who is a "bad sleeper". He has never gotten as much sleep as he "should" but things just seem to be getting worse as he gets older. Our journey has not been easy from the start, huge amount of trouble breastfeeding from the start (milk too slow to come in, dehydrated by the end of week 1, resorted to formula top ups while trying to establish BF, barely any dirty nappies and breast refusal by 8 weeks) So, sadly I ended up putting him on the bottle. So feeding has never been relaxing, he fights the bottle, reflux etc. I don't have BF as a tool to sooth him. He rarely sleeps more than 45min naps, and rarely sleeps more than 2 hrs at a time overnight - but I cant feed him back to sleep, and is normally up for the day 5am-5.30am. I have been existing on 3 to 4 hrs of broken sleep per night and I cant even think clearly any more. We live near my DH's family but they have been unsupportive and judgmental (They think I'm not positive enough, therefore causing DS's problems) but they have no idea what its like to have been sooo sleep deprived for sooo long - to feel like nothing is easy......

Rosehip - We have recently taken him to see a Homeopath, after having no luck with paed, osteo, GP, so fingers crossed.

All that said, I do agree, children like our are never still, there little minds are always ticking over and their little mouths are never quiet, highly intelligent little beings, and we wouldn't swap them for anything!!