Our 2 1/2 week old baby girl has gone from being a total sleepy-head to being a nightmare to get to sleep. It happened overnight - one day she was having 3 x 2hr sleeps during the day, the next day she screamed all day and has now been doing that for 4 days. We used to be able to just put her down anywhere and whe would sleep, now she has to be held and even that is not enough. She will not settle for anything in my arms, she just gets more and more desperate for the boob.

She's still ok at night (2x 4hr sleeps), although the first attempt to get her to sleep is getting harder and harder. Last night she had 8 boobs in 2 hrs and still wouldn't sleep.

Because she was such a sleepy-head she was always falling asleep on the boob and I think she wants that for every sleep now. Thing is, my partner goes back to work in a week and I can't leave our 2 yo to entertain himself while I try to get Jade to sleep.

Any suggestions? We are pretty desperate - her brother was a total nightmare sleepwise, and he still wakes up 2-3x on a good night. We just can't cope with another 2 years of hell.

I thought maybe we could get someone to come to our house to advise us - does anyone know where we might be able to find someone who uses gentle techniques? I feel like we must be doing something wrong if both of our babies are so bad. She started off like a text-book baby and somehow I've ruined her already.

Sorry for the long post. Any suggestions welcome.