Jodie, hope shaun doesn't have a bug?

Kim - yeah I have found it is so hard to know what is going on, I mean we have been continuously sick since the end of February, I was counting up today when speaking to a tresillian nurse, vomitting and dirreha bug, tonisillitis, viral ear infection and about 6 colds. And we haven't had a tooth come thru since about 11mths. So who god dam well knows, but he is definitely being easily pacified by the water bottle as when we pick him up he just pushes himself off us, doesn't want to be comforted. I really thought we would be sleeping thru more regularly by now it is like we have a couple of weeks umongst all the crap nights and that is it! Bet he is exhausted at daycare today after waking up 5-6 times last night! They struggle to get him to sleep too, I tell ya this child won't sleep and the thing is if I didn't have the bottle, it would be so much heart ache for both of us. But I do beat myself up and wonder if I am just taking the easy option! I just don't know what to do! The tresillian assured me this morning that if he is mainly sucking on the bottle, not drinking the water it is still unlikely he is getting air and getting a tummy ache (this is what I was mainly concerned about - I just don't want to make things worse). And if this was the reason for his night waking, should I try a dummy for sleeps, but if I am having to go and give him his water bottle all night long, I definitely don't want to get ourselves in a situation of having to replace the dummy again either (like we were up until 7mths when we took away the dummy). What to do..... Trial and error, yep that is what the tresillian said and I agree, but I am sick of trying things and I guess at the end of the day I don't want to continue to make things worse either! A mums job is so hard.......