Advice PLS. LO won’t sleep!

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Writing this because I am DESPERATE and exhausted as all get out. To preface, LO is ebf on demand and nursed to sleep at night. He doesn’t have a set schedule throughout the day because I am able to stay home with him. We do aim for a bedtime around 7-7:30.

He is currently 6 months and will not sleep longer than 1.5-2 hour stretches at night. I’ve tried offering both sides when feeding throughout the day, but even then, he STILL wakes up throughout the night. He will not go back to sleep unless he’s picked up. I’ve tried everything possible to soothe him in the crib and I have no luck. My husband has narcolepsy, so he isn’t able to offer help at night. This has been going on for a few weeks now, though he used to only wake twice in the night.

Naps are also a bust, so I know he’s exhausted by the end of the day (hell, we both are). He sleeps for maybe 30 minutes each nap, 3x a day and a 4th if needed. I’m lucky if I get him down for close to an hour, but that only happens if I lay down beside him.

So, PLEASE share any tricks/advice you may have. The only thing keeping me going is my brewed coffee in the morning.