Need as much comprehensive research into:
1) Causes of lack of sleep in this age group
2) Effects of lack of sleep in this age group
3) Solutions and help with this problem
4) List of sleep consultants in the UK who specialise in this topic
and offer assistance

Thanks.

Teething, perhaps?

1) Causes of lack of sleep in this age group
>> Anxiety, hunger, teething, overtiredness, growing pains, stress,
teething, illness,
2) Effects of lack of sleep in this age group
>> Tantrums, crying, restlessness, lack of eating, lack of activity
3) Solutions and help with this problem
>> Controlled crying (also known as Ferber method) where you let the
child cry for short periods so that they learn to self-settle
>> Co-sleeping - sleeping with the parent. More appropriate for younger children
>> Swaddling - More appropriate for babies
>> White Noise (or Pink Noise) to wind down.
>> Pick Up Put Down- As explained in Gina Ford's Contented Little baby
Book. Basically, if baby cries pick them up and once they've calmed
down put them down again. Repeat until child falls asleep and over a
few days they should learn to sleep
>> Dummies or Thumb Sucking - to help self-settling
>> Offering water rather than milk when they wake - so there is less
incentive to drink during the night
4) List of sleep consultants in the UK who specialise in this topic
and offer assistance
>> Google "Sleep Clinic" . Health Visitors can also refer you to your
local sleep clinic

As you know, this is a very serious problem if the baby is really not
sleeping. Even if the baby is sleeping a little, it's still a
significant problem that cannot be ignored..

I don't have the answer to your question, but I have four diagnosed
sleep disorders, so this is something I'm familiar with. I'd suggest
medical intervention immediately, but your username looks like you may
be a physician.

I'm posting because I answered a question in January 2004 that *might*
possibly help.
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=293539


Also, this search string brings up some results for you to begin
looking for assistance:

UK pediatric sleep specialist
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=UK+pediatric+sleep+specialist&btnG=Search

You can refine the results further by adding your city. If the city
has two words, be sure to put quotation marks around the "city name"
--like that.

I wish you the best --and the baby too.

~~Cynthia