My experience with thrashing is through a friend of mine who took drastic measures in her home in conjunction with the medical advice received from her physicians. My son experienced severe ear infections as well and it started at 7 months and went away after 14 months old because his condition was related to the development of his eustachian tube. The treatment prescribed was continual antibiotics which then caused his adult teeth to become susceptible to cavities. I can tell you that in my case, all the medicine did not help the ear infections. I found warm compresses soothed my son until he was able to sleep. It was a long road but after 14 months it was gone as fast as it came.
In regards to the thrashing, my friends daughter suffered from thrashing from infancy. Sleep was obtained quickly because she found that there were environmental allegeric reactions contributing to the child's sleeplessness.
At six months old, everything in the child environment is maximized because of the child's body weight. Please do not ignore the symptoms by letting the child grow out of it. This is advice that I received so many times with my children. I do have many suggestions that include trying very simple solutions. If you are interested please email me I would be happy to share what I found.
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