7.5 month old DS had previously been sleeping from 7 until 4am then waking for a feed at which point I brought him into our bed until we get up at 6ish.
At about 6.5 months old he got his first tooth through, had a horrible cold and started sitting, crawling and pulling himself up all within a week. His sleep was really disturbed but settled back down to having a least one decent stretch from 7 until midnight then waking every couple of hours from then on.
However, for the past week or so he has been waking every single hour and I can't work out why. Occasionally he wants a feed (he is breastfed) but mostly just has a few comfort sucks and settles back down. I have tried calpol and teething gel in case it's his teeth bit it makes no difference. Sometimes he will settle with his dummy and a cuddle but not very often. He doesn't seem to have wind. He eats really well in the day, plenty of solids and bf every 2-3 hours so I don't think he's hungry every time.
He will typically have two naps in the day of at least 1.5-2 hours so I know he must settle himself during these at some point. The only difference is that he doesn't go in his Grobag for naps.
DH works shifts including nights and I have a 22 month old DD who still wakes at night a fair bit and is usually raring to go by 5.30 so I need more sleep. I'm sure it can't be doing him much good either.
Does anybody have any idea what could be going on or if there is anything I can do at all? Thanks
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7.5 month old DS waking every hour... Am nearly at my wit's end
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Phew96 · 01/10/2010 21:30
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