My 8 month old son has been waking every night, every 1-2 hours for the past 2 months. He has never been a great sleeper but even as a newborn he would sleep better that this.
Before going onto solids at 6 months he would sleep between 10pm and 5 or 6 am...this now seems like a long lie in!
We have tried putting him down awake but he has never settled, we have tried putting him down earlier but our theory is we would rather he went down later and didn't wake during the night but now it doesn't matter when he goes down he always wakes around midnight and then every 1-2 hours after that.
I have ended up bringing him into bed with us so that my dh can sleep for work. I end up bf him to get him back to sleep but he won't go back in his cot. I don't believe he is that hungry to need all these feeds, I think it is comfort he wants. He has been teething quite badly now for a few months and still no sign of teeth.
Could all this be relating to teething or something else we are doing? My dh thinks I've made the proverbial rod bringing him in and feeding him each time!
If I wasn't going back to work soon I could live with the sleep deprivation but I can't imagine still doing this and doing a full days work!
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
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8 month old sleep regression advice
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CatsRule · 21/10/2012 08:36
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