8 month old wont sleep

[Kirstie1703]

My after advice on how to get my 8 month old to sleep better during the night. He used to be a really good sleeper and used to wake up about 2am for a bottle and then go straight back to sleep until 6/7 over the past month and half he has got alot worse. Most nights hes waking up every 1 to 2 hours!!! And over the past two weeks hes decided up stay up for 2 hours and refuses to go back to sleep. At 1st i put it down to teething and he did get 2 teeth about 3 weeks ago but since they come through his gums dont seem to be bothering him. He is one 3 meals a day so i thought that would of helped him to sleep better but since we started weaning him, thats when he seemed to get worse. Every now and then we might have a good night and i think weve had a break threw but then we have another bad night. I dont understand whats changed so has anyone got any ideas on what i can try?? He has a regular routine, he has his tea between 5/6 then we have bath time, read a few books and have a bottle before bed. Please someone must have some advice???

Maybe a developmental leap? Babies are learning so much it’s sometimes hard for them to switch off and sleep.
My children are past the baby stage but I used to stick to the routine and constantly tell myself ‘this will pass’ and it always did. Eventually.

Perhaps too much sleep during the day? Probably only need one lunch nap by this age.

No advice but I’m following as in a similar situation, it’s shit isn’t it

It’s the 2 hour midnight parties that kill me too, so frustrating and no idea why they’re suddenly wide awake.

Has he just started to crawl/try and crawl?

from what I've read there's often disruption to sleep when they have a new exciting skill to practice! Not sure what you can do about it but at least you know it's only a phase!

I think they only need 2-2.25hrs of daytime sleep at this age, is he having more than that?

It never usef to frustrate me and i kept telling myself it would pass and it definitely isnt passing lol we seem to have one ok-ish night and a few horrendous nights. The majority of the time we can settle him and get him to sleep but sometimes he has none of it and we end up giving in and bringing him downstairs to try and burn some energy because there is no chance of getting him back to sleep

@fellyjish he might have an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. But i dont let him sleep after 4pm so he goes to bed at 7.30. Hes been crawling for a few months now and hes constantly on the go 24/7 and there is nooo stopping him as hes trying to walk now aswell so i thought all the energy he uses he would sleep but its not the case

I would suggest he isnt getting enough day sleep. We had a sleep consultsnt when our son was 8 months and she said an hour in the morning and up to 2 in the afternoon. Gradually he slept longer in the afternoon and we were waking him up after 2 hours. Even now at 17 months he still has 2.

I think he is probably overtired rather than under