Sleep issues

[hayesgirl]

My DS is just 6 months old. Until this week he has been fantastic at night going to bed at 7 falling straight asleep, I dream feed at 11 and he sleeps through to about 8am....a dream! The other night he wasn't well. Not sure exactly what was up with him but he had a slight temp and from 10 - 5:30am he was waking every 20 mins crying hysterically. He's fine now (may have been teeth?) but since then he has started waking at around 9pm and not settling for at least an hour before going to sleep for the night. I don't get it and don't know what to do about it! Help!

I'm probably not going to be much help, but 6 months is still very young and you probably have lots of different phases ahead of you. I've given up trying to analyse the reasons for why my son sleeps or doesn't sleep (he's 15 months now). Some nights are great and some are terrible!

In your case, he sounds like he's been a truly amazing sleeper. So it could just be that his illness has thrown him off track a bit, and it'll take a few more nights for him to settle back to normal. Stick to your routine and don't give up - despite the many phases we've been through, we still think providing the same bedtime and routine every night has helped.

Oh no! My dd was the same... Up until 6 months she slept 7pm-8am with a dream feed at 11pm. And then she turned 6months and had cold after cold after cold. And then teething.
We stopped doing the dream feed at about 10 months as she would be waking several times a night anyway so it seemed stupid to bother her when she was actually asleep.
Anyway, I don't really have much advice, just sympathy really as it's so hard to go back to getting up in the night after having it so good for so long! My dd is nearly 15 months old now and has slept through (7-6) a grand total of seven times. Two of those were both this week though so I'm hoping we might be turning a corner.

Sorry if this wasn't exactly what you wanted to hear :)