9mth old waking lots at night, normal?

[newbie6]

Hi

My LO has always been a good sleeper until he was approx 7 mths. He is 9mths now and for the past 2mths he has taken much longer to put down and he wakes about 3, sometimes 5 times in the night. He is def teething but no teeth as yet, he is eating fine during the day so don't think it is genuine hunger?

His routine is as follows:

Wakes about 7 or 8
Breakfast and then milk
Naps normally for half an hour around 10.30am
Lunch at 12 then another bottle
Naps for approx an hour around 2 ish
Dinner about 5 then start nighttime routine approx 6.30pm.
Bottle at 6.30pm to help him get to sleep as despite not needing to use milk before, it's the only way I can get him to sleep now.
Used to go down like clockwork at 7 but recently it can be 7.30 or even 8pm

Normally, he is having 3 solid meals and approx 25ox to 30oz of milk each day so reckon he should be okay on that to sleep through?

I know this isn't horrific but I can't understand why he can't seem to sleep through anymore, is this normal? He seems perfectly happy in himself so not even sure his teething is bothering him but maybe it is??

Sorry for long post, he is my first so totally clueless if this is normal. All I seem to read is how other 9mth olds are sleeping through!

Thanks

X

Completely normal at this age I'm afraid. There's a lot of brain and physical development going in around now and often babies go through a sleep regression cis their little brains are so busy and they're hungrier from all the new things going on. 9mths is also prime time for separation anxiety (there tends to be a 2nd bout around 18mths), your DC will suddenly realise that you can leave and will prob start waking more for reassurance from mummy. My advice is just to go with it and ride it out, you'll come through the other side soon. If you previously had a good sleeper it'll prob not be a long term thing. I do sympathize though, my 11mth old is a crap sleeper (every 2hrs), sleep deprivation is a killer

P.s. if you Google 9mth sleep regression or wonder weeks you'll find loads about it online

Thank you!