Going bananas over five-month-old sleep nightmares

[MrsThierryHenry]

My lovely little bean used to wake up around once or twice a night. Now that he's 5 months old this has become EVERY 1-2 HOURS!!! Also where we used to spend up to 20 mins getting him to sleep for each nap/ night sleep, now we spend up to 2 hours just calming him and getting him to sleep, because he gets incredibly stressed out and has frequent (10 or more) wakings during that period. My carefully-crafted sleep routine just isn't working like it used to any more! I'm told it's a developmental stage typical of 4-5 month olds; has anyone else been through this hell? Please tell me how you kept yourself sane!

sorry, i have not read the whole thread so apologies if i'm repeating what others have said.

i think he's too old for swaddling. is he hungry? i'd try getting him to settle with milk and see if that helps. otherwise i'd just hold him in the dark, patting his back until he falls asleep and see if that helps.

could also be teething, or perhaps he just needs reassurance. but it might not take one night for any one thing to work. i think you have to try something for a few nights.

Sakura - Are you waiting for your DD to one day decide she wants to drop the night feeds and sleep through?

Sorry, I don't mean to pry, just wanted to hear your view.

Anglaise, please do not put cereal in his bottle, it is a choking risk and he is far too young at 10 weeks to have anything other than milk, however runny it is made.