HELP! 6 month old suddenly waking at night

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So my son has just turned 6 months.

He's normally such a good baby at nighttime He has a routine goes in the bath at 7 always in bed asleep by 8. Usually falls asleep straight away will sometimes need a little cuddle. Then he wakes for 1 bottle around 2am then sleeps till 7am.

ALL OF A SUDDEN... it's taking an hour to get him to go to sleep and it's a struggle then he's waking up crying every 2 hours!
He tosses and turns all night like he's uncomfortable.

Don't know what to do or what could be up with him. Any advice???

Sounds completely normal, he may be having a growth spurt but babies and toddlers tend to go through periods where they suddenly sleep much more poorly than they previously did. We handled it by picking a sleep training technique (pick up put down was the one we felt most comfortable with but whatever works for you) and STICKING to it. So even when after months of sleeping through the night my 18 month old or whatever had a couple of really bad weeks of constantly waking up they eventually got that this was the routine and we were serious and went back to sleeping well again. Consistency is key.

I wrote a very similar post 3 months ago when my boy was 6 months old. My perfect sleeper went haywire! It lasted a few weeks then he slept fairly well again though never quite as well as his amazing newborn sleep. He's doing a weird thing now at 9 months where he's trying to crawl round his cot but on average wakes once a night now... when he finally decides to sleep.🤨 The 6 month thing is a pain but just needs waiting out I'm afraid! It is a shock when you've had a previously wonderful sleeper though!