6 month old waking every hour to feed!

[Scarlottio1]

My DS is waking every hour from 10pm all of a sudden and I'm exhausted and having to bf him back to sleep every time! Is this a phase? Should I be trying to stop feeding him all through the night? I'm so worried,I go back to work in 8 weeks!

I think there is a growth spurt at 6 months, double check with kellymom and hang in there these things don't last

Mine did this at 6 months, gradually improved after a few weeks and now sleeps through most nights at 12 months.

Thank you! It's v reassuring when people tell you it doesn't last! I'm always worried I'm making a habit of things I'm doing with him!

How long had this been happening? My dd is 8 months and waking very often feeds, but not as often as every hour luckily for me. I'm trying to comfort her rather than feed her for some wake ups. It's gradually making a difference.

Can he roll over/ crawl/ pull himself up yet? When my ds learnt to crawl at 6.5-7 months he started waking very 90 minutes. He carried on more or less waking every 90 minutes-2 hours until we night weaned him then did cc at 11 months. At 6 months I'd do whatever works and not worry too much about bad habits, if feeding to sleep works I'd do that tbh.

He's been gradually waking more since about 2 weeks ago,he's not crawling yet but always cry's with his fingers in his mouth so definitely teething/growth spurt but really I would love to go out with DH soon and have my friends 30th coming up too but I'm scared to leave him as he sob's if he's not bf back to sleep which at the moment is from 10.30pm onwards after me putting him down at 8pm! AntiHop how do you comfort Instead of bf?

Scarlottio- I've almost never been able to comfort my DD back to sleep without bf, but my husband and mother can easily. So I would go out, they will find their own way. I did night shifts recently and was really worried about how my dd would cope if she woke- she did one night, and just cuddled her daddy back to sleep. Now she's a little older she will crawl to him if she wants to sleep and take his hand to rub her hair with as he strokes her head when putting her down.

Presumably you've started solids?

Do you think he's hungry or reacting to a physical discomfort of some sort?

It really sounds like he's hungry to me. Honestly, I'd just top him up with a bottle or sippy cup of formula before bed.

Otherwise check for signs of allergy.