Nightmare nights

[MilaP2018]

My baby is nearly 6 months old. He has never been a great sleeper - wakes up every 2/3 hours - but recently this has got worse. He will wake almost hourly this past week and seems to be in pain. I thought it was teething (he has 2 already, and wasn’t like this for them) but he is very gassy so now I’m thinking it’s wind. If it is wind I’m not sure why it’s suddenly kicked in now when he’s ebf. He will literally wake up screaming and writhes around a lot grunting and passing wind. Anyone else had this?

Hmmm, neither of you been on antibiotics? Have you eaten or drunk anything unusual?
Sleep regressions can cause this sort of behaviour-growth spurt, teeth, working on a new skill etc. It is exhausting but it doesn’t last forever!

Try to get lots of naps in during the day - even if they’re in car or sling or whatever works. Tummy time good for clearing wind. A warm bath before bed and some gentle tummy massage in a clockwise direction with some knees to chest can help too.

Ps waking every 2-3hrs sounds normal for a bf baby so don’t let anyone tell you he’s ‘bad’

I'm in the same boat - 6.5 month old DS and his sleep is getting worse and worse. Now wakes every 30 minutes - hour screaming and I was wondering if he's teething or if it could be wind (also ebf). Everytime he wakes all I can do to calm him down is feed him but the feeds are huge!! Is your baby feeding a lot in the night too? I just can't work out what's going on.

DD had the worse sleep regression at 6 months. We started cosleeping.

If you have just started weaning that could be causing wind.

Yes!! So many more feeds during the night :( I cannot seem to calm him down without feeding him. Totally empathising x

I figured because we hadn’t really had any sleep progression we couldn’t really regress - got that wrong lol!

I have changed my diet but for the better more veg and fruits and no caffeine. Thought that would be beneficial rather than cause him to be windy. Asides from that no change that I haven’t cancelled out.

I gave him some baby porridge (a few spoons three days in a row) but then stopped as that seemed to make it even worse at night.

A few months ago I said the exact same thing about sleep regression! How can it regress when it's already bad? Well it did.

DS isn't really eating much, he's not taken to food very well and we're doing baby led so I don't think any food has actually been swallowed yet. I doubt it could be that causing wind, particularly as it has been like this since before solids.

I'm wondering if maybe it will just pass? DS seems to be learning a new skill everyday at the moment (like pp suggested). I might let it be while he's teething and has a cold, then when I get a window of calm I think I'll move him into his own room. I feel like I need to do something drastic!

I drink a lot of coffee but there's no way I could give it up, it's all that gets me through the day!

I’m missing my coffee so much :( if I don’t see an improvement in another week I will start back!!

It’s slightly reassuring to hear we are in same boat so it can’t be symptomatic of something more serious! Hopefully it doesnt last long for us fingers crossed x

Yes it's nice to remind myself when I'm bleary eyed in the early hours with a screaming baby that I'm not alone in this! :)