9 month old not sleeping. Help..

[Kiki92]

So, is there a sleep regression stage at 9-months or is it just us?

My DS used to sleep perfectly from 7-7 in his cot in the same room as me. Now however, bedtime feels like a battle. I'll bath him, read him a story, give him a bottle, put him down, (same as always), except now he begins to scream bloody murder. Last night he didn't settle until 11 after hours of screaming/refusing to settle. He then woke every 2 hours in the night, finally wanting to get up at 5:30. He'll sleep perfectly in my arms, but that's it.

He's not ill. He doesn't have a temperature. He's in good form. He's eating/drinking perfectly and he's a joy in the day, and has 2 solid naps. Same as always. But at night something changes.

I'm struggling like mad. I'm exhausted. I even cried myself to sleep last night after the debacle. I'm also fully on my own in this situation. I'm a single parent.

So, what can I do? What is this? He's had two new teeth through recently, so is it just down to that? I don't know.

I've tried giving him a nightlight. I've tried offering him a dummy, (something I swore I'd never do). I've tried giving him a teddy in his cot, something to comfort him. I've given him calpol when I thought his teeth were causing him pain. Nothing works. Nothing helps. It's been this way for 2 weeks now. Help meeee.

My daughter had terrible regression at around this age. There's nothing you can do other than just pray it ends soon I think. With my daughter I found giving her another feed and just laying quietly with her until she nodded back off was the only way to go about it. If I left her alone she would scream bloody murder. Good luck, it's a difficult stage and being tired is the worst x

It is really hard. I really hope he settles better for you soon x

Sympathy from me. My 9 month old has never slept through the night but has got worse these past couple of weeks. It’s exhausting getting up 6-8 times a night. My friend recommended a diffuser with children’s albas oil in so I’m giving that a go. I did find that both my children seemed to stir when the heating came on in the night. Too hot, noisy, drying out the air?? I’m not sure but I’m willing to give anything a try!

My son was doing this, he’s nearly 9 months and it probably only lasted two weeks but felt like longer at the time. The last couple of nights it been back to normal so hopefully it will be right for you soon. No obvious reason for it either which is the worst thing.

We had a miserable time with the 8 month sleep regression (lasted about 7 weeks), my LO would be up all hours and then raring to go at 5am. We ended up cosleeping as the only way to get any sleep, he's gone back into his cot fine once he was through it.

He'd go to sleep ok but would wake up every night about 9/10pm and refuse to settle for hours, I gave up trying in the end and used to let him watch TV downstairs with us, rather than getting more stressed trying to get him back in the cot. He really enjoyed Killing Eve