6 month old won’t sleep

[SamanthaH92]

Hi ladies, really need some advice.

6 month old DD was sleeping through the night from 5 weeks old. Then all of a sudden at about 4 months old stopped. She would wake up once a night. She’s now almost 7 months old and she is awake multiple times through the night. I’m not getting much sleep and I’m abserloutly knackered. Through the day she will sleep a max of 20 minutes a nap and needs to now to be cuddled till she’s in a deep sleep and put down. I’m desperate for a good nights sleep. Has anyone got any tips?

This sounds like a sleep regression phase, and if so there's nothing you can really do about it. :( You just have to ride with it.

Sleep deprivation is THE WORST though, and my DS (9 months) is going through something similar, so you have my complete sympathy.

Is there anyone who can look after your DD for a few hours so that you can catch up on a little bit of sleep? My mum came over yesterday to do that, and although it wasn't much, it really helped.

@Kiki92 I have a almost 3 year old DD as well so nobody will have them both at the same time.

We are not in much of a routine so I am going to try get in one starting from today. Hopefully we can get to where it’s just once a night. I’m rubbish without sleep 😞. So finding it hard. DD1 has normally always slept through apart from when she is poorly. I’ve managed to get her down for a nap without cuddling her to sleep so hopefully I can do that tonight to xx

My fingers are crossed for you. It really is awful being that exhasuted. :(

Four month sleep regression. My twins were sleeping through until they hit theirs. Now my little boy is awake to breastfeed every two hours at six months.

No solutions here I’m afraid. I’m just riding it out. It sucks though op.