Waking up at night again

[SusanneGalbava]

My 5 months old son started to waking up again through the night. He wasn't great sleeper through the day but at least he slept through night from 8pm till 7am, with one feeding at midnight.
But for last week he started to wake up at 5, then 4 and now and 3:30. He is not crying he is just babbling and cooing with his teddy bear and he seems to be ready to play.
He has the same bedtime routine for months, so I have to repeat that in order to put him in sleep at night (new nappy, feeding, cuddle, sleep).

However it is at least 1 hour long procedure, but he won't fall asleep again without it. And I am already exhausted.

Any ideas why he is waking up like this when he already slept well? He has got symptoms of teething since end of third months, but I can't see any signs of teeth going through.

I have a 6 month old who started doing this from 5 months. She'll wake every 1-2 hours. It seems common at this age. Sorry, no suggestions but I think it's helpful to know it's normal. Good luck xx

He's a baby, that's all. There is usually a period between 8 weeks and 4/5 months when they can sleep really well. And then it goes back to normal. He's probably hungry and also his brain is doing lots of developing. I hate to say but with the exception of that little respite before 4/5 months, mine didn't sleep through again really until about 2.5.

Yep babies' sleep gets worse as well as better.

You've just been lucky so far