7 month Sleep regression. HOW did you deal with it!?

[FirstTimeMommy2021]

DS is just over 7 months and for the past week he's waking up in the night multiple times. Not crying, just moaning loud and he's playful and hard to settle.
Previously I've just scooped him up and put him in with me for the last couple of hours until morning where he's settled immediately (and I know I've probably built a rod for my own back in doing so) but I want to stop doing this!
Last night he was down for the night at 8pm, between 12-2:30 he was really unsettled, I tried rocking him til he drifted back off but every time I put him back down he wakes, I tried singing softly, shhhhhing, putting the Alexa on with white noise, I even shouted at him (which I felt awful about as this made him cry) but NOTHING was working. In the end I lay there and started crying myself 😩 I put ear plugs in and eventually we both fell to sleep.
He was awake again by 5. I'm shattered and I feel so guilty this morning for losing my patience.
I don't know whether to just put him in his own room tonight?

Does anyone have any sleep regression survival tips?

Anything ?

You have my sympathies! This is all totally normal behaviour and IT WILL PASS. I found my DD slept way better in her own room because the slightest shuffle we made would wake her. You could also try tucking him in and gently rousing him from sleep (but not waking him) at about 10/11pm - sometimes that keeps them in the deep sleep cycle longer and stops them waking up. It's fine if you want to co sleep if that's what gets you through but if you don't want to do that and nothing seems to work, sometimes it's just something you have to ride out.

Honestly co sleeping was the only thing that helped us. We got to the point where me and my husband agreed some ground rules on it and just went from there - to start with it was if he woke and it was after 4 he would come in with us. Then as things progressed/got worse then we said we would try and resettle him a couple of times and then he'd come in with us. It got to the point where one of us would go to bed with him at about 10pm and now has gradually gone back to him coming through at 4/5. It will pass and really is just about survival!

Honestly… co-sleeping. Everyone gets their rest.

Co slept. Mine woke 1-2 hourly for 6 months until 1ish. It was tough

Looks like I might have to then, I was just scared I'm gonna end up having him sleep with me til he's about 4! Lol but what the hell. So be it 🤷🏼‍♀️ I've been shattered today so if it means we will both get sleep then I'll carry on if need be.

Hope it gets better by the time I put him in his own room.. I was planning on trying him at around 8-9 months on his own

So I did some Ferber method sleep training. Worked within two nights. She was waking every 45mins to 2hrs every single night from about 7months. Sleeping on me was all that worked!!
8.5months we did sleep training and it worked so well.

Now we have a combo situation at 10months . She sleeps 7.30 - 5.30. wakes up for milk then goes back to sleep on me for a few more hours.

I was so against co sleeping but it's whatever works. They WILL grow out of sleeping with you and sleep deprivation is REEEEALLLL

I'd honestly rather have him in with me until he's 4 than get no sleep haha!

@mumofbun

I'd honestly rather have him in with me until he's 4 than get no sleep haha!

@mumofbun you know what, I put him in with me when he woke up last night and we both had the best night sleep ever! Sod it.. co sleeping it is lol