8 month old suddenly waking and not settling

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Hi everyone our first baby is nearly 8 months old. Up to 7 months she was always a very good sleeper with the occasional stir in the night but was easily comforted with a pat or a dummy. Over the past month she has started to wake typically between 10pm - 12am and the only way she will settle is to be held and then put next to me on the bed and my Husband goes into the spare room. We thought this coincided with moving her into her own room, but it's the same even when we have her back in our bedroom in the bedside cot.

We haven't changed anything in terms of routine and she is well fed with solids and milk so when she wakes it's not hunger and we don't think it is teething as the minute she is picked up she is fine.

We have tried the 'cry it out' and sleep training but she just gets more and more hysterical if she is left to settle herself.

We really don't want to get into a long term habit of the baby co-sleeping as we have friends who's 4 year old still co sleeps and it's taken its toll on their relationship.

We do understand this might be just a phase but any advice or sharing on others experiences would be much appreciated.

Hi OP. Sleep regression might be the issue. My DS went through it at 4 & 9 months and oh what a joy it was 😬😬😬
Have you tried white noise? Absolute lifesaver in our house.
Also have you tried waiting until she is out cold and then transfer back into her cot?
She napping ok in the day?

My DS's 4 month sleep regression was brutal during the day and then mid evening and the 9 month was ALL.... NIGHT.... LONG! we also had teething on top so it was a real fun time! 😆

Thanks for the reply. Yes she is napping okay in the day, typically a two naps one mid morning for an hour and then mid/late afternoon for an hour or so.

We are starting to think she just likes the comfort of the bed as she often naps on the bed in the day and the Wife leaves the room and just sticks the monitor on and potters about. So no co sleeping needed there!