7 month waking throughout the night - developmental?

[Maria12345678]

So my 7 month has always needed her dummy during the night, usually have to pop it in a few times. However this last week she is full on waking during the night needing a lot of resettling and time to go back to sleep. It’s very out of the blue. Her naps are going the same as always and we haven’t changed her bedtime routine. She also isn’t any harder to get down to bed than normal.
Just wondering is there any chance these random wakenings have anything to do with a developmental leap or regression? Anyone have any similar experiences?

I think from about 6 months to 18 months we went through stages of split nights/proper night wakings and would end up downstairs watching telly or just laying in bed with her. Its a pain I know!

My almost 7 month old is the same! Going from sleeping through to waking up crying often in the night- it also takes a lot to settle him again.
He’s teething- got 4 already.. so wondered if that was the cause.. has also started to crawl so I wondered whether it was developmental..but I guess it could be regression.

We managed to get over the 4 month sleep regression only to be hit by this one!

Great to know we’re not alone! I’m hoping it’s just a phase and ends soon