Advice please - 7/8month baby awake during the night

[evitas]

My DS is 8 months today (but he was prem so nearly 7 adjusted age).
He always woke up a couple of times during the night and he would go back to sleep easily. Over the past two months he was even sleeping very well waking at 11pm for a feed and another one at 6am. Some days he even slept 7.30pm to 6/7am.
However the last week he is waking in the night a couple of times and it's not for short periods. Last night he was awake between 10.15pm and 11.30pm and then 3.30am till 5.45am . Most of the times he is not crying he is just chatting to himself or screeching in bed, rolling, moving, etc. I've tried to feed him, but he just "snacks" 30 to 60ml... so, in theory, he's not hungry.
It is seriously affecting my sleep and I'm not sure what to do. Is this a phase? a sleep regression? He is also teething so but I've been giving some Calpol before bed time but not even that is making a difference.

Any advice would be great.
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No advice, but I just thought I'd say that we're in a similar situation with DS (6 months). He goes to sleep fine, has a feed at 10.30, then sometimes will sleep till 6.30/7, but pretty much every other night we have a night where he wakes around 4am for anything up to 2 hours. He never seems that distressed at first - just chunters to himself, rolls around etc. he only starts crying when he gets stuck or tired and then I end up holding him till he goes baack to sleep. Sigh.

I'm putting it down to teething (bottom teeth seem to nearly be through), and his desperate desire to crawl... I pray it passes soon.

It's good to kow we're not alone :)

Thanks amyboo
Yes, mine is also desperate to crawl and he already has 4 teeth.

TTSP

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do you think he is maybe getting too much day time sleep? There is a guide here on how much babies should sleep which i find quite handy.

Although that doesn't really explain why he sleeps through one night and not the next!

Evitas!

How glad I am that I'm not alone. DD's sleeping is appalling at the moment. She's only got the two teeth, but is crawling (driving me bonkers!) and is only having two short naps a day (usually with the hoover on)

She will sleep if she's being held, but as soon as we try to get her back in the cot she wakes and screams again. Until a few days ago she was ok at night, one or two wakings but a quick feed or her dummy was enough to send her back off.

She has a cold as well now which probably isn't helping, but even with calpol and baby ibuprofen she's not settling in the cot.

TTSP!

Going through it here too.... Simeon will resettle after a bottle of warm water and a quick cuddle. Agree that Calpol is ALWAYS worth trying - have you tried any teething powders over night for the times when he's already at his limit with medicine?

Evitas We have just had two weeks of hell. Last night he slept 8pm til 6.45 - 15 m awake and back to sleep til I woke him at 9.10!!! I'm sure its a one off but it shows it is just a phase. I'm quite sure my DS sleep problem has been a result of teething and a cold so heres hoping he will sort himself out and return to your usual routine. All we could do was calpol and cuddles- ibuprofen didnt seem to agree with him.

The only other suggestion id make is could he be cold?? My DS is like me and seems to like being cosy. It has got much colder at night in Newcastle ( believe you are in scotland??) and it seems to have coincided with his poor sleep. I have started to put him to bed in a slightly warmer sleeping bag and also a long sleeved vest ( used to be short sleeved) Just a thought. xx

Thank you bippyhippy for the excellent website about how much babies should sleep! what a releif to see something in black and white about what is reasonable!!

Brilliant!
(sorry to hi jack thread, just wanted to say thanks!)

Thank you ladies.
It's reassuring that I'm not alone, and that this possibly just a phase (I wish!)

yes, Slik you are right. Thanks Bippy, the website is great.
In fact I think he's sleeping enough during the day.

Hello evitas. I'm sure it's a phase and, annoying as it is, it will pass.

Both mine have done this. DS did it a lot - but hasn't done so for ages and ages (he's 2.6). DD still periodically wakes at 4ish and stays awake, seemingly wanting to play, for an hour or two.

I think it's mostly developmental. I've noticed it's been worse just as they're learning a new skill eg rolling, crawling, talking. But as the others say it's definitely worth ruling out teething pain and cold.

Thank you Sariska
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