Please give me some light for the end of my dark and sleepy tunnel

[nlteach]

I know this has been covered many times before but I've been going round in circles reading lots of different threads and giving myself a headache!

Basically, DS hit the 4 month sleep regression and started waking twice a night - which I could handle. He's now 6 months and things have been getting worse and worse.

After a bedtime routine, he's usually asleep by 6.45. (Goes into cot very sleepy but not wide awake) He's generally fine for the first part of the night and if he wakes can self settle. However, after about 1 a.m he can't seem to stay asleep and is waking every hour - every sleep cycle I'm guessing. I don't feed him each time as he doesn't seem hungry, just cross he can't back to sleep. Last night I was up around 7 times and I'm exhausted!

He's a cat-napper and generally has 3/4 thirty-five minute naps which I've tried to extend but to no avail! He's very active and far too busy and nosy in the day to feed for more than 5/10 minutes. We've very recently started baby-led weaning.

I really don't mind feeding him in the night especially as he is such a distracted feeder in the day. It's the other wakings I can't cope with.

Sorry to ramble, I guess I just want reassurance that I've not caused this in any way and that it will get better. (Fingers crossed for positive replies!)

ps. He's a thumb sucker!

Hello,
I've posted recently about my 6.5 month old - also a catnapper and frequent waker.
I have no concrete suggestions as I'm going through it myself at the moment too.
But with my son (also a catnapper and frequent waker) he sorted himself out without much action from me at around 16 months - and has been brilliant ever since.
I'm really hoping that DD will sort herself earlier than this as i'm truly knackered - but hope this will give you hope that things may sort themselves all on their own.

Thanks for the glimmer of hope! I'm trying to convince myself he will sleep better when he's ready. He's already woken twice tonight so I'm off to grab 40 winks while I can! X

I'm in the same boat, dd won't really take much milk in the day, then she glugs away like there's no tomorrow at bedtime. She settles herself down to sleep but then wakes at random times in the night with wind, hunger or who knows what. I'm so tired I can't actually be bothered to get off the sofa to go to bed.

She sleeps well in the day, 2.5hr nap in afternoon.

I'm steeling myself for sleep training soon.

Hope your nights are improving nlteach" and babybrained*.
My DD was down at 8 last night, and up at 9, 11 (for an hour), 2, 4 etc etc!
Sleep training is looking more and more attractive!

Last night was the worst yet! Every hour from 7! In the end DS came in to bed with me. Here's hoping tonight's better for us all!