help with sleep for 8 month old

[Rosieliveson]

I need just that really!
My 8 month old was in the feed/snuggle to sleep habit which I had broken by feeding then putting on sleeping bag and putting baby down awake. I then sat in the room until baby slept. He never slept through but was only waking 1-2 times and even slept 8 hours one night.

Recently this has gone completely out of the window. He went through a period of waking 5-6 times in the night. Even though no teeth are through yet I thought it was perhaps teething related. The problem is, he needed a lot of comfort in that time and seems to want snuggles to fall asleep again now.

Mu issue is, I now can't even lie him in his cot without him starting to cry hysterically. That means I can't start him back in the habit of falling to sleep alone.

I really can't leave him CIO or CC - each to their own on that score but it just doesn't sit right with me. I have a feeling that it will be the slipper or belt beatings of the future. In 30 years we will look back and think it was awful treatment.

Thanks in advance for any advice you may have

Can you co sleep for a bit? Then try again when you have a bit more energy? Would baby sleep in with you?

Hi, thanks so much for your reply. I do bring him in about 4am some nights but I worry about creating another habit that will need breaking.
If it's the only way we can all get a bit if sleep then we'll go with it.
Thank you

I would say at the moment don't worry about forming habits, just sleeeeeep! Get some energy back, try again, and if it doesn't work leave it for a bit again. The one thing I am learning is that they change and will do things when they are ready....:0)

My 5.5 month old was exactly like this for about 3 weeks and has now gone back to normal. I co-slept during this time and no bad habits seem to have been formed. I think it was definitely teething related.