5mo worse and worse sleep

[boatdancer]

I had a wonderful 6 week old who slept through 10-7, and did so until 3 months. Since then, it's all gone to shit and I'm sitting here on my fourth wake up at my wits end! Something is obviously not working but fucked if I know what it is!
Having that teaser of good sleep has made it so much worse. I know 4/5 months is typical sleep regression age but this seems excessive. Even co/sleeping with me doesn't work anymore if I get desperate. What do I do?! I'm exhausted.

[3andamdone]

It is hard to get it all in especially when everyone is starting off thoroughly knackered! Maybe some naps for you at the weekend if DH can sortbkids for you? I think they hav their own temperament and ideas too sometimes, our eldest was a far easier baby but now a total pain in the butt much as I love her to death, middle child nighmar baby, delightful now. It will not last forever,

I hate to keep finding problems but am struggling with the feeding too. Yesterday she BF on and off 6-8am as in bed with me, then had a very quick feed at eleven and then no boob till four! She's on solids so gets some sustenance that way. Last night she had breast and bottle at bedtime, was up at MD, two, four and quarter to six back in to bed with me to feed off and on till seven. And repeat!!! Wondering if my supplybis naff and she'd be better on the bottle but she doesn't take it well either!!! Going to weigh her this morning

It's a good job she is so gorgeous, high and boat how did it go??

[Highlove]

A good night here. I actually only fed her twice between 7pm and 6am which is fab. She did have an awake period between 9.30 and 10.30 but I left DH to it - I find if I end up feeding her at that point, she'll be up every hour or more thereafter but if he can settle her some other way, she'll only need a couple of feeds overnight. I'd be delighted if we could consistently get to just 2am and 5am feeds! Up at 6.15 but fed lying down till 7 so I can't really complain about that!

Hope you both had slightly better nights too.

[boatdancer]

We did have a better night, I put her in with me in the end, but she did sleep! So while it wasn't the best for me, it was far far better than screaming endlessly. She got up for the day pretty early though. It still feels so wrong to be up and downstairs before my toddler!

[boatdancer]

The every two hours thing has failed today! It's the sixth time I've been up with her and each time she's harder to resettle. It honestly feels like there is no solution! I feel so frazzled I can hardly keep my eyes open. :-(

[Whattodowithaminute]

from me, this bit is really hard! I'm up all night with a 5mo at the moment too. He is depending on sucking to get to sleep, cat napping through the day and up every 1-2hours through the night. Cosleeping makes it a bit better in that he goes down after a feed much more quickly whereas in the cot can take 3-4 attempts. I've realised I'm just crap at settling him to sleep so end up feeding and hence have created a hideous non sleeper. This happened with my older children too
Mum is coming to stay next week so I should be able to dedicate more time to getting him proper daytime sleeps then can sort the nights. We resorted to cc with the others and they went 7-7 within 3 days.

[Introvertedbuthappy]

My sympathies. My 9 month old slept through from 12-19 weeks. Then up every 2 hours. He has only just (in the last week) down to 2 get ups and last night slept from 7-4 through but is so well rested he has refused to go back to sleep so is downstairs with me! Have to leave for work in an hour so he'll sleep in the car on the way to nursery.