Where did we go wrong???

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My little one is nearly five months and, despite a difficult first few weeks, has been settling and sleeping well - usually going to sleep peacefully within 15/20 mins of me putting him in the bed.
Over the last two weeks however he has been crying for long periods before finally falling asleep (through exhaustion I think!), waking briefly every hour or so and demanding his dummy on a number of occassions in the night.
I did think he might be going through a growth spurt/teething and/or being ready for some solids but I really don't know where we went wrong. I've resorted to leaving him to cry for 5-10 minutes...sometimes he settles and sometimes he doesn't..If I go in and shush and pat him he goes nuts...it seems to make him worse!
Has anyone else had any experiences of things going pear shaped around this age?

mmine went pear shape at around this age, but it was more clear cut - woke up looking for milk when he'd previously been sleeping. not sure in your case? perhaps a combination of things? sorry cannot be more helpful, but you have not gone wrong at all! know how you feel though...

You've done nothing wrong. Babies are going thorugh lots of intense stages. They are unpredictable and unique.

This is a classic teething time. Teething is a bit deal for him and he'll need extra comfort. Give it to him. Ignore fools who say, 'That would be making a rod for your own back' and all that guff. Just hug him when he needs it and he'll feel happy and secure enough NOT to need it all the time.

ditto - mine went haywire around the same age, slightly younger and coincided with teething. I felt cheated because I had such a good sleeper before and I had assumed once you'd cracked the sleeping through the night thing that was it. I hope it's just a blip but if I was you I would treat as teething and tank right up before bed for a while to see if that helps. Good luck.

Thank you...fingers crossed it gets back to normal very soon! I also want to give him comfort and hugs but it seems to make it worse as it really increases the crying and drags out the sleeping process even longer...I'm going to keep trying though!