9 month old wakes each night

[mummytobabygirl17]

Hi everyone
Hope you can help, our LO has been in her own room since 7 months.
We made sure she was used to her own room before she slept in there of a night time, we always changed her in there and she started having naps in there during the day and played with her toys in there with her.

She seems to be happy in there but wakes each night a couple of times! Where as from around 8 weeks she used to sleep straight through when she was in her next to me cot in our room.

Most of the time she just needs her dummy and goes straight back to sleep. (I know not everyone is a fan of a dummy but it does settle her) Other times it’s because she has rolled onto her tummy when asleep wakes up and doesn’t roll back just gets upset. (In the day time she’s fine rolling from front to back etc.
She sleeps in a grow bag 0.5 tog due to weather and warmth of her room. I’m not sure if this is why she doesn’t roll back over herself or maybe it’s the mattress isn’t as comfy as her previous cot!

Anyone advise would be great.

Thanks x

Sorry should of added she’s waking 2-3 times a night each time I go in to her straight away.

Hi, sorry no advice but I'm going through exactly the same with our seven month old baby! He wakes anything from once to ten times a night. He always has a bottle or two during the night and then just wants his dummy the rest of the time. He instantly goes back to sleep but I've no idea how to stop all these wake up! I'm exhausted :(
I've set up Ollie the owl tonight to try and see if that works.
I too have wondered if it's because he struggles to roll back over in his grow bag as most of the time he starts crying is because he's on his tummy x

You'll get lots of different advice, tips, tricks etc for getting your baby to sleep through but the absolute best advice I got (and now give) was to accept it. It won't last forever and some babies do just wake up. Accept that you'll be awake briefly in the night or up early and make other changes to accommodate it. I started going to bed a bit earlier, had a 10 minute snooze when I got in from work and stopped driving myself mad with why all these various sleep remedies weren't working.
The worst bit my my youngest was early waking, I used it as chance to catch up on the stuff I'd not been able to do the night before with going to bed a bit earlier.
Once I stopped fighting against it and wondering where I was going wrong it all became much easier. Possibly not the answer you were hoping for, sorry!

I'm in the 'it's just her' camp. It's certainly not unusual, it will sort itself.

DD1 started sleeping through reliably at 9 months, DD2 is still waking at least once at nearly a year.

Often a drink of water is all she wants. I’ve come to terms with it and have no plans to do anything. Not least because DD1 is a light sleeper and is a nightmare if she’s tired.

I wonder if when she was in your room, she would stir, be reassured you were there and go back to sleep. Now she wants your reassurance.

If you think the sleeping bag is a problem, can you try without? It's probably warm enough to just be in a sleepsuit.

2 yo dgd still wakes 2/3 times a night

1. This is normal
2. Put loads of dummies in her cot so she can find one to put in herself
3. Is she too hot?

2 year old DS is currently in bed with me. Won't sleep in his own room, won't sleep in our bed if we're not in it. Wakes 3-4 times a night easily. Tried it all, trust me!! Hopefully you'll get some advice that will help, but if not, best to just accept it.

I found that the regular night wakings stopped when I took away the dummy. It didn't happen straight away and I had to use other techniques to soothe if they woke up initially, but I do think they wake up wanting the dummy (I never tried what the pp said about leaving lots of dummies in the cot - I've heard that works with some babies)
I also spent so much time worrying about night waking but I do think they sleep better when they are good and ready and now at one years old my twins reliably sleep 7-6am (and on good days can go to 7am!)
Good luck
Ps ironically I'm wide awake right now whilst my twins are sleeping peacefully.....this heat is killing me!

You could try a sleepytot or similar to help bub find the dummy. But other than that I'd echo what others are saying in that it isn't unusual, and sleep changes often during the first few years.

8-10mo sleep regression, normal not to sleep through

I'd kill for only two wake ups if i'm honest