6 month old waking frequently

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My 6 (and a half for what it counts) month old is having really broken sleep. He slept for 7-8hr stretches until he was 3.5 months old and then it all went to pot.

He’s been in his own room for around 10 days. Initially this seemed to help but he’s reverted back to waking 4-5x a night. Ive stopped feeding him each time (he’s breastfed) and now feed him twice, my DH takes turns to settle him so he’s not constantly feeding.

He naps well during the day and has 3 set naps which are pretty consistent.

He’s started solids and again, this seemed to help initially.

He’s jut waking and wanting to be resettled. If he sleeps in the bed with me he still wakes often and spends all night head butting my boobs like a woodpecker.

Any advise?

@peachgreen I agree. Self settling is not bullshit.
Yes it is entirely normal for babies to still require intervention at various ages and stages but you can teach your baby to self settle.
You don’t need to leave them to cry to do this. It takes hard work and patience but is a short term parental inconvenience for long term benefits for both parents and baby.
It needs to be done quite early on to help babies get through regression, teething and illnesses, which do result in disruption.
I’m not saying all babies are the same as I’m no expert obviously but this 100% worked for my boy and for other parents I know who have used the same methods.
I do say night night and close the door and he goes to sleep. He does wake up but just goes back to sleep himself.

He was poorly last week and required some middle of the night water, nappy changes, and cuddles but once over it he went back to normal.

No idea if this is possible for all babies of course but self settling is definitely not bullshit.

Should have read the full thread damnit 🙄🤣

I could have written this post word to word! Dd2 is exactly the same, except she wakes a lot more in the night, perhaps every hour or two! Dd1 was the same until she turned 1 and then started sleeping through, and by that I mean 7-7. We tried and failed at all sorts of sleep training with Dd1, I just feel developmentally she wasn't able to self settle and no matter what we tried to assist her helped. I'm hoping Dd2 will follow in her footsteps.