6 month old awake for hours at night

[girlmummy25]

My 6 month DD will wake once a night but be wide awake for atleast an hour - 2 hours!

She normally just lays there for about 30minutes cooing and then she will cry.
Ive tried dummy, soothing in cot and picking up but she wont just fall back to sleep so then ill feed her (bottle fed) and she will still be awake after shes finished however much milk she wanted!

Does anybody have any advice how I help this or get her back to sleep quicker? Its been going on for months.

She can self settle most of the time for naps and bedtime as we do some controlled crying but ive not tried this in the middle of the night because of the neighbours.

No advice but we are in the exact same boat with our 5 month old - last night she was awake from 11pm - 3am then up again at 5am! I feel like I am dying most days from lack of sleep. I’d love to know the answer, if there is one...

Following. Been up with DS since 1. He's been pretty happy in his cot but shouty every now and again so couldn't just leave him. Have thought I've had him three times now, went to put him back in the cot and BAM, he's awake. Fingers crossed for attempt 4...

Do either of you use the wonder weeks app? I think leap 5 has a lot to do with why he's so bad, he was doing much better before it started!

Following aswell. I’m doing some gentle sleep training on my 6 month trying to break the breastfeeding feeding to sleep now he’s on solids. I’ve managed it for his daytime naps but nights are awful at the moment he’s up for hours, I end up giving up and co sleeping and feeding as I’m exhausted but don’t want to carry this on as prior to this week he was almost sleeping through -9-10 hours a night! I feel like a zombie 😩 thinking could be teeth

She hasnt done this for the last 2 nights thanks goodness... its normally half the week sleep through and the other half awake for hours which baffles me even more!

Would you be willing to take her into the bed with you? My eldest would be awake for 2 hours and asleep for 2 hours, she did that for 18 months. I was exhausted. But with my boys I brought them into the bed when they woke at night, and would put them back into their cots once they fell asleep again. It got them into a great routine of sleep and I was able to function because I was also sleeping better. Make sure you have her blankets in the bed with you so it will be warm on her when you put her back into the cot

Thanks for the suggestion - I cant have baby in my bed as I have a tempur mattress so she will just roll into me as the mattress dips

Bumping as this is still happening - just done an hour and 20 minutes awake

If it's a recent thing then you'll probably find she suddenly crawls or something , Kong period of nightwaking is usually associated working out a new skill. I always just offered boob until it worked it's magic with the sleepy hormones, and co slept. Could you side car a cot?

Is she in a consistent nap routine? Is she in the same room and cot by night as she is in the day?

Unfortunately its not a new thing :(
Shes been doing this for months now and i feel at breaking point, i get upset and cry most nights when she does it as im just so tired and she wont go back to sleep.

Shes in her own room and has been for 6 weeks now. She has all naps and night sleeps in her cot in her own room and can self settle but only if she is tired.

I feel like im failing

I can relate to this, my son was doing similar at that age and now he's two he does it for 4-5 hours. It's literally torture. I'd do anything to go back to two hours now (sorry that doesn't help). My son has visual impairment though which is the main cause for him so it's unlikely your DC will get this bad too.

What time does she go to sleep / wake up usually? When I was researching it I did come across this about split nights, it might be useful

www.babysleepscience.com/single-post/2014/09/09/The-%E2%80%9CSplit%E2%80%9D-Night-Why-some-babies-are-awake-for-hours-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-how-to-change-it