9 month old waking multiple times - help!

[Mummysarah12]

I was really lucky that at 10 weeks, my LO was sleeping through the night. However at 5.5 months, she went through her first bout of teething & a few illnesses & her night sleep was disrupted. Now at 9 months, she has not slept through since & wakes multiple times - can be anything from 2-10 times a night. I kept thinking it would go back to what it was soon, I figured sleep regression could be a factor. But at 9 months, no improvement & I am at my wits end. I feel wrecked during the day & I’m starting to feel very low & down& I even had a mini meltdown last night.

So previously having been against it, I want to do some sleep training. I don’t want to do cry it out so can anyone suggest something a bit gentler? There is so much stuff out there i find it all a bit daunting.

Thank you so much in advance!

I would have a read through some if Sarah ockwell smiths info about sleep. Babies and toddlers often go through phases of being up lots and then go back to sleeping through (or waking up less again).

Can you catch up on some sleep in the day or have a partner that could do some of the night wake ups so you get a 4/5 hour block of sleep each night?

Its bloody hard when they're teething. And I also found them learning to crawl, roll and stand big leaps that made night time super disrupted

Its sadly just a part of baby and some are less settled at night than others. I personally wouldnt do the crying thing until much older. It's like a punishment for needing your comfort.

I promise this is from a good place. I've been through a none sleeper. He still wakes once most nights at 21months old

It will get better naturally and will eventually seem a distant memory

Thanks - yes part of my problem is that she is very advanced for her age - she was crawling at 6 months, pulled herself to standing at 8 months & has just started cruising!! I find her in the cot standing up wide awake that I can often be up with her for a good while to get her back to sleep again 😭
I keep hoping things will get better but it’s just become so frustrating & the sleep deprivation is really starting to destroy me now.

Ahh what a little monkey. Is the cot near you? If it's close enough to your bed maybe just stick your arm in there and you sleep as she might not cry.

My sister is just going through this with her almost 9mo girl and she was up from 9pm till 2am last night!
Cots in another room though so has to try to get her to sleep.
She has a star projector which sings a lullaby too and that sometimes works for her. I used white noise for my lil boy. I just downloaded a rain white noise on the internet as mp3 and played it on ipod.
Might help.

Our dd is 9 mths and also going all the things your LO is doing too. I can't remember the last good night we had with her!! I feel it's her teeth but I have found she is easy to settle as long as I don't get her out of her cot. She has a white noise owl and I just lay her down and keep my hand on her back gently tapping until she's off again. It's hard as you are up and down all night but I've always believed you shouldn't get them out of their bed as this then becomes the norm. Usually she is back to sleep within ten mins but I'm tired because by then I'm awake!