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6 month old - bad habit / teething or regression?

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nicannie · 05/10/2020 22:02

Just after some advice or anyone who has went through similar - I'll try keep it short!

My baby is around 6.5 months old, she has always been a great sleeper (blessed) even since newborn. She is breastfed as well just in case anyone asks! She was in a great routine of bath, feed, cuddle and then she would be placed in her bed awake and settle well herself and sleep the whole way through until morning. Around 12 hours.

The last 2 weeks we have had a rough time through the night, nothing has changed to her schedule. She still settles great, and on her own. But wakes every 1-3 hours from when she goes down to when she wakes in the morning. She cut her first tooth almost a week ago and I did wonder if it could be this? She is also basically crawling and I read that babies sometimes hit a sleep regression when they hit milestones.

Has anyone experienced similar? I've just been comforting her or giving her a quick feed when she does wake and she goes straight back down to sleep. It's just so odd as she has never ever done this until now.

Quite happy persevering through it as know we have been really lucky with her sleep up until now, but just thought I'd post and see if anyone has any advice! I'm worried I'm learning her bad habits by giving little feeds when she wakes xx

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Albgo · 05/10/2020 22:23

Comforting your baby when she wakes and is unsettled / wants you is not teaching her bad habits.
Sounds like 7 month sleep regression to me, plus probably teething pain too.
Give your baby what she needs in the night. x

nicannie · 06/10/2020 00:55

@Albgo thank you for your response. That's what I was thinking! Glad I went with my gut and just kept giving her little snack feeds whenever she wakes for her to settle back down to sleep, hopefully it is the regression his a bit early and it passes in the next few weeks then x

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