Leap 6 is the worst yet!

[HanBells86]

How do people cope with leap 6?! I’m a single mama to my most wonderful amazing nearly 8 month old boy. Honestly everybody who meets him adores him, but JEEEZZZZZ we’ve gone from him waking all night, to sleeping 7-7 for a whole week 🥳 (an absolute delight!!!!) but now just will not settle at all?! He’s got a cold too which I know defo isn’t helping, but oh my goodness I’m just drained! I’m not one to let him scream himself to sleep, I never have done that it’s just not me. I feel mean and know how much he loves me, but is that what I need to do?!
He has always suffered with the leaps bless him (a lot of my friends babies skip them!) but his poor brain just won’t switch off ☹️Xx

It might just be that he's poorly.

I don't think "leaps" are a real thing to be honest! He's just got a cold and is poorly and miserable.

There's no such thing as leaps...

If he's poorly he won't sleep as well.

He might be learning something new, like crawling, new foods, pincer grip work, new language etc

He might be over stimulated.

He might be over tired.

Whatever it is, it isn't a leap :)

Och I know there is little scientific evidence to leaps, but it still helped you feel there was a reason to all the unholy suffering that would go on from time to time! That is hard being on your own with a baby of that age, OP. Have you other people around who could let you catch up on some rest? There are gentle sleep training methods you can explore if you like but if he was doing 7-7 at all then I’d probably just keep things as much the same as possible and hope it will pass. 7-7 at 8mo is amazing ime! Was about 3yrs before my first did that..

Yeah I think leaps are a nonsense. If he’s got the cold it’ll be that. Poor you!

My god leap 6 is awful for me so far my daughter is 8 months 2 weeks and is crying at everything I can’t leave her alone for 2 minutes !
She wants to be held all the time .
It’s very draining and stressful when you can’t console them , also she is teething and has a cold :(