Sudden sleeping issues at 8 months

[Ourbabyava]

Hi have just joined this forum after using it regularly for advice but noe we are suddenly really struggling with sleep.
Our girl is 8 and 3/4 months now but since 1 month old has been a great sleeper, she went to sleep with a feed, slept through until we woke her for her night feed then went straight to sleep with her feed again and slept through.
As she hit 8 months the weather was just turning cold so we put a blanket on her for first time in ages, she has liked to roll onto her side for a good while now and first night with blanket she woke a couple of times, we thought it was because the blanket was restricting her and it carried on for a few nights, then we had a warmer night and didn't use the blanket but she was still waking. Since this we have had very erratic nights with some nights waking once and needing rocking back to sleep, and others waking 5 or 6 times but just a hand on her chest will work, but she has gradually got worse.
We cut her night feed after about a week of this as she was starting to struggle to settle after this aswell and we were planning on cutting it anyway, we had 2 nights in a row last week where she slept right through the night, but now the last few nights it has escalated to not even being able to put her down, we get her to sleep fairly easy but then as soon as we put her in her bed she wakes crying, as soon as we pick her up she settles again but then can't put her back down or same thing happens. Last night we struggled to get her down then she woke an hour later, took us ages to get her down then she was awake again an hour later, then an hour after that.

Sorry for such a long post but we just don't know what's happening or how to help and we are so worried for her not getting enough sleep.

Thanks for any advice or info you can give

Oh it is hard. Hope you get some sleep today, and a Christmas breakthrough.

@Ourbabyava just wondering if there was anything that worked for you in the end? We are in a very similar situation and desperate for a solution now..

Hi things have improved, it was hard for about 5-6 months but she did slowly get better and now generally either sleeps through or wakes once. She does have real issues when she gets a cold though so I think that contributed during the winter months and hopefully it will pass a lot quicker for you. How old is your baby? Nothing we tried seemed to help much, but I would say get her to bed at a good time and stick to that whenever you can, like others have said be consistent with your routine

Thank you for your response. Good to know things are a lot better for you now. My LO is 8.5 months and she also has a cold going on for a few days now. Did you end up doing any sorts of sleep training at all? We are trying our best to stick to her bedtime routine and times, but it does get difficult when she just fights going to bed. For the moment, to maintain everyone's sanity, we have resorted to co sleeping but I really don't want that to be a long term thing.