5MO resisting self soothing

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Hello. My 5 MO has been a great sleeper. In the past week or so he has learnt how to roll over (back to front) and will now wake several times in the night and begin to roll and play. Used to be able yo self sooth with his dummy, but now seems to resist this by pulling it out (he never spits it out) when hes close to falling asleep. Hes really tired during these play episodes and we try to help him by holding him still and stopping him from pulling his dummy out - not forcibly very gently.
Also feeding/ changing doesnt seem to help and he will quickly wake again and resist self soothing and falling asleep.
No signs of teething to explain dummy rejection
Any advice? Or is this just a phase to bare with. Thank you

A dummy isn't self-soothing; it's using a dummy. Same mechanism as a breastfed baby suckling on Mum to sleep. I'd say it's a phase (as all sleep behaviours are with babies!) I find this diagram quite accurate.

It sounds like a development leap /sleep regression depending on what side of the tracks you fall...so probably just a phase for a few weeks/month. Best thing to do is keep the same routines and ride it out as best you can.

The wonder weeks app is useful for info on development leaps etc, as there are quite a few coming up (not all impact sleep).

Try look at the leaps / wonder weeks and a quaint yourself with growth spurts and affects on behaviour and sleep.
He sounds like a normal baby to me dealing with the changes.
The only thing to do is support him through it. And cope as best as possible - survive and do what it takes so every one gets a good nights rest and he gets sleep. Even if that means Nursing to sleep to calm him down. Nursing at night releases melatonin - amazing hormone to get babues to sleep amd prolactin - very relaxing for Mama.

Be aware that this phase ia permenant as his sleep is maturing and developing into a more adult sleep pattern - early stages so there is no goong back to pre phase. So you need to adapt and make adjustments that work for baby - trial and error.
Stick with a routine if you can same time to start the day and end the day but be flexible otherwise you will drive yourself insane.

My son is 16 weeks and atartes the sleep regression eaely he is learning things loads so I know his little brain is on hypermode so now I do what I have to to calm him down and settle him at night which as of the last 2 weeks is Nursing to sleep I don't mind. Breast feeding in the early hours is good for brain development due to the change in the milk contents. Brain food.