7 month old wakes almost hourly

[shortbreadin]

So my daughter has never slept through the night in the 7 months we've had her.

She goes to bed at 7.30pm and tends to wake anywhere between 4 and 10 times a night, from as early as half an hour after we put her down.

She has 3 naps through the day lasting no more than 2.5hrs between them all, has 3 meals a day, snacks and a few bottles of milk.

The only way to get her back to sleep after she wakes is to pick her up and nurse her, or she has more milk and drifts off herself.

We've tried dummies and white noise for ages but have realised these are now her 'sleep crutches' and she wakes as soon as the dummy falls out or the noise stops.

She cries so hard she goes red and screams so I can't bare leaving her to self soothe because she just gets completely wound up, dehydrates herself and is even less likely to go back down even after nursing her in this state.

As I said she's been like this for all her life so far but me and her dad are struggling so much at the minute as we're near the 10 times a night stage again. Were exhausted and worry about her and we're getting angry and frustrated and just know she'd feel better if she slept as much as we did.

Honestly any advice is welcome cause we're all outta brains for what to do next.

My daughter woke 8–12 times a night. We did the gradual retreat, no crying, and she did one wake up per night for a few months then slept through.

I also have a terrible sleeper of the same age.

I’m trying to follow Lucy Wolfe stuff but not very strictly so it’s taking a bit longer. In the last few weeks we’ve gone from hourly waking to twice a night. I think the biggest help is putting him down awake and being there to comfort him, but ultimately allowing him to get to sleep on his own.

I still use white noise for my two year old, I leave it on all night.

My LO was similar and found out down to allergies. She's 2 and doesn't sleep through yet. Some don't I'm afraid.

Lo may be waking because their used to feeding during the night. It's habit. I was a mean mum I offered water for a few nights then no more night feeds. But that's your choice if you want to do that, I did.

My lo has pink noise all night. I can only sleep with that noise now too 😒 I used to have peace and quite. The dummy is a great self soother. Dump a load (we have about 15) in their cot to encourage they grab it themselves. I think it was about 6 to 7 months my lo learned that. Yes it is a crutch but my lo sleep ls better with it, pick my battles I say. Sleep = happy baby = happy mum.

At that age heysleepybaby on Instagram really helped us! She explains how to layer sleep associations and how to take one away if it's not actually helping you enough etc.

And she's NOT a sleep training account, which I found refreshing amongst all the rest of them.

Also no harm having white noise all night if it helps, I know plenty adults who sleep with the fan on all night for the same reason. We have rain on all night for our 2.6 and now 4mo!

instagram.com/heysleepybaby?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

@WorkEventing can you say some more about how this method worked for you? Am struggling with my 9 month old

We did Cara babies CIO. Sorted in out in less than 2 weeks. But the first few nights were horrendous.

Night weaning could be useful. Offer water instead of bm. In a bottle, cup, whatever, but stop the bf in the night hours. She's already unsettled, so a couple of night if extra complaining about the bfeeding might be worth it in the long run.

I really think night weaning is bad advice considering milk is the main nutrition until the age of 1 and she might actually be waking up hungry.
Just come here to say "I FEEL YA". My boy is 7 months and also never slept through. He used to wake once or twice before the 4 month regression and now it's so hit and miss. We can have anywhere between 3-8 wake ups. It's absolutely draining and some days I feel I have no energy what so ever. He also isn't a good napper.
I think sometimes it's just personality and the way they are. They will sleep through the night one day 💕