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8 month sleep regression?

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IMB711 · 18/01/2023 04:03

As you can probably tell from the time of this post, im at a wits end! Any suggestions please...DS has gone from 7.30 - 5.30 most nights with no wake ups (ages 5 months to 6.5 months) to 7pm - to 4am with at least 2 wake ups since he was 6.5 months. We thought it was teething but it has now gone on for a while (he is 8 months).

Current schedule is:
7am milk
8am breakfast
9.30 - 10.30 nap
11 milk
12 lunch
1 - 3 nap
3.30 milk
5 dinner
6.20 milk
Usually in bed by 6.30

He almost always wakes up at 10/11pm ready to play and refuses to be put back down. Again at 2am and isn't easily resettled with a bottle, then is up for the day at latest 4.30am

We tried controlled crying but he just stood up in his cot and cried for hours on end (and doesn't know how to sit back down).

Any suggestions would be helpful, we are both back at work full-time (although I work from home) so end up with not very much sleep ourselves 😭

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MrsT84 · 18/01/2023 04:52

I haven't got any answers but you are not alone! My DD is 9 months old today and I am on my 3rd... Or is it 4th?... wake up tonight. Trouble is she wakes her brother if I don't go to her and she doesn't settle for daddy! Good job they are only little for such a short time!

IMB711 · 18/01/2023 06:22

Good luck! Hopefully someone will give us some tips

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Wfhandbored · 18/01/2023 06:29

Sounds like maybe it is time to push bedtime back a little? We had this with DD who is now 21 months and has only slept through since 18 months so I promise I feel your pain!! I'd try pushing bedtime back by 5/10 mins at a time every night (if possible) to get an hour or so later? Will take a while to adjust to the new time but may help?

IMB711 · 18/01/2023 09:33

His bedtime used to be 7/7.30 but when we dropped the 3rd nap he literally couldn't stay up past 6.30 and it also didn't help his night waking and early starts. So confused...

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IMB711 · 18/01/2023 21:31

Bumping for the other night owls

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BabyOnBoard90 · 19/01/2023 01:25

It's quite common,also dealing with it myself; here's my post from yday:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/sleep/4721910-8-month-sleep-regression?reply=123177901&utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

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