Another baby sleep thread - help

[AverageJoan]

My LO is 5 months old and before Christmas she was sleeping 8pm-4am most nights then a feed (EBF) then back down for another few hours. Since then, with illness and teething and regression, she wakes up almost every hour overnight.
She currently goes down at 7pm (fed to sleep, have tried the whole put down drowsy thing and she was having none of it) and within an hour she wakes up crying so we have to go settle her again and every time she wakes up in the night she is crying and won't settle without feeding. I don't want to 'sleep train' her but I'm so tired.
For context, she naps well in the day. Mix of contact, car/pram, in her cot.
Is this normal? Is there anything else we can be doing to help her?

Yes all normal. It's an awful shock though isn't it!? The first year is a rollercoaster and progress is not linear. Just hang on in there and it will change again. In the meantime you can read Sarah Ockwell-Smith and Lyndsey Hookway for reassurance and some tips thst will help a bit x

You could change it by no longer feeding to sleep. We all wake periodically in the night-most of us go back to sleep without noticing-she can't go back to sleep because the only way she knows how is by feeding. There will be tears but you if you break the habit, she will sleep better. You could replace it 'shush pat' or something similar. It shouldn't take long.

@AverageJoan We’re going through exactly the same thing as you! Has it improved over the last month for you? Did you end up doing any sleep training? I’m at my wit’s end with the lack of sleep! X

Hi @poppet131
We didn't sleep train (and I don't think we will) but have to say it has gotten better over the past month! Last night she went to bed and slept for 4 hours before waking up and even then was because she woke herself up coughing. We still have some bad nights but she's teething etc at the moment so I'm okay with that but definitely think we're getting through the false starts x

@AverageJoan I’d love a 4 hour stretch! How many wake ups does your little one have after the first stretch? Teething will affect them for sure. Did you do anything differently or did sleep just gradually improve on its own?

@poppet131 we haven't done anything differently just tried to stick to her night time routine as much as possible and sometimes it works and other times it doesn't 😂 after the first wake up she usually does wake up frequently. Last night she did until 3am fine the would not settle so we coslept and that worked fine. The night before she was super fussy until midnight (waking a lot) but then slept great until 5am. Just winging it to be honest 😂