Our 9 month old boy has been a “bad” sleeper from birth.
In the last week he’s started this fun new thing where he wakes EVERY 30 MINUTES from when we put him down until around midnight. It is torture and my husband and I are going crazy.
We settle him to sleep in his cot by jiggling his bum, and resettle him this way too. Generally it only takes about 5 mins to resettle but sometimes we have to pick him up and rock/cuddle him back to sleep.
We’ve tried withdrawing the bum jiggling by doing controlled comforting and even letting him CIO but it makes no difference—he may cry himself to sleep (generally takes 45 mins+ and is so hard for me to do) then he’ll still wake 30 mins later crying.
We’re considering booking a(nother) sleep consultant but I keep hoping it’s a stage that will pass.
He’s a super happy, active baby during the day without any obvious health issues. He eats well and generally doesn’t feed overnight.
Has anyone else had experience with this? What could be causing the super frequent wakes?