8 month old stopped sleeping through the night, waking up out of habit help

[Jules182]

Hi all, was hoping for some help/advice on my DD. She was sleeping 10-12 hours a night up until 6 months old and was honestly amazing and I couldn’t believe my luck. She is BF currently with a bottle of formula before bed. She is now 8 months old and wakes up every night at 1.30am like clockwork and nothing what so ever will settle her except a breast feed. I’m at my whitts end and struggling alone (my partner doesn’t wake up through the night or help at all but that’s a different story) Does anyone have any advice on breaking habitual wakings? I would just love to get some sleep and be happier.

I would just feed her if that’s what gets her back to sleep. Babies sleep patterns change all the time.

Honestly if it’s just one wake and a feed gets her back off to sleep I’d just count my lucky stars - sounds like a normal and good sleeper for her age!

or is it more than one wake?

Thanks so much guys for the support. most nights it’s two wake ups 1.30 and 5. 8 weeks ago she was going from 8-7

Just feed her, she's a baby, they wake up.

It sounds relatively normal to me OP, but hopefully will improve for you again in a few weeks. If you can I would go to bed very early and then it will be just one wake up at 1.30 and then up for the day at 5. Is she awake for long at 1.30?

8 months can be separation anxiety and is quite normal for them to start waking.
I always go for the easiest and quickest option which is a breastfeed.
Sleep on the first year or 2 is so up and down due to development, illness and a million other things that will happen so expect it to change frequently. It doesn't mean they won't ever go back to sleeping through but I found all the challenging sleeps were just phases of a few weeks and then back to better sleep.
DD had an awful first year and then slept through the night from 12 months, DS has had overall better sleep in his first year (he'll be 12 months in a couple of weeks) but still not amazing, hopefully he'll be like DD and sleep through fully around 12 months.
DD only wakes now if she's too hot/cold or if she's not well.