6 month wake ups

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My baby girl was sleeping through from 10 weeks to around 16 weeks. She's now 6 months old the dreaded 4 month sleep regression hit and she's now waking up on an average night every 3 hours (sometimes more frequently). She's EBF so will only really settle with me and then has to be asleep on me for at least 20 mins before being transferred back to cot. I'm getting a maximum of 2 hours of sleep at a time and just feel absolutely awful for it.

Does anyone have any similar experiences?! I feel like I've tried everything (including co-sleeping - she just stays awake and plays with my face) at this point other than crying it out which I'm reluctant to do. HELP PLEASE

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Sorry, no words of advice but wanted to offer solidarity!! My almost 7 month old is exactly the same - he slept so well for the first few weeks, we were feeling pretty lucky but since 4 months it’s all over the place. He will only sleep on me or in his pram (has to be moving) during the day and when he wakes every couple of hours through the night it’s only me that can settle him (also EBF). Dad has tried but he just escalates and screams so I end up having to go to him.
At the weekends his dad sometimes takes him downstairs when he wakes around 6/7am and I stay in bed another hour or so. Through the week though he can’t as he is working.
Ive ordered the ‘no cry sleep solution’ book, arriving tomorrow, to seek out some gentler suggestions as I don’t feel comfortable with cry it out or controlled crying. I want to help him to learn to settle himself. I have tried a dummy but he absolutely won’t take it.
It’s really hard and I totally sympathise with you. He is my second DS so I know it doesn’t last forever but that doesn’t help when you’re in the middle of it x

Lots of sympathy, I had similar with mine (also ebf and like a poster above, naps are on me and/or in moving carrier/pram/carseat) and the 2 hours max sleep thing really takes its toll! For us moving her into her big cot and own room has made a huge difference - I don't know whether that's an option for you/something you've tried? My DD is a big baby so was getting too big for her next-to-me crib and hitting the sides all the time, plus I think her dad's snoring etc was waking her up a lot! She still wakes a couple times a night, but most nights has at least a 4 hour block of sleep, sometimes 6! (Bliss!). She had got to 7 months by the time we moved her, and been experimenting with some solid foods, but the room change was definitely the big thing for us. (After a couple of nights, though I know some people find it makes the difference immediately.) It will get better and you will make it through this, try and be kind to yourself in the meantime and take any help and support you can get with getting through the days ❤️

I could have written this. My 5.5 month old is exactly the same. She's now waking 6-8 times per night and it is exhausting. Came looking for advice. I have no idea whether I should be actively addressing or just riding it out.