Nearly 9 month old still waked every 1.5 hours every nighy

[SerialSleeper25]

As you will see from my other threads my nearly 9 month old had never had a good sleep pattern and I mean, never.
He still consistently wakes every 1.5 hours in the night and won't settle without boob. This used to be the case all the time but he is improving and occasionally letting me confort him without boob.
He is still in out room as the spare room is is Dads office and we are currently trying to move.
I really need some help please. I was recently asked how many hours I get a night and I can't even work it out its that bad. He wakes every 1-1.5hrs take anywhere between 20 and 40 mins to be put back in crib. By the time I get to sleep I think I get around 40 mins-1hr then same again!

Any advice for a struggling mum?

Sleep deprivation is really hard. Neither of mine have been good sleepers. My advice is stop trying to put him in the crib, you don’t need to be losing all that extra time faffing, and waking yourself up more. Just safely bedshare, breastfeed lying down and then just sleep like that. You’ll both get more sleep.

Mine hit 12 months without doing more than 2 hours at a time.

Don't spend 20-40 min putting back in crib. Just let them sleep next to you. I just had my boob out and baby would feed and sleep next to me. Sometimes I'd wake up to find latched on, sometimes I'd sleep through it.

Stop bf at night, aka night wean. Only offer water. Ideally dad offering only water.

Agree with PP. My first DC was a horrific sleeper, similar to yours. Co-sleeping saved me.

I’ve done both the approaches here PPs have suggested (different times and different babies!). You really do have to either night wean so they’re not all the time, or go with the flow and co sleep. You’ll probably have a gut instinct based on your personality / baby’s personality/ your circumstances which is best for you.

The current set up must be killing you!

Co sleep- my DC has always woken multiple times a night and co sleeping has saved me. Having them in with you and not having to resettle into a cot etc means it has so much less of an impact on sleep.

Sleep deprivation is terrible so I do sympathise.

I think getting him off relying of breastfeeding at night would be a good place to start. But saying that my bottlefed D's woke every 30-45mins until he was 3.5yrs. We tried everything and everything, including a NHS sleep consultant. Eventually he grew out of it but I don't know how we got through those years. Some children just aren't great sleepers.

Thank you all for your replies, I really appreciate it. From around 2am I ended up co-sleeping although it really isn't the most comfortable for me as I have a smaller chest (Having a baby never gave me a boost in that area) but co-sleeping is certainly an improvement.

Glad it’s helped OP.

Use a dummy

For your baby it’s like he is at an all you can eat buffet and he can keep
going back for more. Sorry but the answer is to night wean.