7month old won't stay asleep

[emee]

Hi, does anyone have any advice please?

My 7 month old daughter always slept through the night until she was approx 5 months old.
Now she sleeps for about 2.5-3hrs (after her 10pm feed) and then wakes every 1hr after that until morning.

She is very active during the day and only cat-naps for about 2hrs total, so she should be tired by bed-time shouldn't she(?)

She is currently in a crib in our room, but due to go into a cot in her own room very soon, which worries me as she will most likely still be waking constantly.

My husband and I are both exhausted and would be so grateful for any tips/advice please.
Thanks

I reckon that if she could take longer naps and get more/better sleep in the daytime, she's sleep better at night too. How long are her naps?

Mine 6.5mo ds does the short nap thing sometimes and I found some good advice for lengthening them on various websites, especially here

And he sleeps from 7pm-7am almost all the time!

Good luck

Agree on needing more daytime sleep - think a 6mo should have 3-4 hours daytime sleep IIRC. The more tired a baby gets the more frequently they will wake at night.

If she's not actually crying when she wakes, have you tried ignoring her?

Do you wake her for the 10pm feed? I wouldn't bother if you are, as it may disrupt her sleep cycles.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if moving her to her own room and cot helps massively with the problem.

If she's waking hourly, something is stopping her from transitioning through her sleep cycles during the night...and it could well be that (a) she is outgrowing the crib so isn't particularly comfy and might therefore sleep better in the bigger cot anyway and (b) you and DH are disturbing her!

I found with both our children that around 4/5 months their sleep cycles became a lot more 'defined' if that makes sense, and our presence in the room (turning over in bed, a cough, a sneeze, whatever) started to really disturb them. Once moved to their own rooms the sleep settled right back down again and they went back to sleeping through the night.

I agree that the daytime naps may also have an impact - they are a lot more unsettled if overtired. But I'd definitely try moving her to her own room sooner rather than later and see if that helps.