9mo suddenly waking LOTS at night - help!

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Hi. My DS is 9 months old and has been mostly sleeping through since he was 4 months old. sometimes he'd wake up once or twice but I only had to put his dummy back in and he'd go to sleep straight away. in the last 2 weeks however, he has woken up every night - between 3 and 6 times. the dummy doesn't do the job now - he sometimes wakes up crying with the dummy in his mouth. it can take quite a while to settle him. I am shattered!
last night he went down at 7pm. woke up crying at 9pm. then again at 1 and was awake for over an hour, then again after 3 nd 5, I think. up for the day at 6.

what's up with him? I thought teething, but giving him calprofen has not stopped him from waking. please share your wisdom and tell me it will pass!

In my exoerience (2 years with no sleep and counting) it's either:

1. Cold - kicked off covers etc
2. Hungry - growth spurt
3. Ill - hunt for vomit
4. Evil teeth - use ibuprofen and paracetamol together

Please tell me it will pass too! I look like I'm 150!

I would say it's probably teething, dd1 did the same at that age and it was because she was getting her incisors. Seemed to last for ages (about 6 weeks I think) but the day that the second one came through she started sleeping through again. Have you tried ambesol (sp?) - liquid that you put on the gums which seems to work better than anything else?

Lucy85, thanks for replying.
1.he's in a sleeping bag and doesn't feel cold or too hot

1. I give him an 8oz bottle at bed time and he usually only takes 6oz, so probably not hungry?
2. no fever or vomitting
3. may try both, can I give them at the same time? or give ibuprofen and if wakes up 2 hours later, give paracetamol??

It will pass.

It may be separation anxiety, at this age babies start to realise that they miss you when you're not there. Does he have a favourite toy or blanket?

I also find that their sleeping gets worse just before they learn a new developmental trick like crawling, walking etc could that be a possibility?

MrsYoung, haven't tried anbesol, tried all the other gels and they did nothing. will give it a go, thanks!

Have you tried food / milk? - I know it's unbelieveable but it could be hunger - my baby went through a stage of howling like mad and (after me trying controlled crying etc etc- stressful nightmare) i found she only wanted about 1oz of milk and would then go off peacefully as if it had never happened!!

You can give ibuprofen and paracetamol at the same time or you can do them alternately - just make sure you have enough gaps between each dose. Harder than it sounds when you are exhausted and totally nuts with sleep deprivation at 3 am - I ended up hiding bottles of medicine from myself so I didn't do the wrong thing!

I tried anbesol as well as all the teething powders and gels - they were all rubbish..

Anbesol liquid is good as it doesn't fall off your finger like the gels do! Brilliant for adults too, I was using it before DD!

we have started using anbesol when he gets whingy and it seems to work a bit better than gel.

anyway, the last 2 nights were a bit better - he woke up twice each night but was easy to settle, dummy and a bit of stroking did the trick. Much happier during the day, it seems like whatever was bothering him has stopped. (I hope I don't jinx it!)

thanks everyone for your advice.