6 Month Old Will Not Sleep

My little boy is 6 months old and is an awful sleeper. Both nighttime sleep and day time naps. He used to sleep well but got to 4.5 months old and started waking frequently during the night. I put it down to sleep regression but he’s just turned 6 months and he’s getting worse and worse. He won’t be put down. He could be sound asleep in our arms but the second you put him down he is awake and screams. We have tried letting him cry it out but he screams so bad we can’t leave him any longer. I’m exhausted, my partner is exhausted and baby must be too. During the day he either naps on me or not at all. If I put him down awake he just wriggles for ages before he starts to cry. He woke up last night at half 11, had a feed but we could not settle him until 2am! At a loss with what to do. Any tips appreciated 🙌

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Hey mama sleep consultant here 👋 I know how exhausting it can be when
No one is getting sleep. It’s very common for their sleep to disrupt at that age due to their sleep cycles changing. Having them learn self soothing strategies will help with them initially falling asleep and through the night wakings. If you’d like to talk about gentle approaches I can help 🧇

We’re in the same boat 😭 He will soothe himself to sleep when we first out him to bed but then wakes every two hours at the moment and will only feed back to sleep. As soon as I move he wakes up instantly. We’re in the middle of leap 5 and this in worse than leap 4. I have no advice but just to let you know you aren’t alone x

I was just about write the exact same. My little girl never slept last night until 5:30 this morning when I brought her in with me after giving in. She was awake again at 9. So far today she's had 30 minutes at midday and that's it. She's currently in her cot exhausted but moaning as she won't give in. 🤦‍♀️ It's so frustrating. I feel your pain and hoping we all get some sleep soon x

My 6.5 month is almost the same! Day times are good but night time he can wake every hour and and take ages to settle back down I’m exhausted x

My 6 month old is the exact same! She only has 3 30min naps during the day and nighttime is a nightmare. She only naps on me, in the baby carrier or Pram and never longer than 30mins. She won’t go down in her cot at all, wakes up every half hour in her cot xx

We are really struggling to get our little one to nap for longer than 45 minutes in the day and cannot work out how to get her to sleep long stretches at night either. Feel like we are going mad especially with our toddler waking early too .. any advice much appreciated

I feel bad saying it but…. It’s nice to hear it’s not just me and my little one having sleep problems!

I keep reading that they should be able to sleep through the night at 6 months, should be able to self soothe…. Etc etc. No such luck!

I can’t leave her to cry it out, I just can’t do it. So I’m clueless as to help her self soothe.

I figure it’s will get easier as time goes on 🙈

Everyone should follow the Gentle Sleep Family on IG. Her posts show you that everything you are experiencing is NORMAL not some pathology that needs to be fixed by buying a guide from a sleep coach 😂

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