My 7.5 month old baby has been frequently waking since around 5 months but the last few weeks this has gone to waking every hour crying / screaming to the point she will only go back once we soothe her. This has resulted in us co-sleeping. She won’t settle at all in her cot and screams shaking. We have tried putting her in awake, drowsy and asleep nothing works. Then once asleep with us she wakes every hour and is crying until we soothe her. She hasn’t found a way to self soothe yet. I feel she must be so tired as are we. Any ideas/tips welcomed 😞
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Hey Anna! That sounds super tough. I would have said teething but if it’s been going on a while doesn’t sounds like it. I’ve linked a post about hourly waking and when it might not be normal. Did you notice it get worse around weaning - could it be possible allergies or intolerances if she if she is very unconsolable at night?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7E8A0vIrQ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

That does sound very hard, especially as she is screaming 😢
When my baby won’t settle without me, I put his star projector on, on a timer, and it works for him. It’s also got a shushing noise. Might be worth a try 🤷🏻♀️ Has she a comforter she sleeps with? Mine is very attached to a Jellycat soother and finds comfort from that x

No advice but we’re in the same boat. Been cosleeping since 4months and shes still a horrible sleeper, wakes hourly until we go bed. She’s also been worse with her sleeping these past few days, wakes up at like 10pm and wont sleep for 2-3h!

I feel like I could have written this! My daughter had 'reflux' since about 6 weeks and when we started weaning at 6mnths she was up every hour/45mins every night screaming and in discomfort every night without fail. We've seen a Pediatrician and it seems as though she has CMPA so solids were aggravating an existing discomfort. She was EBF so as per Dr's advice I've excluded dairy and soy (as she's also intolerant to that) and from solids and at 8 months things have really settled. Not saying it's this but it was our experience. Feel free to message me if you have any other qus.

we had to eliminate dairy at 8 weeks as they suspected CMPA and she is also BF. They ruled this out though and stated I didn’t need to wean her this way. Thing is she screams only at night and once back on the boob is straight back asleep so I initially thought what if it is CMPA but then surely she wouldn’t t settle so easily if it was?! xx

it’s so hard isn’t it. I’m with you on the once latched sleeps like a baby but then eventually she unlatches and the new hour starts again 🙈😂

that's interesting that they thought she might have had it as they seem so similar in behaviour, I'm glad for her that she doesn't though! It's funny because my daughter is the exact same, fine in the day but so upset and screaming at night, again settled on the boob, I ended up cosleeping with her when it was really bad but that's stopped now. Though she is on omeprazole so maybe that's helping her in the day. I hope it eases whatever it is, I'm sure there are leaps and growth spurts around this age and I hear they develop separation anxiety too so could be any number of things!