Baby only sleeps when held

Hello! My 6 month old is sleeping SO bad at the minute, this has been only going for about 1.5 weeks now and will sleep for a few hours independently but then suddenly wakes up and will not go to sleep unless held. This is resulting in me co sleeping every night which is not ideal but he is also still waking up so much because if I move my arm away he will wake up crying.

Is anyone else experiencing this and is there anything that helps or do I just need to wait it our? I'm so exhausted 😴

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My 6.5month old is going through the exact same and I also end up bringing him in to my bed as he just won’t sleep in his cot! I have to have my arm round him or let him sleep on me as he wakes up crying otherwise. I normally feed him at around 3am but I’ve found he’s wanting that feed much earlier too now.
Sorry no advise as to what to do though!☹️

my little boy is also about 6.5 months! Thankyou for sharing as makes me feel better that it's not just me 🤣

I’m absolutely exhausted but have no idea how to get him to sleep better😴 I’m hoping it’s just a phase and it will pass quickly😬!
I hope you get some better sleep soon!

Hello Ladies, my 5 month old too does same thing at 4 month ,it is exhausting, so what I did was close to bedtime I give him a warm bath feed him and cuddle him to sleep next to me without my arms around him and he sleeps straight 4 hours then wakes up another feed that takes him till 6 or 7am.
I hope it works and you get better sleep.

My 6.5 month old does excatly the same, I think they are just going through a leap, teething, growth spurt, just all at once 😅. Really thought by now I have more sleep. I just have him sleep in my bed too.

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