Help!

Following because my 8 month old still wakes up often too 🥴❤️

Both my children didn’t sleep through at 8 months . It’s tough especially when you feel like lots of other babies are sleeping through at that age but trust me a lot havnt aswell . I’m sure in time he will . For me they both took about 12 -13 months until they started to sleep through . 🩵🩵

I saw this teddy bear toy online that moves like someone is breathing next to them it’s supposed to help them sleep longer and feel safe https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Soothe-Snuggle-Otter/dp/B07N1JP56L#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div

I’ve been in the same boat! This week I started cutting his feeds and it’s been going well. He usually wakes every 2-3 hrs and uses feeds as a crutch to get back to sleep: I still feed 10pm but started cutting back on time from 10min to 8,5,3 and then none the last few nights for his 1:30 feed and then at 4:30 I’ve started the same process just delayed (I’m at 5 min last night and none at 1:30 feeds). Also the sleep plan said don’t feed unless they’re already asleep. So help them get back to sleep but then wake them for their feed. I can’t say he’s not been waking still but I see progress where he’s able to soothe himself better, and he didn’t wake expecting his 1:30 feed last night-so that’s progress! I did let him cry the first night without picking him up from his crib (still soothing with pats or shushes) and it took 2 hrs for him to fall asleep which was really hard but he hasn’t cried at all during the rest of the nights (I do give bum taps though to help to sleep).

If he’s still waking through the night and not able to settle once cutting the feeds I do plan on probably one of the gentler sleep training methods because I can’t function with 8 wakeups a night

It’s biologically normal for babies to wake and feed at night until one. I night weaned my daughter after she turned one and then she started sleeping through. My son is 9 months now and still wakes and I will do the same for him and only night weaned at one.

Put some baby cereal in the formula .. it's thicker and stays longer in their stomachs a warm bath with calming aveeno baby lavender and use the lotion too they are a heaven sent with that bottle with some cereal ..hopefully that works out

My son was a terrible sleeper and we eventually ended up sleep training him when he was 17m and I was 6m pregnant because I was just way too pregnant and tired to deal with it anymore lol. I really didn’t want to have to sleep train, but it was the best choice we ever made. We did the Taking Cara Babies gentle sleep training, and it SUCKED the first 2-3 nights; but consistency and sticking to the rules was so important and he slept 14 hours straight by the 4th or 5th night. So happy that we did. Now since baby girl came along, we’re dealing with new sleep issues with him. And there will always be new developmental things going on that can impact sleep - but I can’t recommend sleep training enough! Worked amazing for us.