Still waking 5 times a night

I’m the exact same!!! That is our night too :((((((

Same with me

I was like that but then I read a book by Hannah Love, genuine game changer!

I have fed to sleep since birth for naps and during the night, but stopped feeding to sleep at bedtime only when he was 5 months. Still feed to sleep for naps and night waking, if he has one.

@Lucy how do you get your baby to sleep at night?

@Dee what worked from the book?

I promise there’s light at the end of the tunnel, the stretches get longer the more they have solid foods and the night wakings reduce, my daughter is 3 now and after her first birthday she started sleeping through like a dream and has done since, I never thought she would when I was going through what you are! I’m in the trenches with my 8 month old and that gives me hope! 😃 dependence leads to independence 🙌🏽

I have strict bedtime and wakeup times/routine which i did roughly from birth and strictly from 3 months. So 6pm we eat dinner, 7pm last feed, 7:30pm nappy change into bed clothes, forehead kisses goodnight and into his cot. He's normally fast asleep before I leave the room. Dark room, no noise. He has 1 wake up a night for a feed, but the last couple months it's been more for comfort. He's slept through the last few nights but I won't get my hopes up as he's young and so many factors cause a wake up (teething, new development, growth spurt etc) i have always allowed him to feed as much as he wants as often as he wants through the day. He has 3 solid meals. He currently has 2 naps (9:30am and 2:30pm) bed at 7:30pm wake up 6:30am. I was recommended an evening supper of porridge (ready brek is healthier than baby porridge) to help keep full during the night but haven't tried that yet as he's not waking now and 1 wake up isn't bad. I do as much as possible during wake windows to help tire him out too

Definitely nothing you've done, some babies find sleep easier than others. It's also now been proven that comforting/ feeding baby to sleep/ responding to babies crying strengthens pathways in their brains that help them to learn to selth sooth long term. Unfortunately this can take months or years so doesn't really help short term, other than the reassurance that you're building your baby's brain. I'd also recommend reading up on safe co-sleeping on the lullaby trust website. I know it's not for everyone but when my eldest struggled with sleep it really helped as you can just feed them without getting up then fall back to sleep. I also find both of mine woke less as they sometimes wake a little, sense your there and go back to sleep. Plus a banana before bed can really help.

I am also losing it atm with the same issue, he wakes for a feed and then takes an hour until we resettle him mostly crying the whole time. I thought it might be teething but now i think it’s another sleep regression as it reminds me of the 4th month one

Have a look into the ferber sleep training method x