7 month old not sleeping

It doesn’t work every time but here are my top tips
*enough calories during the daytime
* longer awake window before bedtime, our one is 3 hours
* night time nappy pants
* dream bottle within 2.5 hours of night stretch if not enough calories consumed
* cool bedroom
* dummy and hold hand / don’t pick up with stirring
* good bedtime routine like bath, massage, clean pjs and bottle
• stretch your bedtime to later in the evening as baby will sleep longer, try 8pm
• loads of day time activity and fresh air

Good luck 🌸

6 times is a lot of wake ups for this age and sounds potentially habitual. Is she being fed each time she wakes?
What’s her routine like during the day in terms of wake ups, naps and bedtimes? X

Can't comment on your specific situation, but just to add that at least a third of babies are still waking in the night by one year old, so still totally normal to not sleep through at 6 months.

I think it definitely is habitual! If she wakes up twice I feed her, if she wakes up more it depends how long it’s been since her last feed, I try not to feed her every time, but it’s incredibly hard especially when my partner doesn’t get up during the week to help. She refuses to settle for me at night unless I put her on the boob! She will end up settling for my partner so I only have his help on the weekends, and when I’m tired I just want to get her back to sleep as quick as possible🙃
My problem with her routine is her naps are so all over the place, most of the time they are half an hour- 45 mins and sometimes they can be 1 hr 30

Her routine is:
Wake up around 8- nap at 10:30
Wake up from nap 11/11:15
Nap 1:45 wake up 2:15/2:30
Nap 5 wake up 5:30
Bedtime 8pm

I use the huckleberry app to track her naps but sometimes she refuses her last nap! Xx

My LO also EBF still wakes at least 1-3 times a night but his sleep has got a lot better, he was sleeping decent stretches (7-8 hours) and then the 4 month sleep regression hit us, now after 2.5 months of 3-6 wake ups hes back to doing 4-8 hour stretches, i find giving him a good meal (usually a larger portion of food) and then boob not long after (usually 15-20 mins) soon gets him off to sleep, he also has a wake window of around 3-4 hours before he goes to sleep too, he’s averaging around 8.30pm for falling asleep, he feeds to sleep too x

Yeah it’s all so tricky! I feel like if somebody told us exactly how complicated baby sleep would be, none of us would have babies 😂😂
Is there no way your partner could do a bit more to support you in the nights, especially if baby settles better for him? (Very common when you’re BF!)
My husband and I take it in turns to do the nights still, even though he’s working full time.
I wonder if she needs a slightly longer wake window before bed now?
My little girl is 6 and a half months and we aim for her to nap no later than 5pm so she has a 3 hour wake window before 8pm bedtime c

it really is isn’t it!! 🤣🤣

He definitely could, but he gets funny about doing it when he goes to work the next morning🙄but I’ve told him I can’t do this on my own anymore!
That’s so good! It should be 50/50 I think!
Maybe I will try a later wake window, but I think I’ve tried that before and hasn’t work😩I’ll try anything at this point🤣

Both my babies have been like this. Just because SOME babies might sleep through at 6 months, doesn't mean it's normal for all! Some babies wake because they want to be close to you and reassured you are there. If they are waking and going back to sleep easily (with a feed or otherwise) then I personally wouldn't worry about it at all.
If it makes you feel reassured better times will come - my son was fed back to sleep everytime and then has solidly slept through the night since 18 months ago (now 2.5). If you lean into supporting their sleep, it doesn't mean they won't ever sleep alone!

awh thank you, this makes me feel better!! I just worry I’ve got her into a habit she won’t be able to shift! You’ve definitely reassured me xx

I agree with Jenny above. My first was the same, he started waking up loads around 6/7 months because this is when they start to understand distance and some babies want to feel you close and be reassured. There is nothing wrong with that, they will sleep through eventually and supporting them to go back yo sleep (if sustainable) won't make them bad sleepers at all (though I know how sleep deprivation can be horrible)