No sleep club

My LB is 8months and will not sleep at night.

His usual routine:
8am - wake-up
11am/12pm - 1st Nap
3/4pm - 2nd Nap
We do dinner, bath & bed and I try to put him to bed anywhere between 7:30-8:30 depending on when he’s had his last nap.

- He never sleeps more than 2.5hours during the day.
- We are also co sleeping.
- he’s breastfed

After I put him down to bed he will sleep between 30mins - 2hours and then be up and wide awake. No matter how hard I try to put him back to sleep he will not go back. So we are up for another 3hours until he is tired again.

I’m exhausted and me and my partner have barely spend anytime with each other recently.

I wouldn’t mind a later bedtime but he gets so whiny and is ready for bed 7:30-8:30. I have tried to introduce a bottle of formula before bed as I know it’s thicker than breastmilk but he will not drink it at all.
He also doesn’t sleep well during the night and will wake up between 2-5times a night.
I have no idea what to do to help his routine so he sleeps and stops this ‘pre-bedtime nap’🥲💔

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Is he crawling yet? A huge milestone may be coming or maybe teeth my girl went through this I can’t remember might have been like 6/7 months tho. Seems like a lot of sleep too my girl is down between 730-830 as well but wakes up between 530-6 if I’m lucky 7 but rarely

If I remember correctly, leap 6 happens around 8.5 to 9 months, which could explain whats happening here. I suggest you give mental leaps and sleep regression a quick read so you know what youre dealing with and what to expect after..

he’s been crawling since 6 months but he is currently cutting his 5th tooth. He’s never slept through the night or gone to bed without waking up again. It’s getting exhausting, last night he went to bed at 7:30pm, He woke up at 9pm and I tried to get him back off but he was wide awake. He then didn’t sleep until 12am with lots of fighting. I’m so tired and it’s been like this every night for months

This may feel counterintuitive but I think his wake windows are too long…for 8 months think 2.5-3.5 hours. If they’re not getting enough sleep during the day, they won’t sleep at night either. Once I started following wake windows with my daughter, I started noticing that she would start sleeping longer stretches and nap solidly during the day.
There is also a leap coming up so that may have something to do with it!

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