8 week sleep regression

Has anyone experienced or going through an 8 week sleep regression?
My little boy is currently waking every 40mins-1 hour, very alert. He only normally wakes for one night feed top up (2 at a push) so this is a change in ‘normal’ behaviour.

Any tips or tricks to help tackle this would be sooo helpful.
Orrrrr just confirmation that I will soon be out of the trenches😂

We currently have him in a sleep sack (last feed of the day he is put into it before taken up to bed), we use white noise every night and use very little lighting.

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🙋‍♀️ no one really talks about the 8 week growth spurt/ sleep regression we have not long come out the other side, all I can say is continue to stick to your routine and timings and you will get through! Once we had made it to the other side we found our little boy slept longer and got himself into a more settled routine fingers crossed it doesn't last too long for you! 😊

Ours doesn't wake up lots, but he suddenly went from five bottles a day and going down at around 3am for 4-5 hours to 6-8 bottles a day and not going down until 8am but sleeping through comfortably until 3pm 🙃 he's always had long wake windows and will usually stay awake until he has a second bottle and then nap for an hour or so. It's great that he's sleeping for such a long stretch comfortably but I miss the sunlight 😭 I'm a super light sleeper and if he does wake and want a feed he always gets one but he seems perfectly happy to sleep for so long at the moment!

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