Waking every hour- I’m done!

Hes not connecting his sleep cycles because hes reliant on the breast to fall asleep

I was once where you are now. It as unsustainable, I was the walking dead and even my baby had bags under his eyes!

We decided to sleep train and tried a few of the so called gentle methods, but they just upset him more, so we then used the ferber method which worked well for us

It was TOUGH, but one of the best desisions we made

Also, it was around 8 months when he stopped being able to sleep with any sort of noise (appart from white noise machine) and so we had to move him into his own room. Hibby snores and our bed squeaked every time we moved and his sleep went to pot again. Once in his own room, he slept great. He still had 2 wakes a night for feeds, thats dropped to one now at 15.months

I don't believe in stepping away and letting your baby cry it out, it just teaches them no one is coming to help, so of course they give up ang go quiet.

But I completely understand how absolutely shattered you must be. My little one had these issues too but I ended up getting a pacifier and this worked wonders for us! She would occasionally spit it out when she fell asleep and sometimes start crying again, but as soon as I plugged her up she'd be back to sleep again!

I wish you all the best, nothing worse than no sleep 😫

You’re not doing anything wrong - some babies just aren’t good sleepers.

What does your whole routine look like with timings, wake up, nap times and lengths and bedtimes?

No advice really, but our girl the same age has been going through this phase too, waking every 40 minutes through the night and taking over an hour to resettle, not napping for long at all. We also cosleep and she was rolling around like tumbleweed. It went on for a couple of weeks, although she's never been a good sleeper at all. Yesterday she took 4 naps when she usually just has 3 and I thought i was in for an even rougher night, but by some miracle she slept through the night for the first time ever. Not sure if its just the end of the sleep regression, the extra 15minute nap or the fact that she ate alot for dinner but I usually find she sleeps the best she ever has immediately after a sleep regression. There is light at the end of the tunnel mama, hang in there!

I couldn’t really give you any advice, but just wanted to reassure you that it won’t last long. Your baby will go back to sleeping like before — it’s probably just the 7-month sleep regression. Hang in there! It usually only lasts about 1–2 weeks. ❤️

You’re not doing anything wrong. My eldest was exactly like this and didn’t sleep a decent stretch until he was past 18m. Did the exact same for my second - both breastfed and same routines etc - and she has always slept way better.