7.5 month old - Falls asleep fine but then wakes up all night?

Question

Here's your newest sleep regression post haha! But mines a little funky ... LO goes down for bed super easy. We do lotion, PJs, nurse and shes usually 80% asleep or pretty out of it by the time I lay her down and I can walk away no problem. BUT cue her next wake ups which have been every 2-3 hours all the sudden and she's crying awake! I finally had her CIO last night .. it was like one fussy cry for 5 minutes the every 5 minutes she'd kind of shout out and finally went to sleep. Question is - why does she go down so easily but wake up so much and not go to bed on her own?? I just keep nursing her half the time except for that one at 3 am when I just gave up. Is she really that hungry or do I need to night wean and stop going in and feeding her - she eats fast so each time she definitely has eaten not just comfort sucked.

She eats oatmeal 2 times a day at daycare, 3-4 6 oz bottles then nurse when we get home at 5... puréed food, and nursed before bed. Do I need to supplement or something?

Answer

I night weaned and started giving the pacifier when he woke up and night and a couple days later he stopped waking for feeds and would just look for his paci and go back to sleep. Now he sleeps straight through 7-5:30. Then eats and goes back to sleep until 6:30 or 7.

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My son falls asleep fine at night but starting around 12:30-5 wakes up every hour crying horribly then falls back to sleep in five minutes. He will not go back to sleep after 5. Almost praying it's a regression because the 8/9/10 month one isn't permanent like th 4 month was supposedly.

Knowing it will go back makes it bareable. We are on day 5 now.

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I'm going through the same thing with my 7.5 month old. She goes down pretty easy but then wakes up almost every hour crying and then wakes up for good around 5 am. It's awful 😩 but hopefully this phase will pass soon. I wouldn't worry about your supply/breastfeeding- I think it's just the sleep regression to blame. I switched to formula at 6 months and we don't usually do night feedings anymore but with this sleep issue we've been giving her a few ounces to try and get her back to sleep even though it doesn't seem to help.

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Ahhh that makes me feel better! Literally last week she slept through the night Monday and Tuesday and all the sudden started this!! It was every hour on the hour Saturday 😩

7.5 month old - Falls asleep fine but then wakes up all night?

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