8 month sleep regression? #thestruggleisreal

Question

Baby girl has always been an amazing sleeper (she was sleeping through the night at 4 months) but the past week has been HORRENDOUS. She recently learned how to crawl and just wants to crawl around her crib. I can see her brain is overstimulated at night. Last night she wailed from 12-3 and I couldn't console her unless I breastfed her. I am a morning show personality so I have to be up at 3:30am for work and this is killing me. I want to be there for her as much as possible but I'm also the bread winner in the family and daddy is on pat leave. I feel so bad because he is doing all he can but she only wants me & to nurse. I'm not fucking superwoman. Any advice mamas?? Would MEGA appreciate it. 🙏

Answer

I posted something similar to this and didn't get much advice either. My son started sleeping through the night at 2 months and has been an INCREDIBlE sleeper. Before the 8 month regression he was sleeping 10-13 hours and now he's waking up screaming at 11:50 on the dot wanting milk, then wakes up to cry for a few minutes at 2am, then at 3am, and then screams for milk at 5am. I wish I had advice! The only thing I can say is... will your little one take a bottle? Or even a sippy cup? Anything that you can fill up with pumped breast milk and give to your husband? My hubby gets up for work at 5am and he's been handing our little one a bottle in his crib and turns on the baby camera in the bathroom so he can watch him eat while he gets ready. That's really been the only thing that's helped me.

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Hi, my lo some nights cries for few seconds or sometimes 3-5 minutes and then fall sleep. Our pediatrician told us is normal for this age sometimes he said are night terrors, he told us not bf or bottle so we usually watch her trough the camera and she falls sleep on her own. There have been some nights that she cried for about 10 min so we go tell her everything is ok and then she falls sleep.

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The good thing with the 8 month sleep regression unlike the 4 month is it will pass and shouldn't last long! Good luck momma

8 month sleep regression? #thestruggleisreal

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