I write this at 3am on my 2nd waking of the night, which I’m 100% sure will be followed by another. Last month my baby (currently 7.5 months) was waking up 2-4x a night and I never really figured out why, but I felt like I gave him a much better schedule that worked for him and brought it down to 0-2 wakings.

This last week, he began waking up minimum 3x a night again and I’m at a loss of what to do. I can’t figure out how to help it or if it’s a phase but I’m only 4 days in and already so exhausted. I’m particularly scared because my ppd got really bad in the thick of all the sleep deprivation last month and I really don’t want to cause it to come back again.

Here are some new things that began this week that I think may be the cause:

- began swim lessons

- has started consistently getting on his hands and knees

- working on pulling himself up on his own

- began saying “dadadada”

Currently he’s taking 2-3 naps a day. 1 short 10-20 min (optional) nap in the morning, 1 long nap (1.5-2 hrs) in the middle of the day, and 1 short 10-20 min (optional) nap in the evening. Wake up time is anywhere from 7-8am and bedtime is anywhere from 7:30-8pm. (Tonight it was 9:30pm bc of the super bowl and he is still waking up a lot)

I drop or add the little naps as I see needed. Can anyone tell me if they’re going through the same?