when does this 6month sleep regression END??!!?

Question

Somehow we were able to bypass the 4 month sleep regression but I feel like paying double for it now! We are entering week 3 of waking up 3x per night with my little screamer! It's not his teeth, yes I'm sure. I literally don't know what to do anymore! Is anyone on the other end of this already? Any tips? Tricks? He used to be such an awesome sleeper! Sleeping from 8pm to 7am not a peep out of him! 🤐 now he can't stay asleep no matter what I try😭😭

Any advice mommas???

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My little girl wakes up every 30-50 minutes all night. She has done so since 10 weeks old (she turned 6 months on the 12th). She hit the 4 month sleep regression early, and has never recovered. We have tried EVERYTHING (except CIO), and nothing works for us lol. From what I have read, a lot of people say that no matter what you do, they will "come out" of the sleep regression when they are ready. No matter what you do, or don't do- the regressions are not something you can "fix", you just have to wait them out. 
I know I didn't offer much help, but I know I spent a few months so frustrated trying everything I could think of to "make" her sleep longer. It was easier once I just accepted that I have no control over it and just take it day by day. Just know you aren't alone and remember it is all temporary.

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Is she falling asleep by herself? Or is she using crutches?(binky, feeding to fall asleep, bouncing, rocking, only your arms) she will always wake up until you eliminate all the crutches and she knows how to self Sooth. Our crutch was a binky. I was waking every 1.5-2hrs AFTER the 4 month sleep regression hit. It was awful. I spoke with a sleep consultant and she told me, when I'm ready, I need to ditch the binky and teach her how to put her self to sleep on her own. BEST.DECISION.EVER🙌🏼🙌🏼. She said when sleep training, always start with night sleep because the crying (we chose cio) WILL lead to sleep vs a nap. Night one-did our routine and she cried for 32 mins and slept for 10.5 hrs straight. We did cio with out any checks because I didn't want inturupt the new learning curve. I was setting an appropriate boundary which will be he first of many boundaries set as she gets older. Night two- ZERO cryingand slept for about her 10 hrs before waking to eat. I thought it was a fluke. It wasn't. It's been 6 weeks now and she sleeps every single night for 10-11 hrs straight before needing to eat. She bows how to self Sooth now. Best decision I have made yet as a parent. It wasn't fun during but it set both her and I up for more successful, restful sleep at night.

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Following! My daughter is this way! She use to sleep 10-11hrs. And now she wakes up every 2-3. But she doesn't want to eat she just wants to be held! 😭 I think we will have to start sleep training cause she associates me holding her with going back to sleep.

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This is contradicting the other comment left on here but I read that once the hit the sleep regression there is never really going "back" to how they used to sleep. Their sleep patterns are forever changed. Stick with your routine and it will pass. However if your baby needs a sleep association to fall back asleep (rocking, bottle/boob, paci) you will either need to do that or start sleep training. My son wakes up every 1-3 hours at night (over 2 months now) he either needs to be rocked or given a bottle. We are going to start sleep training him because he needs to learn to fall back asleep on his own. Unfortunately any form of sleep training is going to require some tears. Everyone in this house is miserable because no one is sleeping well so sleep training is needed for us.

when does this 6month sleep regression END??!!?

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