Help! How do I get my baby to sleep?????

Shanda

My baby is 7 months old and wakes up 5+ times a night and just wants to be rocked back to sleep. We have tried to just make him cry it out and go back to sleep and he just keeps crying. If we pat his tummy or back (depending on how he is laying) he falls right to sleep until we stop. When we stop he wakes right back up and cries. He doesn’t like a paci. He doesn’t suck his fingers. He is completely opposite from his older brother! I need help because I need sleep! I can’t spend an hour trying to get him back to sleep when he wakes up!