Waking up at night?

Question

My son is 7 months + 1 week and for the last few nights he’s been waking up at 5am. He’s not hungry and the pacifier doesn’t soothe him back to sleep. Last night, after struggling to get him back to sleep for over an hour, I finally did the unthinkable and pulled him into bed with me and he fell right to sleep. Obviously that’s a big no no for safety reasons, but I also don’t want to make a habit of that because I can’t ever sleep when he’s in bed with us. Is this the start of the 8 month sleep regression, or is it something else? Any tips for helping him go back to sleep in his own bed?

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My doctor told me that after four months it’s a little safe for your little one to be in bed with you and along with every month they get older. That in mind though SIDs is still very well something that can occur. The first six months of my son’s life he spent in bed with me (literally the only way he would sleep) and when he turned six months he magically was able to sleep in his own bed.

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My son has been doing this too! Thankfully last night he slept through the whole night, until 7.

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My DS has been doing that...for a couple of months! Haha. Sometimes he wakes at 3 also but usually self soothes. If he doesn’t I do a quick diaper change in the crib, pat him and leave him and he goes back down. Almost every morning at 5 though I get up and change his diaper and rock him a few minutes and put him back down. If he doesn’t go right back to sleep I just leave him. He fusses and scoots around or plays with his feet but usually doesn’t wail and usually goes back to sleep after 10-30 minutes of playing/cruising and sleeps until 7 or 7:30. His bedtime is at 7 pm by the way. 
I’m wondering if I need to move his bedtime up by 30 min-1 hour because he started having poopy diapers at 5 am sometimes and hasn’t had anything but wet overnight since 3-4 months!

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the whole sleep regression at blah blah months or growth spurt at blah blah month isnt concrete, its very generalized. every baby is different, for example mine skipped over sleep regression completely. it sounds like sleep regression from what ive seen and heard from friends but still go down your list when he wakes up to make sure its not something else (diaper, food, cold, hot,etc). sometimes you may have to allow him to cry it out and self soothe which is easier said than done

Waking up at night?

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