Sleep regression

Any tips on how to get past this sleep regression. My daughter is 8 months, no teeth and has been waking up this past month throughout the night. She has had nightmares since she was a baby. She would cry in her sleep and not necessarily wake up when she was smaller. But now she wakes up with a full on cry in her crib. My husband will try to put her back to sleep, but she wakes up for him every time if he even moves an inch. My husband is known as “play time” anyway. For me, she goes back to sleep but may or may not wake up again throughout the night. She isn’t hungry when she wakes up either. She wants the extra cuddles and butt pats it seems like. But this working mom has to get some sleep.