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“I love your fantastic website and facebook page. I find myself often monitoring the answers to the questions posted! Now I am hoping for some advice about my 8 month old boy’s night time wakings. He will sleep all night without a peep a few nights a week but the rest of the time he will stir (generally only once) and become distressed and is really difficult to re-settle unless I feed him, which I am trying to avoid. I don’t think he should be hungry, he eats 3 really generous meals and is breastfed 4 times during the day. He goes to sleep himself at bedtime and naps and I hear him stir and settle himself some nights. He started sleeping through the night (7pm – 6pm) at 3 months and did so consistently until about 4.5 months. Then a series of things happened, eczema arrived, holidays, a wonder week, teething etc and he has just never gone back to consistently sleeping through. I am just frustrated that I can’t work out what differs some nights. I know that they are going through so many changes and he is a very active and alert baby so am I expecting too much that he should sleep through the night more consistently or is there something I can do to help him (and me) sleep better? Thanks you in advance for your advice!”Do you have any advice for an 8 month old’s night time wakings?

Posted by anon, 15/04/13

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  • My boy did this from about 7 months to 9 months and I didn’t want to go back to night feeding for fear of setting up a bad habit. A friend told me to do what best settled him and so I started offering the boob, cuddles, singing rocking, patting and a combination of all of the above to get him to resettle. Sometimes with success more often without 🙂 I went back to co sleeping too, another thing I was afraid of setting up bad habits with. My fears were not founded as he started to go back to sleeping through at around 9 months. Not every night to start with but over time it has become more the norm again. Good luck and go with your gut instincts during this time. It’s tough especially when you’ve had the joy of bub sleeping though before it all went wrong!


  • Its called brain overload – they just are trying to get co-ordinated and have lots to work out when they start to learn to walk, talk etc etc


  • Omg i have this exact problem! I have no answers so i will be watching this post carefully


  • Both my boys were the same i found it happened just when they learnt a new skill like crawling, rolling etc. My 7.5mth old has been very restless the past few nights as well but I’ve put it down to him finally being able to crawl properly and also 4 teeth about to cut. When he wakes I just give him his dummy and bunny and he goes straight back to sleep. I also give him a nice warm bath just before bed and he seems to stay settled a bit longer. Best of luck


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