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hi mommaminchey, your situation sounds a lot like mine with my dd when she hit 6-7 months. She is now 7.5months and still waking at night but not as badly. Actually some nights are good and some are way off. Do you still bf? I do and thought maybe that was some of it. I wonder if there is just something that happens at this age that causes the night waking? i read about separation anxiety between months 6-8 and that it can increase at nighttime. Anyways, it sounds like you are doing WAY more than i did to try at least a bedtime routine consistent meals, etc. so I'm pretty baffled too. I recently read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child and although I totally am not agreeing with the CIO thing the dr. had some interesting things to say about sleep. He seemed to correlate how much the baby sleeps during the daywith how much they sleep at night. The more they nap the better they sleep at night basically. My dd would not nap for anything and then if she did it would be for 20-30 mins as well. I started watching for sleepy cues before she got "overtired" another term he explained in the book, and I try nursing her when she is like that. If she falls asleep I put her in her pack n play (she still won't nap in her crib--she doesn't even like sleeping in it much) and darken the room. The past week she has napped soooo much better and longer. It started with a 3 hr. nap one day (only one nap) and then moved to 2 naps at about an hour each. I was shocked! She never napped this much, but I also wasn't trying too hard to get her down or wind her down for one. The overtired state seems to be after they pass the quieting, state where it would be easy to put them down. Mine seems overtired all the time. I thought she was hyperactive, but that is the overtired point. She moves a lot, gets very vocal, rubs eyes, yawns, fusses, etc. Anyways, I'm also getting ready to read the Baby Sleep Book by WIlliam Sears to get the other end of the spectrum with the attachment parenting thing b/c I still bf and bring her into our bed a lot. Agh, I figure I'm learing as I go and I'm sure it will all work out :) lol

Does he wake up to eat, play or be shushed back to sleep? If he's waking up to eat, maybe you should try giving him a 3rd meal and start some finger foods. If he's a big boy he'll have a big appetite. If he's waking up and wants to play, try stimulating him more during the day. Use up a lot of his energy. If he's crawling, let him crawl around all day. If he's walking when you hold him up, let him do that. Find ways to get all his energy used up by the time he needs to go to bed. If he's waking up to be shushed to sleep he might be lonely. Give him a toy that plays soothing music, one that he can operate himself whenever he wants to. My daughter is 8.5 months and has needed all of the above at some point or another. She sleeps fine now, from 7:30PM-8AM with a 2 hour nap during the day.

Hi, so sorry to hear this, i know it's so hard for you to be going through this. but most of the advice given is good. my boy is big too and when he was about 5 months i decided to increase his good because everywhere i read that he shouldn't be waking up for a feed anymore otherwise i'm not feeding him enough. one thing i did that helped is i fed him on the hour every hour after 6 (his sleep time is 9) so i fed him formula at 6, fruits at 7-7.30 and his cereal mixed with formula and a lot of it, at 8.30. that seemed to help a lot. i still do that, but have increased his cereal and milk. they eat more than you think they should. and i agree about the naps, so important for them to nap...

Hey girl!! I didnt realize you were having this trouble with Mason. You just wrote our exact schedule. I am baffled. I cant figure out how to fix it, but at least I know it is not just Jess. UGH I have tried feeding her more, but she wont take a bottle , sippycup, or normal cup, so I cant get her to take any extra other than breastmilk, I tried cereal and fruits before bed, but she gets mad and they end up all over. She wakes and I try to calmher and put her back to sleep, but she wont sttle untill I nurse her then she will fall back asleep for a hour or so then wakes again. When do they go back to being good sleeprs?? She slept through the night from a month old!! Now I am lucky of she sleeps for three hours in a row.

Same stuff here :) And mine won't take any extra liquids from a cup or bottle. Only breastmilk (she will take straight bm from a bottle, but nothing else). I think my supply is going down but not sure. She's constipated now too and trying to nurse ALLLLL night. Last night was a b%$&h.