Has anyone figured out baby sleep?

Multiple wakes through the night from my 6 month old LB. I’m exhausted!! We have odd nights where he’ll sleep through with 1/2 wakes that are easy to resettle. I just can’t figure out what I do for those nights to be different! He is combi fed but I’m wondering if I should move onto just formula now. Is he waking to breastfeed for comfort? Because that’s what ends up happening when he can’t settle on his own. 😵‍💫 has anyone managed to come out of sleep regression and getting longer stretches of sleep at night? If so, what wake windows are you following?

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Honestly I think it’s just pure luck whether you have a good sleeper or not. My first was a great sleeper but I’m using the same techniques with my second and he’s all over the place. Doesn’t matter whether day naps are good or not he’s still up multiple times per night x

I think it’s their age and a lot going on at once with weaning teething separation anxiety and developmental changes like learning to crawl. Mine used to go 9-11 hours without waking up and she’s breastfed but since 6 months hit she’s up till 1-2am and up again at 7-8 for milk and then it’s really hard getting her back down and she needs the sleep as she does not nap and never has done. I think we’re waking her so I’m trying to get my partner to agree to moving her to her room and see if it makes a difference other than that I think it’s just riding it out x

My son is 7.5 months and has never slept well but recently has been waking 6-10 times each night. He just wants boob and won’t settle without. It’s purely comfort, there’s no way he’s hungry. Good luck xx

Switching to formula won’t necessarily make a difference. As others have said there’s lots going on and it’s just down to luck whether they sleep well or not. My boy will sometimes sleep through, other nights he will wake multiple times and it doesn’t matter how much he’s eaten or how long his naps have been. Baby sleep is very up and down but it does get better sooner or later. My first baby was a terrible sleeper but things improved when we moved him to his own room, and we still had a lot of rough nights (think 2am starts!) until he gradually started sleeping through more and more and was consistently sleeping through by 18 months. I only moved my 7 month old to his own room a few nights ago and it’s been very mixed so far but I know this time it will get easier x

Have you considered sleep training? I used to hear folk asking this and assumed that this meant crying it out. It doesn’t! Check out nights.with.nat on Instagram. Nat has completely transformed our sleep! We genuinely can’t believe the difference in the space of only a few days! ☺️

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