My son was a catnapper until he was about 4 months old (lucky to get 40 minutes out of him), then he started to self settle and would sleep for 1.5 to 2.5 hours during the day and would only wake once a night for a feed and then went straight back to sleep.

He is now 6 months old and for the past 2 weeks has been refusing to self settle (I usually give in and rock him after about 2 hours of screaming)
and now wakes up at least twice a night for a feed and can take up to 2 hours to get back to sleep.

Any suggestions on what I should do?

My little girl did the same thing around the same time though she would sometimes wake up 5 times a night I wouldn’t give her a BF I would pat her tummy or bum back to sleep and sometimes use a dummy because I knew she wasn’t hungry. If that didn’t work well then yes I would feed her but normally she would eventually go back to sleep. I ask my baby nurse and she said it is either because she is teething or going through a developmental stage that they go through around that age and could take a few weeks to pass. I think Haylee's lasted about a week or week 1/2.

At the moment she is waking up about twice or three times mainly before she is properly asleep but I know it is her teeth because I can see it coming through sad

Hope that helps

Hi,
My 10 month old Elijah did the same thing. Up until 7 1/2 months old he had not slept through the night, I was continuously getting up to b/f him several times a night. Some nights it was as though he was a newborn and feeding every 2 hours, it nearly drove me round the bend. I then realised he was using me as his sleep aid, and needing my breast to fall back asleep when he woke in the middle of the night. I got a sinus infection and had no energy one night and couldn't get out of bed, after Elijah crying for four minutes, he had gone back to sleep. This happened at 2am and 4am, both times 4 minutes and asleep again. THe next night he woke at 2am cried for 3 minutes and asleep again. Wow! Is that all it took?!! I now have a beautifully contented 10 month old who can sleep through the night! Unfortunately he has just gotten his first two teeth, so we have encountered another hurdle! Just thought i'd let you know what has worked for me. All the best!!

we have a 6 month daughter, things have not been easy as she has severe food allergies to diary & soy which went undiagnosed for 4 months. She was basically allergic to me & I was going crazy with this extremely unsettled child with a terrbile stomach ache!! Imagine having diaorreha, vommiting and sores coming out your bottom that would bleed for 4 months!!
anyway this caused major sleep issues for us and the only way managed to get her to sleep was to give her a dummy & wrap her in a zip & velcro mum2mum wrap.
This worked, but the only way we have managed to wean her off the wrap is to sleep her on her stomach, she would just play with her hands otherwise.
This has worked great for us despite what plunket say, she is very good at going to sleep. Day sleeps are great - anywhere from 1 - 2 hours, 2 - 3 times per day.

NIGHT time is the worst!!! As she still relies on the dummy, she wakes between 1 & 8 times a night looking for it, if she cant find it, she wakes me up crying to find it for her. I am so tired, I dont mind been woken once or twice if she was hungry, but she literally has her eyes closed, head up, mouth open looking for it. I jam it in and she is back to sleep.
Not so much for me....
ANY TIPS ON WEANING OFF THE DUMMY PLEASE???

Hi,
Is your bub on solids? If so what are they having? Its just that with DD2 she started solids early (at 4 1/2 months) becuase she was unsettled on milk alone then when she was 6 months almost to the day she again was unsettled and waking early for a bottle feed and sometimes an extra feed overnight, then at the 6 month checkup they suggested adding protein to her dinner and then dairy soon afterwards. That night she went back to normal. She still had a bottle feed overnight until she was 7 months and one night she woke at 11pm after having a massive dinner and full 240ml bottle so I settled her with water alone, she winged for 10 mins and then went to sleep. She slept until 4:30 at which time I fed her, the next night she slept till 6am!
They also have a wonder week at 6 months so it could just be a stage. DD2 is now 10months and we going through another change, they just like to keep us on our toes.

To bonhsv, as for your dummy issues. I dont think there is any easy solution. DD1 had a dummy and she was 16 months when I had enough of it but at that age I explained that she couldnt have it anymore. (it still took three days and a lot of crying) Check out this page on the huggies website http://www.huggies.com.au/baby-care/sleep/not-sleeping/settling

If you look at the comfort settling section, this is what I was taught at sleep school, there is some crying but of you can handle it, it will save you in the long run. Good luck.