7 month of sleeping advice needed

My DD is almost 7 month. For the past 2 weeks she has started waking around 3 and fussing/crying. I try to get her back to sleep by rubbing her back. That works and she starts in 20 minutes later. It can go on till I get up for her 6 am bottle or she never falls back to sleep and is wide awake till 530. I have recently started taking her Into bed with me putting her on the boppy and putting baby Einstein on because I am exhausted. Her last bottle and diaper change is at 11pm, so I'm not getting much sleep. Prior to this she was sleeping730/8 till her bottle at 11, then down till 6. Is this a phase?

What can I do to get her back to sleeping well? Is bringing her into bed a really bad habit? She isn't a great napped. Sometimes she sleeps 15/20 minutes or an hour and a half, same story in the afternoon. Sometimes at630 she will take a mini nap and go down again around 8. I am at my wits end and so exhausted. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Help!!!!! Please!!!

Re: 7 month of sleeping advice needed

I went through this too, from what I read babies go through phases like this.
You have to do whatever works for you. So many people have such strong opinions on bringing baby into bed. I did it with both my kids for a while, but now they both sleep in their own beds thru the night.
I am a big believer in routines. I am still working on a routine with my 6 month old, but my DD is 2 1/2 and she has her milk at 8:00, watches her show, we get PJ's on, read a book or two and into her crib for the night.
Good luck.

Re: 7 month of sleeping advice needed

Sleepless nights are the worst!

since she seems she goes back down easily after her bottle, can you try giving her more before bed? or even a meal closer to her bedtime bottle?

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She is a fussy eater, bottles and meals. It's a fight to get her to finish a 5 ounce bottle. Her last one I do put in cereal. But you have me thinking, Maybe I will add even more cereal. It can't hurt.

7 month of sleeping advice needed

Phase. personally I would do CIO. Def would not take into bed or give a bottle cause chances are at 7 months she does not really need it.

7 month of sleeping advice needed

I think it's a phase because around 6 months, DD started waking in the middle of the night after STTN almost every night since she was born. We do give her a bottle, which she does drink the entire thing, and then she goes right back to sleep. I can't seem to figure out why some nights she wakes up and some she doesn't. She gets a 6oz bottle before we start our bedtime routine.

DD is 7 months old now and with the exception of last night, has gone back to STTN.

Re: 7 month of sleeping advice needed