u/Captain_Banabus

My 6.5 month old is going through the worst sleep we have ever had and for the first time in his life will only settle with a boob in his mouth. He's woke up every single hour for the last 5 days and unless I am there to feed him he loses it.

Previously since birth my partner has also been able to help with any rough periods of sleep, for example we had a 4 month regression that lasted about 10 days, but both of us got a few hours uninterrupted a night because unless baby was giving hunger cues my partner could get him back into the cot fairly easily.

After we got through the 4 month regression we were consistently getting 1-3 wake-ups max per night and now it's easily 8-9. Baby also seems tired during the day and struggles to be up more than 2 hours before getting grizzly.

We are starting to work with someone on gentle improvements to support a return to better sleep (he is a very sensitive baby so we are not even remotely considering leaving him to figure it out on his own, he is a 0-100 kind of guy), but please, please tell me this will get better because I honestly think I'm going to die from exhaustion at this point.

Long and short of it - we have known we wanted to upsize for our family for a while but as we are now running out of space decided it's time to go on the market. At the same time a perfect home has been reduced well into our price range. The location, layout etc is everything we are looking for, but as we are in the process of getting photos etc done we are not technically on the market yet and the sellers will not accept STC offers. We are going to offer over asking as soon as we have a buyer but are wanting to get moving on it asap. We are hustling the agents to book in photography etc this week and are also going to be doing an open house. For anyone who has sold quickly, was there anything specific you did that helped? We are not looking to get the best offer, just a good enough one from a first time buyer or landlord to minimise the chain below us as the house we want is currently empty.

We are in England FYI.

My 6 month old is going through a phase of lots of crying if I put him down or leave the room, all day and all night. He also cries every time we try to play and nothing seems to help. My partner tried to help but it doesn't really work. This week he has only napped or been able to sleep when fully latched to me and while I don't mind bed sharing for a nap here and there it's not something I can do all night for a number of reasons. Essentially I have quite a bad pelvic floor injury and with him getting heavier, I need to be able to put him down at least occasionally. I am unable to babywear and cannot walk for more than 15 mins. He used to like car naps but this week he has just started to cry the whole time. I can't get much help during the week.

I REALLY do not want to sleep train but I am completely at my whits end and constantly in pain from having to hold him 24/7. I'm struggling with guilt but this is having a huge impact on my symptoms and means I just can't show up for him the way I want to.

Any advice is welcome. He's quite a sensitive baby, has some reflux issues although they are improving hugely with time. Prior to this week we had a solid month of him not needing to be fed to sleep, connecting his sleep cycles well, and napping in his cot for his main nap of the day. He has been mostly in his own room since 5 months as he outgrew the next-to-me, with myself or my partner sleeping in the room to help him feel secure.

My 6 month old is going through a phase of lots of crying if I put him down or leave the room, all day and all night. He also cries every time we try to play and nothing seems to help. My partner tried to help but it doesn't really work. This week he has only napped or been able to sleep when fully latched to me and while I don't mind bed sharing for a nap here and there it's not something I can do all night for a number of reasons. Essentially I have quite a bad pelvic floor injury and with him getting heavier, I need to be able to put him down at least occasionally. I am unable to babywear and cannot walk for more than 15 mins. He used to like car naps but this week he has just started to cry the whole time. I can't get much help during the week.

I REALLY do not want to sleep train but I am completely at my whits end and constantly in pain from having to hold him 24/7. I'm struggling with guilt but this is having a huge impact on my symptoms and means I just can't show up for him the way I want to.

Any advice is welcome. He's quite a sensitive baby, has some reflux issues although they are improving hugely with time. Prior to this week we had a solid month of him not needing to be fed to sleep, connecting his sleep cycles well, and napping in his cot for his main nap of the day. He has been mostly in his own room since 5 months as he outgrew the next-to-me, with myself or my partner sleeping in the room to help him feel secure.