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@babyjmama: insomnia!

Hard to say what it could be. Maybe working on a new milestone like sitting up or crawling. That usually affects sleep. Does he have a lovey?

@babyjmama: mama, you sound just like where I am right now. My daughter turns 7 months on the 11th. She has started trying to pull up on me and is trying so hard to crawl (and mostly gets frustrated and just starts sad crying for us). The past couple nights have been miserable. New Years Eve, we were up from 8-11 and she would only sleep if she was on me. So, I spent 3 hours on the lazboy. She just didn't want to go back down and was demanding to be fed when we put her down for bedtime. By demanding to be fed I mean would not stop crying unless I fed her. Last night I made my husband put her to bed (he did so early b/c she skipped a nap) and she was up at 7 demanding to be fed again. It's so hard!!

People have suggested to me it's milestones, as well. How long does he cry and what time is he finally falling asleep? Does the milk seem to help him?

@babyjmama: Poor thing - that's no fun at all. We went through the same thing last (10.5 months) when she started walking, and also around 6.5 months when she started crawling. She was super hungry at night, screaming to be fed. I chalked it up to her burning more calories because she's moving and therefore was more hungry at night. She also wanted to be held all the time and didn't want to sleep in her crib. I actually didn't mind much because she never wants us to hold her so it felt good to actually get to.

Good luck to you and getting back to sleep!

We are also a part of this club for going on 2 weeks! My dd just turned 8 mos had been working on it, but started really crawling about a week ago and is now really working on cruising. It's rough! I've noticed when she wakes up at night she is super restless, tries to climb me and get into crawling position while nursing! I feel like we are nursing like 17 times a night Gah! I'm definitely chalking it up to developmental milestones! I think their little brains just can't turn off!

I totally stopped changing diapers in the middle of the night. If she eats thats fine but she goes right back to sleep. If you have to do a feeding maybe try to at least skip the diaper change.

My LO is 7 months old and sleep was miserable early in the week. However, we have tried CIO and I get the best night of sleep last night. He went down at 8 p.m. and we only had 1 night wake up at 1:30 a.m. After the night wake up he went right back to sleep and slept till it was time to get him up. My guess is its a combination of working on milestones and growth spurt. I'm hoping it passes as quickly as it came.