When I first had Carter, all I ever used to hear is “the newborn stage is easy” or “wait until he’s teething” “wait until he’s a toddler” and I used to think ok…whatever.

Well…my little one is almost 8 months old. And for the last 6ish months has slept through almost every night…except the last 2 weeks! First it started off with him having a cold, so he would need soothing throughout the night. Once you’re used to your child sleeping through, and they do wake up in the night, it kills me more than when he was a new born!!

When Carter was a newborn, he would wake every 3 hours perhaps. Which I didn’t mind at all! Because I still got some sleep, and he would sleep a lot in the day so I could catch up, however now, his cold has gone…he’s finally teething…yay.

Teething is hard! It’s a hard stage! At first I thought he was going through that sleep regression, which perhaps is also what’s going on.

For those who don’t know, sleep regression is a period of time when your baby decides to wake up, and won’t settle. This can happen at any time from 6 weeks all the way up to 12 months! It’s due to their brains developing, and since Carter has been learning to do new things, his has seemed to started.

Back to teething, along with his sleep regression, my little one is teething, which is such a hard time for him and me! I feel so sorry for him, I hate having toothache so I can’t imagine the confusing of feeling that pain and not know what’s going on, and the only way to comfort him is with pain relief and teething powder!

So for the last 2 weeks, my child has been waking every hour at least! Maybe 2 hours if I’m lucky. Not for anything in particular, never for a bottle, or nappy change it’s normally just put his dummy back in and he goes back to sleep, or he has a little juice and goes back to sleep.

Now, teething doesn’t just change the way they sleep, it’s changed his attitude! At almost 8 months Carters personality really is shining! He’s cheeky, smiley, also slightly moody (gets that from his daddy) but when he’s teething, he’s needy, but also tries to push away, he’s wingy, wants a nap but doesn’t want a nap!

It’s literally like having a newborn all over again, no sleep and not knowing what he wants!

Good luck to those momma’s and dads that have got a new born, and haven’t gone through this stage yet! The best is yet to come!

Because I’m so used to him sleeping through the last 2 weeks I’ve felt like a zombie! I’m hoping this stage passes quickly!