7 Month Old Wakes up 6 plus Times at Night HELP!!!!!

At 7 months he should be sleeping through the night. This worked at my house. I would put my daughter down awake and let her cry for 5 min. The I would go in and soothe her, the books said not to pick her up, but the only way to stop her crying was to pick her up. I would rock her until she was calm and then put her back in her crib and this time let her cry for 10 min. I would then go in again. We never had to let her cry longer than 10 min. Also it could be that he is getting teeth and that is causing the fussiness. Motrin and orajel work wonders. Good luck!

I havent read all the answers, but my first thought is an ear infection. Dont know if youve brought him in to have that checked, but that was the only way i knew my son had one. He would never pull on his ears, or seem in pain or crabby during the day, he would just wake up a lot more at night. so you might want to try that to. Good luck and i hope he starts sleeping better for you soon.

Oh how I feel your pain. My child HATED to sleep, and this sleep schedule is what finally worked for me. (he is now 10 months old and sleeps wonderfully). Give it a try and hopefully it will help.

2-3-4 schedule (awake for 2 hours, then 3 hours, then 4 hours)
7am wake, bottle, solids for breakfast, then play
9am (or 2 hours after he wakes) nap #1 (he should eventually be sleeping for 1 1/2 hours twice a day--seems crazy, but it should happen!)
10:30am wake, bottle, play
12pm solids for lunch
1:30pm (or 3 hours after waking from 1st nap) nap #2 (again, should sleep for 1 1/2 hours)
3pm wake, bottle, play
5:30pm solids for dinner
6pm start bedtime routine (bath, story, bottle)
7pm bedtime

The idea is to get him on a 12 hour sleep/wake schedule. Some babies do not need to be so regimented in order to sleep, but others physically need the order. I was in your shoes with a little boy who was waking up every hour or so all night long and I was at my wits end until a friend told me about this. If you have questions, feel free to send me a message and I'll be more than happy to help.

My kids are not fabulous sleepers either. Well, my 3 year old is now, but she never used to be. Like you, I was up and down all night with her. I co-slept for as long as she wanted to, but at about 6 mos she wanted in her own bed. The only thing that helped (and this might just have been total coincidence, was table food. The night she started eating "real" food was the night she slept all through the night.
Now, my second is a different story. She LOVES to sleep in my bed. I just go with it. I figure if it makes her sleep, then hooray! :)
Does your son have gas? Or possibly an ear infection (although since it's been going on for so long I doubt it)? it might be more teeth coming in. My suggestion would be to give him some Tylenol and see if that helps at all.
I don't really have an real advice, I just wanted to let you know that I've been in your shoes!

I feel your pain, my son did this from the time he was 3 months until about 6.5 months!!!! We did the CIO but in a different way...let him cry for 5 mins, then go in for no more than 30 seconds...don't pick him up and try not to talk to him..just pat his back or stroke his head...if he takes a pacifer (don't suggest using one!!) give him that...then quietly walk out...if still crying, wait 10 min before going back in, and do the same quiet quick comfort with out picking him up...if still crying, wait 15 min, and do the same when going in...continue at 15 min intervals the rest of the night. Do not give up on it!!! It took about 3 nights of doing this and our son started sleeping 3 hours straight!!! That was huge compared to 30 mins!! After about a week, he was only waking up 1-2 times per night where we had to get up to go in there, then after about 3 weeks to a month, he would comfort himself back to sleep if he woke up at all!! He is now 1 year old, and sleeps 12 hours straight!!!! Your son could also be getting more hungry, seems to me that my son had a growth spurt at 7 months and we had to increase his milk and food intake...maybe try a little more food at dinner time and/or possibly more milk in his night time bottle (if you are bottle feeding...if nursing, try to get him to nurse a little longer at night) Oh, I almost forgot the MOST IMPORTANT thing...make sure you are putting him down to bed AWAKE!! This is the key!! I had to wake my son up after nursing him (as much as that killed me!!), then I would give him hugs and kisses, and lay him in his crib, once he is in his sleep sack I read him two books, say goodnight, and quietly walk out.
I really hope this helps...what you are going through is AWEFUL!!!!

All the advice I see below is great, you have some good options there. What I want to suggest is that you find a way to get sleep yourself. As a single mom of 4 it's common for one or two of my kiddos to wake up at regular intervals during the night and then I'm left with 2 hours of sleep. Sleep dep will make everything you need to do ten times more difficult. I worked out a sleepover swap with friends of mine so that on saturday nights the kiddos get a night out with friends and I get sleep. Friday nights I keep their kiddos so they can go party. I also take 2 or 3 15 minute power naps throughout the day whenever I can fit it into my work schedule. Take care of yourself, once you feel calm and centered again, your baby will feel that calm understanding of his tough situation and be easier to calm back to sleep by whatever method you choose to go with.

my kiddo didn't need tylenol during the day, but at night when he was cutting teeth he couldn't sleep without it.

There is a great book called The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. It works whether you want to co-sleep or put baby in a crib.
It sounds to me though like you need some consistency. You're going back and forth between your bed and the crib and that will get confusing. Do one thing and stick to it.
Do you have a bed time routine in place? If not it's probably time to start one.
If he's teething give him some pain killer whether it's Tylenol or just Baby Orajel before bed, that will help with the pain.
Otherwise, that's a great book. You can get it on Amazon or even Ebay.
Hope that helps!

It will cease...I promise. He could be teething, have a slight cold, gas? All of the above.

My amazing sleeper stopped sleeping well at about 6 months. It's been a month and he's still a terrible sleeper. He's eating more, we nurse on demand, had a slight cold, and is teething.

Just chant, this too shall pass, this too shall pass!

I don't believe in CIO anyways, so I don't recommend it at all!

Have you tried gripe water in case it's a bit of gas or teething tablets if its his teeth? These are nice safe ways to give them a bit of comfort if they are hurting without dosing them up on meds.

I co-sleep so at the very least, I get some rest while he's talking, fussing, etc and I just can't get out of bed one more time!

Good luck mama!

Have you tried feeding him more at night? Giving him a big supper and and bigger bottle before he goes to bed. That's how I got both of mine to sleep during the night. They both slept all through the night before they were a month old. I would put a little bit of rice cereal in their 'night time' bottle too.

cereal at bedtime or teething. if they are waking up that many times something is wrong and cio isn't going to work. I believe in cio but that says to me either hungry (cereal should fix) teething or ear problems.

I deal with exactly same situation, I don't know what to do anymore. Suddenly his naps got out of control too. I can't take it anymore HELP

I didn't read any of your answers so I don't know if I'm repeating. My daughter had night wakings till she was 1 yr old. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Someone recommended the book, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Weissbluth. It helped so much. Mostly it helped us with naps but there are chapters on night waking for every age. Hope it helps. Good luck.