A.B.
Hi A.. I went through the exact same thing with my son when he was about five months old as well. He is now 8 months and I put him down at 7:00 every night and he wakes up at 6:00 every morning. This is where it gets hard. At his age he as established a patern that you have helped him create. My advice to you is to create a knew night time routine. Give him a bath, feed him, read him a book ,sing him a song and then put him to bed. Or something similair to that. The earlier you put him down the better. Seven pm is a good time. Do the same routine step by step every night it's all about consistencey. Do you have a white noise machine? It also might be a good time to possibly loose the binky. I know this might soung hard but I finally had to do it as well. He relize on you to come in the room give him his binky so he can go back to sleep. The key is to get rid of his vices. So he is able to put himself to sleep without mommy! So my best advice is to put him down sleepy but not asleep. This way when he wakes in the night he can put himself back to sleep. I know how hard this can be. Just hang in there you can do it!