Looking for advice - 8 month regression

Hi there,

First time parents here. My partner and I have a healthy 8 month old who has started, what i can only imagine, is sleep regression. We really just want to know what is normal, should we be doing anything or just ride this out? We dont sleep train and aren't interested in doing so.

At 7 months, our baby started sleeping through the night and dropped her midnight feed. Great!

Then two weeks later, our baby starts waking up from the start of her sleep (7ish) to when she wakes up (5 or 6ish in the morning) on the hour sometimes more. The only thing that works is holding her. So we feel like we've actually regressed.

Our philosophy so far has been to be informed as we can and give our child what they need.

Right now, it seems like she needs us to sleep through the night, we've gone back to cosleeping. Now, we have no major issue woth dpong this safely. But my question is this:

Are we doing something wrong? Should we be doing something else to help her sleep? Are we hindering her development by holding her when she cries at this age? How long does this last?

We are happy to keep going if that's what is needed. We're just a bit out of our depth.

Any help would be appreciated.