Help! 8 week old sleep regression

Hjones1985

Hey mamas,
I really need some suggestions on how to fix this. My little guy is about 8.5 weeks old. He was sleeping pretty good at night, about 3-4 hrs (sometimes longer) and only 1-2 hr naps during the day. Within the last few days he has suddenly begin waking every 45min-1hr! This is the entire day... Naps AND night time! Any suggestions that you have to help get him back on track would be greatly appreciated. I was hoping he was beginning to sleep more, not less

deevaswani

If he's eating more, could be a growth spurt. It's normal for sleep patterns to change. You just have to go w the flow. There are about 25 threads on sleep in this board. Suggest you search and read them.

Good luck

bustarmu21

I read an article recently - and it might be in another threas, sorry can't remember - that said sleep regression is a myth and when baby changes sleep patterns, it should be looked at as a "progression", not a regression. Meaning the reason for the change could be because baby is learning to master something new and their little brain is in overdrive processing the new skill.
I thought this was interesting and it helped me understand when I would get frustrated.

jac409

Probably a growth spurt. Mine did this at around 8 or nine weeks too. It lasted for four or five days and then he went back to normal.

vv101010

jac409 said:

Probably a growth spurt. Mine did this at around 8 or nine weeks too. It lasted for four or five days and then he went back to normal.

What she said!