6-12 Please tell me there is a light at the end of this

sarahns80

DD is going thru 4 mo. wakeful but has never STTN or been a good sleeper. She was basically up all night last night. I don't know how much longer I can go w/o sleep. When did it get better for you? How long did 4 mo. wakeful last? Any sleep tips? Thanks, I'm exhausted!

sarahleigh23

I am going through this right now and Isaac will be 6 months on tuesday!

sweetpea7628

4 month wakefull lasted about a month with us.  We started sleep training at 5 1/2 months and now at 6months she's sleeping much better!  It does get better (sometimes).

preg_amy

Well, DS started sleeping consistently through the night about 1.5 months ago.

It got worse before it got better.  He never had a "4 month wakeful," he was just always wakeful. 

jennyann

Lasted about 1 month.  Was really bad for about 1-2 weeks, up every hour at night.  We never did sleep training and he kind of just grew out of it!  Hope it's over soon for you.

valkaz

DD didn't start sleeping better until 13 1/2 months, and that's only because she's co-sleeping.

userdeleted

DS started STTN consistently (12 hours) right before he turned 5 months. We did do CIO though. From what I gather on here, it doesn't necessarily work for every baby, but it did for us and I'm glad. I really hope that you get some relief soon, I remember how awful that all was!

mason15

Well, my DS has never STTN.  We didn't go through the 4 mo wakeful because he's always been up every 2 hours his entire life.  Sorry, not want you want to hear!

djdavis

We are still going through it! I thought we were getting better but this weekend was worse than ever! I really hope he goes back to STTN soon because I am TIRED! Hang in there, it will get better!

~AllSmiles~

Only lasted about one week for us. It DOES get better

laurenFaith

It lasted about a month of DD being up every 45 minutes! At 6.5 months she just started STTN on her own. I hope that gives you some hope!

tootlebug

i cant relate except to say im sorry you are going through this!  our LO has been STTN since 7 weeks...and by that i mean 9 hours.  then it increased to about 12 at 4 months and stayed that way.  (he is 6 months now) he did have a little bit of wakefulness for about 3 days....the first time we went down to get him but after that, he soothed himself back to sleep.  he is a huge thunb sucker.

SarahMay77

My DD started her 4-month wakeful at 3.5 months and it basically didn't stop until we did sleep training. We didn't want to do CIO until she was 6 months, so we went in to soothe, offer a paci etc. for a while. We also co-slept for most of month 5. The co-sleeping helped us to see that she slept soundly w/o a feeding from midnight to 6am. When we were ready to do sleep training, we focused on the middle-of-the-night wakeup first. I continued to offer a feeding during the first half of the night. She showed dramatic improvements immediately after we started CIO. She was 6 months and 1 week. Other helpful things for us were leaving several pacis in the crib and letting her sleep w/a small blankie. She also started sleeping better once she could easily roll to her belly (also around 6 months).

itsabouttimebride

i've been in a 4 month wakeful since she was born - my DD just isn't into sleep never ever - I did Ferber but that didn"t work for us so we took a break and may try again if things don't get better. GL