anybody NOT go through a 4 month relapse??

barker2B

Hi Ladies:

I read all the time about the 4 month wakeful period or how hard it got again at 4 months and I'm terrified of it--my babies are almost 3 months and I go back to work in a week and things have gotten so much better in the last few weeks and I am so scared of taking huge steps backward, especially when I have to function at work during the day.  Here are my questions:

 1) What exactly happened at 4 months that made it so hard?

  2) How long did it last?

  3) What did you do to survive it?

 Also, is there anyone who didn't experience this?? I'm looking for any glimmer of hope that we might be lucky enough to skip right over it!!

jd0614

I hate to jinx it - but my boys will be 5 months on the 30th of this month.  Nothing different here.

jpbride2004

We didn't experience this either, we're so lucky!  Good luck to you!

Nicol

cands

We didn't experience a 4 month wakeful period, and quite frankly nothing I've read anywhere except the nest has talked about it. Everyone prepare to hate me, but since my girls started sleeping through the night consistently which was by 3 months, they have only woken up at night about 10 nights total. Four of those were during the weaning from the swaddle that happened around 4 and a half months, but were clearly swaddle related, not anything developmental about that age.

hollyoid7

We didn't experience this either. The only time they wake up during the night (and just Timmie so far) is from a ear infection.

togagirl

Um, I'm still waiting for get to get good. ?My boys are still up at least twice a night. ?So I'm assuming 4 months can't get much worse.

AmberJane

Never happened to us either...since the boys have been sleeping through the night at 3 months, I can count on one hand the amount of times they have gotten up through the night.  I had never heard of this until the nest...

traci_roo

We never went through the 4 month wakeful period.  In fact, Avery started STTN at 4 months.  Evan STTN at 3 months.

 Is there an 18 month wakeful stage?  I think we are in that now.  (sigh)

AkinaMaluki

We didn't experience anything like that at 4 months in fact 4 months is exactly when they both started STTN and they've never regressed since then. GL!