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4 month wakeful

kateraidkateraid member
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DS is hitting the four month wakeful early 13 weeks. At least I think that's what it is. Has anyone else been through this and if so how long did it last and what did you do to help your LO through it? DS used to sleep from 11 9 with one or two wakings to eat and is now up every hour and a half through the night. I feel bad for him because he's so tired and can't seem to figure out how to fall back asleep. Sometimes the minute I pick him up he's back out again, sometimes it takes rocking and occasionally feeding. He is EBF and im not looking for a full night uninterrupted just a few stretches of sleep that will make a better rested baby and mom. Any advice?
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Re: 4 month wakeful

  • Jenny952Jenny952 member
    Yep, I remember this and I think my DD hit this around 15 weeks and it lasted about 3-4 weeks.  She woke more often to eat but she was pretty good about going right back to sleep.  My advice is to go to bed early!  I also brought DD into bed with me if she woke around 4-5am so we could both get some sleep.  Maybe that's an option for you.  Hang in there, by 5-6 months, DD was back to sttn 10-12 hours.
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  • salt78salt78 member
    There is also a growth spurt and a Wonder Week around that time. I think it would more likely be that than the 4 month wakeful. It lasted about a week for us. I barely remember it now.
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  • kateraidkateraid member
    This has been going on for 3 weeks already. At first I thought it was a wonder week/ growth spurt too but it just keeps on coming! 
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  • JayandEmmJayandEmm member
    The wakeful, wonder week, and gs all rolled into one, so we had 2.5 months of crap sleep. Up 5 to 10 times at night. Thank god for bedsharing, because I likely would have died. Lol. Also I napped a lot with him during the day.
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  • violajackviolajack member

    Ours is still going strong at 7.5 months. 

    DS used to sleep 8-8 either straight through or with just one waking to eat at 4:30. At 15 weeks he started waking hourly. Then we went out of town. Twice. He got sick. Learned to crawl. Sprouted a tooth. And now, he's laser focused on wanting to stand and walk. So, at best, he'll sleep 3 hours, but he's usually up every 1 or 2 all night long. We bedshare so the interruption is minimal. He latches, eats, and we both fall back to sleep within minutes. If he's really hungry it's maybe 10-15 minutes of nursing at the most. He sleeps 11 hours, the first two or three in his own bed, and the next 8 in bed with me. 

    If I had to get up each time he woke to go to him in another room, or even just to his bed all night long, I wouldn't have lasted more than a few days. He's just now starting to fall back to sleep without nursing sometimes. At least one of his wakings, he rolls to look at me, then rolls back to the other side and goes back to sleep. I figure, once he gets better at that, we might try something along the lines of the sleep lady shuffle.

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  • kateraidkateraid member
    Holy smokes!! I am in for a long ride. DS currently sleeps in his crib right next to our bed so all I have to do is reach over and grab him. I would totally let him sleep in our bed I just worry he will roll off the side or that DH will squish him as he is not a light sleeper!!! He also needs to sleep at an incline for reflux and I'm not sure how to make this happen in our bed. All of these things together make me hesitant. At least now I know what I'm in for and don't have to hope each night that something will change. I'm lucky that I'm Canadian and my mat leave is a year long so I am able to nap with him during the day while we get through this. Thank you for the advice! And fingers crossed it gets easier for you too.
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