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Sleep regression...UGH!

JnnClemensJnnClemens member
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I think DS has hit the 4m sleep regression. Just when his sleep was starting to get better BOOM here comes sleep regression. He has slept like garbage the past few nights. He always is ready for bed between 6:30-7:30 but is up around 8-9, 11-12, 2-3, and 4-5!! AHH I am losing my mind! Going back to work October 1st. Hoping this will pass by then. Anyone else experiencing this and how long did it last? I keep telling myself he is growing and needs to go through this phase. He is still napping during the day just fine but nighttime is a different story. I always feed him in the early morning then put him back to sleep and I'm wondering if keeping him up would help. Also he is EBF and I'm not sure how many ounces he takes at each feeding. When we give him a bottle he doesn't stop until it's done. Anyone have experience with baby sleeping longer as LO starts to take milk from bottle during the day? Is it true the more they eat during the day the longer they will be able to go at night?
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Re: Sleep regression...UGH!

  • Boo0512Boo0512 member
    edited September 2013
    From what I've read it's possible that LOs regress at this age because they are so busy learning that they get distracted during daytime feedings. I know my DD is eating awesome at night because her diapers are really wet. You could try giving your LO a larger bottle before he goes down for the night but there is no gaurantee it will work.

    Unfortunately I don't think there is any magic trick. I think we all just have to deal with this hell for a few weeks!

    ETA: good luck! I hope it gets better before you go back to work!
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  • coffeeandbookscoffeeandbooks member
    I am there too.  Up every two hours.

    We are taking this in stages.

    First, we are trying to keep to a much stricter schedule feed/nap schedule during the day.  Using Gina Ford's recs.

    Next we are gonna try to break the eat/sleep association.   That is gonna be a challenge.

    Ferber is the last resort.


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  • lostbuttcutelostbuttcute member
    We are right there with you!! She STTN for over a month now up every hour an a half! Glad to know its not just us! Hang in there

     

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  • jedimindtrickjedimindtrick member
    smpeachey said:

    We are there! It screws with your mind so bad, he slept through the night for almost two weeks and then slowly started getting worse and worse. I am sure we haven't hit bottom yet! One thing I read that has helped me mentally is the idea that basically he is growing mentally and socially so that is why this is happening. That and the idea that he has completely changed his sleeping pattern and that we need to figure out how to get him to sleep better all over again.

    Same thing here. We have been in it 3 weeks. I hope were on the way out. It started the exact same time I returned to work. And it blows. Hang in there. At least were all in it together. lol
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  • MeeksandMadsMeeksandMads member

    We're in it too, and maybe I'm the only one that enjoys the fact that someone posts about this every day, so I can empathize and complain all over again and know we're not in it alone. I just hope it isn't going to last forever (rationally, I know it won't, but lately it feels like it will). We are down at 7:30 pm every night, but up at all different hours every night, usually hungry, but sometimes just whimpering and whining and wanting to be held.

    And the worst part is, she used to eat and then go back down super easy, but now she has to be blacked out passed out to go back into crib, or she wakes back up five minutes later. So, add 30 minutes to each wake so that I can get her down, and I'm sleeping about 4-5 horus a night, broken into 1.5 hour increments. Awesome. And I'm back to work as of last week and just keep thinking I know it will get better, and please let it get better on its own so we don't have to do sleep training or CIO or anything like that, because I dread it.

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  • JnnClemensJnnClemens member
    Thank you everyone for your responses. I guess it's a good think DS hasn't ever really started STTN cause I don't feel like I'm missing anything in that regard BUT we were getting close and that felt soooo good!! Haha. Thanks for keeping things in perspective...he is growing. I find that really does help deal with the crappy sleep situation!
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  • TradeMamaTradeMama member
    We are finally on the other side at 4.5 months. Hang in there!
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