Has anyone else come upon the 4 month sleep regression? My boy is a horrible sleeper to begin with, but the last few days we've been up every hour and half at night! The only way to get him back down is to nurse, which I know he's not hungry that often, but it's better than screaming for half hour then giving in and nursing. I feel so hopeless that his sleeping will get better! Before this he would only make it about 3 hours at night, but that's better than an hour and half
Re: 4 month sleep regression
Me: 25 | DH: 25
DD: Aug. 15
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BFP #3 Finn born 8/11/15
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Now that we hit this sleep regression three weeks ago, she's been waking every 30-90 minutes every night. I'm so exhausted and just don't see an end in sight
Me: 25 | DH: 25
DD: Aug. 15
BFP #2 4/13/10. Bridget born 12/28/10
BFP #3 Finn born 8/11/15
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LO used to sleep in a bassinet right next to my bed, but it got tiring getting up every hour-ish to soothe her (she's never hungry when she wakes up). I just started putting her in bed with me after her first wake up. She seems to sleep much better in bed with me. If she stirs, she settles herself back to sleep. I don't have to give her the pacifier as often. We have a king size bed, and I sleep without a pillow with my head next to hers (hair up in ponytail) when we bed share.
I feel guilty about it, and I'm worried I'm building a habit. But sleep has been better the last couple nights I've done this. And it's really sweet to have her turn her head so it's touching my face and hear her settle back into sleep.
Me: 25 | DH: 25
DD: Aug. 15
FWIW: I slept with all my babies and she is no exception. She is the best sleeper out of the three of them, she is fine sleeping in her cosleeper attached to my bed now, whereas her brothers never slept well in my room other than with me. Since she's been sick she has been with me more, but typically it's only after she nurses at 4-6 AM does she come into my bed. I never planned on cosleeping with my kids. It just worked for us. I wouldn't worry about habits, you can break them later, and the way I see it is I can suffer now with keeping them in the bassinet and waking multiple times, or suffer later with some sleep training/whatever method you choose to transition them into their own sleep space. They are only little for so long - there is plenty of time to get them into their own beds. What worked best for us has always been starting them out in their own spaces and if they woke up, bringing them into bed. It helped for me and DH to have some time to ourselves as well.
So we meet with a sleep coach. We started working on putting him down drowsy but awake. After about 30min of him fussing and me sushing and rubbing his belly, he is alseep. 2 hours only though. Then every 2 hours. The sleep coach says dream feed at 10 and feed him at 1 and 4. So great he wakes up at 3 and cries till 4. We are there the entire time- sushing and rubbing his belly. The insane part- we just got back from vacation where he slept like a champ. 6 hours and the 3 and 3. Wtf wtf
He is 18 weeks.
woe is me
Lol I thought the same way!! but my LO has a little cold and he used to wake up every 2 or 3 hours and now his sleep is even worse! I'm actually looking forward to a solid 3 hours now lol.
Me: 25 | DH: 25
DD: Aug. 15
BFP #2 4/13/10. Bridget born 12/28/10
BFP #3 Finn born 8/11/15
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