December 2015 Moms

4 Month Sleep Regression

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Re: 4 Month Sleep Regression

  • @eliseandbaby does she cry loudly right away? Have you left her for one minute to see what she does? If you feed her each time then that will become her new normal but that doesn't mean you can't change it. Can you ruB her back or pat her bum and shush her calmly? It's hard to know what to do!
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  • I think my daughter is going through the 4 month sleep regression. My question is if she wakes up every 2 hours, do I feed her every time? Or just rock her? She seems so hard to calm down and feeding is the easiest way but I don't want to develop bad sleep habits... 
    The stress! 


    It really depends on your parenting style. I follow gentle sleep consultants that don't believe in "bad habits" this young. I would try to put my DS back to sleep other means first such as picking up and rocking him. If he went right back to sleep I would simply put him back down. If he didn't, I just fed him. Even if it was 4+ times per night. If he was really hungry he's eat otherwise if he wasn't he would simply latch for a min or two then go right back to sleep. Despite of picking up every single time and feeding him as he wished, he went back to only waking up once or twicze max. No bad habits "created." :) goodluck!
  • Ajis91Ajis91 member
    Possibly a growth spurt? When my 4 month old went through the sleep regression she would struggle to settle herself and woke up during the might not hungry but wanting to play or cry! Hope you get a good night's sleep soon x

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