Please can anyone help/advise? !

[usernoidea]

Can anyone give me any pointers as to why my 4 month old wakes so regularly after his initial 3hour sleep at night ? He goes down 6.30/7 then from about 10.30 onwards he seems to only sleep for no more than an hour at a time. He's not upset, he just is awake/noisy/thrashing around etc...
I do a dream feed about 10....then normally feed him about 2am again. He's ff and gets shitloads during the day (every 2.5hours) which he doesn't always finish.....
I just find the broken sleep cycle between midnight and 6am a fucking slog.....everyone says feed him more during day/put him in dark room etc...all of which I'm doing!!!

[Orangedaisy]

Welcome to the 4 month sleep regression. Ours lasted til 23 months.... There are about a zillion things you can try (google it) but what worked for us was coffee and acceptance. Was much less stressful than trying to follow a lot of contradictory advice. Good luck.

[usernoidea]

I know about the 4 month sleep regression but this has been the case since about 4 weeks old......

[Hellmouth]

What are his naps like during the day? If he's getting too little or too much sleep during the day, that will also interfere with his nighttime sleep.

[usernoidea]

40 mins in the morning
2 hours from 1-3 in the pm x

[Orangedaisy]

I'm afraid the same comment applies. IMO some babies sleep, others don't. Your naps sound about right to me. If you want to try a technique pick something you like the sound of, stick to it for at least a fortnight and don't beat yourself up if it doesn't work. Especially as your baby is still tiny-most techniques are for much older babies. And ignore people who say 'they just need a routine and enough to eat in the day' - they are the lucky ones who happened to get a good sleeper.

[usernoidea]

Thanks orange daisy. I think you're right! Can't think of much I've not tried. Hopefully sometime before he leaves school he'll sleep through the bloody night!!!! X

[CareFactor]

Have you tried squeezing in one more late afternoon nap, around 4:30-5pm. I know it sounds counterintuitive but the more they sleep in the day the better they sleep at night. I was told they should only be awake for around 90 minutes at this age so he may be overtired when he's going down.

[ash102]

My ds thrashed about from about this time too until about 2/3am. He was still asleep but clearly not very deeply! I found that ensuring he was gently winded and upright on my shoulder for 5-10 minutes really helped. When this didn't work co-sleeping worked a charm. Thankfully he grew out of it between 4 and 5 months!