DD is four months old and the sleep regression started 2.5 weeks ago. I had a week of waking every 1-2 hours overnight, a week of calm, and now we have returned to the 2 hourly nighttime torture routine. I HATE it. I am struggling not to feel white hot rage when she wakes me after I have just managed to fall asleep after her last wake up.
I am teaching her to self settle for naps and bedtime but overnight I breastfeed her back to sleep. Is there anything else I can do to help her learn how to self settle at night? She definitely doesn’t need to feed as often as she wakes as she was sleeping for at least five hours after bedtime before the regression. Should I try and limit overnight feeds to three hourly and resettle her in other ways? During the day and at bedtime I place her in the cot, pat the mattress and shush her until calm/drowsy and then leave her for six minutes to try and fall asleep on her own. I will intervene if she cries more than a ‘grizzle’ and return to pat and shush. She is learning quickly and often puts herself to sleep.
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Lullabywishes · 04/03/2021 04:20
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