Sleep regression?

[snooZe25]

Hi,

My baby was a great sleeper going down at 11pm(ish) wakening for one feed overnight and then wakening at around 8am. However since he has turned 14weeks he seems to of changed. He was always at bit fussy in the evenings but this has got worse with him screaming on the breast and spitting out. I have tried changing breastfeed holds which seems to help mainly the rugby ball. He will then go down at 11pm with his owl baby gro in snoozepod going to sleep himself but then wakes 4-5 times overnight only calming with a feed which can sometimes last up to an hour. I have tried dummies they only seem to anger him and wake him up.
I don’t know If I need to start a bath routine at night or bring forward his bedtime. Or is this just sleep regression something you just need to wait out.
Going crazy with little sleep!!

The 4 month sleep regression is all too real unfortunately, DD is 6 months now and we’re only just out the other side of it.

My understanding is that it’s all about the changes in sleep cycles around that age, so they start to wake up during each sleep cycle and if they don’t know how to self settle then they need you to help them get back to sleep again. So if he falls asleep feeding/ being rocked then he’ll need that to get back to sleep every time he wakes in the night. So I guess anything you can do to help him to self soothe for naps/ at the start of the night might help. Otherwise, I think just ride it out, and get as much sleep as you can.

We have managed to establish a bedtime routine in the last couple of months which means we at least get an evening to relax before she wakes up. And I’m wondering if him fussing all evening is actually just because he wants to go to bed (Do you keep him downstairs all evening? Once their sleep cycles change it’s much more difficult for them to sleep with noise and distractions). Since around 4 months we’ve been putting her to bed about 7pm after routine of bath, PJs, book, feed, rock to sleep and put into cot with white noise on. It works 9 times out of 10 now.

Good luck!

Hi,

Thank so much for replying. Yeah I had read about the different sleep cycles just wasn’t sure this is what we were experiencing. You read so many different reports about teething and growing spurts.

Oh dear that isn’t great news! Do you think I continue feeding him when he wakes in the night to the point he falls asleep? So worried I am picking up bad habits for his bedtime routine.

Yeah I have him in the lounge with telly on so probably not the most relaxing environment for him to sleep. I have been worried if I put him to bed early he will wake early? Last night I gave him a bath before bedtime and this did seem to settle him making him very tired. Do you think I need to bring his bedtime forward? and would I do this slowly? I had thought the early bedtime routine wouldn’t be able to start until he was 6months on solids and no longer breastfeeding.

Sorry feel so clueless