To dread sleep regression?

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Hi everyone, new member here. I have a 16 week old baby and she has always slept very well. She is now going 8-9 hours over night and I quickly got very used to having decent sleep again! I'm dreading the impending 4 month sleep regression and I just wondered if it is really awful? Do all babies experience it? Did anyone get away with not much disruption to their baby's usual sleep routine? I'd be very grateful for anybody's experiences, brilliant or horrendous! Thank you x

Mine has never had sleep regression but things like hand foot and mouth, some jabs and teething have resulted in some very difficult weeks. I also worried about the sleep regression before she was born but actually they are supposedly pretty short in themselves and honestly there are so many things that might or might not disturb sleep that there's no point in dreading any particular one (but if you are I would probably pick teething)

Not every baby goes through it, mine didnt. She did however sleep badly when teething, ill, hot weather, travelling etc.. but she always got back to routine again. I remember being worried about sleep regressions too but honestly there are so many factors affecting sleep you can never be sure what it is. Babies change so much so fast so best thing to do is just roll with it!

My DD had a mild regression at 4 months but by 6 months was capable of 10/11 hours.

My DD was a great sleeper til 4 months, had bad regression and his sleep continued to be terrible til after he turned 1.

(Both EBF and we didn't sleep train either of them)

Don't stress about it OP I'd never heard of these sleep regressions until i came on MN 😒 The sleep of babies changes all the time not at a set time! Also you may have a baby who sleeps through early, likes unbroken sleep at night and carries this on. Count your blessings if so! 😃

Hi there I am a mother of 3 a 16 year old, 13 year old and a 14 month old. Yes I often I ask myself I must be mad to Have went back to it all again after my older 2 had went through all this lol. So my 14 month old does not sleep at all during the day. We put him to bed at 7pm. He sleeps until 11pm roughly and then your lucky if he manages an hour and is up all night religiously. Both me and my husband are at our wits end with him. He shares a room with my 13 year old son who is autistic. As you can imagine when he is crying this can be distressing for him also. We have tried loads of things such as dummies, a night light, laying beside him, gave him calpol incase he was teething bonejela etc, introduced a bottle during the night, we have also just tried leaving him but he gets that upset my neighbours have complained and he screams until he is choking. I have spoke to my health visitor she doesn't really give me any advice so looking to see what other parents who have been in this situation has done. Thanks

Wonder weeks has a lot to answer for, complete horse shit

I have to switch off whenever anyone talks about leaps and wonder weeks

The best parenting advice I was ever given is that almost everything - sleep, behaviour, eating - is, for better or worse, a phase. So yes, your baby will almost certainly have blips in their sleep at some points. Then it will get better again. And even when things are bad, you’ll survive. It can be tough but you’ll come out the other side of it.

@Returnofthesmileybar

Wonder weeks has a lot to answer for, complete horse shit

Ha yes. This.

People obsessing over the wonder bloody weeks app. 'Ooh I think it's a regression...oh it's early'.
Fussy periods, and waiting for misery would be a better description, prob would make less money though.

Babies are generally nightmares. Some sleep, some don't, some are calm, others not.
Best advice is to try and roll with it.

My first screamed and never slept for 9 mths until I shh patted and sleep trained.
Second I did very little different and just tried to go with it, assume they would sleep eventually, they have been fine from about 10weeks.

Wonder weeks and the like are just something to look at and go ah yes, a leap or a change.
It ties in with teeth and general development which you can get free from any Google search.

Don't panic op.