Sleep regression

[Purplecatti]

If babies have a sleep regression at 4 months do they have another at 6? Or do they do either or?
I've just conquered the 4 month one and got LO to go 3 hours at night rather than 45 minutes to 2 hours.
I need to steel myself if it's all going to happen again in a month or so

Dunno - we had never heard of such a thing in my day and we managed quite well.

I think we have had both. But not or v long. Other people I know have one or other. We had some days of hourly waking for both. I think babies just go through stages - google the wonder weeks if you haven't before. Sometimes I don't think it matches all the regression theories or wonder weeks but I suppose forewarned is forearmed and all that.

I do think it depends on the baby. Our 1st DC was always a terrible sleeper with some extra terrible phases (9 and 16 weeks were outrageously bad for some reason - growth spurts maybe) DC2 was the incredible 3 hour baby. Slept for 3 hours, fed, nappy changed, slept for 3 hours (v seldom awake really for 1st 9 months!), DC3 was awake most of the day and the best night sleeper ever - actually All The Way Through (yay!!!) until 5.5 months and teething commenced. Now 9 months and still waking anything between 1 and 5 times (never ever sleeping through anymore) depending on severity of teething stress. On the plus side she has 8 teeth while some of her contemporaries still have none.