4 month sleep regression HELL

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The dreaded 4 month sleep regression is upon us. Struggling hugely with naps, night time sleep very disturbed. She had been doing really well since 8 weeks and now everything is gone to hell.
Has anybody come out the other end of this and their baby gone back to being (relatively) normal?
How long does this last?? HELP!!

4 month one lasted about 4 weeks for us.
I drank a lot of coffee.
8 month one was worse though. Horrendous. Sorry.

DS really struggled from that point onwards but has been an excellent sleeper (nap and night) since about 16mo.

Ah it is awful! Lasted until 10 months for us. Although I think it tied up with the 7 month regression and it was a tough time as she was learning new things.

18 months on I’ve forgotten what it’s like to not sleep through the night! When she has a (rare) bad night because she is ill it’s a complete shock to the system!

At 4 months co sleeping and loads of breastfeeding to sleep saved me.

I totally feel you! Mine hit me head on for over 2 months! I stressed about it for ages, trying every idea I could think of, and then I just relaxed and just went with it! Co sleeping helped, especially for the first or last nap of the day, so I could get her to link her cycles and sleep a little longer and I caught up with some sleep! But eventually she went back to normal!

This might help as seeing it as a progression, not a regression seemed to help me relax a little about it!

www.littleoneslondon.co.uk/blog/2019/11/sleep-progression-not-regression

Mine was dreadful and started waking every hour - but only for a month or so then went back to normal (which sadly was far from sleeping through but he did 2-3 hour stretches again!)

She just grizzles most of the day now because she has started teething as well! Feel very sorry for her as she is usually quite easy going and happy, but the sleep regression along with teeth is just terrible!

It’ll pass. I say this as the mother of a 10 month old. That 4 month one was tough, it lasted a couple of weeks from memory. Loads of caffeine and hold on to the fact that better sleep is coming soon!

It definitely passes, they go through a number of sleep regressions but I have to say the 4 month one was hell on earth and one I remember like it was yesterday.(my son is 8 months, so technically not even that long ago). What I learnt through that time was do not worry about creating bad habits, they can be broken later on but everyone getting as much sleep as possible is what's important. Whether that's pushing in the pram to sleep, or whatever it is you're doing currently that sort of works just go for it. Ride it out, it feels like it will never end but it does. Nap whenever you get the chance, chores can wait for sure. Best of luck x

As a mother of a 13 month old- it doesn’t always pass. Sorry, I don’t want to alarm you but my son slept beautifully as a newborn then got to 4.5 months and hasn’t slept since. He’s in his cot crying and I’m downstairs crying (taking a break).

Last a good 7-9 weeks with us.

But here we are, back to sleeping soundly the whole night

(Other than when teething or anything else that might be a minor inconvenience)

Just here to reassure you. Drink that caffeine and get through this phase

Oh and I second what @CourtneyB123 said!

Don’t worry about creating bad habits.

We went back to sleeping on me, feeding every 2 hours, just general newborn stuff.

On a separate note @Angharad07 , it sounds as if you’re struggling a little, babies are tough. Have you spoken to your health visitor or Gp for advice? It’s breaks my heart to think of another mum crying because of sleep troubles