Multiple wake ups

[Irishrover89]

Hello all! My 4.5 month old is I think in the 4 month sleep regression. The multiple wake ups are happening and I could handle it if it was just that. However, she will fall back asleep very quickly when picked up but wakes around 3-10 min after being put down again. Not the startle reflex as that’s long gone. Just can’t work out why she keeps waking?! Any tips more than welcome! It’s been going on nearly 3 weeks now and I’m totally exhausted!

Because she is a baby and that’s what they do. The best thing you can do is adjust your expectations and learn to go with the flow. Easier to say than do.

I’m getting through it by cosleeping. Didn’t think I would resort to it but he starts off the night in his next to me crib and then the wake ups start from about 1am onwards. At first I have a bit more patience and will get him back down in his crib but in the end I end up just putting him in my bed where he naturally sleeps a lot better and I can keep popping his dummy back in to settle him without much effort. Still knackering though! Are you catching up on sleep in the day at all?x

I’m the exact same! Start off putting back in the next to me then she ends up in bed as the night goes on! My husband and I are just doing shifts in the spare room to get a bit of a break at the mo. But don’t want to get into bad habits with her in the bed... is it just a case of riding it out?

Being in bed with you is not a bad habit. It’s where she feels safe and it means everyone gets more sleep. As long as you follow the safe 7 guidelines. Obviously it’s not for all parents but it works.

My son will be 2 this summer and we've got through all the regressions by co-sleeping. Every time he's through it he's gone back to how he was before so I wouldn't worry about DC never going back to sleep in their own cot - just do what you need to.

@Irishrover89 I FEEL YOUR PAIN. There’s a 4 month sleep regression support group just started over in the ‘Sleep’ forum. Feel free to join www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/4183792-4-month-sleep-regression-support-group

@larrythelizard thank you that’s made me feel better! Will just keep doing what I’m doing and hope for the best! So frustrating she slept through the night for the first time then literally the next night the regression started lol

@BerthaYoung great thanks! Just had a nosey on there really helpful and so good to know A lot of people are in the same boat!

We had our best week of sleep a few weeks ago and then hit a sleep regression (7months) and she went to waking every 45-90 minutes!

We had an horrendous 2 weeks and it has started to improve. We have had a 3rd week of 1.5-2h sleeps and last night she did 2-2.5h sleeps.

We have cosleeped, I try to get her in the cot for the first chunk of sleep and occasional get a second sleep with her in the cot. Sometimes I sleep in the cot with her. I have found that her sleep independence has improved during this time. Before she was nearly always needing to be fed to sleep and if she started to stir when I put her down she would ping awake. Now I can get her back to sleeping without feeding and I can get her back to sleep if she starts to wake up.

We have had co-sleeping naps in the afternoon so we both get extra sleep,