Is this the 4 month sleep regression?

[tiredexhausted]

A lot of things happening at once but DS was once an okay sleeper, now is really needing comfort pretty much all night. Prior to last Friday he slept 9-2. Bottle at 2, then back down for half an hour. Quick settle then down until 5-6 and another bottle then. And then he’d sleep until 8/9. It was good!

Last Friday he got his 12 week imms (he’s 14 weeks they were delayed due to staff absence) and had a cold. He also keeps knawing at his hands and dribbling so I don’t know if his gums are sore?

Now he wakes about every half hour when I put
Him down at 9pm (apart from last night where he slept 4 hours this was good!) but he won’t go in his cot. He’ll only sleep on my chest, meaning I am not sleeping. Tried the safe co sleeping and he won’t lay down. doing everything we can to unblock his nose

But, his daytime naps are shorter. He’s harder to settle also day and night. I’m wondering is this the sleep regression? Or a combination of everything that’s happened the past week

Half hoping it is the sleep regression so we can get through it sooner…

Help/advice please..

Hi OP, it's difficult to say, is he hitting any new milestones this month? Rolling over, babbling etc?

When my DS had the 4 month sleep regression, it was a sudden change literally from 2 x bottle feeds in the night, to waking every 2 hours, 1 hour, 20 mins, 10 mins... It was exhausting. Lasted 8 days, then he suddenly decided he was over it, and slept with 2 wakings a night again.

I know it's hard, but it's just a phase, and short term.

Hi he has started to roll on one side but then back onto his back so I feel the full roll is looming! When he’s on his play mat he’s trying really hard to

Thank you it’s my first baby and I feel like I’m doing so bad we had some sort of pattern (not a routine as it varied so I like the word pattern!) and it’s just went out the window I keep blaming myself thinking I’ve done something to unsettle him

Trust your mummy instinct. You're doing a great job!

A tip from me though, which I wish someone told me..Just do what needs to be done to make it through the regression. If it's feeding, rocking, longer naps in the day even though you're worried about them staying awake at night, whatever. I don't know what your circumstances are, so I'm just listing what I went through. Just do what you need to do. Once you're out of the regression, you can then look at the "bad habits" of rocking to sleep, or co-sleeping or whatever it was. But just do what needs to be done.

We went through 4 month regression, 6 months, 8 months and just finished the 15 month regression 2 weeks ago. It's hard but I now do what "needs to be done" to get us through the night. And deal with the "routine" and what you're "supposed to be doing" later.

It could be anything. Then you'll get it sorted and he'll hit the 6 month, then 9 month...

Do whatever it takes to get through it without collapsing from sleep exhaustion. IMO as soon as you think it's sorted they throw another spanner in the works.