13 week old baby, advice/experiences please!!

[Liam2018]

Hi, just looking for advice, experiences or ideas please!

My LB is 14 weeks tomorrow, and I love him dearly!

Exactly 12 weeks he stopped sleeping at night and was sleeping very poorly up every 2 hours, I put it down to a growth spurt and dealt with the sleepless nights, it got hard when he wasn’t sleeping at night and refused to nap in the day unless being held so I got zero done and zero sleep!

He then got better at about 13+2 and was sleeping through the night, I was soo happy lol and the night before last he slept 10-10 with one wake up for half an hour got a bottle!

However last night, he was up every hour, me and my partner got zero sleep again and it was worse than ever! Now again he’s refusing to sleep unless being held and we just don’t know what to do! I really want to enjoy life the cuddles in the middle of the night and not worry about it however all I keep thinking about is the fact I won’t sleep in the day and it makes me frustrated.

Sorry for the long post, anyone been/going through this?

Oh I feel for you! They can be so unpredictable at that age.

Me and DH used to split the nights when my LO wasn’t sleeping well. One of us was responsible for 7pm-1am, the other took 1am-7am. That way you both get a decent chunk of uninterrupted sleep (though one of you does end up in bed early!).

I would love to do that but my partner works on a job where he drives far and I don’t want him to be up in the night :(

Sounds like the 4 month sleep regression.

My DS was difficult from around 4m until we ‘sleep trained’ him at 6m. As far as I can tell sleep training just means letting them cry it out. There are lots of different steps you can take to reassure them. When we put DS in his room at 6m it was sooo much easier. Gave his a breast milk then formula after bath etc at around 7pm then a dream feed around 10 / 10:30 just before I went to bed. He settled with this pretty quickly going through to the morning.

I keep thinking I’ll sleep train next baby at 4m when the regression hits

Good luck!

Although remember bad sleep could be sign he’s not quite himself x

I was thinking maybe leap 4 but he slept so well the last 4 nights! I guess I just gonna ride with it!

Safely bed share - look up the sleep safe 7.
You'll not look back.