This four month sleep regression thingy - when will I ever sleep again??

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DS is 17 weeks and was sleeping happily 7pm - 7am with about two feeds in between. Then for about a week or so he has still been going about 7pm - 7am but feeds more or less two hourly from 10.30pm.

I'm knackered!

Plus at some point in the night I decide he can't be hungry and I try to settle him for up to 45 minutes before giving up (he is sleepy and not crying but whinging and fidgeting about). I end up with him in bed with us and I'm really not comfortable with that but just reach the point where I need sleep and don't know what else to do.

Any tips or advice? When will it get better? Will I ever see a full night of sleep? The longest he has ever slept is 6 hours and that was only a handful of times.

Hi there, I just posted a near identical query! My DD is 4 months today and she wakes every 45 or so, not hungry, not cold, not hot, not wet ... just awake. It's doing my head in. So keep an eye on my post (posted just now, 19/03) and I'll keep an eye on yours and together we might get some reassurance that this will pass soon!
Good luck.

I'm really, really not posting this to freak you out - am sure others will be along shortly with their experiences - but DS started this at 15 weeks and he's 6 months old this week and still only sleeping two hours in a row

He is a particularly crap sleeper so is probably an extreme case, but it can go on for a while (5/6 weeks is average from what I've read) so you might want to resign yourself to it for a while and put some survival strategies in place. For us these have included early nights (ie me going to bed at 7pm), microwave meals, co-sleeping, DH taking a few days off here and there, letting the house get into a right state, staying in pyjamas until an indecently late hour, trying to sleep when he naps (ha!), etc etc.

Hope it gets back to normal soon. It sucks, but it'll pass (any day now ... must be any day now ... )

We hit the magical regression at 15 weeks, and at 20 weeks things still not great - sorry! Although things may be improving as ds now up every 3 hours instead of every hour at his worst. Agree with count above, just do anything to get yourself sleep. Go to bed early, let the house go, nap if and when he does. It is bloody hard. But hopefully it will pass soon!!

Nooooooooooo. Can someone lie and tell me it will be all over and in a week he'll be sleeping right through?!

This morning he woke up at 7am and I got up with him then when he looked sleepy we both went back to bed and he (and me) napped for two hours! It was lovely. I don't feel too knackered generally but a bit more unbroken sleep would be a bonus.

It'll all be over in a week and he'll be sleeping through. Honest

Hello,

My DD slept through (12 hours, one waking) from 6-19 weeks, I was even starting to get smug....then the sleep regression hit on xmas day :-( For the first 2 weeks it was rubbish, just so many wakings. Then for a while it was 2/3 wakings per night. Over the last couple of weeks (so she is 7 months now) we seem to be averaging 1 waking only, with the odd bad night. So basically for us, it has got gradually better. I would say we get a shit night about every 4/5 nights now.

Hope things improve soon. FWIW it's worth i would just feed him back to sleep, I don't believe this really creates a habit as such as they take so little. So just do whatever works.

My DS2 was doing great til 12 weeks, 7-7 with one feed in the middle. Since then however, it is so hit and miss and he is now 22 weeks!! So this whole concept of 4 months doesn't fit with us and I am just accepting that for now he is not a good sleeper!! I am hoping weaning will gradually help. A good night now is 2 wakings, a bad night can be every 2 hours. I have no advice. But you are not alone .