Is this the 4 m regression come early or is there worse to come?

[Moulesfrites]

My ds is nearly 15 weeks. He is ebf, and we had been getting into a nice pattern of him going down at 7 for a good 7 hour stretch, then for another 3/4 hours after a quick feed.

This last week however, this has all gone to pot and he is waking every 2/3 hours! Still goes back down after a feed, but I am knackered - this is what it was like when he was born. I am happy to ride the storm out, but It would be reassuring to know what is causing this and how long it will last. I don't really feel I can moan about it, as I know my pil and mum will suggest giving him solids which I don't want to do.

As an aside, do some babies just not have sleep regressions? Just I was talking to a mum at a baby group who did gf and whose baby has slept 7-7 since 12 weeks, and when I said I thought ds was having a sleep regression she did a very skeptical cAts bum face and said she didn't believe in them!

Anyone?

Mine started doing that at the same age - it passed within a couple of weeks. Then we underwent another one a few weeks later! DS is now 6 months and going through another unsettled period. I think sleep regressions exist, they pass, and others will come along at varying points of your LO's development. Lots of medical professionals believe that many parents fall into a trap of believing their babies need to start on solids around 4 months because they're waking more frequently. The same professionals say the reason they're waking is developmental and therefore not necessarily a sign that they're ready for solids. It's just that parents years ago didn't have this information - they just dealt with their children according to need rather than by a book!

I'm with you on this one. My dd didn't sleep through until she was over 8 months old (finger sucking issues) so imagine my astonishment when my ds started sleeping from 7.30 to 6.30 at 16 weeks old. Unfortunately it lasted two weeks and has deteriorated into him waking once or twice for a feed and then maybe once or twice more when he seems to just want a cuddle. Some mornings I just give in and he sleeps on my chest from about 4 or 5.00, apart from one hellish night over the weekend when he slept on me from about 11.00 .

He's also become a real pain about sleeping during the day as well, he's always had a bit of a moan and a yell before going off but now, more often than not, he goes completely bananas and I have to get him up again as he gets really upset, even though I know he's tired. It's become a real pita as he's just turned 5 months so this has been going on for a month now (sorry, that's not very reassuring!).

I think we hit the 4 month regression with him having a cold and now I think he's teething as well so I'm hoping he'll just come out the other side soon and hasn't just turned into a sleep monster!

I don't particularly remember the 4 month thing with dd but I could well have blotted it from my memory!