Why's my 15 week old dd's sleep getting worse?

[shirleycat1]

From about 5 weeks she would go down at 7/7:30 and then wake at 2:30ish for a feed and then 5ish. In the last 2 weeks this has got progressively worse and now she's waking 4 times, the first one around 11:30. She doesn't seem to be eating loads when she wakes. She can self settle. I'm getting more and more tired. I feel like I'm doing something wrong, but what and how can I get her to improve again?

I've got a 2.9 year old ds so sleeping in and napping when she does isn't an option.

Thanks in advance...

Google the 4 month sleep regression :)

Sounds like my DD, she's 17wo and from about 7 weeks she started waking only once a night and then by about 9 or 10 weeks sleeping from 7-7 with the ability to self settle. At 14wo she randomly started waking up several times a night. The first few nights she cried each time so I'd change her nappy and feed her. Being that by night 3 I was quite knackered when she woke up I was on autopilot, it took me a further couple of nights to realise that she wasn't crying when she woke up, she was just talking away in baby talk. So I went over and for the first time realised she was untucked (I'm betting she was the other nights too!), so I tucked her back in, gave her a kiss and got back into bed. She went straight back to sleep on her own. Now she's stopped waking up two or three times each night and now just the once normally around 4am, I literally just tuck her back in and get back into bed, sometimes I need to sing to her to help her get back to sleep.

Next time your DD cries just check that she's not untucked because it might be that simple, try singing to her. Worth a try at least? If she's waking up crying then perhaps trying feeding her and if she wakes again quickly, say two hours or less later (unless she needs a nappy change) then just try singing to her. I used to find youtube particulary useful for all of their lullaby's!

buy a copy of baby whisperer off amazon/ebay.

saved my life! Its not hardcore sleep training, its lovely and gentle and just has the most sensible routine to follow to ensure you fit enough feeds/sleeps in the day to keep them fed for the night.

worked with all four of mine!

Thanks everyone,

I suspected it might be the 4 month sleep regression but wasn't sure it was a bit early.

Thanks for all your responses...