Sudden sleep deprevation

[SharpInTheWoods]

Hi everyone, I am a new mum & my little boy is going to be 16 weeks this Friday. Up until last week he was a fantastic sleeper, going down between 7/8pm, waking at 10pm for a feed then back to sleep until anywhere between 5 and 7am the next morning. Great.

However, things have gone rapidly down hill. We now have a 3am and a 5 am wake up call. He feeds both times, but not necessarily greedily and then returns to sleep (well, sometimes at the 5am, more often than not he wont unless he is with me, which means I do not get any sleep). He used to do a 3am'er when going through a growth spurt but it never lasted as long before. I wondered whether he may be due solids but do not want to go down that road just yet due to him been below the recommended age for solids. I have tried 'Hungry Milk' formula but he refuses to take bottles (since about 7 weeks old) and exclusively breastfeeds.

I have read tonight other comments about 4 month sleep regression - could I be experiencing this???

Comments would be very much appreciated.

Thanks very much!!

Hi my little one is 16 weeks and we are going through the same the last couple of days. I am truly knackered but having read up on this 4 month sleep regression I am not stressing about it - I think this is what it is.

Last night he went to sleep at 7pm then woke at 1am 3am 5am and 7.20am - each time a quick bf settled him. Previously we had been down to one night feed at 4/5am only.

I am no expert but am thinking stick with it sending you a virtual hug as I know just what you are going through.

Ditto! In exactly the same situation - such a shock to the system when you've got used to having an evening back and only waking up once at 4ish for a feed.
Really hoping it passes as quickly as it came on..sorry no advice but you're not the only one x