I know this has probably been covered elsewhere, but was hoping for advice on how to deal with what (I think) is the 4 month sleep regression for my DD (4 months exactly today!).
Up till a few weeks ago, she usually woke up twice a night - maybe 1am & 4am. Now she seems to be waking every hour, maybe two - sometimes she'll go to 1 or 2am before the first feed and then wake regularly after that, but more often it's between 11 and 12. She's going down in her cot at night anytime between 7 and 8pm - this had been getting easier but the last two nights have been hard work and past 8pm. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to when she wakes up for the first feed - when she's been restless at 10.30 when we go to bed, I'll feed her, but she'll still wake up two hours later. But sometimes she'll go through to 2am although her last feed was 7.30pm. She's ebf by the way. And although I end up feeding most times she wakes up I don't really think she's hungry for some of those feeds - they're pretty short. But settling her down without food takes more energy than I have in the middle of the night. Oh and around 5am I usually end up taking her into our bed where she sleeps on my chest.
Anyway the more frequent waking pattern has been around for the last few weeks but it feels like it's getting worse - last night was grim and I think I was up every hour.
So, does this sound like a sleep regression? And is there actually anything I can do rather than wait it out? Is this a good time to try things like putting her in her own room (because I think we sometimes disturb her)? DH is muttering about sleep training - but what would we tackle - going to sleep in her cot on her own?
Sorry, this is long and rambly - I blame my sleep-deprived brain... 