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From sleeping through to 2 hourly wake ups

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soupmaker · 27/12/2013 07:14

My DD2 is almost 5 months. From early on she slept for 6-7 hour stretches overnight, but at around 16 weeks this all stopped and now I'm lucky to get a 3 hour stretch. She is EBF and we co-sleep.

Is this the 4 month sleep regression? Does it go one for weeks/months?

I'm bloody knackered. I saw every hour tonight. Is there anything I can do or do I just need to battle through.
Never had it with DD1, she was always a rubbish sleeper until she was about 12 months.

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Tiredemma · 27/12/2013 07:17

DD is 16 weeks and for about two weeks now has been really unsettled at night (slept really well from birth). She is quite clearly having trouble with teething though- could your DD have the beginnings of teething too perhaps?

KatAndKit · 27/12/2013 07:39

You have my sympathy, four months was awful for me too. You just have to battle on through it and do whatever works. I am rubbish at sleeping in the day so i had to get DH to take over some night duty. I would feed DS after my dinner, DH would settle him on his chest downstairs, or in a sling, and i went to bed super early to get a bit of a head start on the night. Some nights an expressed bottle was used too. If you can sleep in the day then do so. Unfortunately 4 months was also when DS decided to only take 30 minute naps.

Gileswithachainsaw · 27/12/2013 07:49

Are you weaning? Could something have upset her stomach?

Would you consider expressing so your dh can give a bottle in the night, spread it between you so your not the one who's up every single time?

AnyFuckerWillDo · 27/12/2013 07:55

Wondering if the 4 month sleep regression is why so many people wean early. My 4mo old doing same n EVERYONE telling me he's hungry...

Tiredemma · 27/12/2013 08:01

My DD is still only tiny (just 10lbs two weeks ago) and on the 0.4th centile)- She isnt a greedy baby at all so I know she isnt ready for weaning.

Her teeth though are giving her (and me) hell.

Agree that people are quick to say 'oh she must be hungry- start weaning'

Gileswithachainsaw · 27/12/2013 08:02

I wasn't suggesting weaning, just asking if she was, because it could be something upsetting her stomach .

Tiredemma · 27/12/2013 08:04

Giles- I wasnt referring to you (apols if it seemed I was!!)

More so my own mother who suggested putting 'rusk' in the bottle!!

marushka82 · 27/12/2013 08:08

I don't have much to add unfortunately apart from the fact that I'm going through the same thing with my DD who is 5 mo. On top of that she is very windy (was never a problem before) and seems to have a cold... I'm with you OP, I know how you feel!

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soupmaker · 27/12/2013 10:03

Thanks for the replies. In an odd way it helps to know I'm not the only one!

DH took her away for a cuddle and she slept for an hour with him. I got a whole hour and half of sleep.

She hasn't been weaned and I don't believe she is hungry. She feeds on demand and I really don't think she is ready for food yet.

I suspect it is teeth. DH got out a dummy and for the first time she took it. She likes chewing on muslins and anything else she can get her hands on. I've given her teething powders and calpol which have helped keep her content during the day but don't have the same effect overnight.

She hasn't been keen on taking a bottle and we haven't persevered as I'm not really up for a fight with her on that. If she took it great, but so far it's been complete refusal. Which is ironic as she was bottle fed for a week with EBM until her TT was sorted.

Are your DC also rolling about at night? DD sometimes sleeps on her side then face plants onto her mattress. If I roll her back onto her back she just flips back onto her front then moans about it!

So far daytime sleeps seem okay. Normally a morning nap of an hour or two, a lunchtime one of the same or more and a late afternoon nap of at least an hour. We don't have a routine as such, just follow her cues.

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marushka82 · 27/12/2013 10:50

My DD doesn't turn herself around at night, but she flails her arms, pulls her legs up and grunts, so I'm suspecting trapped wind.
Your DC's naps sound great! I can only get 1 hour max in the morning, 1hr-1.5hrs at lunchtime (that requires walking non stop with a pushchair) and 30-40 mins in the afternoon. So consider yourself lucky that you are getting two hour naps! :D
I'm considering going back to giving DD a bottle of EBM in the evening - we used to do that a while ago and she'd sleep through for 8-9 hours. The downside was that I was very engorged in the mornings and she'd be grumpy all day as she'd get too much foremilk. Seems like whatever I try just doesn't work...

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