The dreaded SLEEP REGRESSION support and solidarity thread!

[Tiredemma]

Here we are. Sleep deprived, emotional and craving all things sugary just to survive the day.

bah.

He's protesting, arms and legs going, pretty sure it's not wind, I've had him upright trying to calm him. He's got hiccups from crying now so I'm going to feed him to get rid of them & him back down

Thanks everyone. He's asleep for another half hour I'm doing the Pantley gentle removal technique which works initially then a few mins later he stirs and it starts all over again. If I shush or pat or touch him after the initial removal he just stirs even quicker. Anyone else used it successfully?

First time in the cot tonight (we have a sidecar cot at the moment). Secretly hoping it's the magic answer and I'll be waking up in a panic at 8.00 tomorrow wondering why she hasn't woken me up!

cakebaby no never heard of it. Dd woken no less than 7 times since initial put down unable to self settle. Finally asleep & awake a half hour later for food cause its taken two hours to get to sleep! So no advice here im afraid!

Tomorrow night dp takes a night shift. First time he's slept in same room as her in last 2 months. First time he'll be settling to sleep & first time he'll be doing night feeds. Cue evil laugh. Im off to pals to get a night sleep!!!!

juvenille fingers crossed for you

Cindyrella - yeah, I think I will just do whatever works to survive and if that means breastfeeding to sleep, dummy, white noise then so be it.
I get annoyed now if some of my friends with babies who apparently sleep through try to give me advice, but fail to mention that their LOs are given formula at night. Although after reading this thread I know that even FF doesn't guarantee sleeping through...
Anyway, DD was super grumpy today, especially late afternoon, which hasn't really happened in a long while. I thought that maybe she's trying to master some new skills and is teething at the same time... and sure enough today she surprised us by rolling from her tummy to her back.
So maybe now that she's achieved that she will sleep better tonight? hehe. She's been asleep for about half an hour, I'm not even trying to get myself too comfy on the couch because I know i'll have to go back into the room soon!

Only 10.30 and LO already been up twice! Reckon its going to be a long night!

IndigoTea I feel your pain! I've put DD to sleep at 9pm (I mean, that's when I started feeding) and already been to her twice. She sucks for a bit then falls asleep on the boob and more often than not wakes up if I try to de-latch her. She seems asleep now, hopefully she gets more than an hour!
Wishing you all a good night!

Hi maybe & welcome!
Oh indigo & marushka long night here too. 3rd time up since 9pm. Shattered :(
Cant help it, keep wondering if i could be doing things differently to stop the constant wake ups etc.
Repeat "its a phase & it shall pass"

Well DD is up now, she got about 2 hrs...

Marushka ditto here... Two hours for us so jumping for joy. Put her in pram top - we like to ring the changes! - so waiting for screams so of course can't sleep myself!

Cindy - everything you write I'm like, yep, that's us!!

This thread is fab girls - I've been feeling so lonely in my baby group with mums who only get up twice in the night max. [happy]

We had our pead app today - she's thinks dd may have dairy intolerance so having two day detox before bf again and using prescription f in the interim. Trying not to get hopeful. Sending sleep vibes out to all xxc

Hi maybe & welcome!
Oh indigo & marushka long night here too. 3rd time up since 9pm. Shattered :(
Cant help it, keep wondering if i could be doing things differently to stop the constant wake ups etc.
Repeat "its a phase & it shall pass"

oh for f&*%s sake i keep posting same messages!

We're up hourly tonight.

Flopsy yes its keeping me sane too. I have no friends with babies so dont know what to expect!

how long does this last?!?! im only 2nd night in but she's always been a really good sleeper. even her newborn day's were better than this

Well ladies, I'm not here to gloat but to give hope... DS' naps are still a battle but we've had only one hungry wake up for two nights now and not much else. For the few days before that his only other wake ups were me changing him as he'd dirtied his nappy.

We're at 17 weeks old, and I'd say this regression has lasted about three/four weeks. Though unfortunately it may take longer for some of you, it WILL pass.

Morning all, welcome new joiners , sorry can't name check as on phone!

Awful awful bedtime last night which is a real shocker as ds was always relatively easy to put down to sleep. Couple of wake ups shushed off again but 4 feeds at 2 hourly intervals. He really seems hungry which I can hardly believe. Trying the Pantley gentle removal plan to stop him falling asleep on the boob with ltd success. He was up at 550. Yawn

Cindy - dr instructed me to give two days of specialist formula while I detox but but by 4am I was knackered, had bursting boobies and she'd had most of her bleeding daily allowance of the stuff already with the daytime still to go. And I could not face having to go downstairs and spend an hour making it!!! So stuck the dairy intoxicated boob in to my husbands great disappointment .

However - one big positive - after wake up number three at 1.30am and an hour of being wide awake, I got bored and dumped her in the pram bassinet wide awake, put a coat over it and she fell asleep without a peep for almost two hours. That is like winning a fricking oscar for us! x

cakebaby same here with eating! She woke up 5 times between midnight and 7.30am (when I finally gave up and got up too) and each time she was crying and would only be consoled by boob. Cannot believe she's that hungry!
Also, where does that wind come from all of a sudden?!

Oooh some positives!

Good news flopsy & piss off to yr dh ;)

Gerty am truly chuffed for you. Hoping it lasts!

Mamagnomes 2-4 weeks is the reported length though some say months. I reckon those people r no linger in regression though & just experuencing bad habits as result.

Cakebaby poor you! That shush app came in handy last night as she was unsettled after each feed so i just put it on next to her & did trick most times!
My dd was hourly & seems hungry each time too. Will be interested to see how much she takes from bottle when im away tonight!

Feel like crying and crying. Ds (4 1/2 months) woke 16 times between 7.30pm and 8am! Longest spell asleep was 50mins. Husband has just said we need to take him to 'see someone' as 'its not right'! Whatever that means. He's been so patient so I'm sure it's just exhaustion but it makes me feel like he thinks I'm doing a bad job. Also I am just an emotional weepy wreck so over thinking! Anything to try please? Any tips? Anything that's worked for anyone?? Son so angry during the day too so it just feels relentless. Thank-you.

Feel like crying and crying. Ds (4 1/2 months) woke 16 times between 7.30pm and 8am! Longest spell asleep was 50mins. Husband has just said we need to take him to 'see someone' as 'its not right'! Whatever that means. He's been so patient so I'm sure it's just exhaustion but it makes me feel like he thinks I'm doing a bad job. Also I am just an emotional weepy wreck so over thinking! Anything to try please? Any tips? Anything that's worked for anyone?? Son so angry during the day too so it just feels relentless. Thank-you.

Feel like crying and crying. Ds (4 1/2 months) woke 16 times between 7.30pm and 8am! Longest spell asleep was 50mins. Husband has just said we need to take him to 'see someone' as 'its not right'! Whatever that means. He's been so patient so I'm sure it's just exhaustion but it makes me feel like he thinks I'm doing a bad job. Also I am just an emotional weepy wreck so over thinking! Anything to try please? Any tips? Anything that's worked for anyone?? Son so angry during the day too so it just feels relentless. Thank-you.

Re how long will it last...dd is 16.5 weeks and we are in the 4th week of it...so if Gerty is coming out the other side at 17 weeks then that does add up.
We only had wake ups at 12.30, 2.30 and 5.30 so that is actually a big improvement on recent nights.

I almost dont want to post because I can see just what an horrendous night most of you have had.

DD went to sleep at 6.30pm last night. Woke up at 2am- had a bottle and change and went back down to sleep by 2.30am. Woke again at 0710.

There is no logic to it.

I dont know what to suggest for those that have had a bad night- I did nothing differently at all.

Sorry, that posted 3 times. I obviously can't use the Internet either!