DS will be 16 weeks on Thursday and for the last week his sleep has gone to pot, for example last night he slept fine till midnight but then was up every hour.
For a few weeks prior to this he had managed to wake only once or twice a night and it felt as though the worst was over but it's now worse than when he was a newborn.
Is there anything I can do to improve his sleep? He seems to be waking between sleep cycles and can't resettle himself. He has also developed an aversion to sleeping on his back. I have managed to sort out a side position in which if he rolls he goes onto his back rather than his front but he will then wake as soon as that happens.
His daytime naps are an issue too in that he will only nap in a moving pram, a moving car or in my arms (and even then only after a bit of a cry). I could live with that though if he was OK at night.
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Four month sleep regression
nightandthelight · 24/05/2016 07:46
I always found that DD just screams and sleeps the afternoon after her injections then the next day is back to normal so don't worry! We have our 3rd lot (also late!) in a couple of weeks, the day before we have to take a train up to York! 
Yup that's with me holding her! 
I gave up after that, tried to feed her (whereupon she had a meltdown as I think her cold is bothering her plus she's clearly overtired) then started bath and bed time at 5.30.... Gave her a bottle of expressed milk which she guzzled! Hoped it might make her go to sleep but me and then DH when he got home still had to jiggle her until 7! And she's been awake twice since... 
Argh, really losing my shut here!!! Just had to rock her to sleep, took an hour and I know if I put her down she will wake in half an hour and if I go downstairs she will wake with the light or the tv!! So just going to sit in a darkened room for at least the next hour as if she doesn't sleep for as long as I've bloody jiggled her I will definitely cry and have to poor myself a large glass of wine!!! A week or so ago we seemed to have some sort of routine going and it was only taking 15 mins to get her to sleep but all of a sudden it's bloody changed again and we're back to square one!! apologies for the rant!!
I only introduced formula last week tum as I was so upset and exhausted. He only has those 2 feeds of it. It's not solved our problems but means that I feel a little less tied which that itself does wonders for sanity! (Went out for dinner with the girls last night wohoo)
The noseyness at nap times is annoying. I've had to stop answering my phone as if I do, he will wake and just stare at me the entire conversation till I hang up, then go back to sleep.
have to admit though it does make me laugh 
Hmmm maybe I should start letting her take longer naps in my arms... I've been resisting as I don't want to create more bad habits but maybe some longer naps will break this overtired cycle we seem to be stuck in! Trouble is she's so bloody nosey id probably have to sit in her darkened nursery for two hours! Been meaning to download some audio books for some time, maybe this is the time!!! 
We have seen a slight improvement the last 2 nights.
He's gone down at 7.30 and woken at 11.30, 3, 6 and 8.
I've fed on every waking (formula at bedtime and 3am, breast at 11 and 6am)
This is still waking every 3 hours however it's a damn site better than every 30-60 mins that I had been dealing with.
The only thing I've changed in the last 2 days is his naps.
I was making him fit around my day but as he's so nosey this often meant he was going 3-4 hours between naps and then when he was napping it would be for 45 mins only.
I've read a few articles saying how bad this is for their night time sleep so I've made a real effort to stay in and get him to take good long naps (still in my arms of course).
It actually has helped. Yesterday he slept for 2.5 hours in the afternoon and as we speak he's sleeping on me and has been for almost 2 hours.
I never thought I'd be grateful for 3 hours of unbroken sleep but right now I'll take it! DS is 19 weeks now.
Op what was your night like? Was he up much?
Tum I also find when he wakes regularly that feeding to sleep is a no go. I have to rock usually for about 20 mins.
Hope you start seeing an improvement soon 
Can I join the misery please? DD is 16 weeks and sleep has been all over the place from about 12 weeks! Last night we were up every 1.5 hours and she didn't even want feeding half the time so my fail safe back to sleep trick wasn't working!! how's everyone else doing?
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Skiptonlass - . Sad to hear someone has it even worse, feel bad for moaning as you must be even more exhausted. Kids, who'd have em eh?!
Oh Skipton that is awful! Are there any professionals you could consult? The permanent changes thing is worrying, do you know what people should do to avoid bad habits?
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