3 1/2 month old suddenly not sleeping

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Hi everyone

My baby has always been a brilliant sleeper since about 8 weeks, 7-7. He’s just turned 3 1/2 months old and his sleep has completely changed. Sleeps fairly well from bedtime until midnight but after then he’s up almost every hour. I don’t really think he’s hungry because there’s no chance he would fall back asleep. Sometimes he’s not even opening his eyes. Is this teething properly kicking in? A spurt? I’m so so tired, have s bad cold and feel like I’ve done something to mess his sleeping

I have no advise but I am in the same boat. My 3 1/2 month old DS has started waking numerous times also. Hopefully it’s just a blip for both of us

Google the 4 month sleep regression. Welcome to your new normal.

Meep - It’s tough eh? They totally lure us into a false sense of security haha!!

Pottering - aww I did, I think I’m a bit in denial haha!

Yep, 4 month regression. The most common issue to come up on this site. Hang in there x

Thank you, it’s tough! He’s also teething so I don’t think that’s helping! Xx

4 month regression normally means more waking in between sleep cycles and especially after midnight. My DS went through a particularly brutal phase of being up hourly from bed time. Felt like torture, his sleep was worse than when he as first born. sorry to say it lasted a while. Although some nights were slightly better than others. Babies sleep isn’t linear in the first year and is forever changing, so it will change again with time. In the mean time I’d focus on ways to cope with the sleep deprivation. Taking turns at night if not BF, co sleeping after first chunk of sleep. Making sure you get breaks, take any opportunity to sleep and look after yourself.

Things got better when my DS learned to self settle, therefore when he woke during cycles a good chunk of the time he could take himself back to sleep. That along with focusing on a consistent nap schedule during the day. How is baby going to sleep at night?

Sorry you’re going through this- I can imagine it’s worse when you’ve previously had a good sleeper! Sending happy thoughts

My son also started doing this around 4 months after previously sleeping 9-6, I put it down to sleep regression/growth spurt. I found that giving him his dummy, putting his musical night owl on (which he has slept with since birth) holding his hands/stroking his back (he's slept on his side ever since he could roll) and putting my face really close to his and talking to him really softly would settle him back to sleep - and if none of this worked he was hungry We have the Chicco next to me crib so it's easy to reach him.
It lasted about 3 weeks for us although now at 6 months he is yet to return to sleeping all night, he is up every 2-3 hours, however it is now down to hunger as I can't get enough milk into him during the day
Hope it passes soon, but I would say it's normal, and you get used to it again after a while!

sorry for delayed reply, poor little guy got a temperature yesterday, think it’s a mix between his 3rd set of imms and teething! He actually slept from 7-530 last night no interruptions but he really needed it. He goes to sleep with Ewan the sheep on, and that’s it. We put him down and walk away so he can really self soothe it’s just when he wakes up he struggles :/ we have a chicco next to our bed so it’s not that bad but it’s still super hard when you’re used to sleep!! And he’s the same, he slept better as a newborn!! I will see what tonight brings. I think everything feels worse when your ill. I have the cold of death.