4 month sleep regression

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My daughter has been sleeping really well and we have no problem with her getting to sleep. She goes to bed at 7pm and is in her own room.
She has started to wake up around 3am and is wide awake. I'm not sure what the best thing to do when this happens?

Can you bring her into bed with you? Does she settle then?

What time is bedtime? It is possible she is going to bed too early as they can complete their cycle of long restorative sleep and then be awake

Thanks for the reply. I have been bringing her into bed with me and that's when she eventually settles but it takes a while.
She just wants to play until she wears herself out.
She goes to bed at 7, I did think about trying to keep her up later but she's always passes out and is so tired by 7pm.

Does she eventually go back to sleep? My DD did this. She would wake at 3am for a good hour or so and was chattering and playing in her cot, she did eventually go back to sleep but it was very disruptive! Looking back now it coincided with a developmental leap i.e. Babbling away more, learning to crawl etc so could also be the way with yours? Big changes to their sleep pattern at 4 months

You know her being in her own room goes against SIDS guidance, right?

The 2 hour nightly playtime is completely normal too. It’s such a massive development leap their brains just can’t switch off.

Thanks happydays, useful reply good to know I'm not alone!
Tittygolightly - yes I am aware of guidelines as I'm sure every mum is and spends hours reading all the advise out there.
I made the decision to put her in her own room as I felt it was the right time for her and as I am her mum that's my decision.
Not sure why you had to comment on that as that wasn't what i was asking for advise on. Not very helpful!

Sorry no advice just sympathy! My daughter went through it too and just one night stopped and was back to her usual sleeping pattern. It lasted about a month. She goes to bed about 7 aswell, by that time of night she just loses it and can’t stay awake any longer. We just had to keep giving her the pacifier to settle her as she didn’t want to eat anything else but was clearly still tired! Do you dream feed?

You mentioned it. You might not have realised why babies should not sleep alone in a room.

Treat it as a night time wake. Ignore her unless she gets upset, and I would be doing everything to try and settle her in her cot (even if it took hours) rather than bring her in bed with me. When settling I would be very boring - room in total darkness, no talking, just trying to settle with dummy and reassuring patting of her chest.

I would not keep her up later, overtiredness can lead to earlier wake ups.

I would not keep her up later, overtiredness can lead to earlier wake ups.

7pm is a relatively early bedtime for a 4 month old, mine would have been napping at 7

Mine too. She was a 12-12 sleeper.