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Does 4 month sleep regression to all babies?

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123456kent · 19/01/2018 15:29

My dd is 3 months and I am very happy with our sleeping patterns at the moment. For the past month the pattern has roughly been (sometimes deviates from this) bed at 7.30pm with a feed, dream feed at 10.30pm, feed around 4am ish and then wake up 7-8am. I’m very well rested and so is she mostly. She’s bf, with one bottle during the day.
I feel very nervous about this regression I’ve heard that’s coming up. I didn’t cope well with little/no sleep for the first few months, I was very tearful and anxious. Will it definitely happen? Will it come and go or stay permernantly bad? What can I do to help? I’ve heard I need to stop helping her to sleep with feeds/rocking/dummy but these work well for us.
She’s the sort of baby that gets very hysterical very quickily when tired, so I dont try and put her down sleepy but awake at night (or ever actually)
Thanks

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plimsolls · 20/01/2018 17:58

Exactly what knowuourplace says in the last paragraph. I wish that had been my mantra when mine was smaller. It’s so sensible and so right.

LittleJack18 · 20/01/2018 20:57

I don’t recall any regression at 4 months. Maybe one at 6 months where he stared rising early and had awake periods during night. Resisting naps has come and gone numerous times. Now at 8 months, resisting naps again and maybe a slight regression but I blame this on illness.

123456kent · 24/01/2018 17:17

Spoke far too soon, those lovely 6 hour stints have been replaced with 1-2 hour stints for the past few nights. Starving hungry every time (breast fed). Naps also taken a nose dive during the day.
Growth spurt or regression? (14 weeks).
I need to learn to cope with lack of sleep better, it makes me really miserable!

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