Up until now DD (15 weeks) has had me lulled into what I now realise was a false sense of security - aside from those blurry eyed newborn nights she's been a fairly decent sleeper and we've developed a routine that works for us as a family. DH gets home from work late so we do quiet time at 10, her one and only bottle of the day at 10.30 and put her down awake after that, with a dummy. Generally after 10 mins and the occasional dummy re-insert she is sparko and good until 6/7ish for a quick bf then back down for a couple more hours.
I've turned into a little lady of leisure in the mornings and love my baby version of a lie in (i.e. I can have a cuppa hot and breakfast in bed while she is still asleep in the moses basket). I know, she has spoiled me so far, I appreciate how great its been until now... when the ugly sleep regression dragon has reared its ugly head (obviously intent on returning those dreary eye bags).
Anyway, I had naively thought that if DD was able to settle herself the 4 month regression wouldn't hit as hard but now she's taking to waking every couple of hours (yawn) mostly having a bit of a feed and then going back down. I usually try the dummy two or three times with mixed success - it maybe works once a night, the rest of the time is some misguided thread of optimism I'm clinging on to. Granted she's not crying or distressed but I'm obviously looking back on those sleep filled nights with longing akin to a toddler and sweets in a supermarket.
Anyway, how do we move forward? Is the sleep regression something I have to persevere with and she'll eventually grow out of or do I need to bite the bullet and start some sort of sleep training/enforce a routine of napping during the day etc? Will I ever sleep properly again?