What do you mean by Sleep Regression?

[Twinmumessex]

Hello all, I keep seeing posts relating to sleep regression at 4 month and 6 months. My twins are 23 weeks / 15 weeks corrected age and have been pretty good sleepers but my girl is starting to be a lot more fussy, harder to settle and/or sleeps lighter and less some days. I'm wondering if this would be attributed to a 4 month sleep regression as they are nearly 4 months corrected age? Is sleep regression guaranteed at these month milestones, how long should I expect it to last and what can be done? Thanks x

Sleep regression isn’t guaranteed to happen at these month milestones, but it is quite common for babies who have been sleeping well to get worse, so yes that could be what is happening to your DD. My DD started waking every 3-4 hours (having previously slept through). It didn’t last long in her case, just a few weeks, but every baby is different. The only thing to do really is to wait it out! Also some people recommend starting to encourage them to self settle rather than feeding them to sleep (if you do that).

Does sound like it could be. We are in the thick of it at the moment. DS was sleeping 6 hours straight but has been waking pretty much every 45-60 min since Christmas Day (7 weeks). After going round and round in circles about sleep training (on here) i am opting to not sleep train at this time - despite the lack of sleep!! Purely because my gut says he is not ready and supported by the fact when i tried it he ended up a mess and i did too! The result was an overtired baby that took even longer to settle. That said I only tried it once and there are some real success stories on here if you are brave enough to try yourself and stick with it. You have to do what you think is right.

My main concern was as DS is ebf I didnt want to stop him feeding in the night if he needs it for growth and he hasnt been comfort sucking - he is properly feeding. Last night he managed some 2 hour stretches so I am hoping (please god) that we may be coming out the other end. He is also detaching himself from my breast when full so I like to think hes learning what to do himself at his own pace. So i am taking a deep breath and am carrying on (Zzzzz)

Like I said some real successes sleep training so do whatever you feel comfortable with. Goodluck. You will get some lovely support on here.

Hugs for you