To just accept that there is nothing we can do to help baby sleep better at this stage?

[SnuggyBuggy]

DD is 4.5 months and definitely in the 4 month sleep regression. She is clearly more aware of her surroundings and I think it's making it harder for her to sleep.

She falls asleep for a cat nap after feeding at around 8 pm for about half an hour and after that she is wide awake and I think pretty much any noise or light or movement stimulates her and makes her want to play.

If it wasn't for the SIDS guidelines I would try to transfer her to her cot to see if she would sleep longer. Should we just stick it out until she is 6 months? I can't think what else to try.

Is her cot in your room? That's where she sleeps overnight? I'd try putting her down in her cot and just put up with an early night for a few days, assuming you're keeping her in the living area in her sleeping space at the moment. Then if it works go from there deciding whether to leave her for a short time and check on her regularly etc, if going down in a dark room with you there earlier doesn't make a difference you'll know and won't be worrying about it making a difference if that makes sense?

I just wonder though if she was to wake after that initial sleep to find no one there would she get bored and go back to sleep? She isn't waking crying or distressed if that makes sense.

I know it’s against sids but I have always put mine down for the night in our bedroom. It’s only for a couple of hours, we have monitors, and I check regularily. No way could my nosey 3 month old get any sleep at all in the living room with tv on etc.

Establish a routine of bath book and bed.
Try a sleepy head
Use white noise
Read the blissful baby expert book, she doesn't believe in sleep regression. I used to as I had two horrific sleepers, 3rd time around using the above wow the difference. He slept through from 10 weeks old. Good luck, babies and sleep can be really hard work.

I would also recommend a routine of bath, massage, and a feed with no talking in a dark quiet room. Then put her down in her bed when she's nearly asleep.
I used to wake mine up at 10pm to give a bath... they were asleep by 11pm and only woke up once in the night. When they slept through till the morning I brought the bath time forward till by 3 months they were sleeping through. I thought it was a fluke with my first one 😊
Good luck

My dd is now 6 months but has been going up to bed at 7 from 8 weeks when she just wouldn't settle downstairs.
My husband brings her up and I bring 5 year old dd and he put the baby to sleep and stayed with her until 9.30 when I would go up fjr the night.
With my first we put her up at 8pm from 8 weeks and just put the monitor on. No idea why we changed it with this baby!

It's just routine. Both of ours goto sleep.downstairs and we transfer to bed once they're properly asleep. 20 mo the old goes down on a fluffy duvet in her playpen and has done since about six months. 3 month old gets swaddled in his swingy chair at 7, gets up for a bottle at 11 ish and sleeps till 5ish. Goes up to bed with us after bottle. Same treat every day is key. She might be unsettled in a big, cold cot. Try swaddling if you still can, a sleepyhead inside the cot or the best thing we did when DD kept thrashing around when we moved her into the big cot was to change to a travel cot with soft sides. She's slept in there on top of a folded up feather duvet since about 7 months no problems. It's not strictly the guidelines, but you use your own judgement about how bad that is versus comfort and security for the child.

@SnuggyBuggy we moved LO into her own room around 8 weeks cause we were waking her up when we came up to bed.

She loves silent and pitch black to sleep