Why isn't my baby sleeping?

[NiinasMummy]

So, normally my little girl (almost 5 months) sleeps from 7pm solid until 10pm when we wake her for a bottle and then back to sleep again until 7am.

However, recently she won't sleep in the evening until her 10pm bottle. She will go off around 7pm but will then wake after 15/20 mins or so and will only sleep in my arms after that in a really light sleep. During this sleep in my arms she will constantly be waking up screaming and then I have to calm her back down again.

3 hours of this at night is not fun! Not been able to eat in the evening and I'm hungry.

Anyway, does any other parent have/had this problem and have any help or advise?

(Currently rocking baby in my arms)

Firstly this is not really the right place toask, you should be talking to a heath visitor wiy=th experience of sleep issues. Your routine is a bit to pot and I am wondering why on earth you would wake her od =f a 10 pm bottle. You need to be finding a way od settling her without rocking. I think you need some proper support, not MN. Also check she is not poorly

My routine is to pot? A routine is a routine and if it works then what's the problem! I normally have no trouble with this routine at all. My baby is happy with this routine and has been since 8 weeks old. My baby is just having an off few days and wondered if anyone had any idea why.

Why on earth are you trying to shame me? I thought MN was for supporting other mums and this, to me, is not what I call supportive!

My baby is not ill and is her usual happy self otherwise.

4 month sleep regression? Just ride it out. Your baby is still tiny and entitled not to fit a mould of convenience for its parents. 😉

Yeah, sounds like 4-month sleep regression. Miserable. She should hopefully grow out of it in a short while. We took turns holding mine during evening meal so both of us got to eat before it went cold, wasn't exactly brilliant but at least meant we got dinner.

and it's a perfect place to ask, I don't know why earlier poster thought otherwise!

That other poster is completely out of order! Your routine seems fine. It could honestly be any number of things but what I'm sure of is that it will change again in a few days or weeks. At that age it could be teething, separation anxiety or a regression. My girl didn't start going to sleep at 7.30 until she was 6 months old and still only occasionally sleeps through now at 10 months. She's breastfed though.

Here with you with my 8 month old who's asleep ontop of me!!

I don't wake him up to feed though. He

Honestly, what you're describing is pretty normal for a 5 month old. Around the 4 month mark their sleep patterns become more like an adults, as in they cycle through light/deep sleep every 45 mins or so, so they begin to wake up more through the night.
What's your nap schedule like during the day?

I’d also say regression. Otherwise possibly putting her down too early? How long is she awake for before 7pm? What happens if you put her down a bit later?

Another one voting sleep regression. They lull you into a false sense of security then BAM, no sleep till Brooklyn

OP, with a not-yet-5-month-old sleeping 10pm-7am, you should be giving the sleep advice, not sure why 1st reply needed to be so rude!

4 month sleep regression was what occurred to me too, nothing to be done but ride it out! Mine have always settled better a little later (7:30-8pm) so could try that, but otherwise just remember this too shall pass!

OP, with a not-yet-5-month-old sleeping 10pm-7am, you should be giving the sleep advice

That's a good point tbf .

Thank you everyone (apart from first post)..

I did wonder if it was the 4 month sleep regression but coming a little late, I was beginning to think we'd skipped that part However, I didn't think it would be this dramatic when it happened and so sudden.

Oh well, I guess I should count myself lucky that she still sleeps so well when she finally does go down after her 10pm bottle.

And FYI first post.. 🙄 not that it's any of your business, but I've started thinking about gradually bringing her last bottle earlier.