Sleep...what’s that??

[njr1895]

I have a nearly 4month old DD who, for the last few weeks, just doesn’t sleep 😴 She was doing well but since the week before Xmas, she will wake every hour at night, cry for a cuddle - then fights, so I put her down and she screams 😏
She’s getting too big now for her Moses baskets but really won’t settle in her crib we have for her in our room (this is a different crib to the one in her own room). She’s in a sleeping bag, but will rub at her head and wake herself up.
She currently has a bath each night (had horrendous colic/gas pains from 3weeks so was bathed to soothe her tummy), then a bottle, she will play/talk while we have dinner and then go to sleep. I’ve tried putting her down upstairs with the monitor on but within 20mins she is wide awake and screaming and will only settle with me cuddling her mostly.
I’m literally losing the will to live 😢 I am absolutely shattered and haven’t slept longer than 2h at a time for weeks. She’s been waking every hour at night for weeks, from when I take her to bed with me - about 10pm. For the last three nights she has been wide awake for two hours after her feed in the night. She’s currently fast asleep on me as I write, but as soon as I put her down she will wake up, can guarantee it 😳
Sorry for the long post. I mainly needed to vent I think. Hoping it will get better 🤞

Hi there

Sounds like she's having a sleep regression. Try and persevere with your usual routine and fingers crossed all should go back to normal

Have you tried putting a tshirt of yours around the mattress so it smells of you? I know it works for some.
White noise worked with my ds. We had a lionheart, which automatically turns on when LO makes a noise.
I was lucky at the 4 month point, ish, but with my first I remember hell on earth. It's horrible.
Can you co-sleep?? Safely?
Good luck.

Thank you. I thought sleep regression also, just how long does it go on for?? She was doing really well - we had a little routine and she was sleeping well, settling well and just waking for one night feed, hence me also thinking regression. However, it’s so hard to see past it!! We have an Ewan sheep, she likes him, apart from when she spots he’s going and starts hitting him 😏 then she’s def awake! She’s also got her 16w jabs next week, the first ones were hell on Earth and knocked her for six 😫 fingers crossed for a better outcome this time!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the four month regression isn't really regression it's a change to the way they sleep.. there's loads about it online, but it won't go back to where they were before but they have to learn a new way to sleep and you need to help them. It's exhausting but doesn't last forever,
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