Baby is nearly 5 months. The so called '4 month regression' has been going on for over 6 weeks and shows no signs of abating. He currently wakes up pretty much every 45 minutes throughout the night, sometimes will stretch to 1 1/2 hours. His sleep wasn't great before this but this is a new low.
The situation as it is is untenable, me and his dad try to take shifts/let each other nap in the day, but his dad works evenings so that makes it more difficult.
I think the problem is that he's had too many sleep props- feeding, rocking, white noise, dummy. He wakes up after 45 minutes and he's not being rocked or fed, his dummy has fallen out, so he's like wtf is going on and he can't link the next sleep cycle.
I've stopped feeding him every time he wakes as I know he doesn't need it and it's making it worse, so now I leave 4 hours between night feeds. Trying to get him to settle in his cot without being picked up with shush pat. The dummy is an issue as he wants it replacing constantly but no idea how to work that one out.
Cosleeping doesn't help at all. He won't drink formula (we've tried and tried) and barely takes ebm in a bottle either.
If you've been here, what did you do? I know it's controversial but I'm not adverse to some sleep training methods when he's old enough. Im not enjoying motherhood like I was before, my anxiety is sky high and I cry every day because I'm so sleep deprived. So I'm not sure how long I can wait it out.