4 month sleep regression!??

[mamatoizzybee]

Hi , my baby turned 4 months on Friday , and almost like some kind of magic , her sleep behaviour changed over night .

I usually breastfeed her to sleep and place her down in her Moses basket. This has worked well for our little family and she often slept through the night .

However , now I place her down asleep and she immediately wakes back up again !!

Is this the four month sleep regression? How long does this phase last for ? Any tips ?

Thank you

How long do you wait before placing her into her basket?

@unicornsandgin - usually quite a while as I want to make sure she is fast asleep . I have attempted the asleep drowsy thing but it never works and she always screams, so I know she isn't quite ready for that yet.

I've just sat with her for awhile with my hand over her basket singing to her whilst she was intermittently whinging (not full crying) ...but I've been sat there for an hour and the whinging has turned into crying. I've just offered her formula milk (as I do on the odd occasion which she will take very well) but she rejected it, so I know she isn't hungry and she is just wanting to go to sleep but struggling to self soothe

Just wondering what others experiences were and if there are any tips for helping sooth without offering the breast?

Does she use a dummy? Probably not as you haven't mentioned it.. have you tried white noise? Sounds stupid but it worked a handful of times for my dd when she was younger but not for everyone. I'll ask the obvious again , do you make sure she has no wind? I've heard you don't get much with breastfeeding though. It's a tricky one and you are probably so tired. This is gonna probably sound so stupid, but to get my daughter to sleep when she wouldn't, I'd sit on the end of my bed bed and bounce up and down, using my legs with her swaddled in a blanket, no rocking just up and down (not fast lol) enough to relax her and she'd fall asleep, it took me a good ten minutes most times but you could try. Nothing to loose from trying it😁😂

She's still very young bless her so it may just take a few more weeks to find out what gets her to sleep best❤️ as they say, it doesn't last forever!

@flylikeabirdx thank you for your reply and suggestions it's much appreciated. My daughter has never accepted a dummy unfortunately (I think I have about every brand going stashed away that failed!!)
She does love white noise though - I currently have a white noise machine on and a light show that lights up the ceiling with stars which she relaxes to as part of her night routine .

Up until this week she has either slept through the night or only woken once or twice and then fed and gone straight back to sleep . We've been so lucky that she's slept so well z

It makes me wonder if this is the regression thing I hear about as nothing I can do will soothe her enough to stay asleep . I have just breast fed her again and she's fast asleep in my arms , but I know the second I put her down she will either wake straight back up again or she will stay aslee for just a few minutes before she cries again . It's like she is missing me !?

I know it's just a phase and I'm trying not to get too stressed . I've sent my husband downstairs as he's been up over the weekend helping but has work to think about now it's back to Sunday night again!!

How old is your little one @flylikeabirdx ?

Yeah I think it'll pass! And yes she might be missing you bless her and she's nearly 1! X