Fighting naps and waking in the night.

[Notmyname1988]

Hi all, does this sound like regression? My lg is 4 months old and in the day really fights her naps (eventually gives in!) and is now waking between 2 and 3 times for extra milk in the night. I'm going through milk powder at an alarming rate! .
Does anyone have any suggestions or is it a case of riding it out? My mum keeps pushing the weaning agenda but I'm keen to wait until 6 months as per guidelines. As I was weaned at 2 months (in the 80's) she seems to think its OK! Obviously I'm ignoring this but has anyone experienced this and had any successes with remedies? Thanks very much, from a shattered new mum!

I've got the same problem with my little boy. Since 4 months he has been fighting his naps and rarely naps for more than 30 minutes. During the night is worse, he generally wakes up every hour, sometimes every 15 minutes which is an absolute nightmare. I mentioned it the his pediatric nurse earlier this week and she just said that some babies are like that and eventually it will stop. Didn't really offer any helpful advice, she just said to try and ride it out and once he starts on solids it might improve or it might not because it may be that he wakes out of habit rather than hunger. She advised against weaning early though. My son is 5 months and 1 week so pretty close to the 6 month weaning stage so I suggested weaning early and she said absolutely not, but I think she is a bit of a strict one. Different medical professionals might give other advice regarding weaning early.

Oh gosh. That sounds tough. Perhaps weaning will help your little one, I hope so!

I hope so too! I'm thinking about starting weaning in the next week or so and hopefully a bit of food before bed will help him sleep. If it works out I'll report back and let you know what worked for me and maybe you'll have the same success with your little one.

Ah thank you :) good luck!

Solids won't make any difference, probably disturb them more as digestion adapts.

They're not waking out of habit, they're waking as they can't link sleep cycles and need you to help as there is a lot going on developmentally.

Night feeds (and several of them) whether BF or FF are very normal through the night well into the 2nd year

Do you have any tips Harrysmummy?

@Notmyname1988 I would be very reluctant to start solids at 4 months.

It sounds exactly like the 4 month sleep regression. It will pass - trust me my DD went through the same thing after napping well and sleeping well. Just have to ride it out but it does question if they are hungry!!

Have you got the Wonder Weeks app on your phone? Worth looking into as they can be fussy during those development times. It was spot on with my DD and I knew when she was acting a bit cranky or clingy......

Good luck , it will get easier

Thank you!
Yeh I really don't want to wean yet, I'll keep riding it out the best I can. I do indeed :) she came out of leap 4 last week so I hoping she would also sleep better.
Only up twice last night for feeds so it could have been worse I suppose!
Thanks for your advice :)