5 month old not sleeping

[WhenTwoBecomeThree]

Our 5 month old DD has decided that sleep is no longer her thing. She started sleeping through at around 3 months old, going from 7pm until between 6 and 7am. However, since we hit the 4 month regression (when she was waking every hour) and then she's had a tooth coming through, she's just not sleeping. She has three naps a day that aren't very long. Our routine is below -

Get up at 7am and get her changed
Bottle at around 7.30 (7oz)
Nap at 9.15am and wakes anytime between 9.30 and 10am
Bottle at 10.30/11am (7oz)
Naps at 11.30am and wakes about 12.15
Bottle just before her nap at 2.30 (7oz)
Nap between 2.30 and 3pm and wakes at around 3.45
Porridge at 5.30pm
Bath at 6pm and then a bottle (8oz) and asleep by 6.30pm
We then give her a feed (8oz) when we go up to bed between 10 and 11

She's started waking multiple times through the night and then wants to start her day at 4am and won't go back to sleep until around 6ish and will be back up at 7.

Sometimes, she'll make so much noise that I'll have to get up with her at 4am and then she'll go straight to sleep in her pram in the living room so we can at least get a couple of hours on the couch. Me and DP are both exhausted and obviously we can't keep getting up at silly o'clock.

Does anyone have any advice? The routine worked really well and it's gone a bit tits up now she's waking at all hours. Where are we going wrong?!

Anyone?😩

I have a 5 month old too. I don't have any advice really other than to say I'm told things can change from one minute to the next. It sounds like you have a better routine than me. My little one is feeding to sleep and often only snacking as opposed to whole 7oz bottles. And the snacking has developed to get him to nap, I think. Bedtime isn't quite so bad. But I feel so much pressure to have him having good sleep and feel a failure when I can't get him to sleep. I was going to try Calm and Bright sleep support. They suggested controlled crying but my health visitor said he's too young for that. Either way I'm fed up, yet I know I don't have it as bad as some. But I worry feeding to sleep is becoming a habit we won't be able to get out of.

With regard to your early waking I've read that's due to baby being overtired. Could that be possible?

No advice, but I'm following as my 5 month old has pretty much the same routine (and first tooth appeared a week ago) and he is also waking at 4am!

@MissyF I know exactly what you mean, I feel like everyone I know with babies have managed to get them sleeping through since they were young and DD is the complete opposite and it does sometimes feel like I'm doing something wrong! She also feeds to sleep at bedtime but nap times she settles herself so not really sure how to approach the controlled crying if she's already asleep before I put her down on a night and doesn't cry at nap times haha.

Possible that she's overtired as her naps are so short, she won't do any longer. Since writing my OP, I've tried putting her down to nap in her cot in her own bedroom instead of the crib in our room and she's had a couple of longer naps so hopefully that works a bit better. I don't know if she just needs to be in her own room now with more space!

@Ilovethekittehs It's nice to know I'm not the only one with a 4am wake up!

No advice but going through the same thing. Ds is 5 1/2 month and sleep is just getting worse. Over the last couple of weeks he won't even settle when I pop the dummy back in so I have to get him out and give him a cuddle but even then he's back up an hour later. But when he first goes to bed he goes in his cot awake 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm exhausted.

@popgoesperfection it's exhausting isn't it! Since my OP, we've put her in her own room in the cot and she's started doing a lot better. Also started controlled crying yesterday which is so hard but she's doing well so far and it takes her a lot less time to go to sleep for naps, maybe a coincidence but she's improved even in such a short space of time.

Tuesday night, she went to sleep 40 mins after putting her down and woke up at 5am, moved her in to our room because she was wide awake and she went back to sleep until 7.40. Last night, she went to sleep 15 mins after putting her down, woke at 3am and went to sleep after 10 mins until 7am🤞

Oh @WhenTwoBecomeThree that sounds amazing!! My first ds was a terrible sleeper, didn't think you got two the same 🤨 haha currently feeling like a zombie today.

@Popgoesperfection aw no😩 it's having to play mum all day when you're shattered and they're full of energy that I struggle with haha. Hoping she slowly starts to sleep through🤞

And all you want to do is lay on the sofa 😴 I was reading about some 'sleep spray' that a mum swears has made her lo sleep better, I'm even considering trying this 🙈

I know😩 I'm definitely having a look at that haha, i'm willing to try anything🤦‍♀️