Anyone avoid the 4month sleep regression?

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So my baby is 2months old and sleeping like a dream. Rather than enjoying this period of amazing sleep I'm already worrying about the 4 month regression 😬

I know I shouldn't worry as it might not happen and even if it does there's nothing I can do to prevent it so I'm not sure why I'm asking! Just looking for positive stories from people who have come out unscathed to help ease my anxiety!

If it makes any difference we currently have a very laid back approach and are mostly led by baby. She comes to bed with me and is asleep by 11ish most nights. She's not fed to sleep anymore, she lays on the bed next to me until I see her looking drowsy and then she's popped in her cot and settles herself off quickly. She wakes twice for feeds (goes straight back down) and then normally wakes between 9-9:30 - which I thank my lucky stars for every single day!

My DD is 21 months now and has slept like a dream since she arrived. Even when she was tiny, she'd wake up for a feed and go straight back to sleep. The only time she hasn't slept great is if she's poorly or teething.

I'm now pregnant with DC2 and I'm convinced this child will never sleep and DD has given me a false sense of security!

I really feel for those of you with bad sleepers - how did you cope with years of little-no sleep?!. I really don't cope well with little sleep (which is why I think it's already causing me some anxiety/worry) and my husband works shifts so quite a lot of the time it's just me here at night.

@MsSquiz that's how I already feel and my baby is only 2 months 🤦🏼‍♀️ I already feel we've been lulled into this false sense of security which won't last. But on the flip side there are a lot of people saying they never experienced any regressions with any of their children so you might be lucky!

We didn’t but ours has been on a routine since 8 weeks. Day naps are always a bit of a battle but she slept 6-6 with 1 or 2 feeds since 11 weeks.

We did have to get her to self soothe at the 14 week mark in prep for a regression (that never happened..) as we used to rock to sleep.

No regression here either ... we had a strict routine (GF ). But I honestly think it's down to sheer luck, we just had a very chilled baby who loved sleeping.

No 4 month regression with dd2!

We've had exactly the same approach with both DDs but their sleep has been very different. With both I've breastfed on demand, breastfed to sleep, gone with the flow (ie not fixed routine).

Dd1 was a horrendous sleeper from birth. She got even worse at 4 months. She didn't sleep through the night until she was nearly 4. I went back to work full time when she was 9 months, and I was on my knees with exhaustion.

Dd2 is a great sleeper. I can't remember exactly when she started sleeping well, but something like 8 or 9 weeks. 4 months came and went, no regression. She's 5 months now.

She settles for the night around 9 or 10, then until 7 or 8. Occasionally, she'll wake in the night, but it's rare. I breastfeed her to sleep.

I hope I haven't jinxed it now.

The leaps are a new phenomenon/ book/ theory. Never heard of it, never ascribed to it, so never saw it.

I think the 4 month regression was my first post on here! My previously brilliant sleeper changed overnight. I don't recall the exact time it reverted and I know we had a rubbish time when she went into a bed for a few weeks, but I did find (due to a few serious kickings on MN) that her sleep was actually quite good!

Ahh some more interesting points! I'm hoping we're setting ourselves up to sail through this potential regression - but then again I'm probably just kidding myself! But we no longer have to rock to sleep. We used to in the early few weeks and I can remember really worrying at the time that I was creating a rod for my own back. I didn't need to worry though because with time she's already moved away from needing that herself (for now anyway!). All we use now is some white noise and her dummy and she settles herself off pretty consistently at the moment.

For those who did experience a regression - how bad was it?! Are we talking like 3-4 wakes a night or constant wakes?! How long did it last? Trying to mentally prepare myself for the worse but hope for the best I.e no regression 😂