Sleep regression. Anyone else want to join!? Sleepless mums!

[pinkgin1]

Currently going through what I believe could be a four month sleep regression? For ages my son slept really well didn't wake up in the night and if he did it was for one bottle then slept. Most nights slept 9:30pm till about 8am next day.
Has alllllllllll gone out the window the past week 🤣 I always knew the good sleep wouldn't last long and I appreciated it when it did but it's kinda making me feel extremely tired now including my partner🥱
How long does it last?? Will it go on for months?? Will I ever have a 8-8 again? 😥😥🤣
The strange thing is if he wakes up. As soon as I place him onto my bed and pillow he sleeps. So if it was a sleep regression surely he would wake also in my bed?

@JammyRedRooo yep annoyingly.
My SIL was pregnant when I was her dd is only 5 weeks younger than mine and she sleeps that much we were all worried about her when she was newborn but she's still like it now, she has x2 lots of 3hr naps in the day and she sleeps 9-8 too 🙄
She's 8 months and still like it now but she's thriving and really coming along. Her HV said some babies are just like this so not to worry. Ugh not mine!! Lol

@JammyRedRooo It won’t last! I find it hard to be sympathetic though when friends moan that their baby has been waking a few times for a couple of days or they sleep through but wake up at 6am. I’d take that any day!

Decided to try DD in her own room and big cot tonight. Last night she was trying to move around and get comfy but getting stuck on the sides of the Next2Me so interested to see if more space makes a difference. I’m not holding my breath but let’s see.

@LCF2021 it must run in families, as both my parents and DH’s parents keep telling us how awful we were with sleep 😂

@JammyRedRooo naps are a fight for us too. I spent 40 mins walking round the kitchen today at lunch time, which was a fail, and 20 mins pushing the pram outside just to try and get him to sleep, also a fail. He finally had his first and only nap of the day at 4pm 🤦🏻‍♀️

First wake up from DD already, just 1.5 hours after going to bed. I’m not holding out much hope for the night! 8 more nights to get through until our sleep consultant call

@LCF2021 fingers crossed going into the big cot makes a difference! I’m reluctant to try it until we’ve committed to sleep training, as the idea of trekking across the landing every hour is really unappealing.

Naps were bad for us today, me and my partner had food poisoning so his relatives took LO for a few hours - absolute lifesaver only she ended up not having napped since half 12. I’ve been in bed with her since 8 and we’re on the second wake already (third overall, she went down at 7 but it took an hour!). I tried to soothe without feeding as it’s only been 20 minutes but she won’t have it . She’s going to be FURIOUS about sleep training 😬

[quote LCF2021]@pinkgin1 teething is the worst. Some of my friends’ babies seemed to sail through it and never had many issues but my son was dreadful! I’d say the first two and the molars were the worst. I’d recommend nurofen over calpol. I used to give Ashton and parsons powder too, not sure if it was a placebo but sometimes seemed to help. I didn’t find the gels helped really. Apparently the worst bit for them is just before the teeth breaks through the gum should only be really bad for a couple of days.[/quote]
I agree.
I gave him those two last night and he slept through!
The Ashton and parsons gel isn't as good as the powder. I Agree
But I also used calgel which seemed the best

I've gave him the same tonight and he's currently still asleep. Fingers crossed 🤞
Hoping he can actually sleep through the night when the teeth are through and he's only not because of his teeth

How was everyone’s night? I’d love to report to putting DD in her own room helped but sadly not. She took 45 mins to settle after a wake up at 9.15pm, up again at 12.30am, then 1.30am at which point I brought her into bed with us when she proceeded to wake every hour yet again. Why does she hate sleep?!!

Last 2 nights my DS will NOT go in his cot. It's like within 5 minutes of me putting him in there even though he's in deep sleep, he just knows!! He must sense I'm not there.
I don't know if this is the start of separation anxiety? He's 9 and half months. Especially as DH has had covid this last week so he's been locked away in spare room to avoid giving it us (and it's worked) but this has meant it's just been me and DS every minute of every day so I think maybe he's become more attached to me 🤷🏼‍♀️ as soon as I put him in with me he snuggles up right close to me so he's touching me, then he falls to sleep happily for hours.
I've tried soothing him then leaving, ignoring him for short while, putting him down drowsy etc etc but it doesn't work he just will work himself up so that he's really crying and then he's wide awake so he keeps ending up in with me. I just really need to break the habit of this. Any tips? 🙏🏻

Hi everyone, would love to join thread for some solidarity please!
DD just turned 5 months old and is sleeping so poorly...everyone else's babies around me sleep great stretches or even sleep through the night 😟 last night me and DH were awake from 12-6am constantly resettling little one as soon as I put her in the next-to-me she was stirring and waking up. Kept trying to BF back to sleep but theres only so much boobie I can give as she has some bloody sharp teeth already 😐

How I'm going to stop the feeding to sleep is beyond me!! She is refusing to take a bottle ever!

Feeling rather like a bloody zombie today...

@rsp123 this was us three weeks ago for two weeks... Then his two teeth erupted 😱😱 he's 6.5 months

@rsp123 posted too soon but have you tried giving your baby some Ibuprofen or Calpol before bedtime to see if it helps at all?9

We had an early bedtime tonight as she skipped the last nap. She went out like a light (fed) but woke again 20 minutes later. Fed again and she’s down again… for now. I can literally feel the tension in my stomach waiting for her to wake again - if she does an hour before doing so it’ll be a good evening! Really don’t know how much more of this I can manage!! Argh!

Lo slept till 5, had bottle then woke at 9🙏

Which means it'll be the opposite tonight I think!

@badgerBum ours is the same. It's like every time he stirs for whatever reason he's like 'oh but where are my people? I must wake and call for them'.

Sometimes that's 4 times between 7.30-10pm. Argh!

Mine is finally down! In his cot but god knows how long that'll last.
My first day back at work tomorrow. Bloody dreading it! My mat leave has flown by and I could cry ☹️

Good lick tonight ladies hope you all have a decent night x

Can I join? My ds is 5 months he was always a dream sleeper from birth would only wake up twice could feed burp change and straight back down and from 8 weeks slept 7 to 7. He hit 16 weeks and that was that, his awake at 3am on the dot. The last two nights his also woken up at midnight. He wakes up making noises, slamming his feet down or having them up and kicking the covers off the noises then turn to crying and I end up giving him a bottle and then he was going back down but even that is working now. His naps during the day have been non existent unless I'm holding him but dp keeps saying put him down and this is the problem with him sleeping but as soon as I put him down he wakes up.

His rolling over during the day etc so would have thought he would be wearing himself out but doesn't seem to be the case! I'm exhausted and dreading back to school later this week and dreading going back to work even more!!

Haven't read whole thread but going to read back to see if any of you have any successful solutions!!!

How did everyone's nights go? @StickyStickyStickStickSong any luck getting your DS in his cot?

Welcome @Vie8126 sorry you're in the club.

Day 1 of working towards cutting out the contact naps/putting DS down awake but drowsy. He was up at 6. We're trying for his first nap now. He was asleep on me for 10mins but woke immediately when I put him down. I've rocked him back to sleep and will try putting him down again in a min.

This could be a long week!

@mytigerhasstripyfeet my ds was up at 5am this morn I got him to have a nap about 7.30am when he had his bottle put him down I made a quick cup of tea and he was awake. His been whining and rubbing his face for the last hour and just managed to 'bounce' him back to sleep on me torn between trying to put him down and putting my feet up with Netflix ans letting him have a good sleep!
Hope your naps go well today everything crossed!!

@Stickystickysticksticksong good luck with your first day back, I hope you get a decent night's sleep and your first day goes by quickly x

Thank you @Vie8126 and welcome to the sleep deprived club 🙌🏻😴

@Mytiger nope unfortunately not. Put him in fast asleep and then within 10 minutes he was crying, tried to settle but no chance so ended up in with me and slept like a log without waking til my alarm went off at 7

I feel like a spare part today with work, having an official handover tomorrow. My DM has just took DS to playgroup. Missing him already ☹️

Hi @Vie8126 👋 Its such a tough time!!

Ok-ish night here. DH put her to bed at 7:30 in the elusive drowsy but awake state and she seemed to doze off. We dared think 'Wow its finally worked!'. Well 20 minutes later she was awake and FURIOUS Took me ages to resettle and of course had to resort to feeding to sleep.

Then we had wakings at 11:45 and 3:45 which actually isn't too bad, although she refused to go back in her cot after the 3:45 one so that was me up for the day... DH back to work today so all the trudging around in the rain for her naps is on me, first one has already been a giant fail arghbjshahjkahhawhydoesmybabyhatessleeparghb

@Mytigerhasstripyfeet lo slept from 10 till 3 in his cot then 3-5 in my bed had a bottle then woke at 8:30
He's definitely getting better just hope it lasts

That's great @pinkin1 fingers crossed things will be better for you from now on ...gives the rest of us some hope.

@JammyRedRooo oh no 3.45 is brutal! So are walks in the rain when you'd much rather be snoozing.

@StickyStickyStickStickSong good he slept well with you although it's still not ideal.

Mine woke at 11 and wouldn't settle in his cot. Was next to me in bed but still feeding him every 1.5h and resettling him between feeds too. He's got really really dependent on me.

@Vie8126 it's hard to know what to do re contact napping. I've always just let him sleep on me in the day. I know he'll sleep better and I enjoy the down time and cuddles. But his frequent wakings are destroying our evenings and I do want an hour or so quality time with dp in the evening too. Hence trying to get him to sleep more independently. Did you opt for Netflix or for the cot in the end?