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

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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?

@Sneezymcsneezy
Past three nights he's been much better.
He has a zed which makes a good help.
Has a crib mobile toy thing which plays white noise for hour or so
He goes to sleep in his Tommie Tippee baby snuggle sleep bag has made great change

@LCF2021 how is is your LO my DS has naturally dropped his 3rd nap he's 8 months and hasn't had that last nap for a couple of weeks now.
He started taking his morning one later.. just before lunch then has a longer nap around 3 now. I'll give him his tea at 5:30ish then bath him around 7, then it's bath bottle bed x

@LCF2021 I was reading up on this and as @StickyStickyStickStickSong mentioned, it almost comes naturally as they are able to extend their wake windows! I can't wait until he can extend his nap duration! Currently he can sleep 1.5 hours in his morning nap only!

@StickyStickyStickStickSong She’s only just 4 months so I think we’re a few months off her dropping it. I was too scared to push my son’s wake windows so I think he was still having it at 8.5 months but this time around I’m happier to stretch out awake time so she can drop it earlier.

Ohh I'm so happy I found this thread!!

We have had a week from hell with my DS (18weeks) who used to sleep from 8/9pm to 7/8am with one wake to feed. He's now waking at random times every hour or so and staying awake for hours, I try BF him back to sleep but he wakes as soon as I put him into bed. Tried drowsy put downs but no chance!! It doesn't work haha! The only way I can get him to sleep is next to me in bed, which I don't want to make a habit of!!

The only way I can get him to nap in the day is either pram or car rides! I've been using the huckleberry app to give me an idea of his wake windows, but it still goes on about sleep training?? Surely 4 months is too young?

At least we are all in this together Mumma's!

@Flittingaboutagain

I actually managed a 90 pram nap this afternoon so that was great.

All the breastfeeding Instagram people I follow say feeding to sleep is developmentally appropriate and never to stop something today that you like and works well outside of a regression at least because of fear of tomorrow. So I'm going to ignore drowsy but awake as it just doesn't work for us and let her enjoy that nipple

Love reading your updates gang. Let's see how we go tonight.

Thanks so much for this! It's so reassuring to know BF to sleep isn't "wrong" when it does actually feel right for us and our little ones x

@jmj90 I actually ditched huckleberry and went by baby's cues on when he needs a nap, j found it made me anxious. His naps have stabilised so that I know he needs a nap every two hours from his last sleep.

Yesterday was the worst night yet, 10+ wakenings I reckon

[quote Sneezymcsneezy]@jmj90 I actually ditched huckleberry and went by baby's cues on when he needs a nap, j found it made me anxious. His naps have stabilised so that I know he needs a nap every two hours from his last sleep.

Yesterday was the worst night yet, 10+ wakenings I reckon [/quote]
I'm thinking of doing the same tbh! It's just another thing to think about, now that he's older I generally know when he needs to nap etc! Glad to know you feel better without it!

I was hoping for a hat trick last night with DS in his own room all night but he only lasted til 4am. He had pooped at half 3 (always same bloody time of the early hours 😩) but this time when I lay him down he didn't settle he was wide awake kicking smiling and babbling. So I scooped him up and took him in the spare room with me then low and behold he slept like a log with zero wakenings til 8am haha bless him.
Still persevering with him being in his own room let's see what tonight brings

@jmj90 I've only put him in his own room this last week but when he was in my room in the cot the side of the bed he pretty much came into bed with me every night from 7 months when teething and sleep regression hit. He's 8 months now, we're making progress.
As much as I know he needs to get out of the habit of getting in with me, I must say.. I do love having him snuggled up next to me! No better feeling 💙

@jmj90 my DS is 17 weeks tomorrow he also only naps in the pram, car, or on me!! Think it's normal. I'm completely with you on the feeding to sleep, I stopped feeling guilty about it recently, now I just believe it's natural and they'll stop when they're ready

Agggh, today her 3rd nap lasted a whole 10 minutes so I took her to bed about half an hour earlier than usual. She was asleep by 7.10pm and she’s already been up wailing 3 times. I’m off to bed now to prepare for a long night.

@LCF2021 I'm on panic mode, he only did two naps today cos they were both long ones, so we decided to keep him busy until an acceptably late early bedtime, 8pm which is an hour and half... Not sure what the night will bring

@Sneezymcsneezy Sending solidarity your way! Here’s hoping for a good night for us 😬😬

*an hour and half earlier than his usual bedtime!

I am Knackered so gonna try and sleep now, let me know how it goes tonight girls x

I hope everyone has a good night. I've just started following Thismummystory on Instagram and it's made me feel so much happier and relaxed about practicing all of the "bad" habits for sleep, our little ones need us at night because they want to feel safe. Keep cuddling, Co-sleeping, rocking, feeding and soothing all you like Mumma's, screw the "should be doing" advice, we know what's best for our own little ones and we are the best Mumma's for them!

Forgot to update yesterday but that night was better, back to sleeping in 2 hour slots. However back to waking every hour (sometimes more) last night... it's getting hard when it's so many nights of crap sleep in a row. @jmj90 I just checked the account out it's brilliant!! I've let go of worrying about creating bad habits now, when my DS is ready we'll start changing things but until then I'm doing what we need to get through

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Forgot to update yesterday but that night was better, back to sleeping in 2 hour slots. However back to waking every hour (sometimes more) last night... it's getting hard when it's so many nights of crap sleep in a row. *@jmj90* I just checked the account out it's brilliant!! I've let go of worrying about creating bad habits now, when my DS is ready we'll start changing things but until then I'm doing what we need to get through

Its so hard when the nights are building! We also had a better stint of every 3 hours and drifting off after feeding thankfully, but who knows what tonight will bring!

I'm so glad that page helped you, definitely made me feel more relaxed and confident to do things the way I want x

He was up every two hours then up from 2.30am to 4.15am, then slept until 8.15am. I'd take this any day over every hour and actually would rather do this than continue with every two hours... At least I get a block of sleep. Still on the ☕☕ regardless!!

I follow Lyndsey Hookway, she's of a similar vein to Thismummastory! I find her helpful from a scientific study standpoint!

My 2.5 year old has been going through a ‘sleep regression’ her whole life lol. I don’t believe in sleep regressions. I think lack of sleep is down to hunger, growth spurts, teething, illness, comfort etc

Just to add she’s never slept through the night. I think some babies sleep well and others don’t

@Fet2021duejuly2022 completely agree. My DS has slept 5 hours longest at one time. Apart from that it's never more than 3 hours max at the moment. I feel like maybe that's better than being used to sleeping through and it suddenly stopping😂

After her initial unsettled period at the start of the evening she slept from 8.30pm-2am, which meant I got a 4 hour(!) stretch 🙌 after a feed she was up and down a lot and I felt like I was constantly plugging her dummy in. She seems to need it to settle but will keep pulling it out until she’s fully asleep 🙄 she ended up in our bed after I’d been leaning over the crib trying to settle her for 20 mins at around 4am, had another feed at 5.30am and woke up at 7.45am so not too bad a night. I do miss her only waking once for a feed though like she did up until about 14 weeks.

That was a tough night he wasn't crying but making loud moaning noises and wriggling about again and every time I went in his eyes were closed so I just put dummy in and he'd settle immediately but this went on pretty much every hour or less even? I feel like I must have got up about 10 times I just put him in with me at 5 and he was spark out til 8:30! I think it's what @jmj90 said off that site it's more so comfort from mommy they need.. got to do what we got to do haven't we 😊 at least I got a good 3 hour stretch this morning once he was with me!

I'll join! There's another regression at about 12 months and we've been it for weeks. Went from only one wake between 7pm and 6.30am and now we're up to 3+ wakes every night, on the worst nights it's hourly. Tbh it's hard to tell what's regression, molars and illness as it's all just a sleepless blur at the moment.
My 4yo has started having nightmares too.
One day I will sleep again...

Coffee all round today ladies! Hope you all have a great day!