10-week-old waking every hour at night - why?!

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I'm starting to really struggle with DD's sleep. She's never been great but this last week it's become just awful. She's waking every hour throughout the night and then needs to be on us for 25 minutes before we can transfer her, which essentially leaves us with 30 mins max at a time. I have no idea what's going on. She only seems to need a feed once around 1/2am (after 5 hours) and then another around 6am. The other times she falls asleep pretty much straight away if we pick her up. It's the fact we can't put her straight down which is making things so much worse.

Is it possible she's going through the 4-month regression really early?!

Husband is taking her at the start of the night so I'm getting a few hours in but we're both shattered and starting to feel really down. Any advice appreciated!!

I'm really sorry you're so tired. My honest answer is 'it's what babies do'.

Are bf or formula feeding? If bf I'd offer whenever they wake.

Agree with pp that this is just what babies do. ‘Regressions’ are not at prescribed times, babies sleep can change at any point, 4 months is obviously a common one though. Mine slept okay until 11weeks when he started waking 1-2hourly.

If you are breastfeeding I really would recommend offering at every wake, and if you have a co-sleeper crib I’d definitely suggest feeding lying down and then sliding them across. This worked so much better for mine. Read up on safe co-sleeping and the safe 7 as if you are really tired you may end up ci-sleeping unintentionally so it’s best to be aware of how to do this safely.

Thank you both - yes I'm breastfeeding. I think feeding lying down and safely co-sleeping might be the only way for now

I could have written this exact message for my 9 week old. No answers but you are not alone so perhaps there's some 'normal' in there. My DS seems uncomfortable in the night when waking - primarily with wind (more farty than burps).