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4 month sleep regression. Any tips of advice to get through it?

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MCMP13 · 05/01/2023 15:08

My little one fights every single nap and bedtime is just a nightmare. I know it’s just a phase but we are struggling. He needs rocking to sleep and white noise on but then you put him down and he is wide awake. Or if he doesn’t wake up, 2 minutes later he is rubbing his face which is waking him up. He does settle most of the time if I put my hand over his face but it doesn’t last long. He isn’t waking for food as he refuses it when I offer and takes it every 3-4 hours.

I have tried putting him down drowsy but awake to try get him to learn to self soothe so he can do it during the night but it just ends up in him waking himself up even more and crying and then it take us another hour to settle in and get him to sleep again 😭. During the day he just naps on us or the pram as it’s the only way he will actually get some sleep.

I have googled and probably tried everything and nothing is working so just currently sticking to a routing hoping he will get used to it eventually but it’s so tiring having to comfort him every 30 mins - it seems that he can’t get into a deep sleep. 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep sounds like a dream!

Just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice of how they got through the 4 month sleep regression? I miss the newborn stage 😂😂

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MrsB902 · 06/01/2023 10:24

This is such a hard phase so you really do have all of my sympathy! If it makes you feel any better in my experience it just passes on its own.

My DS was able to self settle prior to the 4 month regression but then couldn’t during it so everything you read online about self settling being the holy grail is a load of rubbish 😂 I was wary of not wanting to go back to rocking or feeding him to sleep but it was the only way to settle him so we gave in and then after maybe 10 nights he started sleeping for longer periods then eventually started to self settle again.

I would say if your LO wants to contact nap during the day let him so he doesn’t get overtired. It’s such a hard time but it honestly does get easier - hang in there and make sure you have plenty of caffeine, chocolate etc to get you through it ☺️

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