Help me to understand

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I'm really hoping that someone more experienced than me can help. My DS is nearly 4 months old, and deep into his sleep regression. He wakes every 2 hours, or even 1 hour, at night. The only thing that gets him back to sleep is breastfeeding.
There's so much conflicting information. Do I need to sleep train? Will he naturally learn to link sleep cycles?
Can you give me your lived experience of what happens next?

Tia

Hey! It’s a totally personal choice about whether or not you sleep train. You will get some people who swear by it and others who hate it.
Personally, it’s not for me. I co sleep and find that the best way for us all to get some sleep. I let my DD feed whenever she needs in the night - I know this may be comfort not hunger but I honestly find it easier then getting out of bed to rock her! She just latches when she likes and often we both fall asleep together.
My experience is that sleep has never been great. I think the longest stretch I’ve had is 4 hours and that is not frequent! My DD is 1 next week.
I personally find that sleep improves for a week or two and then something happens to make it hard again - teething, developmental leap, illness, regressions etc. I try to just roll with it, accept that it will get better (it always does) and that my LO is going through something that needs support. This is all easier said then done sometimes though!!!
This is just my experience and it’s definitely not for everyone. It just works for my family. Find what’s best for you and your LO. Good luck x

Thank you for the reply. I really don't want to co-sleep and have baby latching on and off. BF has been incredibly hard.

Can anyone give insight into 'riding ot out"? Does baby's sleep naturally link cycles? If so how long before this happened?

She’s too young yet to sleep train. You are doing a fantastic job with breastfeeding. It’s hard going during the first few months with a new born but it does get easier. I found from six months my babies got into a better sleep pattern and from six months it’s ok to start some sleep training.

Even at four months I found it helped to try and not feed to sleep every time. Putting my baby down awake and allowing them to settle was useful. Yes they may whimper when you put them down but don’t rush to pick her up again. Give her time to self settle. Obviously don’t leave her to cry and cry.

i never co-slept. I felt it was much safer for us to have my baby safely in their own cot.