3 month sleep - normal?!

[Jessica1782]

My 3 month old used to sleep in 7 hour blocks, we were blessed! 9pm - 4am then another couple of hours until 7am. Now she’s learning to roll we’ve taken her out the swaddle and for two weeks she’s only slept 6 hours total at night, broken into 3 or 4 blocks, including a 4.30am wake up for the day! She makes up for it by having at least two 3 hour sling naps in the day. So she’s technically sleeping longer in the day than at night. She won’t self soothe at night, she will cry when put down drowsy / awake / anything other than deep sleep. We feed then rock her to sleep. I don’t want to do anything that means she cries, the only thing I’m considering is moving her from the next to me to the big crib (still in our room) so she has more room to kick about. The long day naps and the fact she’s 3 months makes me think it’s too early for the 4 month regression and it’s just about the swaddle / increased movement. I just want to know…is this normal?! And will it get better on its own if I just continue to respond to her at night / let her have these long day naps?

It’s not too early for the 4 month regression… I think some babies can start it early. But honestly don’t get too hung up on regression as baby sleep does change all the time! If she’s learning to roll it could be a development thing that’s knocking her, plus a change from a swaddle. It’s all going to affect her sleep!
I’d say you were very lucky with the long stretches you got and it’s completely normal for babies to change this around 3-5 months and then wake more at night.
I totally agree with you… don’t both with “drowsy but awake” and continue to support her in the way you are doing. You might want to look at less day sleep and more night sleep but don’t do anything drastic, just try and shorten a later nap maybe if you can?
I’d really recommend looking up Lyndsey Hookway on Instagram. And Greer Kirchenbaum. Both give scientific backed advice on baby sleep and development. Honestly it’s a minefield with so much misinformation out there. I found these resources reassuring!!!