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4 month sleep regression at 3 months?

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Nikamon · 13/10/2024 05:33

My baby boy always slept bad but 2 weeks ago his bedtime shifted from 1am to 4am. It's not that he's waking more often, he just does not fall asleep. Even the boob doesn't do the job. Occasionally with evening routine we succeed bringing him to bed around 8-9 pm, only to have him fully awake and rested 2 hours later. Sometimes he cries, yes, because he has reflux or his belly hurts. But it's the same issues as during the day, and not sure if is the reason for not sleeping or rather not sleeping is the reason he notices it.

During the day he also doesn't sleep that much. Often naps end after 30 minutes, but other naps I have to cut after 1,5h, otherwise they would go into 2,5h. I also try to wake him up from night sleep between 8 and 9 am.

But today he fell asleep at 6am. His total sleep since yesterday 8am was 7 hours, and even if he now sleeps until 8am, he will sleep only 9 hours. He's only 3 months 1 week. Help.

Should I let him sleep longer in the day? Sometimes he tries to fall asleep again after I feed him after another nap. Now I'm concerned about the impact on that little sleep on his development. During the day he's rather ok, I would not call him super rested, but it's also not that he's crying all the time, and he's extremely interested in everything around him.. he used to coo and smile before this started, but now he's just either fussy or fully focused on trying to grab things.

With only one 3 hour sleep stretch at night/early morning it's quite hard for us to function..

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Olika · 13/10/2024 05:39

Personally I let my DD sleep as much as she wanted during the day time at baby stage.

Devilsmommy · 13/10/2024 06:23

I wouldn't be capping his naps at this point, too early. Let him sleep as much as he wants and you'll find having better daytime sleep creates better night sleep

Nikamon · 13/10/2024 10:10

Yeah maybe I go back to letting him sleep longer during the day, I started capping after this problem started, in hopes he will sleep more at night.. I guess the night sleep can't be worse at this stage anyway :D

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Nikamon · 15/10/2024 11:43

So I let him sleep longer. Now he sleeps from 6am till 3pm and one nap after this. Help.

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28BraeMay · 15/10/2024 11:45

So he slept from 6am - 3pm yesterday with no wake up?

Olika · 15/10/2024 12:12

Oh no! Sounds like his body clock is wrong way around. Can you try let him sleep1.5h at the time and this way if he takes 4 naps during the day (in daylight) then perhaps he is tired enough to settle for the night in the dark room.

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