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Where should my 4 month old sleep??

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Roat2022 · 08/12/2024 20:45

I have a 4 month old baby boy and for the past few weeks he’s has been getting up 4/5 times an hour throughout the night and I’m now back at work and I have a pretty stressful/on your feet 10+ hours a day job and I am EXHAUSTED physically and mentally and my baby is so tired and grumpy!
We spent the past few weeks wondering if it’s been the drop in temperature, sleep regression, hunger etc and no matter what we’ve tried, same outcome!
I finally think Iv found the problem, my husbands horrendously loud snoring!!! He seems to sleep soundly before we go to bed and my husband was out last night and the baby slept like an angel UNTIL his dad came to bed and started snoring🙃 my problem is I want my baby in our room for the advised 6 months however I’m not sure how much longer I can keep this up, I don’t have the space to get a spare bed for my husband as our spare room is now the baby’s nursery and our sofa isn’t great for sleeping and he has a really bad back so it would really hurt him, I’m not sure if trying the baby in his own room would be an option or if I just have to try and survive the next 2 months like this😭

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RoaryLion1 · 08/12/2024 20:55

It could be the 4 month sleep regression - in which case you’ll just need to ride it out, but it will pass! The snoring probably doesn’t help though. Could your DH sleep on a blow-up single mattress in the nursery until your baby turns 6 months?

Ggmores · 08/12/2024 21:01

Plenty of people have put 4m old babies in a different room. Fewer fathers have offered to sleep on the sofa due to their horrendous snoring. I’m making up the stats for the latter. If you’re not happy having the baby in a different room, we bought a blow up bed (very high, so comfortable for £50 on Amazon which inflated and deflates in under 10mins). Not for the baby, just when we had people to stay and I would rate it as one of my top 10 sleeps. There are so many options, just do what works for you.

Edited to say this was a king size mattress and could be in the sitting room. A double would also work fine, maybe not a single if you want a luxurious sleep

Sanch1 · 08/12/2024 22:21

We had this. I moved baby into their own room and I slept in there on a put up bed until they were 6 months. Meant we both slept better!

converseandjeans · 09/12/2024 03:13

Mine were both in own room from couple of weeks old & were fine. Used a monitor obviously. If you're worried you could put baby in its cot & go on airbed.

That's quite annoying & it doesn't sound like he is even woken up by the baby if he's snoring loudly. Poor you, it sounds exhausting.

Have you tried a baby sleeping bag?

mondaytosunday · 09/12/2024 03:22

Mine were in their own room from day one. I breastfed and so was in there a couple times a night anyway for first couple months. We used a monitor.
This 'in with you for six months' is a relatively recent 'advice'. It's not a law. Do what's best for you and your baby.

SnapdragonToadflax · 09/12/2024 05:32

Doesn't your husband's snoring keep you awake too? I really think he should be the one to sleep elsewhere.

Sanch1 · 09/12/2024 09:47

mondaytosunday · 09/12/2024 03:22

Mine were in their own room from day one. I breastfed and so was in there a couple times a night anyway for first couple months. We used a monitor.
This 'in with you for six months' is a relatively recent 'advice'. It's not a law. Do what's best for you and your baby.

And prior to the 6 month advice many many more babies died of cot death or SIDS as its now known. Since safe sleep advice came in, including baby in with you for all sleeps for 6 months, this has dramatically reduced. Know the reasons behind something before saying it was ok in my day.

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