How long did the four month sleep regression last for you??

[SarahScone]

Just that. Please give me hope! And if you can’t send that then a good dose of realism and instructions to brace for longer will help.

Currently at 5 months and it really is sh*te and seemingly getting worse. 🥱

Both mine really improved at 2 years old. Sorry.

We never had sleep regressions - there was nothing to regress from and it was just utterly terrible for 6 years!

If it’s any help - the NHS doesn’t recognise them and there’s not one scientific article that proves they exist. It’s all just part of their growth and development, even if it’s something we can’t see just yet.

My DD seemed to have the regressions spot on when they said they were due. The 4 month one was brutal but lasted about 2 weeks if I can recall properly. Anyway, I hope it passes for you and you manage to get some sleep soon

Apparently it's not so much a regression, but a permanent change in how they sleep. It's the shift that causes a lot of the issues.

With my first, the worst of it was a few weeks, but sleep didn't reliably reach pre4m levels for several years.

My second we didn't really notice the regression as her sleep was rubbish before anyway 😂
We get about 50% nights sleeping through now and they are 5 and 7 (years, not months).

Hmm. About 5 years for dc1. Sorry.

Dc1 is 8 and we're still going through it. But he's autistic and believes sleep is for the weak.

I'm weak. FFS I'm weak.

Dc2 it didn't last that long tbh, there are many age/development sleep regressions. Most of them finish around 2 years and then you get the more conscious reasons of no sleep. Nightmares, worries, processing, separation anxiety, need a drink, need a wee, and you find yourself sharing a bed with a child most nights because 'whatever gets me the most sleep' is you're new mantra.

3 years.

About age 4 here…

Months 4-12 were a total sh*t show tbh, with both kids. We didn’t have the 45 minute wake ups that happened at 4 months for all of it, but there were lots of spells of it. I think the best we got in the first year was 2 wake ups, but that didn’t happen often.

It got gradually better after 12 months, albeit with lots of bumps in the road. Eldest mostly sleeps through, youngest still will wake up.

I think it's the start of a period of adjustment. In general during the first 3 or4 months or so babies sleep a lot. Art first almost all the time. Then 2 really good naps a day. We get used to getting things done/ resting ext during these times then wham ...the patterns start changing and we don't get as much of this peaceful time. You are entering the next phase op. If you are lucky you still get some 'free' time but it reduces gradually. I found it started with a shorter morning nap but same pm one. Then gradually I had to drop one nap and last nap got shorter and shorter. At Frist I tried to hold on the routine I liked trying to get baby to 'go foen' when she didn't want to. Total waste of time. Stressed the baby and stressed me. Best to go with the flow. Sometimes the baby wasn't really ready for the next stage so would be cranky and overtired but those days usually resulted in an earlier bed time. You can fight the next change or go with the flow op. Temptation is to try and fight it but it never worked for me. 😄

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How are things for you now op? We're going through the same and it is brutal. Have things improved at all?

My DDs slept through from around 8 weeks. 7-8 hours. Well fed late at night and no early to bed! Ever.