4 month not sleeping through the night

Right now you could be going through the sleep regression that happens around 4 months.

Has you LB fell into any sort of routine yet? Like my boy signals that hes tired around 9pm so we do a feed then, put him in his swaddle bag, put his night light on, put the otter on heartbeat mode and once hes been fed, burped and a little cuddle he’s usually fast asleep by 9:30pm and will sleep through till between 7-9am.
I have noticed a difference (i dont know if its coincidence or not) but he seems to be sleeping better now that i’ve started to wean him. He gets a small bit of porridge at 11am and a small bit of pureed veg between 5/6pm and he’s started sleeping through the night (please see HV before weaning, i’m weaning early for specific reasons).
My boy is 16 weeks now and I started weaning at 14 weeks but he started putting himself in that routine but still waking at about 12 weeks x

While it may not seem it, it’s really normal to be waking multiple times a night. There’s no one size fits all when it comes to babies, temperament is huge when it comes down to sleep. They do things in their own time. Realistically it’s too late to start swaddling because you need to transition out of it before they start to roll (which will come fast).

Not recommended to wean before 6 months to give your baby time to develop internally before starting solids. This guidance changed 20 years ago.

We've never slept through - we are 18 weeks and currently waking hourly. We are ebf and I'm just ploughing on assuming it's the sleep regression and will eventually pass 🫣

yes I did think about the sleep regression. Our routine is very similar for when he goes to bed. I think he is just a very hungry boy as downs each feed I give him 😅

Have you got your little one in a routine? We started young but we do bath bottle bed and my baby started doing stretches for 4-6 hours and now he sleeps through xx

we have transitioned from the swaddle already as he is showing signs of wanting to roll, so crazy how that has come around already!

that’s good to know there are other mums going through the same thing, reassuring I must say! Keep our fingers crossed 🤞🏻

Please don't think it's the norm for babies to sleep through the night - it really isn't and it's an unrealistic goal / hope for most of us. There are a lucky few whose babies will x

You aren't alone! My little one is a terrible sleeper. I barely noticed the 4 month regression. She has never slept through the night and some nights won't sleep in her cot at all. I'm praying for the day she sleeps for 4 -5 hours!

My baby is 17 weeks and still wakes 2 or 3 times every night. It’s more normal than you think…

I was told if they’re consistently draining the bottle, up the amount of feed by an oz. Could try this. But they are contending with a lot at the moment, like regression, leaps, growth spurts, teething etc. xx

My little one is 4 months and has never slept through. He will wake up minimum twice for a feed. He's breast fed at night too. There are times where he won't go back to sleep so last few nights ago he was up at 2am for a feed and was still awake at 4am. He won't self soothe back to sleep either. So I can understand it might be difficult.

Have a look at your little ones nap times. My little one doesn't sleep much during the day but if he's still asleep at 5:30pm ill wake him up and play him out so that by 7:30pm he's ready for bed. He will have a feed and fall asleep on the boob. Then he's out until 12/1am where he will take for his next feed xx

My baby is 3 months old and has been on the same schedule since he was born, waking up every 3 hours day and night to eat 🥲

My baby is 15 weeks tomorrow and wakes 2 or 3 times every night. She used to be able to get a few hours in before waking for the first time but I’m lucky if we get from 10pm-1am! Xx

Echoing the above. My LG is 15 weeks and has never slept through the night. The most shes done is 5 hours and that was a one off. She usually wakes up every 2-3 hours (EBF). Sometimes she'll get up and doesn't go back to sleep after an hour. And usually after 7am, she tends to wake up hourly! Funnily enough, I think the only time I remember getting the most sleep was when she was a newborn. Around 6 weeks, everything changed including her "routine". Praying for the days she sleeps regularly and consistently but telling myself this is all normal and will pass x

Totally normal for babies to wake up frequently! In fact, it’s protective against SIDS. Some babies will sleep through but the majority won’t for a long time! It’s difficult but we will get there one day 😊

“Sleeping through” means between six and eight hours of sleep. My baby does this but has never slept “through the night” from 7 to 7! Nor do I expect him to until he’s established on solids.

My baby is 15 weeks and still hasn’t slept through the night, not even close. I think she’s starting to go through the regression now as fighting naps and up every 1-2 hours during the night. Before this the longest stretch she did was 5 hours. Although this heat isn’t helping either

My baby is 4 months and never slept through a night either

My daughter (now 6) didn't sleep through the night until she was 18months. My son who is almost 4 months hasn't either.

My friend’s baby just turned 6 months and she’s still waking every 2-3 hrs. I think which baby sleeps through the nights is down to luck. Of course there are things you can do, according to sleep experts anyway.

My little girl has slept through since 7 weeks, don't know how she just has a last bottle at 9ish then put her in bedside cot and she goes to sleep herself and wakes up at 7ish, she was constantly awake crying before that when newborn, Im use to the sleep now I don't think I would cope if she started to wake up in night 😂

The ones that get quiet nights are lucky. I’m lucky that mine only gets up once and that isn’t every night. I can never get mine to nap through the day she has about 2 hours through the day in 10 minute naps.
You could try dream feeding when you are ready for bed to get another couple hours or so but I would recommend googling to make sure that is right for you.

Only recently has my little girl gone down to waking once or twice. Every baby is different.