5 month sleep regression!

I thought I was lucky enough to miss the 4 month sleep regression. Seems my little one is having a 5 month one! Tossing and turning all night, waking up for boob every 2 hours or less. Has anyone else had this?

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My boy is a week off 5 months & the last two days sleep has been very difficult like hes never been this bad. He also did have his jabs but again hes never been this bad with jabs either. Im so confused.

Same boat! Missed the 4 month but last night he was horrendous and would not stop fidgeting. We had to resort to co sleeping and even then he was still unsettled.
He’s just started going through leap 5. It’s great to see the new skills but I feel like a zombie today 😂

my boys leap 5 apparently started today but hes been fussy for like 5 days but now the sleeps started too🙃

Same here. My son is waking up for boob every 1-2hours and moving a lot waking himself up and crying 😭

Same - had nearly a week of rough sleep in the run up to the 5 month mark!

Yes same here! He was doing 7-6 sleeping. Now he is up every three hours wanting food wriggling, awake &making noises 🙈 how long does this last ?!

Yep! My boy has been like this for 7 weeks now! I am so done! Last night he woke every hour for boob. I just don’t know what to do anymore! I’m exhausted!

We’ve had around 2 weeks of sleep regression and LO is 5 months on Monday. He used to sleep in 5-6 hour stints throughout the night. But the last two weeks he has been waking every 2-3 hours 😓 Sleep deprivation is killing me all over again xx

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