Baby won’t sleep

At this point he’s been up for 4 and a half hours. He’s 4 and a half months. I don’t know what to do and getting more and more desperate. When he doesn’t get his naps he gets very cranky and his night sleep will be completely awful. He’s just wide awake and whining/crying or just staring. I’ve tried everything. I’m not even looking for advice just some comfort because my husband is at work today so it’s just me and I feel like crying and such a failure.

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I feel you. I'm on day 3 so I'm assuming it's the sleep regression. Trying my best to stay positive but it's hard when you're on your own. Just keep reminding yourself it's worth it in the end and your husband will be home before you know it

I also think it’s the regression but he’s been having trouble with napping for about 6 weeks now, so I thought it would come to an end soon. This morning has been the worst yet though!

Oh dear I'm so sorry. Regression tends to last 4 to 6 weeks so hopefully you're coming to the end of it. I really hope things get better for you

I had a similar situation going on, I found out that I wasn’t getting her down for her nap in time with her cues. She’s up an hour and half then down for 40mins-1hr. Touchwood I have been doing this without fail and she’s not whingy and crying like before plus her night sleep has dramatically improved. Downside it’s pretty much nap, wake, feed, nap all day long but it beats hearing her crying inconsolably. You will get through it and you are not alone ❤️

Thank you all ❤️
He finally fell asleep shortly after writing this and is up again after only half an hour. But I’m in a better place now (mainly thanks to your lovely comments and a nice hot shower) and we’ll just try again in an hour and a half for the next nap. I just need to remember that it will get better ☺️

That’s amazing! Well done you, you have so got this 🫶🏼

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