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So my duaghter is 4 months Tomorow she doesn’t sleep through the night she wakes every 2 hours
During the day she hardly sleeps probably about 2 hours total from the moment she wake till she sleeps at night. She doesn’t drink any more than 4 oz I’ve tried 5 oz and she won’t have it anyone have an idea of s routine and how to introduce it

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My LB isn’t far off that too and born same day! Never slept through yet, on a really good night he’ll do a stretch of 4/5 hours max but then wake every 1-2 hours after that! In the day we maybe get an hour max but mostly 20-30 minutes here and there! He is BF so don’t know how much he is getting but when he has a bottle of expressed milk he only drinks 3-5 oz. We don’t have a routine really time wise, we’ll put him down in bed for the night between 8-10 depending on his last nap time, our routine is just change into fresh clothes, change nappy, projector and white noise on and lights off. Every baby is different I think from this app, not a bad thing!

Sounds like 4 month sleep regression caused by the development of more adult sleep cycles that last 2 hours. Unfortunately that means they will need to be soothed back to sleep every 2 hours so look into teaching self soothing techniques or things that are quick to do (example my baby takes a pacifier and lullabies to sleep, takes just a few seconds for me to give pacifier back and hit button on music box then back to bed)

I’ve tried white noise and it doesn’t seem to work with her running out of ideas

oh it doesn’t get him to sleep, it’s just more like a sign that he’s going to bed rather than a nap if that makes sense? Sometimes we put lullaby’s on instead. Just any noise which he doesn’t hear during the day to kind of say, it’s bed time. Still have to soothe him/feed him to sleep 😴

My son is 3 and still doesn’t sleep through the night! I think its very normal to be waking at this age and my best advice is just look after yourself. Can you nap when she naps, sleep earlier to get a good chunk at the start of the night? They do get longer stretches as they get older, but more babies dont sleep than those that do - don’t compare yourself and it will get better!! Xxxx

When she sleeps I do all the housework bottles washing etc otherwise it doesnt get done and by the time I’m done she’s awake

Can you baby wear in the day and do the chores? Even if she’s not sleeping she’ll be close and happy and you can crack on? Xx

My baby was 4 months on the 10th. She barely sleeps in the day either and has 4oz every 2 hours during the day. She wakes up 3 times through the night for feeds between 9pm and 7am. My first baby was sleeping through by 8/9 weeks and I haven’t done anything different. Some babies just don’t sleep through unfortunately😅x

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