Baby leg slamming. 🤦‍♀️

I think we're getting into new sleep cycles now at 5 months. Everyone else was having the 4 month sleep regression on time, but I think we got into it a bit later. She's not really sleeping much in the daytime (fights her sleep between feeds now) and fusses and cries unless we let her contact nap. As soon as we put her down she's right back up again. I vaguely remember this in the earlier weeks, but I was probably on so little sleep and the days were probably running together so much that I couldn't recall it clearly. Anyway, is the leg slamming thing worse during the sleep regression? It sure seems like it is with her. Maybe it's just because I'm more on edge due to the long day of her being awake and fussy. I don't know. All I do know is that I'm tired and I sure as heck hope she stays asleep overnight as much as she was awake all day. 😭🙏

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My baby started to do a leg kicking thing to help him self soothe when falling asleep. It was something he started doing during his sleep regression. Now he is sleep trained and no longer doing it. He does get a burst of energy before he goes to bed now that includes lots of kicking and moving his arms around.

Solidarity 🙏🏾

Yes! My son was slamming his legs down so hard!

The leg slamming at 4 am is real.

I had no idea the leg slamming was a thing or that it could be a way if self soothing! I thought it was just my baby and in my mind it was a way to get me to come running.

My son (5 months) has been going through a sleep regression. He has leg slammed since about 2 month😹
His leg slamming is craaaaaaazy. It’s so aggressive I have to make sure I put him down at the top of the crib because by morning he’s at the bottom of the crib and I don’t want him accidentally hurting his feet by kicking the rails 🫠

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