My little boy is 19 weeks and is normally quite calm and happy in himself. He has a simple bedtime routine set up and is still rocked to sleep at night - would typically go down within 10-15 minutes without much fuss. In the last 3-4 days, he has started to become really upset in the late afternoon/evening. He is EBF and his last feed is now a complete cry fest where he will latch/unlatch every other second and seems so unsettled. Same thing with trying to be put to sleep, he cries so much which breaks my heart seeing him this way. Not sure what is going on as I believe he has already been through the 4-month sleep regression. Has anyone been through anything similar/has any advice?
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My little boy is the same but he’s teething so I’ve assumed it’s that!

I've been considering if it could be that however can't feel any teeth breaking through just yet

my family nurse said they don’t always come through and they can move around in the gums or something I don’t know word by word what she said exactly! My little boy started at 9 weeks and he didn’t have any breaking through then xx

@Natalya Oh okay! Well he's been drooling and chomping on his hands like crazy so it wouldn't be too farfetched to think he's teething

My baby boy is going through the exact same thing! He cries and fusses and refuses feeding. He’s also chomping on his hands and drooling. I hope it gets better for us soon.

try some teething powder and a cold teething toy my little boy loves the munchkin fun ice hand teether it’s about £2 in home bargains! It’s the only one he likes because it’s a similar thickness to our knuckles😂 if he’s really really bad we give him some calpol

My little girl is going through the exact same thing along with also hitting her 4 month regression stage. It’s safe to say I can not remember the feeling of being well rested 😂 I agree with the other ladies that teething sound like the culprit and I highly recommend the nubby chewbie teethers or the banana. They’ve been working wonders for her lately and great at helping you get teething powder in the right places with little fuss.
The only other things I’d say is don’t rule out sleep regression, my little one struggles latching when she is over tired or will sometime drink to much for comfort through out the night. It’s so hard to tell when they are breast fed as your not watching the amount they are taking. We have been using the child’s farm bedtime products (not the spray) and a really structured day full of activities in the awake windows. So far it seems to be having a positive effect but I’m not back to sleeping through the night yet.

My little girl is the same! She's 5 months now but is so fussy all day and night now. I gave her some teething powder today and it seemed to help her a bit.
This evening was awful, couldn't get her to calm down at all so gave her some calpol. She slept for 2 hours then woke up again screaming 😭
Been like 3 days of this now, I'm super tired lol. But I deffo feel your pain.
I think they're teething x

Thanks everyone, I will definitely try more teething toys/teething powder/calpol. Keeping my fingers crossed it will be over soon for you all!

if she’s 5 months try anbesol liquid it’s amazing!