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I hope someone comments with more info but I think at this age it can be a number of things: sleep regression, cluster feeding, teething……..hang in there 🥹
@Melissa I have a high suspicion it’s the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. Her naps have been absolutely awful lately too😭
@Gem my first baby slept through the night starting at like 10 weeks old. I exclusively pumped with her though. The 4 month sleep regression also never affected her night time sleep. I guess I got “spoiled” with her😅 As far as co-sleeping, I do end up bringing her into bed with us but our bed isn’t up to Safe Sleep standard. We have a tempurpedic mattress so it’s on the squishier side. I worry that when she’s officially rolling over it will cause me more stress
I know it’s hard but you aren’t a human pacifier. a dummy is a replacement for this biologically normal behaviour she’s doing. Her sleeping from 8am-2am at such a young age is not that common! it’s normal for babies to wake up overnight or soothe overnight on the breast. If you could co sleep and feed her in the c position you can sleep whilst she’s attached. Again i’ll say I know it’s difficult my first son woke hourly until he was a year old but it’s normal. The way our milk is made and digested they are supposed to wake regularly for it. It’s also a SIDS protective mechanism to wake regularly. Society has given us awful expectations for baby sleep and pushing us away from our nature. We’re carry mammals like kangaroos etc were meant to be with and feed our children regularly but society is making it out like we’re nest mammals like rabbits which is completely away from our biological nature and it makes parents feel like they are doing something wrong or their baby is broken