Baby isn’t herself
Hi!
My baby turned 4 months old on Sunday and had her 4 month shots just before that on Thursday. She hasn’t been herself and has been very fussy since then. She cries for no apparent reason throughout the day which she didn’t really used to do. She fusses and cries before her naps and will rub her face and twist her body so I have to hold her and rock her to sleep.
Her night sleep has also been impacted. She goes to sleep in her own bassinet as usual but will now wake up and stay up for a couple of hours and be really fussy. She will kick with her legs and just be wide awake which is also unusual. She also wants to constantly be latched to nipple now which is new and will spit out her pacifier and cry.
Im not sure what the cause of all these changes are but it’s impacting our sleep and hers heavily. Would love to hear Any tips or similar experience
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Hi! She could be going through her 4 month regression. Currently going through the same…very fussy while eating, fighting his naps, and he’s been waking up a lot at night (he usually sleeps through the night).
my son just turned four months yesterday, and I'm kind of dealing with the same thing, he used to sleep in his bassinet, and now he wants to sleep between me and my husband all the time, were buying him a crib and see how that goes🥺✨💖
My daughter just turned 4 months and dealing with the same & she hasn’t had the shots. I wouldn’t worry!
I agree it could be the four month regression. My little one is also doing the same thing. She used to be pretty chill and suddenly she’s fighting every nap, doesn’t want to sleep, and even if she does fall asleep it’s not for very long, only seems to be calm when I’m holding her.
I’m going to the same situation, this week has been a struggle. Try to cuddle your baby, that is helping for me.
Yes similar experience. She turned 4 months this past weekend and will be getting her vaccines next week. She has been waking up at 3 am and wide awake for about 2 hours. This has been going on for 5 days now. It is likely the 4 month regression/ she’s going through a leap. I liked using the wonder weeks app with my first baby, It helped making sense of their behavior. I had forgotten about it and I just checked it, The app says she’s currently in the “fussy stage” which is likely what your baby is going through too. You got this, it’ll pass. The app also tells you when they’re likely to get over that stage and what skills are emerging
This definitely sounds like the 4 month sleep regression. Ours has been going 3 weeks so far and is (knock on wood) starting to turn a corner now. What has worked for us was moving his bedtime earlier, sizing up from bassinet to midi crib because he was hitting the sides, adding white noise at night, and trying to limit nighttime feeds
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