Struggling in the 4 month regression

Following! Having 6+ wakes every night for the last 6 weeks 😩 used to only have 1 wake sometimes none

Also following as going through the same!

Youre going to hate me, but your baby is acting like a normal baby.
Sure, they learn different ways of falling to sleep like rocking and enjoy that, but they also change these needs on their own terms.
Theyre meant to wake in the night.
My first born fed to sleep for 14 months, then one day decided he didnt want to, just needed a cuddle. Now, he wants to play with my hair to fall asleep. None of these changes were implemented by me, just things he needed and didnt need anymore.
This baby likes to feed to sleep pr sway to sleep, so for now thats what we do.
My first son woke 5-10 times a night from 4 months old to 14 months old. It was shit, but no amount of anything could change his temperament, he was just a needier kid.
My second born doesnt nap well, but has always sustained longer stretches at night, waking 2-3 times.
All totally normal x

Sadly, I don’t think there is much we can do apart from try get extra sleep when we can. It’s part of their development and will eventually come out of it naturally.

If you need to do things to help sleep atm, it won’t form long term habits. They can be changed later on, so I wouldn’t worry about that. Co sleeping somewhat helped through the night, but I still had frequent wakings.

Luckily, I can feed to sleep and didn’t have to physically get up. I have considered just co sleeping throughout this whole period if it continues to be this frequent. My partner is in the bed which isn’t ideal for space. I am thinking about having separate rooms, just for this period of time, but will see how it goes!

I follow a HV and she said about making their bedtime later, but ultimately it’s a phase they all go through. You aren’t doing anything wrong. Their brain is getting used to adult cycles, which is different to how it was for them before.

It’s rough af! Anything to survive basically!

We worked so hard on not rocking to sleep, finally mastered it for him to wake more than ever!! 😭😭

I don’t know if this will help but we have a Rockit attached to our next to me crib and I press that whenever she needs help getting back to sleep. Still needs ‘rocking’ and does still wake me up when she’s trying to self-soothe but saves me getting out of bed!