4 month regression - settling?

Hi ladies,

How are you all settling your babies in the night through this regression? I feed and he wakes up, try to pat/shush and he wakes up, rock to sleep and he wakes up. It’s so hard as we can be awake for up to 2 hours in the night and idk what else to do?! I’m really not comfortable co-sleeping so if I do get him in bed with me I’m awake the whole night 😔 I know there are safe sleep positions but it just isn’t for me. Any tips?!

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Some times just a cuddle, some rocking, some hand in the next2me on her chest shhing. Some feeding. Some Co sleeping, some dangerous accidental alling asleep holding her in a chair. Not much advice, just trying to survive.
This is my second so know it will pass

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Same. Honestly cosleeping isn’t even working right now either 🥲

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Also all I worry about is creating bad habits but idk what else to do. I just feel like I’m making life harder for myself going forward as ny baby doesn’t nap on his own and has to be rocked to sleep or fed or held etc etc. it stresses me out

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