?4 month regression
I need to know I’m not the only one going through this 😂
My boy is 14 weeks old and I’ve had it EASY. The last few weeks we’ve been in the routine of bed & bottle by 9/9.30 and he was waking at around 4/5am for a feed then back to sleep until 9am ish. This last week has been a nightmare, he’s not been napping unless they’re contact naps, usually I could pop him in his Moses or his swing and he’d fall asleep, or it’d start as a contact nap then I could transfer him. ATM as soon as I transfer him he’s waking up and screaming. He’s crying whenever I put him down (he just wants to be stuck to me) even on his play mat he’s only last about 5 mins on it before he’s crying and wants to be held.
On a night, he’s crying when I lay him flat in my arms to get him off to sleep for about 5 mins before he’s settled & falling to sleep. Before I could just put him in his cot awake and he’d fall asleep. Then he’s waking up at around 2/3am and crying solely because he wants to be in bed with me - he’s not hungry and his nappy isn’t dirty. I try to put him back in his cot asleep and he’s having none of it so the last few nights we’ve literally had to co-sleep from around 3am otherwise he just won’t sleep!
Does this sound like the 4 month regression? If so, how long does it last? Will it ever go back to how it was before? And what can I do to help him?! I don’t want to get into the habit of co-sleeping for that long in the night. Usually he ended up in bed with me from around 7am until 9am so I could get a few hours and I was ok with that but 3am-9am is a long time and I get so worried about him being in bed with me that I’m gonna squash or suffocate him
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My little girl is going through something similar. Fortunately, at night she's ok, but will only take contact naps during the day. It feels like she's had a personality transplant as her mood changes so quickly and she goes from being completely fine to screaming when she's been fed and changed. It sounds like the 4 month regression from everything I've read. Hope it doesn't last too long and they can get back into their routine.
You're not the only one, we're in the same boat with our 15 week old. Some nights are better and then naps are awful, some days are better and then nights are awful🫠 we co-sleep anyway (not for everyone I know) but it has meant I can limit how long she's awake each time as I can quickly offer a feed and she's normally asleep within a minute. No practical advice I'm afraid but you're not alone!
Reading your post sounds exactly the same to what we are going through. Weve gone from 8-9hr sleeps at night to waking every 2 or 3hours and just wanting cuddles. There has been a lot of crying the last week also. How long does this stage last?? 🤔
If it helps we are on week 3 of this and he is finally sleeping in this moses basket again and sleeping a bigger stretch. It's awful though, hope it ends soon for you
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