Sleep regression??
My little one has consistently slept through the night since 9 weeks old which we are very grateful for! However these last 2-3 weeks she is stirring in her sleep multiple times a night. She thrashes her head around, makes grunty noises and slams her legs up and down. She might make the odd cry noise but she is fully asleep while doing all of this and settles herself eventually.
I feel like I have to stay awake while she is like that (I don’t think I’d be able to sleep anyway) and it’s now happening around 5-6 times a night. I feel useless because all I can do is sit there and watch her. Sometimes I think I wish she was actually waking up for a feed because then at least there would be reason for me being awake.
Does anyone’s else’s LO do this? Is this part of the sleep regression! Any tips?
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This is actually a good sign. At this stage babies sleep cycle moves to adult sleep cycles. This means they will go into a lighter sleep every roughly 45-90 minutes. If your LO isn’t fully waking up and is able to settle back to sleep then they know how to connect the cycles. My LO has started doing the same. It’s a bit annoying as it wakes me up but I’m grateful that she is able to get back to sleep by herself / never fully wakes up.
My little girl does this too, somwtimes I have to move her over cause she gets right up to the edge of the next to me and slams her head into it 😭 Otherwise we leave her unless she fully wakes x
I moved the white noise closer to me to try to help me stay asleep through the little stirs but still wake when she actually needs me. Entirely normal as far as I’m aware.
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