4 Months Regression Exhaustion

It’s biologically really normal and won’t do your baby any harm at all, waking is protective of SIDS. They’re looking for your help to transition between sleep cycles. You can’t train sleep, you just teach your baby not to signal when they wake because you won’t be there to help them.

My first hit the 4 month regression and didn’t sleep longer than 1-2 hours until 25 months. We co-slept and it was the only way I survived.

Second baby we’ve co-slept from birth and we still have nights where we wake 1-2 hourly but also get some 2-4 hour stretches at the start of the night.

Co-sleeping doesn’t always improve wakes but not getting in and out of bed will make you feel much less tired. I wake flop a boob out and go back to sleep, less than 5 mins x

We are absolutely in this as sswell and I could have written this post myself 🤯 if you want to direct nessage please do and we can maybe chat more xxx

I haven't been through it yet, but as FTM the previous comment is very scary to read and probably not what you want to hear 🫠...
According to my research (Google, Reddit and other mum chats) most people seem to say that on average it lasts 4-6 weeks and it gets resolved on its own.
Hang in there hopefully you're near the end of it 🫶

I’m sorry I can’t offer any advice, but can offer solidarity! My little ones sleep seemed to start to go south at 14 weeks. We’re now at 18 and still in the thick of it!

She has been waking hourly, in fact a couple of nights it was every 40 mins. Tonight she had two “false starts” after bedtime, where I shushed and patted to sleep, and then wakes so far have been 10:30, 1:30, 3:20 where I’ve fed to sleep. Believe it or not this is a massive improvement on where we’ve been, so wondering if (dare I say it) things are starting to get slightly better?

She also only has 35 min naps (occasional longer one if I’m able to rescue it) so it’s been relentless.

Most of my friends who’ve been through this have done some kind of sleep training, but I haven’t started yet. I’m absolutely desperate for sleep, but also worried about not responding to her needs.

A friend swore by the “little ones” app. I haven’t used it yet so cant recommend, but could be worth looking into?

Sending love xx

My 17week old has done the same. A lot of emotional wake ups every 1hr most nights, only fed back to sleep. The last few nights we have had 2-3hr stretches again- if this is ‘the end’ it lasted approx 6 weeks for us, no sleep training x