4.5 month troubles

My baby is 4.5 months old and he was doing fine like he would do bit of independent play, stay quite in his bouncer or just lie down quietly but since past 3-4 days he has been clingy and wants to be held or entertained at all times. Naps are not longer than 1 hour. It’s making me a little tired. Any tips? Also does this sound normal?

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Yeah it’s definitely normal!

We’re at 4 months and find when my boy is having a growth spurt he is more clingy and naps/feeds differently so I’d say it’s definitely normal ☺️ enjoy the extra hugs whilst you can!

my girl is almost 4.5 months and she’s always been clingy but only woke once at 5am , she’s now waking every 3 hours and having 15 min naps during the day i am so shattered but it’s totally normal , can’t wait for to have some independent play 😮‍💨

We’re having similar, he seems so much more unsettled and gets bored quick we have just hit 18 weeks wants to be held a lot which isn’t the easiest as he is a big baby! As soon as I try and get him to sleep he is crying I used to be able to sit in our rocking chair and he would fall asleep of an evening but now I am having to rock him to sleep and even that is a struggle. Hoping it gets easier soon I am finding this more difficult then the new born stage!

Same
Here he would scream and scream
Until I hold him I can’t even go
To the toilet I’m
Peace

Hoping it gets better soon for all mums going through this x

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