Did your baby go through the 4 month sleep regression?

[heyyydayyy]

My LO is just over 3 months, and she has been sleeping like a rock lately! She ALWAYS sleeps at least 5 hours straight, but it's usually more like 6-8 hours. I'm in heaven! But I'm reading so much about the 4 month sleep regression, and I'm dreading it. I've honestly gotten so used to getting 8-9 hours of sleep every night that I can't imagine going back to being up every few hours I know some moms might hate on me because I've been blessed with a good sleeper, but I've made it through the sleepless nights and I don't want to go back!!

 

[SarahBear]

It doesn't happen to everyone. Some things I read linked it to the "wonder weeks," while another thing I read linked it to poor daytime eating. Four month old babies are very interested in their surroundings and can as a result be distracted from eating and make up for it at night by waking up to eat. I also read that babies' sleep cycles change at this point to be more similar to the sleep cycles of adults. It can take some time to adjust to this. So while you can help make sure your baby eats well, there are some things you can't exactly do anything about.

 

[greats]

Mine went from sleeping wonderfully at night to waking up sometimes 7x per night these past few weeks. She also eats plenty during the day & naps okay. We're slowly (and I mean slowly) starting to come out of the regression, the past few nights she's only woken up 3x. She's also been a lot more cheerful the past few days as well since she's starting to sleep a little better at night.

I never believed in the 4 month sleep regression, I always thought that it was just coincidence that some babies start sleeping weird at 4 months but once we went through it I am a firm believer that most babies do experience it.

 

[Aimee4311]

My baby hasn't yet, and I'm hoping to avoid it! She wakes about 3 times a night to feed anyways (breastfeeding) so I'm hoping it stays this way! Of course, I won't argue if she decides to start skipping one of those night time feeds!

 

[maisie78]

My lo is right in the middle of it now She has gone from sleeping 8-9 hour stretches to waking numerous times during the night. It's not that she's hungry because she never takes a feed from me, maybe just a top up. As pp suggested with sleep cycles it seems the most likely cause as her pattern of wakings would fit that. Except for last night! Last night I think she just decided that Mummy and Daddy did not deserve sleep. I swear she timed it so she woke up just as we managed to drop back to sleep and this happened at least 8 times, I actually lost count. Good job I love her lol Yaaaaawwnn!!!

 

[Larkspur]

I had a great sleeper until the day after he turned four months and now I have a terrible sleeper. :doh:

 

[C_baby]

Mine has never been the best sleeper anyway but it definitely got even worse around 3weeks ago. We're just coming out of the other side now

 

[rjm09]

4m now and still sleeps 11-12 hrs. No sleep issues at all.

Having poor feeds recently, but drooling tons more now, and think shes teething. Her brother didn't sprout his first tooth til 9m, hope im not in for 5m of this hand chewing, lol!

He never had any sleep regressions either, sleeps 12 hrs too. Lucky twice!

 

[maisie78]

4m now and still sleeps 11-12 hrs. No sleep issues at all.

Having poor feeds recently, but drooling tons more now, and think shes teething. Her brother didn't sprout his first tooth til 9m, hope im not in for 5m of this hand chewing, lol!

He never had any sleep regressions either, sleeps 12 hrs too. Lucky twice!

I wish there was a smiley for blowing a raspberry

 

[Sunnie1984]

My DD slept 12 hours a night before she hit four months.

She wasn't so bothered by the regression (when their sleep change to an adult cycle, so lighter and deeper periods of sleep) as she was a pro at self settling.

She woke more during that time but resettled herself pretty quickly.

Then wonder week 19 hit us like a tonne of bricks.

Learning to roll caused lots of wake ups as she crashed around the cot and got stuck. Plus lots of waking and crying, just needing a cuddle. It's supposed to be because during a wonder week the world suddenly looks completely different to babies so they cling to you, which was true in our case.

We're currently in wonder week 26, which isn't so bad. But they fall pretty much back to back.

I'd just say that not all babies want food when they start waking. We always tried to settle without a bottle, given she's slept through for about 7 weeks beforehand. It worked well for us, and she's not in the habit of waking for a bottle again now.

 

[polaris]

DS never went through it, he actually started sleeping much better after he turned four months when his wind issues resolved.

DD is still going through it. She never slept through but we went from three hourly wake-ups to two hourly wake-ups and then to waking every hour. I'm hopeful we might be starting to come out the other side of it finally. Just got through WW 26 so really hoping to see some improvements this week.

 

[xSin]

We never hit the 4mo one but at 6mo we derailed badly... Mobility such as crawling, climbing etc means she wakes up a fair amount unless she's in our arms.

 

[katestar53]

Am not looking forward to this, fingers crossed it doesn't happen to our LO

 

[Rickles]

Hell yeah! 2 weeks of hell followed by 2 weeks of getting back(ish) on track... Just made it through WW26 and then some kind of miracle happened - we went from waking every 3 hours to getting 8/9 hours straight We did absolutely NOTHING to deserve it.... We're enjoying it whilst is lasts xx

 

[hapi2bhealthy]

My theory is, it's unlikely that a kid will start sleeping through and then never stop sleeping through...maybe 1 kid out of every 500,000! So if my LO who currently NEARLY sleeps through starts waking again, she will eventually go back to STTN and if not, I will employ sleep training when she's old enough.

 

[Jolann]

We are smack in the middle of it right now. Our LO used to sleep 2x 5-6 hour stretches at a time almost every night - which in retrospect was complete bliss. Then 3 weeks ago (at 17 weeks) he started doing one stretch of 4-5 hours until about 1am and then waking every 2 hours until about 6 when he'd sleep for 3 hours. Not great but copeable. 3 nights ago though it got considerably worse. He's now waking every 2 hours from midnight right through and taking a good hour or so to go back to sleep. I think I got 3 hours sleep last night in total. And the thrashing around is crazy! He lifts his legs and bum up and slams it down onto his mattress repeatedly! He's also whiney, clingy, smiling less and hard to keep interested in anything very long. This has definitely been the worst wonder week so far and I'm just hoping and praying that this will stop once he's worked out whatever it is he's working on!

 

[Bongley]

Yeah we're just starting to improve at 17 weeks. At 13 weeks he went from STTN back to twice up and a 5am start. At the same time his sleep pattern was shifting from a 9/10pm bed time to 7pm now, so I put it down to that and I'm hoping once that is settled he'll start to STTN again.

I wasn't sure if the 4 month sleep regression was all bull but it does seem to have happened to us.

 

[Bevziibubble]

Yup. Holly is still going through her 4 month sleep regression at 12 months old.

 

[robinator]

We skipped the four month, but not the eight month!

 

[.Mrs.B.]

He used to wake up once in a 9 hour stretch, now he wakes 4 times, this started when he was 4 months, so yes for us.