Need to hear something positive..

[baby287]

Lo is up about 8 to 10 times a night. I just stick a boob in and its usually back to sleep but I can feel the constant sleep interruptions wearing on me.
Tell me he will grow out of this before hes a toddler!
Im sleepy lol

 

[honeybee2]

Do you think he cold be going through a growth spurt? I hear BF babies cluster feed a lot during this time?

 

[baby287]

Not sure but its been happening for a few weeks now.. Used to just be a couple times a night which I can totally live with but now...ugh!

 

[ElmaWG]

Wow, 8-10 times a night is rough. About 6 times a night is about normal for us...

How long has he been like this? He used to sleep well, yes? Do you co-sleep?

I've read somewhere that at 4 months, sleep patterns undergo major changes, and this makes it hard for parents to keep up, so to speak, on the best schedule for the baby. What worked well at 3.5 months doesn't necessarily work at 4 months. (Well for us, he hasn't sleep well since 2 months..)

DS is about the same age as yours, and we've had some success this week by moving his bed time back 30 minutes. 6:30pm was too early (though we had brief success with it a couple weeks ago). 7pm seems to yield much fewer wake ups--and longer sleep stretches (knock on wood). It's strange something as small as a 20 minute change in bedtime could make such a big difference, but for us it seems to. Perhaps a tweak to his schedule could be beneficial for you guys? Bed time too early or late? Last nap too early of late? Since he's sleeping like crap now, you're in a position where you have nothing to loose by changing things up. (is that postitive? I tried )

 

[baby287]

Haha yes that was positive!!! Thanks for the response. yes we co sleep. he used to sleep pretty good! But since 4 months it went down hill. Its a bit better the last week, for a little while I swear he was waking me up every 30-45 minutes. I was in sleep hell! Lol now 6 times feels awesome. One night I had been up 4 times and I looked at the clock and it was only 11...ugh!
He doesn't have much of a set schedule during the day for naps, just goes down when he's tired.. goes down around 7:30-8 for bed. I've tried earlier and later and I don't think theres much of a difference.
Guess I'm just waiting this one out!
I will sleep again..I will sleep again..I will sleep again....

 

[Noelle610]

Here's your something positive: IT GETS BETTER. 4 month sleep regression is a bitch. My baby was the world's worst sleeper at that age. Seriously. She woke up hourly until about 11 weeks. Then she started sleeping in 7-9 hour stretches. I thought, "Great, things are improving". That lasted... Two. Weeks. Then the 4 month sleep regression happened and we were back to constant wakings, I'd guess every 90 minutes to 2 hours (Seriously. I have a thread on it!).

My LO is now almost 9 months old and she sleeps through the night! The night before last she slept 13 hours straight. I'm not even kidding. I'm well aware that she may go through another regression - There is commonly one at this age, but we haven't hit it yet. But the difference now is that I know it will pass. I guess logically at 4 months you "know" it, but you really haven't had the experience that things will get better yet so it's hard to believe it.

I think the previous poster does make good suggestions. How often is your LO awake between naps? Preventing overtiredness is key. You mentioned he goes down when he is tired, but as babies get older their sleepy signs are actually unreliable. Often when they're yawning, rubbing their eyes and getting fussy they are overtired and it's too late. I would aim to have him asleep within 90 minutes from when he last woke, especially if he's up that much at night - He needs to make up sleep during the day. That may mean starting the soothing process 60 minutes after he last woke. I really do think it will help, even if it means you're getting up 6 times rather than 10. Overtired babies wake more often.

 

[baby287]

Ok lately getting him down for a nap is a b****! Lol but I just nursed him cuz I though he was hungry, probably 60 to 90 since he woke up and he peacefully went to sleep! Thats it, I'm trying your 90 minute rule for a couple days, Noelle, and see if that helps! Excited! Thanks hun!

 

[baby287]

Oh and sooooo happy to hear it will get better you're right, I ” know” it will eventually but its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Xx

 

[Noelle610]

Hang in there mama

 

[StranjeGirl]

At 4 months mine woke for a few days in a row when normally she was sleeping though the night. I realized that she was hungry so I upped her feeds during the day and she started sleeping fine again once I did that. Do you think maybe he is hungry and needs more during the day?

 

[babybrums]

I co slept in the beginning but found as time wore on his sleep got worse. He started sleeping on his own, first in his swing and then in his rocker. Now he sleeps in his crib. We had a hard time transitioning to the crib so I went back to co sleeping for a while. No good. He woke up way to much. Now he's in his crib and only gets up once or twice a night. Sometimes I think co sleeping makes it easier for them to nurse so they wake more.

 

[baby287]

He doesn't like to sleep in his bed unless he's on his tummy. But I've never tried to have him there overnight. I just put him down about 15 minutes ago and he's still asleep maybe this will work better! I'm excited to see. I feel guilty that he's in there all alone!! Even though he's right next to my bed lol
He's in his tummy but he can roll from tummy to back fine and I have a breathing monitor on him. He's also wearing a wearable blanket, a halo one I think, is that ok to have on when he's tummy sleeping?

 

[ElmaWG]

I would think the halo sleep sack would be a good option. I'm crossing my fingers for you. Let us know how it goes.

 

[baby287]

Ugh! Mommy fail. I accidentally stopped a toy and he ended up waking up a few minutes later. Back to sleep now but scared to put him back down. This is not going well lol

 

[Noelle610]

Some babies do best in their own space - I know mine does! It's fine for him to sleep on his tummy in a sleeping bag.

 

[scottiejunior]

Would it be possible to pump and let ur oh feed for a night so you can get some rest??

I ff so not sure if this is an option or not.

Hope it's better for you soon

 

[baby287]

He won't take a bottle but thanks for the reply!!!

So he made it til about midnight. I brought him in with me because he randomly sounded like he was really congested..maybe from sleeping face down? I don't know bit he's fine now lol
Ok just keep doing it every night and try to get longer and longer stretches!
I do feel like he slept better by himself...yay!