Please help me, I'm all in a pickle :-) another Q added - thank u :-)

[gingajewel]

Hi all, just wandering if anyone can help me....

My daughter is just coming up to 18 weeks and has been sleeping through the nite since eight weeks.

I have started to put her to bed at eight and give her a dream feed at ten. She goes to sleep with a dummy but once she is in a deep sleep will spit it out and not wake for it.

The past week she has been going to sleep at eight and waking up screaming about nine. I will feed her and now she has started waking every few hours for her dummy. Once I pop it back in her mouth she is fine but it means I'm awake every few hours and then can't get back to sleep lol!,!!

Please help me, y has she suddenly stopped sleeping???? I am ssssooooo tired.

Thanks for reading and also ur help

Gail x x x x

 

[jodiex]

hi hun the only thing i can think of is the 4month sleep regression (think thats wot its called) im waiting for it. jake is 3 months. think it only lasts a couple of weeks tho. hth. xx

 

[OmarsMum]

Sleep regression at 4 mnths & teething? It's common at 4 mnths. Sleep patterns change at 4 mnths & there is a sleep regression. At this age babies start to sleep like adults, & their sleep cycle changes as they need more time to reach deep sleep. Babies start to wake up after 1 or 2 sleeping cycles, needing soothing or feeding, to go back into deep sleep. Sometimes dummy runs can go up to 10 times in the same night. Once ur LO is used to it, it settles hun.

 

[kerrie24]

Im blaming the 4 month sleep regression,my son has started it too he is around the same age!

 

[littleone2010]

Same happened with us! As the other ladies have mentioned, theirsleeping patterns change at this stage the cycle usually lasts 30-45 minutes (you can time it and see!) but dont worry we are almost back to normal now, so only a few weeks!
We were putting her to bed at 7pm, she would go straight to sleep, then at 745 on the dot she would wake up crying! Bit of a nightmare but doesnt last- Hope it gets better soon! xx

 

[gingajewel]

Thanks every one for your answers. You just have to remember in your head that you will come out the other side dont u lol!!!!

My LO doesnt generally have a routine at bed because she used to just go down and sleep!!! Do you think now would b the wrong time to introduce one if she is going to wake after 45 mins anyway??

Thanks very much - im so clueless lol!!!!! xx

 

[jodiex]

i would just go with the flow. however much u want to have a routine your baby will control how much of that happens. lol. i avnt got much of a routine with jake only that with his last feed i feed him in a drak room and dont talk to him, then i put him down in his moses basket straight away. thats enough for him 2 know that it is bedtime. hth. xx

 

[xbabybumpx]

Maybe she just had a bad night? I get nights where i dont sleep as well as other nights,we all do. So babies are no different. And also not all babies go through the 4 month sleep reggresion x

 

[bump_wanted]

if it is sleep regression its only really bad for about 3 nights and unsettled in the lead up and for a few days after it in my experience the whole thing lasts about 2 weeks and you eventually get through it even though you think you're running on empty

i dont see the harm in introducing a bedtime routine it might settle lo more and stretch her 1st sleep a bit...i mean i know when ollie was going through it i wouldve tried anything because i didnt thinkthings could get much worse xxx

 

[hivechild]

I think a bedtime routine to help cue her that it's time for bed and night sleep can't hurt. Even if she does wake after 45 minutes still for awhile. It doesn't have to be strict or rigid or at the same time in the dot but as long as it's similar in sequence every time, most babies tend to respond well to the predictability, and this is coming from a baby led momma with no schedule whatsoever to our days!

 

[hivechild]

Also, while not every baby does through sleep regression, every baby goes through the leap in developmental growth at around the same time, and that's what's responsible for a lot of babies who suddenly show disturbed sleep around this age, and while some people are lucky and barely notice a hiccup or only a few nights of poor sleep, just as many find themselves dealing with a changeling terror and wondering where their sweet darling baby has gone, and it can last for many weeks, so don't feel like you're a bad mum or somehow a failure if you find yourself in the latter camp. These are all phases, and sometimes they seem to run one into another without pause, they do end...i hear it's sometime in their mid 20's!

 

[gingajewel]

Also, while not every baby does through sleep regression, every baby goes through the leap in developmental growth at around the same time, and that's what's responsible for a lot of babies who suddenly show disturbed sleep around this age, and while some people are lucky and barely notice a hiccup or only a few nights of poor sleep, just as many find themselves dealing with a changeling terror and wondering where their sweet darling baby has gone, and it can last for many weeks, so don't feel like you're a bad mum or somehow a failure if you find yourself in the latter camp. These are all phases, and sometimes they seem to run one into another without pause, they do end...i hear it's sometime in their mid 20's!

Hehhehehe this made me LOL!!!!!

Thanks all 4 ur replies - U have all helped me loads xxxx

 

[littleone2010]

I dont go by a strict routine, but if you apply a good bedtime routine (bath bottle cuddle ect) then the baby knows what is coming and encourages sleep if its done at the same time every night..
In the day I go with wake-feed-play-nap and repeat that 3 times a day but dont thave set times when each should take place..I go with her flow until 615 when the bedtime routine starts.. I have found this has worked for us because if you are in a strict routine you feel trapped by napping and feeding ect, this way we can her routine around what we want to do, but still have a night time routine for a full nights sleep (which we are getting again) Sorry to babble hope it helps xx Everyone has their own style i think you just find what works for you x

 

[LIZZY55]

My daughter slept through the night from 8 weeks. She went through a phase of waking a few times during the night around four months. I think she was having a growth spurt.
At 5 months she started having a dummy, I think it helps her teething. She too has started waking when her dummy falls out. I go in her room and she is fast asleep but slightly whinging crying. As soon as I put her dummy back in she is off again. I think it's her teeth.