How are you getting through the 4 month sleep regression?

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We literally can’t set her down to sleep at this point. She’ll immediately wake up and cry until we pick her up to sleep with us. It’s not a habit we want to make but what do you do when they won’t sleep at all?!

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We were bedsharing before the regression started and it's honestly still an absolute nightmare.

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Neither of my kiddos have been great sleepers as babies. My 4 month old wakes up between 2 and 4 times each night. Since they never slept super great we never noticed any sleep regression.

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Just battling though it, this is a great time to stick to routine as their sleep cycle is changing so it’s a bitch but I’m trying to keep her routine going so it will be worth it hopefully sooner than later

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We bedshare anyways so there hasn’t really been much of a change. She usually sleeps through the night 8pm to 7am) but we had a couple nights now where she woke up around 3, needing cuddles.

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Just battling through it. Sometimes it takes 5 or 6 attempts to get our son into his crib but I don’t feel like we have any other choice. Personally I won’t bed share because I don’t think it’s safe enough and I wouldn’t sleep myself for worrying about him so there’s no point.

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We try for about four hours to get her into her pack n play until we finally give up. When I work at 7 I can’t try all hours of the night to get her down :/. So she sometimes sleeps with us and sleeps no problem. We use an owlet sock to measure her heart rate and oxygen levels so it helps with the anxiety! It’s completely okay to bedshare, just no extra pillows, blankets, both parents sober etc.

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I’m sorry, but my kids won’t sleep in our bed as babies/toddlers. It’s too dangerous with my body pillow and weighted blanket. Perhaps when they’re older and have bad dreams or something, but right now I just don’t trust myself. They’re in their crib/pack and play.

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My baby is still in a cosleeper bassinet next to us it’s been better, but I let her be in bed with us for the first two hours of sleep. Then I move her when I see she’s connecting sleep cycles. It’s rough. Hang in there.

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We've just unswaddled because our baby was waking up often due to being restricted. The first night she did fine but tonight, we couldn't get her settled until 11.30pm. It was insane. After 4 hours of trying. She would fall asleep and wake up. I don't know whether it's the unswaddling or the regression. Not really sure what to do, apart from ride it out. We did contemplate bringing her into bed.

How are you getting through the 4 month sleep regression?

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