My son is 16 weeks, and going through leap four, so he's fussier than normal. About a month ago he started sleeping less than stellar and I assumed he was going through the four month sleep regression early. Well now things are really bad. It's been about five weeks of AWFUL nights. I'm exhausted. And what's the hardest right now is dealing with his fussy growing awesome self with me having zero sleep! So maybe now is the real sleep regression?! I've been told to put him to bed earlier, later, allow for short naps, add naps, make naps longer. We have a bedtime routine but sometimes we miss it bc I'm trying to keep him up or he's just so tired we have to put him down. When he wakes up upset at four I bring him into our bed and he doesn't sleep there either, I've tried following his lead and directing the show, nothing is working! I'm so lost and it's hard to figure out a plan when you're a zombie. What do I do? Does the sleep regression just end with a baby that sleeps more like us? Do I need to be encouraging anything? Why is it some mornings he wakes up peacefully at 7/730 and other times he's grunting and upset and crying from 4 am on? To add to it I have an immensely stressful family situation going on right now with my parents and I feel like I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown.