Sleep Regression?

Question

My 14 week old has decided he doesn’t like to sleep anymore. He was previously only waking once, maybe twice in the night to eat and now is waking 3-4 times. I read a bit about the 4 month sleep regression and suspect this is the beginnings of it but I am unsure of how to deal with it. At this point I’m just feeding him every time he wakes up fussy. Does anyone have any tips on how to manage this newfound hatred of sleep?

Answer

Definitely don’t feed him every time he wakes. That is creating a bigger issue that will go past the short lived sleep regression. If he was ok with feeding once or twice then stick to that. Make sure you keep up with his feedings during the day and the other wake ups should be about calming him and getting him back to sleep. Some sleep training at this age can be very helpful later on if other sleep regressions hit and can sometimes prevent them for happening at all. I sleep trained my son during his 4 month regression and he hasn’t had any issues sleeping since. In fact shortly after started sleeping through the night

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Oh yeah, around that time my son was a monster. Everything changed. It took about exactly a month and relieve there was nothing I could do except grin and bear it.

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Agreed. Stick to feeding him when you were normally doing it before. The rest of the times try to settle back to sleep. Not sure if he’s an easy settler but you can try rocking him or side patting without picking him up. This just encourages him to learn how to fall asleep without being picked up and held. But of course sometimes that’s just not going to work and that’s ok too.

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