Hellobee Boards Topic: How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:01:06 +0000 googly-eyes on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1620321 Wed, 07 May 2014 20:14:34 +0000 googly-eyes 1620321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @dreamocracy: I read that too, about not making changes for temporary issues... But te problem for us was that none of the things we had been doing previously worked. If we did them we would have essentially been sleep training. Never did get how you're supposed to do that! @Emsmems: hope so! I think my LO's schedule and maybe her internal clock just get kind of screwed up when she's sick, even though I try not to let it happen. Either way I hope it passes soon! ShootingStar on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1620293 Wed, 07 May 2014 19:57:33 +0000 ShootingStar 1620293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't really have a regression. His sleep was never all that great but never truly horrible either. Though now at 5.5 months we're dealing with a lot of teething pain at night. I don't think sleep training will help unt the teeth come in, so I co-bed when I need to (like this morning from 3am-7am) and I BF back to sleep. Mrs. Sunshine on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1620257 Wed, 07 May 2014 19:38:20 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1620257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Tried not to kill anyone? lol we just took it night by night. Sleep training was not a good idea for us during a regression though we tried a few nights. I mostly, cried, let her sleep in our bed & cried some more. fairy on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1620251 Wed, 07 May 2014 19:35:16 +0000 fairy 1620251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just waited it out! I don't like to make permanent changes for a temporary issue, so I just did everything as usual until it passed. I had to do the same recently for a 9-10.5 month regression! daniellemybelle on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1620156 Wed, 07 May 2014 18:28:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 1620156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We co-slept for about 3 weeks & then sleep trained. It helped a lot but her sleep is still not that good at 6.5 months. Emsmems on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1619972 Wed, 07 May 2014 17:04:40 +0000 Emsmems 1619972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Applesandbananas: same problem here, I work 3 days a week (12 hour shifts), and if DH tries to get him in the motn DS just screams because he wants to nurse. @googly-eyes: a few days? Maybe I just need to wait longer? @grizz: haha, yes! That should've been on the poll! Lots and lots of wine ;) Thanks for the commiseration everyone. Looks like co-sleeping after 4am and just dealing with it is what we'll do for now, unless/until we get desperate. jessibear on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618484 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:29:06 +0000 jessibear 1618484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I voted other because, um, I don't remember?! Pretty sure we did a combo of breastfeeding, cobedding, and sleep training. After she weaned, regressions got much tougher and then we just had to grin and bear it. Around 11 months she was up every couple of hours at night for maybe a month. This was after sleeping through the night since 6 months, so we really were struggling. It gets so much better though! Foodnerd81 on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618241 Wed, 07 May 2014 08:25:05 +0000 Foodnerd81 1618241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had sleep trained for falling asleep right before 4 months and it was pretty rare for the initial falling asleep to be a big problem. The wake ups, I pretty much did whatever it took- nurse back to sleep, cobed, whatever. So I checked both sleep trained and grin and bear it (though there was NO grinning. More like me snapping at DH "It's FINE. I'll just never sleep again.") Mrs. Bee on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618235 Wed, 07 May 2014 08:23:02 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1618235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We sleep trained Charlie at 4 1/2 months. It was life changing. Olive I pretty much slept in the glider with her! Smurfette on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618233 Wed, 07 May 2014 08:21:06 +0000 Smurfette 1618233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Grinned and beared it till I cracked and then we sleep trained. Boheme on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618231 Wed, 07 May 2014 08:19:29 +0000 Boheme 1618231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Booze? ;) My son's sleep was crap from birth, so we just dealt with it however we could (swaddles, co-sleeping, white noise, etc) until he was 7.5 or 8 months. At that point I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and we sleep trained using a combination of Sleep Lady and Weissbluth. blackbird on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618053 Wed, 07 May 2014 05:51:08 +0000 blackbird 1618053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We got the merlin magic sleep suit shortly after. That helped touch and go. We dealt with it until about 5.5 months, then sleep trained, because we were all exhausted and miserable. MamaBehr on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618011 Wed, 07 May 2014 01:53:14 +0000 MamaBehr 1618011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Right there with you! Last night DS#2 woke up to nurse SIX times between 11 and 6! I'm exhausted. Tonight he made it from9:30 to 1:30 am. Longest stretch of sleep we've had in five days..... lamariniere on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618008 Wed, 07 May 2014 01:44:30 +0000 lamariniere 1618008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We powered through. DD's consisted of waking up precisely every 2 hours when she had been only waking up 2 times per night. If it was a really bad night, I would bring her into the bed with me. abbydabbydoodlebug on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1618004 Wed, 07 May 2014 01:19:34 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1618004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm sorry lady! DD has been hell for me tonight too. My magic merlin suit comes tomorrow though, so I'm praying that it'll help! Otherwise, I have no idea what I'm going to do! I hope your LO gives you a break soon. I'm right there with you. Turd Ferguson on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617979 Wed, 07 May 2014 00:01:02 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1617979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not sure what ours was, sleep went to shit at 3 months, and toad at 6 months it's still awful. We coslept through a lot of it but I'm gearing up to sleep train in the next few days. Mrs Green Grass on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617965 Tue, 06 May 2014 23:44:02 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1617965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The main thing was to walk LO to sleep (around the block as long as necessary). It worked for us and LO. wonderstruck on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617938 Tue, 06 May 2014 23:20:40 +0000 wonderstruck 1617938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our son refuses to co-bed and I didn't really feel safe about it anyways (NOTHING wakes DH up...I can seriously kick him in the back when he's snoring and get nothing.) Even room-sharing was a nightmare for us, so that was out. We had actually done a really light version of sleep training before hitting the 4MSR and it had worked insanely well and easily, but in my experience sleep training is not going to help with the regression - it's a growth spurt and they typically really need more calories when going through it. So while sometimes I may have waited a couple of minutes rather than going right into the nursery, for the most part I just had to grin and bear it while constantly reminding myself that it was temporary. But it was tough, I hope it gets better for you soon! googly-eyes on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617937 Tue, 06 May 2014 23:20:24 +0000 googly-eyes 1617937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ How long has he been better? My almost 20 month old still took a little bit to get back to her normal sleep after getting sick the last time. Like maybe a few days to a week? We had a lot going on though. We didn't deal with a four month regression specifically but for other regressions we put her down in her crib and then after a certain time coslept either using the pnp or not (in bed with us.) at 16m I sleep trained LO...but at that point I knew she already knew how to self soothe, she just didn't WANT to sleep. I know others around here have has success with sleep training at 4 months though! Applesandbananas on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617933 Tue, 06 May 2014 23:08:17 +0000 Applesandbananas 1617933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was back to work so napping wasn't always an option and DS was EBF. We bed shared and I took a few sick days and once I sent him to daycare and stayed home and slept. QBbride on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617900 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:30:16 +0000 QBbride 1617900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We pretty much did anything we could do to get through it (co-slept, cuddled a lot, nursed a lot) and I made sure to nap in the day when he napped! Emsmems on "How did you deal with the 4 month sleep regression?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-deal-with-the-4-month-sleep-regression#post-1617899 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:27:49 +0000 Emsmems 1617899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just as the title says. How did you get through the 4 month sleep regression? I think we are in it now (first I thought it was because he was sick, which it could've been, but he's better and his sleep is not). DS fought bedtime for almost 45 minutes tonight, and has since woken up 3 times in the last hour and a half. Ugh. I have just been nursing him back to sleep. Usually in the early morning I just bring him in bed with us. His naps suck too! I don't know what else to do! Sleep training may be in our near future!