We are in the thick of the 4 month sleep regression. I think C got up every 45-55 minutes the past two nights! I. am. dead. I work tomorrow and am wondering how I'll survive. He's not TOO cranky at night... just fussy, so that helps! We co-sleep...could that be making it worse? He wanted to nurse on every waking last night.
What did you do to survive the 4 month sleep regression? How long did it last?
pear / 1609 posts
We co slept until recently at 9 months. Looking back I think DS sleeping in our bed made his sleep worse. During the 4 month regression I would just nurse him when he woke and he would be back asleep quickly (though still waking a ton). Now that he is in his own bed he STTN mostly. I think our movements woke him a lot as well as the smell of milk nearby. However we tried moving him several times before and he just wasn't ready.
I just tried to power through! It did pass, but then we hit more regressions later! 
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
Honestly, I think co sleeping does make my LO wake up more, but the wake ups are much easier to deal with (and I love it). We waited the sleep regression out, and generally things are a little better on the other side. I know this is when a lot of people reach their limit and end up doing some form of sleep training.
Sorry I don't have any advice, other than going to be early to maximize sleep
papaya / 10473 posts
@Silva: I love co-sleeping too! I am so not ready to give it up. I might do a half and half tonight - let him sleep his first stretch in his room (he doesn't care where he sleeps), then bring him back to my bed on his first wake-up.
coconut / 8305 posts
Co-sleeping does usually cause more wake ups b/c your light/deep sleep cycles will sync as well as hormone dips/peaks for nursing. I remind myself how great night nursing is for supply & that helps offset my feeling of demise too. lol
Us setting up P's crib as a sidecar really helped me get better rest. For the most part she is in her space so I'm not too crowded & then when she needs to nurse she can just roll over to me & then I roll her back. Before she was in her crib in our room & I'd have to get out of bed to get her.... not getting out of bed has made such a huge difference!
papaya / 10473 posts
@runsyellowlites: he's just in the bed at this point... Maybe hooking our co-sleeper back up so that we can have our own space will help us sleep a little better. DH works nights, so little man has taken over the bed 
squash / 13764 posts
I am a sahm, otherwise I think I would have been in trouble! We waited it out an then sleep trained at 6.5 months to get down to 1 night waking. It lasted from 15 wks to 6.5 months for us (off and on).
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@grizz: um. I don't know. It was all a blur. Days melted into nights, nights melted into days. LO was waking up almost every hour on the hour for 2.5 months straight. That was when I brought back decaf coffee into my life. I think that's how I got through it. The only saving grace was at the end of it we had a baby that finally STTN. For a while. 
GL!
ETA: we tried sleep training twice in desperation. Epic Fail.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
we sleep trained at 4.5 months. The regression started before 4 months, but really got bad at the 4 month mark. Then his sleep became perfect!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Honestly, the best thing for me was not to get caught up in the labels of wonder weeks, monthly regressions, etc.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
It lasted months for us. Co bedding helped at first but eventually I just got used to it.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Traded nights with DH and sometimes just let her cry a little, because sometimes she'd cry for a few minutes, then stop. She was doing this weird "sleep crying" thing, and if i woke her up, it got worse.
I had a few really miserable weeks at work, but I was lucky that DH traded off with me. Even though I woke up, my sleep wasn't *as* disrupted, even if it was still crapperific.
papaya / 10473 posts
Last night was more of the same. I feel like a zombie! He naps well for our sitter, so I'm hoping we get some sleep-begets-sleep action tonight!
@sorrycharlie: I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. Aaaaahhhhh!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Honestly, I have no idea. It was bad for a month. I have no idea how I survived and even drove. It was worse then the newborn days. It only got better cause we sleep trained.
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