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We did No Cry Sleep Solution at 5 months as well. It worked very well!

That sounds like a normal amount of times for a 4 month old EBF baby to be waking.

We didn't sleep train, but when our LO was that young, a crazy early bedtime worked wonders. Eventually we had her going down at 6 PM and sleeping until 6 AM, with 1-2 wake ups. I had heard that sleep begets sleep and an overtired baby will wake more- sure enough that was true for our LO!

Just to add a different perspective, we sleep trained using Ferber's method (CIO with checks) to get him down to 1 night waking and to get him to fall asleep on his own at the beginning of the night. We did this at 6.5 months--I would try to wait a bit if I were you, 4 months is a time of big changes in sleep and it's possible in a few weeks he mights start reducing night wakings and go to sleep more easily. But otherwise, it sounds like he's developing sleep crutches that aren't working for your family any more. I HIGHLY recommend reading Ferber's book "Solve your child's sleep problem" even if you don't go for his method. There's lots of interesting info in there about infant sleep, patterns, etc.

For naps, we nap trained at 5 months and I basically just sat in the room and shushed him and comforted him while sitting in a chair next to him. We swaddle weaned at the same time and I introduced a lovey.

Does he take a paci? or have a lovey? Also, don't be discouraged if ST is bad nights 1, 2, and even 3--I think the majority of people see an improvement after that.

Also, what time is bedtime, and how long are his awake periods during the day?

(sorry for the novel! )/