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It wasn't so much her overnight sleep, ur her naps were awful. Which meant she was SUPER fussy for all waking periods because she was overtired. It was the worst part of her first year and Dh and I were both so frustrated. I was so concerned that she was sick or something was wrong, I almost brought her to the dr. Luckily it only lasted 2 weeks then she went back to normal.

I didn't pick one of those because we totally made it work, but his sleep completely changed. He was sleeping through the night by 6 weeks in his basinet, 8p-ish to 6a or so, eat, go back to sleep for a couple more hours either with me or in basinet. Now he cosleeps because we basically never got him to transition to crib after the regression. Even if we tried the basinet, which he weighed way over the weight limit, he would wake up over and over. That coupled with trying cosleeping on vacation which spoiled me against those late night wake ups! He would still be a little unsettled sleeping with me on and off until the last few months (he's 7m now) and I kept him swaddled cosleeping for way too long (technically a no no regardless of age when bedsharing! But he was way too into clawing his face all night long). Now I nurse him to sleep at 8 and he won't wake up until sometimes midnight or later. He doesn't really fully wake, just enough to nurse. I don't even know how many times he nurses per night but I get fantastic sleep, my supply is awesome, and he sleeps 12-13 hours nursing frequently through the second half of the night. It's like my snooze button to latch him on!

It was pure hell. I have no clue how I functioned at work and life and let alone how I drove. She woke up every 30 (sometimes 20 mins)-90 mins for weeks.

DS was never a great sleeper (woke numerous times a night), but when he hit regression, he woke up even more frequently. Like right when I put him down, walked to bed to lay down, he was up. *cringe*

@junebugsmama: I BF for a year, and comfort nursing while co-sleeping was how we dealt with the numerous night wakenings. It was a great thing and a bad thing. lol

DS was never a great sleeper early on thanks to reflux. However, the biggest noticeable change during the 4mo regression was that we'd rock him to sleep at his usual "bedtime" and then after one sleep cycle (38 minutes. I will never forget that!) he'd wake up and wouldn't go back to sleep unless I nursed him back to sleep. Sometimes this would happen two or three times and I wouldn't eat dinner or have any time for basic life tasks after 7pm. Relatedly rocking him to sleep basically stopped working! Of course it was the holidays and we had him in the room with us at my in laws' house. We stuck it out for two weeks and then sleep trained (Ferber) just for going to sleep. It took 2-3 days and thankfully not much crying at all, and he has gone down awake for all naps and bedtime ever since then (11 mo now).

Eh she was 4 months almost to the day when we transitioned her from the RNP to the crib and swaddle weaned at the same time. It was rough for abor 2.5 weeks. She went from taking 2 two hour naps to 3 30-45 minute naps which is not fun. Sometimes she surprises us and naps longer. I associate it more with change than a regression. We were also traveling for a week during that tough point and she was in a PNP which I'm sure did not help.

We had a couple of rough nights out of the blue - waking up multiple times per night, sometimes to eat, sometimes for unclear reasons. She had already transitioned to crib and out of swaddles by about 3.5 months and had been doing fine STTN. And then suddenly these weird wake ups. But after a few days she was back to normal, sleeping 9-10 hours without wake ups. Getting her to sleep is still somewhat harder esp now that she rolls- sometimes will end up on her tummy and needs to be flipped back over to settle down and sleep. Still, overall, it's been no big deal.

Pretty much the hardest thing I've gone through in my life. She went from "normal" newborn sleep (not a great sleeper, but not horrible, maybe up 3x per night with a 4-5 hr long stretch) to waking 8-10x every single night. The long stretch would be 2 hrs max. DH and I had to take shifts (8-12, 12-4, 4-8) in order to get any sleep at all because she would be up so often. She was also super cranky all the time because she wasn't sleeping well (as were we). I was just getting back to work and basically useless.

We sleep trained at around 5.5 months and it worked really well. She went back to "normal" sleep (waking 2-3x per night to nurse) and has been a good sleeper ever since. The whole thing lasted maybe 6 weeks.

Months 4-6 were awful: LO went from sleeping 5-6 hour stretches, with usually 1 wakeup per night to 2-5 wakeups each night and a max sleep stretch for 3 hours. And just when I was about to lose my mind, she started sleeping again at exactly 6 months.

He was a great sleeper until 3.5 months and then he just started waking constantly. 4-5 times a night and needing to be held. Miserable. He never slept well again after that until we sleep trained at 9 months

No 4 month regression, but there was a 8 month regression for like 2 days.

@PawPrints: I just went back and looked at my 4 month regression posts to make sure I had this right. Like others, G was not a good sleeper before or after, but I do remember this period as particularly trying. We spent a lot of time in MOTN wake ups "partying", meaning that she just wanted to play for hours on end. It was exhausting. We were also eliminating dairy for her MSPI at the same time, so it is hard to tell what caused the misery. But it did eventually get easier.

I hope it ends for you soon!!