Parents Can't Tell Regression From Illness

“We thought we got lucky and skipped the 4 month sleep regression but about four days shy of her turning 5 months it hit out of nowhere. This little baby now fights every nap and although I willingly contact nap she will still not go down unless she just passes out because her body can't handle being awake anymore and even then it's like 20min twice a day. I exclusively pump so that's rough when I'm alone. At night it takes hours to get her to sleep and before we were some of thos”

“The last few days have been BRUTAL. Baby will only sleep on me, or for stretches no longer than an hour or so in the pack n play (waiting on her crib to be delivered). She has been sniffly the past few days and we’ve been sucking out the snot, but she seems to cry a lot in the pack n play then sleep like an angel on me. Is it because she’s sick/sniffly so needs the angle to not be so stopped up (like we as adults do with a cold) or is this disaster the four month sleep regression I have heard so”

“Looking for any advice or insight. Baby is 4.5 months old. Had always been a pretty good overnight sleeper (first stretch 6-9 hours, ~1 wakeup/night). What I thought was the 4 month sleep regression hit at exactly 4 mo (shorter first stretch, additional 1-2 wake-ups). Lasted about a week. 4 days ago, we transitioned him from the Snoo to his crib. He's been napping in his crib so this wasn't a huge change. First night went amazing- asleep at 7:30 pm, one wakeup around 5 am. Subsequent 3 n”

“I had no clue and honestly it’s feeling worse then newborn and 4 month regression. He’s waking up every 30,20, 10 minutes sometimes. Then we’ve had to just keep him awake at 1am until he’s tired again and then he’ll sleep 5 hours or so with sometimes one wake up. It’s been hell. Before this he was waking a few times a night, but starting the day at 4:30 5 am sometimes cuz he won’t go back to sleep. We usually have him take 3 naps a day, we just recently dropped the last nap. Is this a regression”

“Our twins were never good sleepers, but at least they slept 2-3 hours, sometimes 4 uninterrupted hours. Now there was 8 month sleep regression, 9 month crisis, then separation anxiety for both of them, then our whole family got a virus, then they started teething for the first time and now its 10 month regression again cause the boy is trying to learn to stand. 2 months of absolute misery, no sleep and all night screaming. Is there anything else chained up after this ? submitted by /”

“My girl is 9 months old and was up for 4 hours last night from 11pm-3am. It was terrible. My husband and I took turns trying to get her down but she was just wide-eyed, lying in our arms. I tried nursing her a few times to get her to fall back asleep. She finally fell asleep after my husband let her crawl around her room for an hour. I just needed to vent as it was such a long night and our house is small so one of us sleeping while the other dealt with her wasn’t happening as the 2nd she scream”

“My second daughter used to sleep through the night at 3 months. Then the 4 month sleep regression hit and she'd wake up twice at night. Now she's 5 months and wakes up every hour or so until 2 am. She's not cold. I give her a bottle once a night, because she's close to drinking 1 liter a day (limit to formula). She's not interested in solids yet. She's able to fall asleep on her own before, but now she often needs rocking or she'll scream herself to sleep (I don't”

“My baby turned 4 months a week ago but for the past 2-3 weeks has been waking up every 1-2 hours at night. Lately it’s been every single hour but she does go back to sleep 5 min after I put her on the breast! But I am dying. For those who experienced similar do you have any advice or do you just grab them and feed them everytime? I did notice she doesn’t drink as much during the day and the pediatrician suggested trying in a dark room as she might be getting distracted. Help!! 🙏🏽 submitt”

“I have an exceptional sleeper, apart from a few harder phases. She is 4 months old now. I think the sleep regression ended a few days ago, and she sleeps with 0 to 3 wakings a night now. I am very lucky. The thing is, she is taking almost all her calories during the day, so she feeds constantly (30-60 minutes apart). I am not complaining. Overall, it is a good deal, but I am wondering when I will be able to leave her with my husband for more than half an hour (I exclusively breastfeed). I starte”

“Hi all. My almost 5 month old has had his first two teeth come through in one week. In that time his sleep has gone from not amazing but manageable, to utter hell. He fights sleep when we put him down - falling asleep on the boob/in our arms but screaming when he’s put in his crib. So waking up every 5-15 mins. Then waking up over and over in the night, feeding way more than usual and crying inconsolably even after we’ve given him painkillers. Naps are slightly better but he’s generally needing”

“baby is 6 months and 2 weeks. she was a phenomenal sleeper until last week. she would sleep 11 hours straight at night. now she’s waking up screaming every 45mins to an hour. is this a regression or is something else going on? i’ve tried tylenol for teething, mylicon for gas. orajel to numb/cool her gums. submitted by /u/miamiellewoods [link] [comments]”

“Just wondering if anyone went through this. We have always had a bedtime routine for our babe. Usually diaper change, some light reading, bottle and she is ready to sleep by 8pm. She would usually wake around 3:30 for a feeding and she’d go right back to sleep in under 30 minutes, then she would wake for the day around 6:30am. However these past 3 weeks she has been waking at 4am and staying up until 530am and she’s so tired she cries. I’m not sure what happened if we haven’t changed anything. M”

“Hello, my LO is 18 weeks old. Since about 3 months old, his night sleep has become variable. On good nights, he sleeps from 7/715-7 with one wake up to feed between 3-5 am. We have strict bedtime routine and he typically falls asleep easily. When he regresses, he usually wakes around 1 am with little resettled and then wakes in the morning between 530-615 and needs resettled. It’s tiring since I feel as though his sleep has been so variable since hitting 12 weeks, but he’s also super active (rol”

“We think our baby started the 4 month sleep regression a little before 3.5 months, which I’ve heard is normal. He went from sleeping 5-3-3 hours consistently to waking every 30 to 90 minutes suddenly one night. We had a rough week of having to get him back to sleep 5-8 times a night. He’s in a bedside bassinet, and after a week and a half I figured out I could reach over and give him some butt pats and he would soothe back to sleep fairly quickly unless he was hungry. So we were pretty much back”

“I know this is likely the 4 month sleep regression but this has been going on for over 5 weeks now and we are totally and utterly exhausted. We are combo bassinet and co-sleeping - even with cosleeping, he is waking every 1.5-2 hours and seems to sleep lightly in general. If I so much as adjust my position he stirs. That is not what is causing the frequent wakings though. In both the bassinet and the bed, he seems to reach a lighter sleep state, squirms, wakes up, and can’t resettle himself. The”

“My LO has never had TERRIBLE sleep. From birth to 4 weeks LO woke up every 3 hours to eat and right back to sleep. From 5 weeks to 8ish weeks we got 5 hour stretches. From 8 weeks to 11 weeks we got 6 hour stretches and now at 12 weeks we get 8-9 hour stretches. My LO is also an exclusive contact napper and getting 3.5-4 hours of daytime sleep. I know sleep regressions come and I want to be ready. I wouldnt even mind if it started today because I just want to get it over with. When did it start”

“my LO is 15 months in a week, he’s always been a good sleeper but recently he’s literally been waking up nearly every hour, sometimes 2, just crying / fussing and kicking his legs and then he’ll drift back to sleep and it will just continue again? I have no idea what’s causing this, he did have his molars coming through but as far as i am aware they’ve all popped through now. I have major anxiety as I have to leave him ( for the first time) next weekend and this is just giving me anxiety as to h”

“Hello, i need advice, as im gonna go cuckoo otherwise 😃 I want to wean my baby off, but wow it seems so difficult. I dont’t know if it’s sleep regression or what (he started walking yesterday), but the last few nights he wants to constantly be latched on my boobie during the night, my nipples don’t want that, I don’t want that, I’m ready to dry up my milk supplies 😂 So I’m just looking for any advice, i guess he also has sleep association with boob, but he cries hysterically if i dont give bef”

“My girl is 6 months old today and she pretty much hit the 4 month sleep regression at 3.5 months and sleep has not gotten any better since. I think I got maybe one month of ok sleep when she was 2 months old and that's it. She only lasts 40 mins max in her crib, I gave up on waking up that often after 3 weeks of waking up every 40 mins all night. I started cosleeping out of pure exhaustion. I still try the crib at the beginning of the night every night but she never lasts. She got her first”

“Help😭 My baby turned 5 months today. He used to sleep through the night on his own in his bassinet. I knew that was most likely temporary and enjoyed it while I could. I expected a sleep regression around this time but not like this. My baby is great with my husband all day but then the past 1-2 weeks he has started to be inconsolable with my husband at night, around 7-8pm. He will ONLY stop crying with me (mom) and in order for him to stay asleep, I need to be asleep with him. My husband will”

“Anyone else? Going through 4 month sleep regression and gassiness with my LO, so he’s been super fussy while he’s sleeping and waking up often to eat. Last time I put him down and went to sleep I had a dream about going to sleep uninterrupted. In the dream I had handed him to my grandma because he was fussing. Then I woke up because he was fussing. A new level of sleep deprivation 🤣 submitted by /u/momwifepoet [link] [comments]”

“So my 5mo baby has slept in het crib since day one. That was until the 4 month sleep regression hit at around 19 weeks. Then she went from one wake up a night to waking up every hour. After several really bad nights I did what everyone says youll do and pulled her into the big bed. After that she started refusing to be transfered to her crib after 5am, then 4am and so on until last night when she woke up 30 minutes after putting her down and wouldnt let me put her back in her crib. She wakes up”

“Please help!!! I know my baby needs a consistent bedtime but I cannot figure out how to get there. He is 16 weeks old and we’ve been in bad sleep regression for two weeks after previously sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch to start the night. He now wakes up after half an hour, is very hard to settle, often wakes on transfer and we usually spend hours doing that before giving up and holding him so that he will get some sleep at least. We want his bedtime to be 8pm. His last wake window is usually about”

“Genuinely curious how everyone approaches night wakings. My baby is almost 5 months. Prior to about a week ago was sleeping 9-11 hour stretches at night. His night wakings started AND started rolling so we moved him to his crib as kind of a two birds approach. He will fall asleep and wake in the first 30 minutes and then UP and then will lightly sleep for a few minutes and then is UP. We don’t go in unless he’s crying but genuinely curious how you all go through this? Last night we put him back”

“All of our sleep progress GONE 🥲 We’ve finally hit the infamous 4 month regression… and my baby’s barely sleeping. Especially during the day. Its freaky. How are we approaching the regression? Keep trying to get them back to sleep when they clearly seem done? Let them stay awake? I put her down for naps and she’ll fall asleep for 5 minutes and then, boom WIDE awake and ready to party. She’s sleeping in total like an hour a day probably and i dont know if im supposed to fight that or go along wi”

“Turning to my trusted Breastys in this support group once again. My son just turned 16 weeks and for the last 2 weeks we have been going through a sleep regression. From weeks 10-12 he was sleeping 10 hr overnight stretches. Now he wakes at 1am, 4am, 6am. At 1 & 4 he is hungry and we nurse for 10-15 min back to sleep. At 6 he’s ready to start the day but once I bring him back in bed for a quick nursing session he’ll fall back asleep. Bedtime is at 8-830p and we give him a 4oz bottle of EBM.”

“Hi everyone, my daughter turns 6 months corrected on October 7th but is going through her 6 month sleep regression right now, and i’m really struggling on how to help her and help myself. She is what some would call a “unicorn baby” she started sleep 11+ hours through the night at 2 months and her 4 month sleep regression only lasted like 3 days. Now we have hit the 6 month mark and she is waking up from the hours of 0200- 0:700 but she goes to sleep at 9:00. Her naps are only lasting between 25”

“Okey so... I have a 9 months old, have always cosleep. Didn't mind the night breastfeeding until her 8 month regression when she went from 2 wakes to 6 wakes at night 😭 I panicked and now I want to wean only at night, but without stop the cosleeping. Tried doing it progressively and though it got better at the beginning, I think it is worse now. Like she will wake up completely, cry a lot and sometimes, even with nursing, she won't calm down. Im thinking on going cold turkey, I tried it”

“I know the 8-month sleep regression is a thing, and my daughter has A LOT going on developmentally right now. She’s crawling, pulling herself up on everything, constantly learning new skills, has 7 teeth already , and is generally a very alert, busy baby. So I’m sure there’s a lot contributing here. But I am officially stumped by her sleep. Literally 2 weeks ago , she was so easy to put down for naps. I could nurse/rock her to sleep, transfer her to the crib, and she’d often sleep 1–2 hours . No”

“My baby was born at 41 weeks and now he is 4 months old. Still he feeds every 1 or 1.5 hour through out the day/night. Nights wakings got worse from every 2 hours to 1 hour after 4 month regression. I heard every one say it will get better, but for me it is getting worse as now it is getting more difficult to put him to sleep as he is more aware and go down only in a swing with rocking for 15 min. He is mostly fussy through out the day and whines all day and needs attention 24/7. Ones who have s”

“Pretty sure my 4-month-old is going through the dreaded sleep regression 😩 He used to be put down awake at around 8pm and drift off on his own, waking only twice during the night. Since turning 4 months, he’ll only fall asleep while nursing and is now waking every 2 hours, needing to breastfeed to settle back to sleep. I really thought he had learnt how to self-soothe and fall asleep independently, but it feels like all of that has gone out the window overnight 😭 Has anyone else experienced th”

“Is that a thing? I thought sleeping was getting easy but now she wake up every 2 hours. We are getting heavily sleep deprived. She want to feed a little then fall back asleep. We tried to suit her back to sleep without the feeding but it always escalate. During the day, there is no crying for teething. So I'm really not sure what to do... Any idea? submitted by /u/ChildhoodExisting222 [link] [comments]”

“Looking for advice from anyone that may have had a baby with a similar temperament! LO just turned 4 months abt a week ago. Eats ~5oz breast milk per feed every three hours. We aim for four naps but realistically, lately, she has not been wanting to catnap after her 4pm feed. Sleeping in a snuzpod5 bassinet next to our bed. Sound machine and blackout curtains. From 2.5 months up until 6days ago she was the best sleeper! Slept consistently from 7:30/8 ish to 6:30am with no wake ups. She did well”

“My 5-month-old has recently started waking up almost every hour overnight. He’s also become really fidgety in his sleep, moving around a lot and seeming restless even when he’s not fully awake. Has anyone else gone through this around 5 months? Is this a normal sleep phase/regression, and if so, how long did it last for you? Anything that helped with the frequent wake-ups? submitted by /u/Defiant-Economist-43 [link] [comments]”

“So we have a bedtime routine that has worked for months. Bath, Get her sleeper on, Playtime for a little bit until she gets sleepy and starts rubbing her eyes, bedtime bottle and cuddles, she is usually out by 8/8:30. All of a sudden this week things start out normal then when she seems ready to go to sleep she suddenly gets a burst of energy and wants to play for another 2-3 hours! She is also waking up a few hours after she goes to sleep and standing up in her crib and crying until we get her”

“Our LO is almost 11 months old and has largely been an excellent baby so far, but within the last week has had a sleep regression that we can’t seem to figure out. Our LO was previously sleeping through the night, but for the last week our LO will suddenly wake up around like 11 PM and will sob uncontrollably. My wife and I take turns and give a bottle, change diaper, keep the room dark, turn on Hatch for sleep music, read a book… all things we do during a normal putdown to bed. And our LO usual”

“My son went through 4 month sleep regression and ultimately resorted to cosleeping for much of months 5-9. Got a lot of great advice on here and he seemed to respond well to gradually nap training and independently sleeping while staying on a pretty consistent schedule. Would maybe wake up once a night, was easily soothed, occasionally rocked back to sleep and transferred within 10 minutes. Since about a week before he turned 1 (3 weeks ago), he’s started waking up very frequently (usually 60-90”

“I know my life will never be the same again with a baby, I know I know. But I’m going crazy . Our 6 month old is having sleep regression and due to the teething she’s taking the bottles really badly, essentially she won’t eat and won’t sleep. Before all this started I could at least put her down by 2130, then I could use one hour before my sleep to have proper me time, that includes watching Netflix or doing some exercises, and now I can’t even have that anymore. Tell me please that it will get”

“WHY did no one warn me!!!!! This has been 2 weeks of hell trying to get my beautiful amazing child to sleep😭😭😭😭 I'm doing the exact same routine we've always down. For the last 2 weeks I spent at least 2 hours fighting with this child to get him to sleep and I am tired 😪 he screams his head off for his dad so I'm the only one who can do it!!! Ugh submitted by /u/queentyra [link] [comments]”

“Anyone have any unconventional ways they helped their 9 month old go to sleep? We are in deep in a regression for 2 weeks now. Any food/songs/rituals etc that helped you? I am going crazy trying to get her to sleep at night. submitted by /u/LokiMeena1 [link] [comments]”

“I’m just curious when you “stopped” rocking your baby to sleep? I know at some point between 4-6 months habits start forming. Right now we’re working on her schedule, I think she’s in her regression and her morning wake up is anywhere from 7:30am to 9am right now. At night I’m rocking her or walking around and putting her down asleep. She does a few false starts but nothing I can’t handle. I’m more worried about the routine and when to start stopping lol submitted by /u/Dry-Indicatio”

“Hi! We have a 14 month old going through a pretty rough regression that both we and baby are finding very difficult. For context, sleep has been the one thing we have (luckily) never had an issue with. He was a dream sleeper as a new born, and we were able to move him into his own room with no issues from 8 months old. He slept 2 naps a day for 90 minutes and self settled - all we needed was to place him in his crib, give him a kiss and he’d do the rest. Night wakes have always been manageable,”

“My baby was sleeping 7+ hour stretches. We would lay him down at 8:30 and he would wake up around 5 to nurse then again at 7 to wake up for the day. The regression kicked in and we were up almost every 30 mins to an hour. Little noises would wake him up too. During this time though he learned how to fall asleep in his crib on his own. We lay him down fully awake and he takes 10 mins or so to settle down and fall asleep. No crying involved. He typically likes to mumble or practice rolling over un”

“Hello fellow parents those that have already gone through the 4 month sleep regression, would you agree with my idea? My LO is 13 weeks and I’ve had a bedtime routine with her since she was probably 5 weeks. It’s the same every time I never change it I just add bath time in every 3 days that’s all. Recently, I have been noticing my LO fights her last nap around 7pm. Which has warranted me to putting her to bed earlier than her usual time which is usually 8/8:30 sometimes 9 if I can’t get my shit”

“6 month old has been a great sleeper this whole time (including at 4 months when the common sleep regression is supposed to happen) Past two nights she’s been waking up in the middle of the night (first night it was at 2 am, this morning 4:30 am so much better!) But when I start sensing patterns I want to try to get ahead of them. I’ve dabbled her in solids but she hasn’t been doing them consistently cause I’m getting the hang of it. She is also still swaddled and will be transitioning to the cr”

“My LO slept for 7-8 hour stretches uninterrupted from the age of around 8 weeks and I was constantly told that if the 4m regression hit, she’d likely go back to this. But since 3 months onwards, a 7-8 hours stretch is very rare and on a good night it’s more like 4-5 hours in the first stretch. She’s now 4.5 months. What’s your experience of this concept? Are your babies reverting to their early sleeping tendencies? Or am I just wishful thinking? ETA: She has been falling asleep independently sin”

“10 month old. For last couple months goes to bed awake pretty often. No issues at all. She grabs a paci and gets comfy and is out. Last 3 nights baby is content after I nurse then cries once I lay her down. Last night she woke up 1.5 hours after bed crying. Held for 10 min and seemed asleep, put her down and immediately started crying. Took over an hour to get her back down. Then she woke up middle of the night, too. Any ideas what it could be? submitted by /u/fullnessofjoy2021 [link”

“Calling all parents of kids 6m+ my little one is 4.5 months and i have been thinking a lot about the sleep regression. i keep reading and hearing something different about it and i dont know what to expect. (of course every baby is different. some parents of multiples have never even heard of this famous sleep regression, others have suffered through it) I want to know real parents' experience: - how was sleep the first 4 months? - how did you experience month 4-5? - how was it after? Thank”

“10 month old. For last couple months goes to bed awake pretty often. No issues at all. She grabs a paci and gets comfy and is out. Last 3 nights baby is content after I nurse then cries once I lay her down. Tonight she woke up 1.5 hours after bed crying. Held for 10 min and seemed asleep, put her down and immediately started crying. *Hubby currently in there holding her* Any ideas what it could be? submitted by /u/fullnessofjoy2021 [link] [comments]”

😭😭😭😭 submitted by /u/Pleasant_Rise8777 [link] [comments]

“What does it mean when a baby will sleep 4-5 hours first and then wake up every hour or two after that. My baby has been doing this every night and even sometimes after 30 minutes of going back to sleep. He’s 4 months old and I thought he already passed the sleep regression cuz he started early. submitted by /u/Hot_Insect2902 [link] [comments]”

“My son is showing signs that his circadian rhythm is maturing and is entering the big and notorious 4 month sleep hurdle. I'm wondering if my experience looks familiar to any of you, and what your path through was. Sleep was starting to feel pretty manageable but now we're back to waking every hour. I cosleep with a bedside bassinet, so I've been watching the process a bit before helping him in hope that he'll fall back to sleep. It feels like he wakes up a bit in between sleep c”

“My baby is 12.5 weeks old and has been an amazing sleeper since day one. Last week he was sleeping 7-10 hours a night with no wakes. He has always given has 4 hour stretches. He was feeding like crazy too. Now, he’s giving us 45minute to 2.5 hour stretches, that’s it! And he’s not even hungry. Just needs to be rocked back to sleep. We’re transitioning him from arms in swaddles and he’s been doing 2 arms out for the past 3 nights. Last week he was 1 arm out doing those good sleeps. Last night we”

“Hi all! I’m looking for advice/ words of encouragement/ tips!! My LO is 3.5 months and started going through a noticeable sleep regression about 3 weeks ago. Went from sleeping 6-7 hours before first wake up and now has been waking about 4/5 times a night. The good thing is he does go back down fairly easily after eating and being rocked. 2 days ago he started officially rolling from back to belly (yay milestone!) and is doing it at night which is causing him to wake up more!! He rolls and then”

“I say this jokingly as I’m rocking my 5 month old at 3am. You always hear about the 2 month regression and 4 month but never about rolling, teething, trying to crawl, Monday, Tuesday… regressions. There’s more regressions than not it seems! submitted by /u/asoursk1ttle [link] [comments]”

“I genuinely believe I’m in the thick of the** 6-month sleep regression 😭. My baby officially turned 6 months yesterday, but this past week or so has been nothing short of hell 😭. She has never been the best sleeper, but we used to get 3–4 hour stretches at night. She would wake around 3 times for a feed and then go straight back down in her cot. Now, everything has completely changed. She’s waking every 30 minutes to an hour — sometimes around 10 times a night! 😭 The worst part is that every”

“My baby is nearing 8 weeks old, he has never ever been a good sleeper- and I keep seeing things about 3/4 month sleep regression and I’m honestly terrified. Some facts about baby: EBF Gaining weight very well, never lost weight when he was born and is up over 4 pounds as of his last check up Got diagnosed with silent reflux at 3 weeks, started famotidine I cut out dairy at 4wks and he seems to be doing tons better since then with his reflux From the time he was born he’s never slept more than 2”

“Hi everyone! We have an almost 8mo babygirl. She was never a “good sleeper”. I flip the bird in my mind to everyone who told me ‘oh my baby slept through the night since they were 1 week old’. She used to wake every 3-4 hours. Sleep regression didn’t affect that. Now after month 6, when separation anxiety hit together with teething (still no teeth happening though) everything went up in flames. She only naps on me now during the day. At night I can put her down in her crib (it’s next to our bed)”

“Hello Dads, long time commenter, first time poster. I’m a first time dad to an 11 month old son. I was always hailed as the best to getting him to sleep, whether this was true or a ploy by my wife to get me to take bedtime is yet to be decided. I would turn him on his side, play his favorite song and shhhh him. It was simply but It did always work without fail. Within the last two weeks, it’s shifted. I actually feel like for the first time ever, I can’t move the needle with any amount of soothi”