4 Month Sleep Regression....How did i survive?

Rewind back to when my beautiful little man was about 3 months old. And an amazing sleeper! I would listen to other mothers complain about how much their babies where waking over night and i was high fiving myself thinking yeah I'm nailing parenting. He sleeps 10-12 hours a night would sometimes wake once but that's fine with me. Well i thought i was doing great......

Suddenly he hits 4 months and goes from sleeping all night to waking ALOT!!! Some nights he would wake hourly from midnight and i would just wack him on the boob because that was the easy thing to do. Now i think about it it was actually a really bad habit to get into because i was basically feeding him back to sleep which was a dreadful habit to get into.

I spent long nights googling what to do with my now devil child.....and different products i could buy to help him sleep!

Now i think back its around this time he also started the dreadful teething. So a combination of sleep regression and teething we had a fun few months. I know i wasn't alone my other friends where going through a similar stage. And i call it a stage because that's what it was. Babies go through different stages it may be not sleeping, not wanting to eat. We need to always remind ourself that eventually all babies will sleep through the night!

The 4 month sleep regression can be from a big growth and development spurt. A babies brain can suddenly become alot more "on" and they become alot more alert. At 4 months babies learn alot more. Like learning to roll over and master these skills. They much rather practice their new learnt skills than sleep.

I spent many days just going to the shops and not actually shopping but just pushing him in his pram because i knew he would atleast sleep in the pram and stay asleep for more than 40 minutes. I guess that had a huge part in the amount of weight i have lost post baby.

I remind anyone that is going through the devil 4 month sleep regression. Its just a stage and it will come to and end! Coffee was my best friend and still is. And although my beautiful little man isn't quite sleeping through yet his sleeping alot better than he was! Also sleep regression can start as early as 3 months or as late as 6 months.

During this time we also went to a class on sleep Sleep and Settle this was run by the amazing Natalie Ebrill. Shes seriously amazing! That class taught me alot about settling and a routine which i'm now doing. Brandon went from only having cat naps to now sleeping good naps in the day time. Which means i can do alot around the house and actually have me time! Because as a mum that me time is very important! Anyone that asks me what I do routine wise i send them straight to this routine.

To be entirely honest to this day i still have no idea how i really survived this awful stage! I spent days crying to my husband he just would remind me its a stage and it will eventually be over and our happy little guy would be back! Let me tell you how right he was! Oh and did i mention the coffee!!! Oh i didn't well coffee has a huge part in just generally surviving as a mum!