Dreading night times 🫣

There’s a sleep regression around 4 months old but it can start a month earlier or a month later. It can be normal at that stage as well as its natural for babies to wake up x

We have taken a more strict approach with her sleeping schedule. I think a lot of people try to stay as quiet as possible when baby is sleeping regardless of whether it's day or night. Since the start we have introduced the idea of day(bright light, all blinds open, noise in the background, people talking) and night (dark, no one is talking, quiet or maybe if fussy a bit of pink noise that then gets turned off after 30 min to just help her fall asleep). She is 3 months old now and is sleeping through the night. During the day she doesn't sleep much at all maybe just a few naps that don't last longer than 30-40 min. She is awake wanting to play, go outside, explores her hands and licks everything she touches. She does need plenty of attention as she is awake more, but when evening hits around 5-6ish she gets a bit tired, she will have a bottle and play a bit in her gym and then around 8-9 ish she will have a bottle again and start dozing off and sleep until 6-7ish in the morning.

I am not saying that this will work for everyone. It worked wonders for us, but just keeping her entertained with play time during the day and as soon as it gets light outside open the blinds. Really teach your baby the difference between day and night. Also change outfits when morning comes. Even if they are clean. My baby gets changed in top and bottoms and no socks during the day (if we are home). Having no socks helps them explore with their feet and if their feet get cold remember that the temperature of their feet doesn't affect the temperature of their overall body. And then when night time hits change in sleep suit and sleeping bag and they will soon learn the difference and hopefully give you some peace. It can be hard work during the day, my baby likes to be talked to, even when I do chores I will take her from room to room with me and just tell her what I am doing. She loves to just look at me, read to your baby and just do things to keep them entertained.

It might take a while and if they do fall asleep earlier or during the day for long stretches then don't wake them up. It takes practice. Look into circadian rhythm online and try to understand how to implement it with your baby. It does wonders ❤️I hope this helps xx good luck and all the best. Feel free to message me privately if you need help at all

Is she Breastfed? Unfortunately Breastfed babies wake up more frequently in the night, which is super hard! Can your partner help with the night wakings so it's not all on you? Pumping for me has been a game changer in that regard. Also just ensuring the sleep environment is set up to encourage longer stints of sleep- white noise throughout the night, dark room and only having a dim night light on when you feed in the night, avoid too much eye contact or stimulation when baby wakes etc. Keeping the environment bright and stimulating in the day to encourage baby to separate night from day. Although you're probably doing those things already! Feel free to drop me a message if you want to offload or just chat ❤️

@Becky hi, it is actually the other way around. Breastfed babies sleep longer, but regardless of that, it is a great idea to introduce the concepts of day and night. White noise or any other noise is great but I wouldn't play it the whole night, it would make baby reliant on it for sleep and just give more trouble in the future. Avoiding eye contact helps a lot though. I head other moms talk about it too xx