thread: My nearly 4 month old has started waking every 3-4 hours

  1. #1
    Registered User

    May 2008
    North side, Brisbane
    754

    My nearly 4 month old has started waking every 3-4 hours

    My baby started sleeping from 7pm-1am then through till morning at 4 weeks, but hasn't done that for about a month now and over the last week or so she has been waking every 3-4 hours (she is being BF every 2.5-3 hours in the day). Any suggestions??

    I know it's normal that she still wakes for a feed at this age, even this often. But why WAS she just waking the once at 1am and now she's back to 3-4houly????

    And if it's a growth spurt, I thought these only lasted a couple of days (I don't know where, but I read that somewhere).

    Also, she has about 4 sleeps a day of about 50-60 mins, with her last one being around 3 or 4pm. She goes to sleep really easy at night at also her first sleep in the morning, but we often need a bit of a pat and a few tears for her other day sleeps. She is only awake for about 10 mins in her night feeds, so they are not a problem once I am up ... I just would much rather get up once instead of 3 times! Selfish me.
    Last edited by joey123; September 29th, 2009 at 07:35 AM.

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber & MPM

    Feb 2007
    Melbourne
    5,462

    It's so very common at 4 months of age. I posted in a thread about 4 month sleep regression here: http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...will-pass.html

    It will pass, unfortunately it is something you need to ride through right now .

  3. #3
    Life Subscriber

    Jul 2006
    Brisbane
    6,683

    It's tiring hun, isn't it! Trish's thread should give you the information you are looking for. Unfortunately there is a lot of mis-information around, and it's just not true that growth spurts have a time limit. Sometimes they might only last for a couple of days, but they can last for weeks. Babies do a lot of growing and developing a short space of time, so it makes sense that they need lots of milk to fuel it.

    I hope it passes soon for you.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    May 2008
    North side, Brisbane
    754

    Thanks for that. Any ideas how long it usually lasts?

  5. #5
    Registered User

    May 2008
    North side, Brisbane
    754

    Thanks MR - Looks like we were posting at the same time!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    The Purple House, Sydney
    1,811

    Hi hun, just wanted send you a I remember how very frustrated I was with this when ds started doing it. There is a fantastic article Barb Glare posted for me when I asked about it... I'll try and find it for you.

    ETA- Joey, I've PM'ed you that link

  7. #7
    Registered User

    May 2008
    North side, Brisbane
    754

    Hopefully I won't struggle with it as much now that I know it is perfectly normal and I don't need to worry about changing anything. It's always easier when you know there's nothing you have to do but see it through.

    Thanks for the article