First of all, big hugs . I just wanted to let you know that your little man sounds completely normal. When babies reach 4 months of age a lot of them regress with their sleep (Google "4 month sleep regression" and you will see you're not alone ). All of my babies have gone backwards with their sleep at this age. The good news is that it does pass! DD is nearly 7 months old and is sleeping pretty well again. Our paediatric chiro explained that babies sleep cycles change at this age and they wake up more often.

My DS2 was a happy bub until he hit 4 months of age, then he changed into a cranky bub who wanted to be held constantly. I heard a lot of "It's your fault for picking him up so often" , but it was just a developmental thing. He needed to be near me at all times to feel happy and secure. I just rode it out until he was happy to be a bit more independent from me (this happened as he got better at moving around by himself).

So I just wanted to say that you have done nothing wrong. It upsets me that us mums get blamed for things that we have no control over . Just because we want to respond to our upset babies doesn't make us bad people!! Please don't let yourself feel guilty when you pick your bub up, you are doing exactly the right thing - meeting his needs .

It does get better again, I promise .