[aneralia]

My little girl is 19wks old and up until about 4wks ago was a great sleeper. She was sleeping 9-10hrs straight. But she has started waking during the night ALOT. Some nights she is up every 2hrs.

We have tried just picking her up and resettling her but often she'll be dead to the world in your arms but the minute you put her back down she wakes crying again. Sometimes a feed will sooth her but other times it doesn't.

People have suggested controlled crying but all it did was get her more worked up!! I thought it might also have been the transition from bassinet to cot but she slept for 10hrs in the cot one night!

I just don't know what else to try. Any ideas or tips??

[KarenBubMachine]

Cant really help too much as DS is much the same at the moment - every two hours or so. I have bought the No Cry Sleep Solution book and are trying to follow the tips in there. We have good days/nights and bad ones.

Just wanted to say that when I was researching CC for my DD (also bad sleeper), I read that CC should not be used until either 7 or 9 months (cant remember which one). Something to do with their learning processes.

[nic1234]

Could she be teething? Worth checking her gums for tell-tale white spots. I know my first got very unsettled during the night and woke more often just before his teeth erupted. He started teething at four months - a little earlier than your bub is now, so it could well be teeth.

[thechosenone]

Hi

What about solids?? Maybe she is hungry???

[aneralia]

I did think that it might be teeth because I read somewhere that when they fiddle with their ears a lot that is a sign. She seems to do this more and more!

But I have had a bit of a look for teeth and there isn't anything yet. But again some people say that babies can be upset for about a month before their teeth actually arrive!

Not sure about solids. She seems to still have quite good feeds and a good amount of wet nappies.

[katlet]

It sounds like it could be a sleep regression, which are quite common around the four month mark. I would just deal with it the best you can and hopefully it will go back to normal in a couple of weeks.

Sleep regressions
Four month olds

Our DS went from sleeping between 7 and 7 with a dreamfeed at 10 and another feed at 1, to waking every 2 to 3 hours, sometimes for a feed and sometimes for no reason. We're coming out of it now, but I'm still giving two feeds between 11pm and 7am most nights. He started going funny at 15 weeks and we're just past 19 weeks now.