My son was doing pretty well with a 7pm bedtime and sleeping til 5am, then up for the day. Now for the past week he's been going down at like 9pm and still waking at 5am but also wants to eat at 2am again. Did something shift developmentally? He's EBF and my wife is losing it because she was finally getting decent sleep. Should we be concerned or is this just a phase?
Random question - is he maybe teething early? Or could there be a growth spurt? Not saying it's not the regression but those things can also cause sudden schedule changes with EBF babies.
Your wife has been doing the actual night wakings right? Have you been taking some of them so she can get consecutive sleep? That 2am feeding is rough but if you could take the first half of the night she might survive better.
My son did exactly this at 4 months and I thought I was going insane. We went from sleeping 8 hours to waking every 2 hours. Pediatrician said it's totally normal developmentally. Lasted like 3-4 weeks then he went back to normal.
Already doing that actually, we split it so she takes til 2am and I take from 2-6. She's still losing it because she was getting used to 8 uninterrupted hours and now we're back to fragments. The adjustment is brutal.
This could be the 4-month sleep regression! Developmental milestone stuff is happening and it genuinely can mess up their rhythm. Should settle down in a few weeks but yeah, rough patch.
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The 2am feeding return is normal for the regression. Their sleep cycles are developing and it can create weird schedules temporarily. Your wife just has to white-knuckle through it - unfortunately there's not much you can do besides tag-team the nights.