{"id":4259,"date":"2021-02-18T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therestandrecoverypodcast.com\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2021-09-11T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T17:32:17","slug":"the-4-month-sleep-regression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/the-4-month-sleep-regression\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Month Sleep Regression"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 4 Month Sleep Regression<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
I remember this phase like it was yesterday as it was one of the most chal <\/span>lenging moments I faced after becoming a new parent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 4-month sleep regression is not a phase it is PERMANENT. I do not <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>like to call it a <\/span>\u201c<\/span>regression\u201d as it is more of a <\/span>\u201c<\/span>progression\u201d! For the first<\/span> three months of your baby<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s life they will spend more time asleep than<\/span> awake, however after four months, our babies move from the newborn <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>phases of sleep into more adult-like sleep stages. Your baby<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s brain becomes more active and they will experience more time in a lighter, non REM sleep stage which causes them to wake up more frequently, generally <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>after 45 minutes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you have previously fed, held, patted or bounced your baby to sleep then <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this is when you may find it is no longer working as effectively as it was. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>This is simply because your baby is more aware of their surroundings and <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>therefore, will wake up more frequently to check their environment. Due <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to this, if anything is different, e.g. if you are no longer feeding, patting or <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>bouncing then they will be quick to let you know about it. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What happens?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n When you place your <\/span>\u201c<\/span>sleeping\u201d baby in their cot, the chances are they will<\/span> only sleep between 20 -45 minutes and will then wake up quite alarmed. In <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>order for them to go back to sleep they will require the same process as <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>you carried out previously including feeding, rocking or bouncing, Does <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this sound familiar??<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is rather like us falling asleep on the lounge and waking up outside on <\/span>\u00a0the grass!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What you may experience:<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n How long does it last?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Regressions generally last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>however the four-month regression is different. If you have not taught your <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>baby to sleep on their own without you feeding or rocking them to sleep, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>then this is a good time to start as this is where you can establish positive <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sleep associations to replace the current sleep prop – YOU! <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tips for dealing with this <\/b>\u201c<\/span>Progression.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Author: Chantal Murphy, Owner of Baby Sleep Magic , Baby Sleep Magic App and Episode 47 guest<\/p>\n FOR FURTHER TIPS AND INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO:\u00a0 <\/b>https:\/\/www.babysleepmagic.com\/pages\/our-app <\/b><\/p>\n Instagram @babysleepmagic\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 4 Month Sleep Regression\u00a0 I remember this phase like it was yesterday as it was one of the most chal lenging moments I faced after becoming a new parent.\u00a0\u00a0 The 4-month sleep regression is not a phase it is PERMANENT. I do not \u00a0like to call it a \u201cregression\u201d as it is more of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[105,229,228,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4262,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4259\/revisions\/4262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berestedbewell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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