Doesn’t sound unusual indeed. Good on you for not taking the route of controlled crying !

Oh dear, such a tough time for you all. Only help I can offer is that it’ll most likely pass

It will change again. Have you tried a sleep consultant? I was also reading books on how to get babies to sleep which helped me a lot. I also asked my mum friends for advice. I have twins. It was a different story for me.

We just went through the same with our little 4 m/o. I found feeding in the shower with the steam helps as it helps to clear their little nose up. We use a humidifier in the room when he’s not running a temp. I also found double wrapping with a light wrap helped with longer sleeps at night. I also do the dream feed at 10pm. I hope this helps Mumma.

Babies usually sleep for max 3hrs at a time so I don’t think they have regressed at all, it sounds completely normal. The baby sleeping 6-7hrs a few times was awesome you could get some extra sleep but i think they should be waking more than that to feed as there stomach is so small.

l am so sorry, but sleep regressions just need to be ridden out. Go on you for fighting controlled crying, it is bad for everyone unless you really need a break.

Hes probably just growing and changing and things will settle back down. I’d ride it out a little longer, sounds like you are doing all that you can. I hope you have support during the night.

Do realise that many 4 months old go through a growth spur which may impact sleep patterns !

I can only say that sometimes you get a baby on whom nothing works, and you just have to ride it out.

This phase is often temporary! Hang in there, and consider seeking support from a lactation consultant or child sleep specialist

At four months you can expect a developmental leap. My bub went from sleeping 10 hours to suddenly being a newborn again and waking 4 times a night. This lasted for about a month, and at his 6 month leap is now waking once to feed. I had to ride it out, nothing would keep him asleep. Some mums I know tried formula as the bed time feed, as it can fill their tummy more. My sister has done too much developmental psych for me to be comfortable with CIO methods. Try to have a good play before bedtime routine starts. Stick to your routine, invest in a good nursing chair if you don’t already have one, and have plenty of coffee ready in the morning haha.

could be a phase, could be a number of things, temperature, cold, hot, wet? Hungry, sleep regression, it could be any of these factors. Hope you sort it out and until then just ride the wave because nothing lasts forever

Little one might be too cold or unsettled for a particular reason. Ruling out the obvious feeds, temperature, darkness if all are ruled out, I would check with the GP for peace of mind. Might just be temporary as she had a bad cold recently

You may have looked at all of this but check what the temperature the room that he sleeps in, is he too warm or too cold. Do you put him in a sleeping bag to sleep or do you wrap him up? I found my daughter liked to wriggle a lot so the sleeping bag was perfect for her. Maybe also consider making the room very dark by adding black out blinds or similar. 4 months is also a regression stage for babies and from memory it passes in a few weeks. I followed Wonder weeks app and that was helpful to identify when it was a regression stage. Good luck