Hi everybody! I'm Melissa and welcome back to CloudMom. It's every new parent's
nightmare. Your baby has finally started to do longer stints of sleep at night
and give you the rest you so desperately need and lo and behold they start waking
up again and again and again. You're a zombie and succumbing to bad
habits, rocking your baby to sleep, singing your baby to sleep, nursing or
bottle feeding your baby to sleep. Sound familiar?
The tunnel is long and dark and you can't see the light at the end of it.
Welcome four months sleep regression. This phenomenon hits babies at four
months, but not just that. It also can occur at eight months, eleven
months, 18 months, and even at two years of age.
What is four months sleep regression? As mom of 2 and founder of The Baby Sleep
Site, Nicole explains a sleep regression occurs, when for no apparent reason, a
four month old baby, or a baby at one of those later stages I just mentioned,
suddenly starts frequently awakening at night. Parents described being caught
totally off guard. All of a sudden their nice baby who was in a nice schedule is
waking up. They don't know how to console the baby, they're completely exhausted
and at a total loss as to what to do. Today's video gives some tips on how to
deal with sleep regression that come from this wonderful website The Baby
Sleep Site and I'm going to go into more detail about the sleep advice they offer
later in the video, so stay tuned. Number one. Don't freak out if you've developed
good habits when it comes to your baby's sleep. Keep those in place. Stick to your
routine. Don't start nursing the baby to sleep,
singing the baby sleep, rocking the baby to sleep, and doing all sorts of
theatrics during the course of the night. This is just gonna create bad habits and
it's gonna set you back in terms of going to where you want to be which is
in a decent sleep situation with you know you sleeping, your baby
sleeping, and everybody rested and happy. Number two. Stick to a routine. Frequent
feedings and good naps so that baby doesn't get overtired during the course
of the day. When you feed your baby frequently two things happen. Your baby
gets a lot of the calories they need during the day and your baby is awake
and therefore expending a lot of energy during the day and therefore not hungry
and up at night needing to expend energy. Number three. Consider getting expert
advice. The Baby Sleep Site does just that. Creating personalized sleep plans
that are adapted to the particularity of your situation. Over the past 10 years
The Baby Sleep Site has helped literally thousands of families get their sleep
back. They offer two types of reasonably priced sleep plans. A personalized sleep
plan and for simpler problems that might be resolved more easily, an express sleep
plan. Each plan takes into account the particularities of your baby's
situation and sets forth a customized plan suited to your challenges. Over
fifty decisions are made with regard to each sleep plan and plans are holistic,
taking into account all aspects of the baby's life including naps, feedings,
bedroom setting, and other sorts of things that can impact baby sleep both
during the day and during the night. The idea is to set a baby up for success, not
to just try to think of a quick fix because we all are old enough to know
those don't really exist in this mommy and daddy world of ours. I took a look at
several of these sleep plans and my reaction was wowza! These are very
comprehensive taking into account everything you need to be thinking about
if you want to set your baby up for success when it comes to sleep. Being
somebody who loves practical tips and useful advice, these sleep plans are
right up my alley. You have tips for feeding, you have baby sleep schedules,
you tips when it comes to nighttime
awakenings. All of this stuff that trains you into how to be a good mommy or daddy
and give your baby the kind of consistency and routine they need to
really start to become a solid sleeper. Don't beat yourself up when your baby
starts to go through some bumps. This is what it's all about. Instead, stay calm,
stick to a routine, and get the information and the support that you
need. It takes a village and The Baby Sleep Site can be part of that village
for you. Thank you so much for watching CloudMom and I will see you guys again
soon.