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Darken the room to help prevent sunlight from turning your little angel into a little rooster. If a baby sees light during this time period, it can signal their body to start waking early every morning. I'm afraid that the Shush/Pat will just become another prop and instead of bouncing, I'll be in their shushhing every night! Any experience and advice would be great! That goes for getting rid of the swaddling "prop" also. After the 4 month regression, sleep tends to be very light in the early morning hours, and children wake easily. How Do I Know if My 4-Month-Old is Having a Sleep Regression Sleep regressions are typically marked by a decline in sleep quality and a deviation from previous sleep patterns. I only had to do it for about 5-10 minutes and she fell asleep and when she woke up early, it worked to put her back to sleep! I tried it for one nap (unswaddled) and she would't go to sleep because her arms kept flailing. Has anyone else tried this approach? I did it twice today at naptime and as long as she was in her crib SWADDLED, it actually worked. Provided you stay consistent with your baby’s bedtime routine and take steps to avoid forming any potentially bad habits (more on that below), the 4-month sleep regression should end on its own in about two weeks or less. I've tried leaving one arm out so she can suck on her hand, but she kept waking up. The shush pat technique is a popular way of getting your baby to sleep and helping them to learn to self-soothe. She rarely takes a paci (she usually screams louder when you try to give it to her) and she needs to be swaddled to sleep so she has no methods to self-soothe. Shush-Pat Method by Tori Macdonald Expectant parents and newborns to 12 Weeks, Help & Advice When and why would I use this method You want to calm your baby and help get baby ready for sleep. Author Topic: 4 month sleep regression, shush/pat, extending the short naps, and more (Read 1601 times) (Read 1601 times) 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. I wanted to try to stop this habit so she can learn to fall asleep on her own. He was such a good sleeper until four months, now I’m up rocking. After preparing the baby for sleep, you can make a gentle. After 10-15 minutes of rhythmic patting and shushing, she dozes off. My four month old is driving me absolutely bonkers. You can also try shush-pat: I originally tried Shush-pat method from the Baby Whisperer book. She does really well for the most part with this. My dd is 11 weeks and is used to being rocked, swayed or bounced asleep. We started around 3.5 months gradually weaning away the paci with rocking, then we started shortening the time we rocked, then we moved onto pat/shush in the crib. I just got finished reading the Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems and read about the Shush/Pat.
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