How old is he now, Glam?
But really, what Jessica said. They change their sleep patterns when they're having a growth spurt, when they're mastering a new skill (is he near rolling over?), anything. You just have to roll with it.
And have a martini.
I hate all of you who combined to earworm me with Gary, Indiana.
Yeah, I don't think there's much you can do at this point. E was a good sleeper and L wasn't, it didn't seem to matter what we did.
He's 4 months old today. Probably a growth spurt. I need to tattoo "wait two weeks and it'll change" on myself as I know it's true, but I always want to change the behavior immediately. Must be the sleep deprivation clouding the logic.
Come to think of it, it's still true today. E sleeps with few problems and L can be difficult to get to sleep and every so often wakes up with nightmares. He'll also freak himself out with stuff like "What if I forget to breathe?"
And thanks a lot to CNN for spoiling me for last night's goddamn episode of Lost. Which IS TOTALLY front-page news, of course.
Ask Moxie has a lot on the "4 month sleep regression." It is one of the classic periods of evil. (Well, disrupted sleep patterns as a result of developmental changes in other areas.)
Nine months is the other time of EVIL. You think your kid is big and settled, and BAM. Casper was up every hour all night for weeks. (She was, in general, evil in the night until age 3. Dillo was much better.)
For Glamcookie.
Owen's feverish and staying home today.
have a martini.
To be safe, have a shot of clear liquor, possibly with some sort of vermouth in some proportion, possibly with a garnish. Unless definitional discussions help you get through the sleepless nights, in which case have a martini.
flea beat me to it, but I was just coming here to post 4 MONTH SLEEP REGRESSION! Seriously.