FTM to almost 4-month-old, EBF, refuses bottle and pacifier.
She’s a very happy, active, calm baby overall. Started rolling both ways.
She’s been a contact napper for a while. occasionally we can transfer her, but wakes up immediately or doesnt stay asleep for a while in the bassinet.
She’s very curious/observant, so falling asleep can be a struggle. Recently we started covering her eyes with a cloth while rocking, and that’s actually helped a lot.
We started co-sleeping because she would only want to stay in our arms and won't settle in the bassinet at night. Then regression came at the beginning of 3 months and it became much easier to side-feed. When she’s next to me I noticed she sleeps better vs wakes more often in the bassinet.
Recently she finally started sleeping her first 3-hour stretch, then wakes every 1h45m–2h the rest of the night. Regression was brutal. Lasted 4 weeks with 1-2h wakings. I feel like we are still in regression though.
Luckily, she just wakes up, eats (10-15m) and goes right back to sleep.
I keep seeing that babies this age can sleep 4–5+ hour stretches or even through the night, which makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.
I'm seeing everywhere (in the US) that parents sleep train a lot and honestly never heard of it. I can't handle my baby crying, just fussing for a limited time.
Did anyone else have a similar baby and see improvement over time? Is this normal at this age?
P.S I am returning back to work in 6 weeks.