Ep 48: How to Handle the 4 Month Sleep Regression

Ep 48: How to Handle the 4 Month Sleep Regression

Update: 2025-06-12
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Let’s talk about the 4-month sleep regression: what it is, what it’s not, and how to manage it.

In this episode, Heather Boyd, occupational therapist and sleep coach, explores what’s happening at the 4-month mark and how to move past the worry and fear about this stage of your baby’s development.

You’ll learn:

  • An alternative perspective on the entire idea of a 4-month sleep “regression

  • What’s happening in your baby’s brain and body at 4 months

  • Why sleep is sensitive at this stage

  • What makes this stage difficult for some babies

  • 4 strategies for supporting your 4 month old baby

  • That if sleep is difficult, it doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong 

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Credits:🎵 Music: Jordan Wood

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Ep 48: How to Handle the 4 Month Sleep Regression

Ep 48: How to Handle the 4 Month Sleep Regression

Heather Boyd