Am I doing something wrong?

[nwatt]

Hi!

My daughter is almost 4 months old, and we are hitting the 4 month sleep regression fast and hard. Last week, she was barely napping at all during the day but sleeping okay at night (waking up 2-4 times to nurse). She wasn't even napping while nursing, which used to guarantee me at least one two to four hour nap a day. In an act of desperation, we bought a new swing, which she loves, and she is now napping in it during the day. However, now her sleep has gone to you know where during the night. The last two nights were really, really rough and I am exhausted. She is also dairy intolerant, and had some really bad gas all night the last two nights.

I am really worried that sleeping in the swing during the day is ruining her sleep at night. What do you think, or is it just a coincidence? I am just second guessing myself because a month ago she was doing so well, and I am worried that I am "breaking" her.

[BlueWolf]

I think it's just coincidence with the swing. My DD will be 5 months next week and she gets most of her naps in the swing. Unless she's nursing or I'm wearing her, she won't nap anywhere else. Is she eating a lot at night? I know my DD plays catch up at night. Some days she eats more at night than she does during the day. My pedi told me "sleep begets sleep", which I've found to be true. Generally, the better DD naps during the day, the better she sleeps at night. However, their are times that we have bad nights. Just this past Tuesday she was up from 2:30-5:30am for no obvious reason.