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It’s normal for a little I think but 4 months girl it’s impacting your sleep. What exactly do you feel like you’re missing out on?
It's normal to worry but it's not normal to sit up all night. Most mums simply couldn't do this as they need to be awake for baby in the daytime. I'd suggest seeking some support for your anxiety to allow you to develop strategies that would allow you to relax and sleep while little one sleeps 😊
Maybe it would help to research the safest sleeping environment and get her set up with that so you have peace of mind knowing she’s in a safe and cozy little spot. What I do is have the monitor on her that projects to my phone and my phone on low dimness next to my pillow. So I can easily open my eyes and peek to see she’s ok. I don’t have to do this every time now because I’ve slowly learned that she’s okay. If she needs me she makes a sound and I can get up and tend to her. Otherwise she’s snoozing comfortably all night like she will for the rest of her life. It’s hard to believe soon enough it will be for 8-10 hour stretches at a time! But I know that she’s learning to sleep and it’s a peaceful, safe place for her. It’s so hard to switch off vigilant mode. But practice laying next to her not looking and then maybe with an eye mask on and then slowly letting yourself fall asleep. She will wake you when she needs you ❤️
Literally me as im reading this at almost 2am 😩 I have bad anxiety so I literally watch him sleep all the time unless my mom has him sometimes during the day . But even then im always going in there and checking on him 😩🤦🏽♀️
It's normal to worry, but not to sit up all night watching them. I worried more for the first few weeks, but not so much at 4 months once they start getting bigger and more robust!
Invest in one of those owlet socks! Or a baby monitor camera, I can say without those you’re gunna have to just get used to sleeping next to her. But with those mentally I’m sure you can feel somewhat ease it would go off otherwise