4 Month Sleep Regression

I had never heard of 4 month sleep regression until this week when she suddenly went from her usual sleep pattern back to screaming for hours before going to bed. It takes me back to her newborn days where she would scream all night. She is better than where we started of course, but she screams for a good hour before quieting down and then flippity flopping around in her crib for another hour (with random bouts of screaming) until she finally goes to sleep.
When we think about it, she has spent every day training in her activity gym for this sleep regression thing. Egor the fluffy elephant dangling above her egged her on. He, and Tummy Time, have rendered her with robust neck and arm muscles allowing her to do push ups off my chest, throw her head back and wail straight up into the air like a fog horn in the night. She takes breaks between her screams to recharge on my chest and then pushes up again to wail repeatedly. "Oh wait, I don't think the neighbours heard the last one, let me do that again!" 
And again...and again!
The internet says that this will last for 2-6 weeks, I really hope it's closer to 2 weeks for her than 6!

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