18 month sleep regression support thread - Part 2

[Johnnyha65]

Well we finally had a full nights sleep from 7pm till 6.35  however I now have tonsilitis  and I suspect this may have been part of the reason for the sleep disturbances last week, looking back I think R may have had it and has given it to me, how guilty do I feel?!!
Hope you've had a better few days Siobhan and Liam is on the mend!

[K-JDA]

Hi all - just wondering if you could advise if this is the 18 month SR. Just got to STTN after horrendous 2-1 and now EWs (5ish - yuck), refusing naps til crazily late in the day. Taking ages to settle at bedtime, SA at bedtime. Loads of new sounds which are very word-like plus a few identifiable words. He is teething - 1 canine has poked through today so not sure if all down to SR as  teething is definitely impacting. After 2 weeks it is driving me slightly crazy as just can't settle to EWs so he is up! Tell me it gets better!!!! 😁

[Me.and.my.two.boys]

Tough time here too - back tomorrow properly! Not coping well with the lack of sleep

[ZacsMumme]

Booooooo..........I'm admitting defeat.......were here too. Last week has been rubbish and I'm pretty sure it's the regression.
Loooong BT battles, heartbreaking crying, wanting cuddles, longer nap means more of a fight and he's not tacking on like usual.

So...here following along and will be back x

[ZacsMumme]

And (((hugs))) this is us too and def sounds like the SR

Hi all - just wondering if you could advise if this is the 18 month SR. Just got to STTN after horrendous 2-1 and now EWs (5ish - yuck), refusing naps til crazily late in the day. Taking ages to settle at bedtime, SA at bedtime. Loads of new sounds which are very word-like plus a few identifiable words. He is teething - 1 canine has poked through today so not sure if all down to SR as  teething is definitely impacting. After 2 weeks it is driving me slightly crazy as just can't settle to EWs so he is up! Tell me it gets better!!!! 😁

[K-JDA]

Thanks

[K-JDA]

Oops pressed send too soon!

Thanks for the reply!

Still sleep crazies round here - just trying to roll with it using EBT so even though EWing he is getting a bit more ONS. Today was 5am WU, only 1 hr nap at 1 (!) but out like a light at 6.30 (earliest I can manage with getting home from work). 2nd canine through now with another close by so definitely not helping! Hoping the clock change will help to take the pain out of the early starts so will use it to have bed/wake up later until thing settle down a bit I think?

Hugs to you all, this is a tough one!

[ZacsMumme]

Ugh! Sounds I'm uch like us but  instead of we we have Bt battles to make the day way too long today the short naps started 2 hrs (I always wake) to 1hr20 crying. DH got him up In the hope our Bt will be less of a fight.

Today will be this
WU 7.30 (after 10.5 hr night as he didnt sleep till 9 after 7.30 Bt!)
Nap 12.30-1.50/55
Bt will aim for 7.30 which is a long day and he's prob going to be OT but were going to see if he fights us or not

So what was your LO doing before the SR KJM. We were 6.30/7 nap 12.30-2.30 Bt 7.30

[K-JDA]

We were WU 6, sleep 12.20-2, bed 7. He has never done more than 11hrs overnight and typically 1hr45 for nap but has been down to 10hrs for the last few weeks now with no chance of a reesettle. Did 6.30-5 last night. My main problem is that nap is after lunch at nursery so his morning is way too long so he is probably getting OT so making matters worse! He is there 5 days a week too so I am bringing the nap earlier to 12 to catch up a bit. He needs a long 1st A so daren't bring any earlier so this will add to the EWs.

[ZacsMumme]

Hugs that sounds tough. Our problem is mainly BT and I'm just not sure how best to change up his routine. We really should do wi/WO but he seems so distressed, and I'm not good at listening to him cry

Today he napped 1hr20 but still fussing at 7.40pm I'm soooooo not ready for this regression

[K-JDA]

We were having BT issues before last week too and I used WI/WO and it did really help him settle more quickly at BT. I know what you mean about the crying though - it is heartbreaking! Have you found SA to be worsened too? I stayed a little longer on the WI and that helped a bit.

Hugs to you.

[ZacsMumme]

Yeah sa is through the roof, even during A time. He's very independent usually but then suddenly very clingy when he wants to be if that makes sense. I just posted in TS as I'm not sure if I need to push the nap or something else I hate this regression!

[BabyKain12]

Need some tips... We've hit the 18 mo regression and it's been about 2 weeks. He's been on the same schedule which was working GREAT at the start:

Wake 7:00
Nap 12:00-2/3:00
Bed 9:00

He's always gone to bed somewhere between 8:30 and 9:30 depending on his nap schedule.

I'm not worried that he's ot or ut because he wakes happily and falls asleep easily. HOWEVER, he's started waking up at 1am and won't go back to sleep until 4 or 5!! He's whining, tossing, turning, and trying to play, gets angry when I lay him back down ect.

He gets a snack 30 min prior to bedtime, it starts the night routine. Snack, bath, snuggle, sleep. That has also been the same since birth... I have been very firm and consistent with laying him down, telling him it's time for sleep, and just not engaging him in anything stimulating during the night and he's still waking.

Any tips to reiterate that it's time for sleep, and to make this pass sooner!?

[Skadiver13]

It could be a regression or he could need less than 3hr nap time. Do you notice that he does it more on days that he gets more day sleep? Also it's a bit of a shorter night at 10hrs with a 3hr nap so I think maybe he's getting too much day sleep.

[BabyKain12]

He does it on 3 hr nap days, 2 hr nap days, some days I have to give him a short 1.5 hr nap around 9:39 and a 30 min nap around 3... It all turns out the same. I have noticed on days where we have a lot of errands to run and he gets 2 catnaps in the car for about 30 min each he does okay only waking up briefly then sleeping through but he's so grumpy those days I know he's exhausted...