18 month sleep regression support thread - Part 2

[*Becky*]

we are getting lots of this too, the waking after about 10 hours, short naps and even crying at nap time......hope it passes. I still have not had the 3 hour naps I was promised!

[oneplusone]

Yup becj86. He's usually ok in the am. He'll grumble a bit but he's not screaming for me to come get him or anything and he's not that into BF in the am anymore bc he just filled up an hour or so ago.

So... Is there anything I can do? Or are we just waiting it out...

[becj86]

I think this one's a wait it out thing, unfortunately. Keeping the routine as steady as possible is helpful, so LO can self-regulate through the changes in sleep needs.

[oneplusone]

Ahhhhhhh. Just when you have everything figured out right? I guess we'll wait it out. I just checked wonder weeks and it's not a leap but a little cloudy period right now too. I was thinking of moving his BT a tad later. Right now it's 6-6:30, so maybe 6:30-7:00 would be better? Anyone know how long this recrssion typically lasts?

[*Becky*]

I can't work out how much of our issues atm is the 18 month sleep regression..I guess it must be. DD turned 18 months on 1st Dec and things are just grim! Naps are short, we have NWings and/or EWings and very very unusually some weird BT stuff too. How long does it go on for? Some of it may be her cold but not all. I wonder about canines but nothing obvious. We are SO tired

[becj86]

Becky, I didn't think I'd notice it, sleep was so bad anyway, but it got worse with the regression I think it lasted about 3-4 weeks but I can't be sure because plenty of other things play into DS' sleep...

[*Becky*]

that's the thing isn't it....it could be so many things and I know the cold and dropping to 1 nap are part of it but we just seem to have taken so many steps backwards! How are things with you?

[becj86]

Terrible DH let L sleep at 11 on Saturday instead of keeping him up til 12 (set nap time) and he slept 1hr10 - UT. Couldn't get him down til 5:45 which was too much A off such a short nap and voila, OT baby... so now I'm just going to have to be really consistent all week with 12/7:30 as sleep times and hope to reset his body clock yet again.

L was up about 6 times last night but is still sleeping now at 6am... 10.5hr night and counting. I did have to wake him at 7:30 yesterday to go to work but I don't have to today. Not really sure if I should let him sleep and how long for? Then do I still do a set nap or do I shift it out a little so he has some chance of actually sleeping for his nap?

[*Becky*]

how did it go??

Our big issue is naps - what A time do you work to atm? i know you said you set - has that been successful? I just can't get a decent nap out of M and that is the root of our issues.

[becj86]

A time is anything between 4.5 and 6.5-7hr depending on WU, usually 5.5. Set nap at 12 is working reasonably well, along with set BT at 7:30 - the EW (hence the long A time) I think may be teeth-related, working now on timing meds right to get him through the early hours of the morning, seems to need them at 4am or so to get through to 6:30/7am with all that goes on around here in the morning.

I must admit our naps are pretty good. 1hr20 after 4.5hr (definitely UT), usually 2-2.5hr and sometimes 3hr. I have been known to resettle early on in the nap but I've got to be in there within seconds of him stirring or he's up.

[*Becky*]

gah, our naps are atrocious!

[oneplusone]

Things were going well for a while. Pushed BT back a touch and then solidly getting 11 to 11.5 hrs of sleep. Good naps at home 2 to 3 hrs, but only 1.5 to 2 hrs at daycare. Down to only BF in AM and PM, not NFs! Then I wasn't home for one BT and it all went downhill. Plus we had to keep him out past his BT one night. I think he needs routines so much. Hope this weekend is good. I'm going to be part time in Jan instead of full time and I hope that will help him adjust a bit better. I'm so happy I had a whole year off, but I still think it was a bit early to go back to work/daycare for DS. Hope everyone is having a good sleeps!

[londonlady]

Hello ladies, How are you all? I haven't been on regularly for a while (life has kinda got in the way!) but we are having sleep issues and thought I'd have a read on this thread to get some insight....
Sofia turned 18m just before Xmas and also at the same time cut 2 canines and the other 2 are on their way by the looks of it. Xmas has left us a little out of whack with the routine but not in a crazy way. I have been blaming the teeth for NWs but they have settled down (the teeth and for the last couple of nights the NWs too) but now we are getting bedtime refusal, last night and tonight she was up til 9pm.
Going to have a good read thru but am hoping to see this is a short lived phase!!
xxxx

[londonlady]

Hi again. I have had a skim through and looked at the stickies, is there any info on the regression - how to tell if it is a regression, how long it lasts on average, what to do (stick with existing routine, try tweaks, what methods of settling work well...)

We managed to leave Sofia last night and she moaned a little and then chatted but again didn't sleep til 9pm...

What is everyone's day looking like at 18m? Just wonder if we need a tweak. She was reliably doing 2-3hrs nap waking around 3pm then going to bed at about 7:30pm, now it's more like 1.5hrs nap tops, and bed is a write off!


Rach. x

[becj86]

We've had to shift nap later and have a shorter A to BT, but L has always done better with a long AM A and short A to BT.