If you had 8 - 10 month sleep regression how long did it last? Did you sleep train?

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Our baby slept through from ten weeks to eight months (with the exception of the odd night when teething).

We hit 8.5 months and it's all gone wrong. She is easy to put down (though doesn't self settle), but she wakes every two hours completely wired, and takes ages to get back to sleep. I'm back to work now and so I need her to sleep. I know what she is like teething and it definitely isn't that. Weaning is going well so I don't think she is hungry. She has started to crawl and pull herself up, and has just started at nursery.

If you had this, how long did it last? Will she go back to the great sleeper she used to be? I'm open to sleep training but I see mixed advice about whether to do this or not.

I wouldn’t recommend attempting any sleep training as such during a regression because she’s not choosing to wake up, she literally can’t help it.

Plus sounds like there has been a lot of development leaps and changes in her life recently which will be having an effect.

Firstly the Nursery aspect, even if she’s settling in well, it is a big adjustment for her.
Any deep down anxiety she has could be coming out as a need for reassurance at the night when she stirs and realised she’s alone in the dark.

Secondly, Learning to crawl / walk is something their mind is going over all the time.
She could be waking herself up by unconsciously practicing (my DD did this, she’d pull herself up in the cot while still asleep and then wake up distressed and confused).

However there is a difference between, say controlled crying and not creating sleep associations.
All children go through sleep regressions and it sounds like you’ve got off fairly lightly until now so just try to keep in mind that ‘this too shall pass’.
I found going in to reassure DD that she was safe by picking her up for a cuddle if distressed but immediately back in the cot, keeping my hands on her and soothing her meant she soon learnt to go straight back to sleep again.
Took about a week I think, then I didn’t have to pick her up, would just lie her back down and she soon lay back down on her own when I went in, a little pat and she’d be back asleep.
Then she learnt to crawl /walk and sleep alerted down again

We waited it out; took 3-4 weeks which was hell but if your DD is already able to settle herself then I’m not sure how helpful sleep training would be at this point

My dd went through similar at that age but was made worse because she kept pulling herself up on the bars but hadn't yet figured how to sit back down, so we had to go in and lie her back down. Just offer comfort until calm and then place back in cot, don't engage in any verbal way, keep room dark and she will eventually fall asleep. Took a long few nights and for her to figure out how to sit Down 😂