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18 month sleep regression anyone?

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MessyBun247 · 21/08/2017 07:59

Anyone else going through this? Lots of crying in sleep at night, latching on and comfort sucking, not sleeping for more than an hour at a time? Shes not actually waking up fully, thank god! But very restless. Its been going on for over a week now so pretty sure its the dreaded 18 month regression.

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Snoopyokay · 21/08/2017 09:07

I think we are going through this but she is only 17 months.

Night feeds, screaming and sleeping in our bed. I hope it passes but has been going on for about a month!

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MessyBun247 · 21/08/2017 09:49

Its like having a very large newborn at night isnt it!?

Hows the nap situation? We are definitely down to 1 nap a day now.

My nipples are in agony Sad

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Snoopyokay · 21/08/2017 10:21

Yes it is like having a newborn but one that kicks you all night! Lucky I don't breastfeed but still the lazy part of me hates making up a bottle at 3am.

We've been down to one nap from about 10 months!

I try not to feed her at night but what's the alternative as the screams get progressively louder haha?! Last night was trying to have a conversation with me aswell, I think they are mocking us!

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rabbitcakes · 21/08/2017 23:23

We're deep into this miserable territory. Combined with a tired child who wants to do everything themselves this is a living hell.

They are tired, I am tired, my husband is tired. Please god let it end soon.

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MessyBun247 · 22/08/2017 07:46

Have a Brew both of you!

How long has it been going on for you Rabbitcakes ?

Snoopyokay DD has been talking in her sleep too! Shes saying 2 and 3 word sentences now so think shes finding it hard to switch off.
And I always feed at night when she wants it, as she goes straight back to sleep. Im scared if I take that away I wont have anyway to soothe her. I'll tackle it once this regression passes!

Hope you both got some sleep last night.

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ParadiseLaundry · 22/08/2017 08:02

DS is 21 months now and we had exactly as you describe around 17/18 months. It was exhausting I really sympathise. I've no read advice sadly but I do have good news! It lasted a few weeks but then he seemed to come out the other side and now sleeps through the night a lot more frequently. Fingers crossed it's the same for you!

Snoopyokay · 22/08/2017 09:36

I always feed at night too, rather tham let her sceam!

Hope it ends soon Paradise glad to hear there is hope haha!

We had a good night last night but me saying that will probably jinx it!

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MessyBun247 · 23/08/2017 15:52

Glad to hear it will get better! Its easy to forget its just a phase when you are so tired Smile

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rabbitcakes · 26/08/2017 00:27

Dunno. Feels like years but think it has been about two weeks. Combined with not going to bed until late and not napping, I'm slowly turning into a short tempered zombie.

tamepanda · 26/08/2017 00:32

Thank god someone else is going through the same thing!!! DD turned 19 months on 23rd and it's like I've got a different!! But until then since she turned 18 months she's cried, whined, comfort sucked, feeding all night, waking when out down ... definitely reverting to a newborn.

I'm actually scared to type that it's gotten better as I'm convinced it's a fluke! Spoke to my HV and she said it could be teething for her back teeth ConfusedConfused

53rdWay · 26/08/2017 00:40

It's a thing! It's horrible. It ground me down so much that I ended up bursting into tears at a bus stop on my way to work one morning. But it got better really suddenly all by itself. There is hope!

Snoopyokay · 02/09/2017 07:12

How is everyone doing is sleep still a distant memory for some? Grin

It has been going on for weeks with DD. She has her canine teeth coming through for about 2 months and wakes up screaming and tantrums in the middle of the night now Sad

loveulotslikejellytots · 02/09/2017 07:29

Glad I'm not alone Sad dd is 20 months but for the last 3 weeks we've had a minimum of 2 wakings per night, the most was 6 or 7 I think. It can take upwards of an hour to get her back off to sleep sometimes. I'm not allowed to leave her room if she's still awake. Plus she's waking so early!!! 4:45 this morning.

It's a bloody shock to the system when you've had 6 months of pretty good sleep. Plus DH has had a run of crappy shifts with a lot of nights, so it's just me dealing with it. But dd has taken to screaming at DH if he tries to settle her anyway.

I feel like crap! Good to hear that it does end eventually.

Snoopyokay · 02/09/2017 08:05

4:45 is not cool! We are co sleeping but when will this stage end !

rabbitcakes · 02/09/2017 21:14

Sleep is getting better thanks to a molar coming through.

But. If she wakes up in the night at all she doesn't even snuggle back down and sleep. Oh no, it's straight arms in the air and as you pick her up she throws herself into our bed, demands her bear and 30 seconds later is flat out.

She's got us sussed.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 03/09/2017 18:20

Don't want to alarm you all but my ds never went back to his old ways after his 19 months regression. He's 23 months now and still wakes twice every night, demanding milk, and wakes at 6 every morning. We are broken!

Snoopyokay · 03/09/2017 22:21

Oh no AverageBear! Do you still feed at night? I tried letting her cry last night but only lasted 4 mins and then co-slept yet again Blush

bookclubbaby · 03/09/2017 22:29

Can ds join the club of non sleepers so I can feel assured he isn't the only one ? He has always been a crap crap sleeper since day one so there's no massive shock to my already wrecked system but at 18 months it gone from bad to worse because :
Now he wakes up shouting and tantrumming and sort of shout - crying in his sleep , every ten min sometimes
Is going to bed later and later . Didn't nod off till 1am last night I kid you not . I thought the tiredness was going to kill me
Is nap refusing

Does it ever really get better ?

thenewaveragebear1983 · 04/09/2017 06:21

Snoopy we give him one milk or he just refuses to go back to sleep, and he'll just shriek and scream. Generally he'll settle ok after that. He did go through an awful going to bed phase where he would just cry and cry at bedtime as well, but thankfully we seem to have solved that. He has a bed now and we sit by the door while he goes to sleep, but for a few weeks it was taking hours of screaming to get him to sleep. We've had to cut his daytime nap down to under an hour, and move it earlier too.,

He's two this month, and I think that will be the breaking point for me with regards to the milk in the night, although at the moment we are too exhausted to contemplate doing sleep training during the night which is what would be required. We made the decision not to bring him in with us though, which means at least once he's asleep we get reasonable sleep too.

He's my 3rd dc and I didn't believe sleep regression was real until this one!

Snoopyokay · 04/09/2017 07:30

It's so tough isn't it! I thought the sleep would get better but evidently not.

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