18 month sleep regression

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Has anyone experienced a sleep regression at 18 months ? If so how long did it last

My DS is 18 months and he goes to bed fine, sometimes tells us he wants to go bed if it's earlier than bedtime and he's tired, so that's not a problem.

The problem is he has started waking a few times through the night crying? As soon as he wakes he is crying, then he gets to his feet and is upset. I go in and lay him down, I do this maybe 2 or 3 times then he is fine and drifts back off.

At our last dentist appointment she said he has all of his teeth except a couple which he won't get until he's about 2.5, so I'm thinking it's not that and he is showing no other signs of teething (or could it be that and they are early and don't show the same signs when it's them teeth ??

This has been going on for about 3 weeks now and I just don't understand why and was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same. It's blooming knakering going back to disturbed sleep 😢😢😢and was just wondering if anyone had been in the same boat

I think it's perfectly normal if not bloody knackering. Maybe get a couple of early night yourself, if you can

Yes! My ds goes to bed at 8pm and started waking up at midnight everyday for two weeks and staying up from midnight to 3am!!! It was awful. Only lasted two weeks though and it sleeping through again thank god.

Yep! Mine did that - he wouldn't go back to sleep unless we were holding his hand & if we tried to sneak off he would wake back up again. DH & I had to take it in turns to stay in his room until he got over it.
Interestingly, once it passed (after a few weeks) he started speaking a lot better so I think it must have been some sort of developmental leap.