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8 month sleep regression

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ShutterHaze · 09/10/2023 22:56

I just posted this on the Sleep board, but it may get more traffic here…

Is there an 8 month sleek regression? DD used to be able to self-settle for maybe a month or so from 6 months to 7 months. She stopped being able to do it but could be settled for sleep really easily just by cuddling her and would only wake up for one feed in the night.

For the last week or so, following a cold (or perhaps Covid), she wakes increasingly frequently at night and takes at least an hour to get down each time. She’ll wake up screaming, will fall asleep pretty much immediately on being picked up, but will scream when put down - even though she’s deeply asleep. She’ll then immediately fall back asleep she picked up again!

If any of you experienced an 8 month sleep regression, did it sort itself out (and if so, how long did it take?!) or did you need to do something to “fix” it?

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bungletru · 09/10/2023 23:00

Yes and it was the worst yet
lasted a few weeks for us. Waking 1-2 hours all night.
managed to sort itself out but then teething disruption began and we’re back at square one.

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ShutterHaze · 09/10/2023 23:05

It’s brutal isn’t it. I’m not sure how much longer I can cope with it - I’m at a complete loss as to what to do.

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Tisfortired · 09/10/2023 23:12

My now 9 month old went through similar recently. I think it was the culmination of teething and developmental changes, he has started to get much more vocal and mobile recently and in the space of a month has gone from having 0 teeth to 4.

He was waking 3/4 times a night when previously he was waking maybe once. The last week he seems to have settled down again, the last 2 nights he has slept through from 7:15-6:30.

It’s just a case of riding it out I think, I have found with sleep everything is a phase and once you have ruled out are they warm/fed/not ill you just have to grit your teeth and get through it. It’s so difficult though I know, I was at my wits end. I hope your DD settles down soon.

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Firsttimer1125 · 10/10/2023 09:51

I’m struggling too.

mine has been 4 weeks with no improvements waking every hour at night. I don’t know how much longer I can take!

UnravellingTheWorld · 10/10/2023 09:55

It's tricky if they're sick, because you do need to care for them and they have extra needs because they feel miserable.

My advice is to be consistent with routines and responses. The regression does pass. For us it took about a week and a half (as did the 1 year regression, the 18 month, and the two year... Looking forward to getting the 2.5 soon!)

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ShutterHaze · 10/10/2023 17:19

@Tisfortired You give me hope! Honestly if I knew for certain it would come to an end at some point (ideally soon!!) it would feel so much easier to ride it out. Each night I’m wondering if it’ll be the one where it gets better, but at the moment it seems to be getting worse each night (and I’m getting worried about creating “bad habits”…)

@Firsttimer1125 Sending solidarity! We’re only about a week or two in and I feel like I’m at breaking point 😫

@UnravellingTheWorld That’s helpful advice - thank you. Haha - there’s always another regression around the corner! 😅

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Firsttimer1125 · 10/10/2023 18:12

I was hoping it would be short too, was not expecting 4 weeks with no improvement. I’m wondering whether it’s because he is very nearly crawling so I’m trying to help him learn during the day. Tonight I’m attempting to get him to sleep without holding/rocking etc, going to try pat him in the cot! Doubt it will help.

the 4 month was not this hard for us at all!

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ShutterHaze · 10/10/2023 20:53

Let me know how it goes! Completely agree - this is loads worse than the 4 & 6 month regressions!

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Elizbee · 19/01/2024 08:59

Hello! Just started experiencing this same exact thing with previously good sleeper and wondering if it came to an end naturally for you? Worried about how we’re dealing with it and creating new habits that cause it to last longer, or worse never end!! Any help/advice would be so appreciated! Driving us crazy!! Thank you!

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ShutterHaze · 19/01/2024 20:34

Honestly, I know different people will have different views, but my experience is that I wish I hadn’t stressed about it so much. DD’s sleep was terrible for a long time, and the improvement has been gradual, but she’s now 11 months and she typically only wakes once a night. We have to settle her to sleep (so she won’t self settle), but I genuinely don’t believe that we made anything any worse by supporting her to sleep and bedsharing from the early hours. It was ultimately a phase which seemed to resolve itself. Sending sympathy - it’s super tough.

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