Please tell me you know more about sleep regression than my HV....

[Poppet45]

So DS is 55 weeks old and his sleep has gone to pot after a nasty cold and some teething, he also appears to be trying to drop his second nap so we're basically all over the place. He used to feed two or three times in the day and once at night (BF) and fall straight asleep, but last night he was up writhing around over his cot and then our bed for 50 minutes, between 3am and 4ish - some of my favourite hours for sleep.
So I asked my HV this morning about the 13 month sleep regression, and she looked at me blankly and said: "what, like past lives or something?"
Please, please can you lovely MNetters offer me something a little more constructive. Is he too young to be dropping a nap? He is the absolute king of the paddy right now, so he might be. What time should his single nap be? Is he hungry, how many times a day are extended BFers feeding their little ones? Could it still be the lingering effects of his cold? Argh... help but please I really don't want to hear he was Nero in a past life.

tbh, I think your Hv was being quite witty!
I guess they can "sleep regress" at any time.
It's very Truby King to think that their sleep patterns should only develop in one certain way as they get older.

Stuffy nose? Too hot? Too cold? Teething (most likely culprit)? Wind? Could be anything, really.

I think my DD was down to 1 nap by this age,a long one after lunch.
Having said that all children are different and my DD does like her sleep.
She slept through from 4 months but I distinctly remember her sleep going to pot at about 1 but I've never heard of a sleep regression.Maybe that was it then!
I used controlled crying and it was awful but it worked in one night.I know it's not for everyone though.

Sorry can't give you any advice as we're still in the middle of the 10 month sleep regression. [yawn]

Your HV's comment made be chuckle though.

I can't help you as DS has been on one long sleep regression ever since he was born! 25 months and counting
Having said that he slept 11.5 hours straight last night - there have been maybe 10-15 times in the past that he's done that.

Anything can set them off tbh I think - an illness and/or teething are major culprits so if you've had both of those then I would expect it to take a few weeks to settle down again.