18 Month Sleep Regression

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I am in desperate need of advice! My daughter is 18 months old and seems to be going through sleep regression. She wakes between 1am and 3am and screams for hours. When I go in to check on her she begins to laugh and point at her books as though she wants to play. She thinks it's a game. I made the mistake of reading to her a couple of times when she woke before I learned what sleep regression was. I've tried comforting her, leaving her to cry it out etc.
What did everyone else do at this stage? My wife and I are running on zero and nothing consoles our daughter through the night.

What is her routine during the day?

She wakes up around 8am, then she has breakfast. She gets changed and we play with her toys until lunch time (12). After lunch I usually take her out either to go shopping or to soft play. If it's a nice day I take her to the park. She has a nap around 3pm. I get her up after an hour and she plays until dinner. Then she has a bath, I read her a couple books and then she goes to bed with a bottle of milk. She sleeps until around 1am-3am then she wakes for 2-3 hours

What time is going going to bed for the night? A 3pm nap is quite late

I agree a 3pm nap is quite late! Can you not shift it back to 1? It may not be related but it may help.

Mine is a couple of months younger, wakes at six, naps from 11 to 1 and goes to bed at six. If yours is waking at eight, napping from about 1-3 seems right but bedtime should be around to 8 p.m.

18 months standard routine is wake at 7, lunch at 12, nap 12.30-2.30, bed at 7.

I agree the nap seem late but I would also say this sounds like normal regression behaviour. I would keep the room dark and try to resettle, if she’s having none of it then sit in there but ignore her (go to her if she’s distressed then return to a chair or similar) hopefully it will pass in a couple of weeks. Take turns so you both get some sleep!