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Please Help me! 20 month old sleep regression

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puddinpopxx · 17/01/2021 20:56

Hi, I am hoping for some insight, advice or someone elses bright light at the end of the tunnel. My 20 month old has been sleeping through the night in her own bed in her own room since she was 8 weeks old. Apart from the odd sleep regression, nothing about bedtime was stressful but since Christmas, she has been screaming when going to bed and won't sleep unless myself or Hubbie sits on the floor in her room. That I could handle but she has also been waking 2/3 times through the night and won't go back to sleep. We have resorted to just bringing her into our bed just so we can all get some sleep but I hate that this has become her new habit. At first wee powered through, rocking her to sleep, sitting on the floor while she screamed and cries, giving her some warm milk, even giving her some calpol/dozol in case ito was her teeth.. Nothing worked until we cuddled her in our bed... Please does anyone have any advice on how to counteract this horrible regression?? I hate having given in to her but I am all for sleep by whatever means necessary when we aren both working through the pandemic.

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kas1973 · 17/01/2021 23:32

Hi wondering if anyone can help. My little girl is 7 months old and literally wakes up hourly all through the night in her cot. First she cries as soon as I pick her up and cuddle her in she will go back to sleep. Then I put her back down and within the hour or sooner I am back. I've tried leaving her in the cot and sssshing her and comforting her without lifting her out but she just screams until she is picked up. We tried to persevere with her at first but their is only so long you can go with very little sleep. We have recently given in and bring her in our bed where she will sleep for few hours without waking. Family and friends think we have spoilt her with cuddles etc and think thats what it is but the midwife told me you can't spoil a newborn with cuddles. She has 3 short naps through out the day for around 20 mins to half hour. We usually give her a bottle at 7 which she falls asleep taking and we put her straight to bed once winded. We have tried putting her down not fully asleep but she cries so we have always nursed her to sleep then put her down. She hasn't had a bottle during the night for a while now. She's currently on 2 meals a day and a bottle morning and night. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this and any ideas on what we can try. Thank you.

NewYearNewOldMe · 18/01/2021 09:32

@puddinpopxx what are her naps like? My ds went through a phase like this around 18m. After some trial and error we reduced his day time nap to an hour, and some days he doesn't have one at all. Perhaps reducing her nap will help?

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