Hi all,
About 7 or more weeks ago, my little one hit 17 months and started off her sleep regression with sometimes very early wakes, sometimes chatting to herself from 4 - 5am and then going back to sleep, and fighting bedtime. But then it progressed on to the dreaded split nights, with her awake for up to 3.5 hours - not every night, but we've had up to 4 in a row and then a couple of days off. But the "good" days still involve at least one night wake that can take between a few minutes and an hour to resolve. Sometimes she spends up to 3 hours in the night falling in and out of sleep every 10 mins or so, too, which i gather isn't a true split night, but is just as bad for us. She used to sleep through the night 95% of the time until this started. It seems to be lasting longer than the average sleep regression and keep changing. We've capped her nap at 1.5 hours and moved her bedtime a bit later to try to eliminate the split nights and I think we are seeing less as a result but they are still happening every few days and the nighttime wakings are still there, and as an insomniac myself this means I am having a terrible time subsisting on tiny amounts of sleep as I can't get back to sleep after she wakes me when it's my night to deal with her. I'm sleeping in the day where I can to catch up on sleep but it's not always possible and it's not fair on my partner who has to take more responsibility for her while I am getting some sleep, and I can't nap (I can't fall asleep if I know I've only got a small amount of time) so its got to be a full sleep of a couple of hours or more. I really hoped the regression would start to resolve by now. Has anyone else had it go on for ages? I can barely believe that until 7 weeks ago my little girl slept through the night, it feels like another life now. . . . Am starting to get some signs of depression and anxiety from lack of sleep, broken sleep, and fear of the potentially terrible night ahead!