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D is about 15 months, but we had some sleep troubles for almost all of January. I think it was due to getting 3 teeth in. So my "rules" are:

-Wait 5 minutes before rescuing
-Soothe if it's a one-off thing, if he's gotten in the habit of waking up I let it go a little longer
-If crying doesn't stop he probably is in pain and needs ibuprofen.

Those are my guidelines for us because he's normally a great sleeper and something's usually going on if he wakes up. I also know from experience that a lot of the time he'll cry for a couple minutes and then go back to sleep. Different guidelines might work better for different babies :-).

I'm so sorry. Our baby was an ace sleeper until 6 months, then it went to shit. We are dealing with serious sleep issues at 13 months. We get a few all night sleeps per month, but yeah, I'm in zombie mode.

This isn't much help, but just know you are doing awesome. It HAS to get better, right?? Sending sleepy thoughts. Remember, one day, we'll have to drag these kids out of bed.

@travellingbee: Yup! We go through all the family members (and their pets). I think the thought of everyone else sleeping is really calming plus I'm sure the repetition helps, too.

That period of time was HORRIBLE for the twins. I shudder just thinking about it. The only thing that finally worked I get some improvement was to put them to bed earlier and just absolutely not go in the room the rest I the night. I think it started with teething (1-year molars) and then we just let them develop some terrible sleep habits while we were trying to survive the whole regression, and finally, full on sleep training again helped them start going to sleep on their own again and not waking up for hours in the night.

Lots and lots and lots of sympathy!!

It really terrifies me that this is an 18 month regression because we are really going through the exact same thing and I'm losing my mind. Yet she's 4 months away from this.

Last night she went to bed at 7:30, woke up at 1:30 and I nursed and she shuffled around a bit and went to sleep. But then she woke at 4:30, whined in the crib until 5:15 then escalated to crying, I brought her to our room at that point and we've all been up since 4:30. Part of it seems separation related - she's super attached to dh right now and asks for him at 5am, but I'm just feeling like we're failing miserably at the whole parenting thing right now!

So, long story short, I have no advice but I feel your pain! And this better not be a 4 month regression!!

@Foodnerd81: yea i cant even imagine how exhausting that must be without ever getting a break!!! i will say I've heard separation anxiety can disappear as quickly as it comes, so hopefully that happens soon!

We also had a sleep regression around 16 months that lasted about a month, it was bad but stopped on its own. We just went through another way worse one at 24 months that lasted around 6 weeks. :(. Try to just strike a balance between doing what it takes to stay sane while trying not to start bad habits... And hopefully when lo snaps out of it they will go back to sleeping how they did before. Hang in there, if they slept consistently well before, it is most likely a temporary sleep regression but it feels like forever I know...

A is acting the same way right now! It's slowly killing us! She turned 18 months in the 1st and is doing the exact same things. And she doesn't quit. She has cried for over an hour, we figured she'd settle, but no, she kept going. She only calms down if we hold her, immediately, as if nothing happened. I'm hoping it's a phase. We don't remember DS being like this at age, but A was 3 months old, so not a hit sleeper, so we don't think e realized it was bad since we were already up constantly. We just keep saying 'it's just a phase' over and over and over again too.

18 months was a horrible sleep regression. It seemed to last a couple months. That along with sickness and we created some bad sleeping habits. It did get better though.

I'm sorry you are going through this.