https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 04:30:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1379231 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:35:07 +0000 septca 1379231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Ha ha. No. But I really appreciate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1379071 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:40:34 +0000 Freckles 1379071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: If i recall correctly, i basically let her cry/scream until 6am. I knew that she wouldn't go back to sleep no matter what i did (nursing, patting, rocking, etc.) so i just started the day at 6am. It usually meant that she would cry for about 30-45 minutes (on/off) but i felt i had to teach her that i wasn't going to come in and get her right away!</p> <p>My LO had already transitioned to 1 nap at that point and we had also moved her bedtime earlier. I think we eventually got to a point where she started waking up at 7-7:30!</p> <p>Sorry, i don't think my experience was what you wanted to hear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1378883 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:59:23 +0000 septca 1378883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: How did you get her to stop???</p> <p>We are also dealing with the walking sleep regression. DD used to sleep 7:30-7:00/7:30, but for the last couple of weeks has been up at 5:45/6:00. If I nurse her, she will go right back to sleep until 7:00/7:30, but the early wake-up is killing *me.* We've tried an earlier bedtime, but it made no difference. I can't bring myself to sleep train (which we have done successfully in the past) because 6:00 seems like a normal time to wake up, but she clearly needs the extra sleep. I don't think she is ready to transition to one nap quite yet (we've tried, but it's a mess). Gah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1378834 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:46:45 +0000 hilsy85 1378834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: ha yup we're in an apt too...I don't even think about our neighbors tho, lol (mean I know...). I worry more about DH, who is so cranky when he gets woken up!</p> <p>Another HB member suggested that his early wakeups might be a sign that he is ready to transition...plus I figure it usually happens sometime around 16-18 months and can be a long process so might as well start now! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1378824 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:44:16 +0000 edelweiss 1378824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: thanks for your response! man, these "phases" are killer. i would let him CIO more but he is pretty loud these days and i worry about bothering our neighbors (we live in an apartment). it's times like this where i wish we had a house. not that CIO would necessarily work...</p> <p>i hope the transition helps! is he showing signs of dropping a nap? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1378774 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:32:04 +0000 hilsy85 1378774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: hey there! So unfortunately, this was just a phase for us...I ended up kind of just doing whatever I needed to do to get through it. I kept trying to let him fuss/cry a little bit before I went in there, and then all of a sudden at 13.5 months, after a typical night where he cried for 5 min at 4:30, and then went back to sleep, he started STTN on his own! Like STTN for real--7-6/615am. So basically I have no idea what this funky period was about, but it did end. </p> <p>Unfortunately, we are back to early morning wakeups now at 15 months :( It has been around 530/545 for the last week, and it's never no later than 6. I think I am going to attempt the transition to 1 nap to see if that helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1377965 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:02:56 +0000 edelweiss 1377965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: hey there! i was wondering how things worked out with your LO's sleep? we've had a weird period of LO sometimes waking up and screaming (not just fussing) at random times of night and it takes 2 hours to get him back down. plus the early morning wakeups. i was wondering whether this turned out to be a phase for your LO, and if so, how long was the phase, and what (if anything) you did proactively to help LO get past it? thanks in advance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195381 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:29:17 +0000 hilsy85 1195381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195373 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:26:01 +0000 Lindsay05 1195373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I think it lasted no longer than 2 weeks, maybe even 1.5 weeks. She was just really whiney and fussy. It seemed like it was never going to end at the time, but then one day she was back to her normal self. I hope it changes for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195356 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:18:53 +0000 hilsy85 1195356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: omg 7 weeks...ok, I guess we are at least almost halfway through! </p> <p>@looch: hmm maybe? I guess I could try to find a nightlight? It's just weird, he screams like he is super upset/in pain, and then after a few minutes, he'll calm down and I see him lying down with his lovey. And then he's back up again screaming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195350 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:17:24 +0000 looch 1195350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Could it be that he might be waking up in the night and finding the room is too dark? This is where the gloworm came in handy.....</p> <p>Seriously, I feel like I have no business giving out sleep advice, my son was up at 3:30 this morning screaming for my husband..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195323 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:08:28 +0000 plantains 1195323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: L did this too somewhat at 12.5 months. She was waking up at 5am religiously and sometimes at 4.30. After she was walking properly and running/.climbing, things improved. It took about 7 weeks though!</p> <p>Also, thanks to daylight savings she woke up at 4.45 today so we are kinda back to square one. I got nothing for ya. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195313 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:03:37 +0000 hilsy85 1195313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: haha it's always a toss up, I"m sure if he ever STTN, his naps will go to sh*t. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195312 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:03:09 +0000 hilsy85 1195312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: just looked those up, it looks like they usually occur in the early part of the night, and LOs are usually still mostly asleep during them. I'm pretty sure he's wide awake, as Ic an see his eyes on the monitor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195309 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:02:55 +0000 immabeetoo 1195309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh that sounds awful. I agree to try the earlier bed time. I'm jealous that you get so much nap time if its any consolation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195301 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:58:37 +0000 Kemma 1195301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A doesn't sleep through the night but she has nights where she's awake at one and nights when she sleeps till 5 before waking. To be honest I think little people have so much going on developmentally (teeth, walking, language) that it's no wonder they have trouble sleeping! My other thought is night terrors? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195274 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:46:40 +0000 hilsy85 1195274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lindsay05: how long til the misery was over??</p> <p>@edelweiss: ugh maybe...and I feel you on the 530 wakeups. A good day is waking at 6 am over here! I am wondering if LO is going to bed too late, so we're going to move up his bedtime. But he generally gets 3 hours of naps at home, so I would think that would be enough... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195270 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:45:22 +0000 edelweiss 1195270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm in a comparable situation and can commiserate. we started with LO's wakeup time being around 5:30am (i know, we get up early in these parts) when he was 3 months. starting around 4 months, he would wake up anywhere from 4am-5am. it was brutal. being a veteran of CIO, i didn't pick him up until 5am in the hopes that he would "get it" that he wasn't supposed to wake up until at least 5am. i thought it was a phase, and his wakeup time would vary quite a bit, but now at 9.5 months i realize that this is a real issue and not a phase. </p> <p>i spoke to a sleep consultant briefly and she thinks nap deprivation at daycare makes his body being too much in awake mode, leading him to not be able to fall back asleep when his sleep cycle ends around the 4am mark. i don't know how much to believe it, but in any case i am in sleep adjustment quicksand right now.</p> <p>maybe it's the increased walking? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195268 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:45:14 +0000 Lindsay05 1195268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, this happened to us as well. It seemed to just happen for no reason. I blame the walking as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195262 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:44:12 +0000 hilsy85 1195262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: auughhh it's been going on on and off for like 3 weeks already... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195260 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:43:40 +0000 Freckles 1195260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it happened around the 13 month mark. She would wake up at around 5:30am. It happened for about 2 weeks... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195249 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:40:50 +0000 hilsy85 1195249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bushelandapeck: uuuugh so not what I wanted to hear! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195218 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:33:12 +0000 bushelandapeck 1195218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie is almost 15 mos and still wakes up 3/4 times a week crying/whimpering. Usually goes right back to sleep within a minute or two, but occasionally it takes 5-10 mins. I only go in if it sounds like he's really upset or not feeling well, and that's rare. Most of the time I just let him cry and he falls back asleep. He's been walking since 9 mos so that isn't it for us. I'm sorry I don't have any great recommendations but I do hope it stops soon!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195193 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:25:37 +0000 hilsy85 1195193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: yup, he has an angel dear lovey that he loves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195188 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:23:41 +0000 looch 1195188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was the beginning of a really good period of sleeping for us, we were able to successfully sleep train at 11 months by employing the use of a certain Mr. GloWorm.</p> <p>Does your son have a lovey? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1195170 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:18:24 +0000 hilsy85 1195170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>bump? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1194389 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:02:55 +0000 hilsy85 1194389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yes actually! He took his first steps right after he turned 1, and started taking 7-8 steps last week...how long did it last for you?</p> <p>ETA and also what did you do about it?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1194388 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:02:06 +0000 winniebee 1194388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son had a short regression around the time when he started walking. Is that happening for u yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-month-sleep-regression#post-1194381 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:58:05 +0000 hilsy85 1194381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 12.5 months old and I am at my wit's end with his sleep...at 11.5 mos, he started STTN for the most part for like a week--he would sleep from 7/730 to 5, wake up and cry for maybe 2 minutes, and the go back to sleep til 6/630. I thought the crying at 5 would stop eventually...but no. It's gotten worse. Now, he'll wake up anywhere from 1-4, and SCREAM as if someone is ripping his hair out. Sometimes he stops after 5 minutes, only start again 10 minutes later (right as I"m falling back to sleep). Sometimes he'll just keep going for 10 minutes, and I'l go in and nurse him. Sometimes he'll go back to sleep after 2 minutes. </p> <p>After that, he will sometimes sleep til 530/6, or sometimes he'll wake up again between 4 and 5 and do the same thing. I am going crazy. I am exhausted from being woken up by screaming several times at night, and frustrated because I have NO idea what to do about it. I don't think he's hungry, as he is definitely able to go 11 hours without eating. I don't think it's teething, because this has been going on about 3 weeks and I see NO signs of teeth, nor is he any fussier at all during the day. </p> <p>I have no problem letting him CIO, except that I would expect that to help him STTN after a few days of CIO--and he's not. </p> <p>We're trying an earlier bedtime tonight to see if that helps. Any other ideas? Or commiseration? </p>