https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 15:37:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2530244 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:53:51 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2530244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd climb up there and cover that skylight! Our regression was all bed time and wake ups... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2530243 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:51:24 +0000 LovelyPlum 2530243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: YES. It was HELL. She was a mess until we sleep trained. I hope it doesnt last long for you guys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529934 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:54:10 +0000 madger 2529934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: we have the exact problem! our room is right next to hers and we have to walk by it on the way to the bathroom in the morning on creaky hardwood floors. it's like all of a sudden she is hyper sensitive to EVERYTHING even with all the white noise machines in the world on full blast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529898 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:32:36 +0000 MamaG 2529898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: LOL @ your description. </p> <p>K threw all of her stuff out of the pack n play when we went out of town a few weeks ago. It was so odd to me since she doesn't throw things out of her crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529894 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:30:09 +0000 winniebee 2529894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: R used to wake up and coo and play and suck on his binki. Now he wakes up early and bitches and fusses and throws all his crap on the floor until someone comes and gets him. We're going to paci wean at 18 months as well. La la la. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529889 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:27:46 +0000 MamaG 2529889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to sing "la-la-la" as if I don't hear you and pretend I didn't read any of this. We have a vacation at 18 months and I'm praying that we whiz-bang fly through any upcoming regression. </p> <p>I do remember C getting up really early and as a FTM we always went and got her right away. K seems content to sit in her crib as long as she has her pacifier. I want to break that habit though AFTER vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529887 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:27:24 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2529887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 19 month had 2 motn wakings 2 nights ago, but had a normal night yesterday, so I'm REALLY praying we just passed the 18 mo regression. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529879 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:18:43 +0000 winniebee 2529879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: oh we already have white noise machines and they are on full blast. we have an older home with hardwood floors and the boys' rooms are just feet away.... I usually do not respond MOTN and he usually does not wake MOTN. It's the early morning shit that I don't know really what to do. my kids don't sleep in, but 5:30 a.m. and earlier is just not cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529826 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:29:26 +0000 gingerbebe 2529826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Get some white noise machines and do what you can to keep him in his room. DS has been getting up somewhere between 3:30-5am this past week just like awake and pounding his head on his crib and making a racket and I just flat refuse to go get him. At some point he just goes back to sleep because he knows I'm not coming. I have a newborn due in mid-May and I have a second Marpac Dohm at the ready and I have DH run the bathroom fans and laundry room fans sometimes to drown out the noise. I can see the stinker on the monitor and let's be honest I'm awake when he's awake, but I ain't coming to get you until its within 30 minutes of your normal waketime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529816 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:19:45 +0000 winniebee 2529816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: he falls asleep on his own for bedtime and has for probably 4-5 months, so there's that. even if he complains, I leave him. I've left him at 445/5/530 until 6 but he gets mad and loud and the last thing I need is TWO kids up at that hour so I usually get him after 15 mins of fussing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529796 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:00:06 +0000 regberadaisy 2529796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Bedtime was taking 1.5 hours so not sleeping till about 9:3 and still waking at 4:50-5:00 am. Every. Single. F-ing. Morning.</p> <p>Knock on wood the long bedtime routine is over but the 5am wakeup looks like it's here to stay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529765 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:31:41 +0000 Meridian 2529765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Oooh, I swear, we are also smack dab in the thick of the 18m sleep regression and it is BRUTAL!! LO has been a great sleeper since about 7 months with just a few short hiccups. Up until last week, he was in the crib by 7:20PM, and rolled around until he falls asleep (for 11 - 12 hours). In the morning, he would wake between 6:30 - 7:30AM and would roll around in his crib until we went to get him. </p> <p>But about a week ago exactly at 18m, this all went to hell. Screaming bloody murder at bedtime the minute we close his door, lasting anywhere from 15 mins to an hour. Then multiple night wakings from 2AM - 6AM with more screaming and throwing his pacis/lovey out of the crib. Ugh. </p> <p>I'm due in 2 weeks with LO2, and we were hoping to enjoy these last few weeks of precious sleep, but apparently LO1 has very different ideas. Fingers crossed that this will past FAST. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529731 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:09:49 +0000 SweetiePie 2529731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 month regression is the only other regression we hit since the 4 month. And it's been brutal.<br /> The waking early was the first step, and it did resolve itself. (He went from 7am wake to like 5/5:30 and now is back to 7am after 2-3 weeks). Now we are just coming out of the night-waking phase. Fortunately only once a night and went right back down with 2 mins of rocking but it was still hard to go from sttn for over a year to that. </p> <p>I've heard 18 month is the hardest and most unavoidable. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529729 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:06:36 +0000 winniebee 2529729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: I called budget blinds and they are coming out to measure it for a shade!</p> <p>I must have blocked the 18m regression from my memory. I don't really remember it with DS1! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529725 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:04:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2529725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeap, 18 month regression is real - all the moms in our birth month club are dealing with it too. Early wakings, random wakings in the middle of the night, weird naps, tantrums, etc. From what I hear it goes like 4-6 weeks on average, could be up to 2 months. We'll have really bad 1-2 weeks, then it will settle down, etc. Do what you can and if you think the skylight is affecting things, thumbtack some blackout material to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529721 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:00:38 +0000 madger 2529721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! My almost 19 month old has been waking early (5-6) for almost a month now. It seems like little noises near or outside of her door wake her up now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529690 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:46:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2529690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if it is, but ever since it got so light out , K has trouble falling asleep. We don't have black out curtains, so I just quickly put her to sleep then put her down. And this week so far she started getting up before 6am as well. No idea if it's regression, wonder week, or what! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529669 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:37:47 +0000 winniebee 2529669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: how long did the early wakings last?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529667 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:37:33 +0000 winniebee 2529667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: the other night he woke 2x and was up for the day at FREAKING 4:45. I thought he was sick. NOPE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529662 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:32:39 +0000 LBee 2529662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 18m regression started like that for us, then progressed to night wakings and wanting to be in our bed. He has finally (knocked on all the wood) gone back to his old self, except MASSIVE separation anxiety has come in it's place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529648 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:23:02 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2529648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my son did that too. And all my friends said they had horrible 18 month regressions. </p> <p>My sons regressions just seem to mean early waking. It will go back to normal soon I'm sure!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18m-regression#post-2529621 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:00:30 +0000 winniebee 2529621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did it strike your house? When? In what form?</p> <p>R is 16.5 months and suddenly went from sleeping until 6:30 every morning, to waking at 5:30. 6 is sleeping in. We thought that transitioning to one nap was the issue, but now he's on one nap and still rising early. I'm wondering if this is some form of regression? The other possibility is he has a skylight in his room and it gets light here SO early now, probably by 5:30 it starts getting light. He has all his molars. I don't see any canines working through....</p> <p>HELP! </p>