https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:29:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2290645 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:38:11 +0000 sailgrl18 2290645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: DS is having his own sleep issues right now at 20 months but I learned a transfer trick for him that I thought I'd share. I have a small pillow and made sure that the pillow was under his head as I rocked him to sleep then I set him down with the pillow. He didn't even move so I think the colder crib sheets vs. my arm was what was jolting him awake previously. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2290019 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:44:29 +0000 catomd00 2290019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this is a phase regardless of you rocking him to sleep or not. My dd was going to sleep on her own but still went through this from 15-17 months! I spent s lot of time next to her crib while she fell asleep. It gradually improved on its own and I did try to spend progressively less and less time in the room/move closer to the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2290010 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:17:49 +0000 Pumuckl 2290010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: We had this excat situation at around 20months only I was 36 weeks pregnant ;-)<br /> Here's what I did: I knew we couldn't continue the co-sleeping with a baby and I cannot handle my kids crying for too long stretches so I chose a week were there was no work or school which happened to be Christmas - New Years for us. I then would go to his room and get him back to sleep in his crib no matter how long it took (the first 2-3 days it was often 3 hours). After a week he was sleeping through the night in his crib with us present in the room for him falling asleep but he wasn't falling asleep in our arms anymore. There was a lot of hugging etc involved but I never let him come out of the crib.<br /> I really hope you'll find a solution that works for your family :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2289970 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:10:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2289970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There definitely is an 18 months (ish) sleep regression, so bear that in mind. Given that I probably wouldn't do anything drastic. BUT, I know people who have gotten around the transfer wake up issue by just switching to a floor bed. I didn't want to release her from the crib at that point so I didn't consider it, really, but I know people who did.<br /> Good luck. We did CIO much younger, but it sucks at any age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2289964 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:46:00 +0000 MrsSRS 2289964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it helps we had a rough month around 18 months, but I think it was just the standard 18 month regression. There was a lot of cosleeping and crying. Then it ended and DS went back to sleeping like a reasonable human.</p> <p>Also, we found that at that age DS understood a lot more than we were giving him credit for so when he woke we would rock until he was calm then talk about how it was almost time to get back in his bed and do "big sleeps" until morning and about how we would rock a little more then set him in his bed and it would be time for some "nice night nights because your body is tired." Then we would set him down and say, "nice night night, buddy, do big sleeps. Love you," and then leave. BUT, we were confident that he already knew how to fall asleep on his own so now that I have typed this out I realize it is probably useless. Oh well. Commiseration. That regression sucked. I was pregnant too. So tired. Unhelpful DH. It sucked. But it passed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2289960 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:38:46 +0000 BabyTsMom 2289960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any personal experience with this, but I would think that full-on CIO is much tougher on an 18 month old, so I might try something like the shuffle method where you sit in a chair next to the crib one night, then move the chair farther and farther away, or the Ferber method.<br /> I read a book called The Sleepeasy Solution and I thought it had a lot of good advice on sleep training toddlers. The authors basically promote the Ferber method as well, but the book is really easy to read and very practical.<br /> Good luck to you! Sleep issues suck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2289949 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:17:51 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2289949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you'll have to practice putting him down sleepy but awake and maybe add something else in like back rubs? I always wait a bit to go back in, but try not to get to the crazy crying point. Then pick him up and give hugs and then put him back down and rub his back while counting to ten. Then leave. It works most consistently when I don't sit back down in his chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/18mo-crib-issues#post-2289946 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:15:19 +0000 ElbieKay 2289946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son had always been a decent sleeper. We have always rocked him to sleep, and for a long time he would generally sleep through the night. Recently, though, we have had a bad stretch of frequent waking a few hours after we put him down, or even inability to transfer him to his crib without waking him up*. It had resulted in more and more cosleeping to the point where we feel he is spending too much time in our bed.</p> <p>I know we should have broken the rock-to-sleep habit a long time ago. My husband wants to do extinction CIO but I can't handle that so we keep arguing about it. I am ok with a little crying but tonight he woke up about an hour after we put him down and ten minutes later he was crying so hard that he was choking. I went in and rocked him back to sleep but he woke up during the transfer and now he is sleeping next to me in our bed. Fail.</p> <p>Any ideas of how to tackle this situation?</p> <p>*He weighs over 32lbs so a smooth transfer is physically challenging! </p>