https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:03:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-814514 Wed, 29 May 2013 03:47:45 +0000 Penny Lane 814514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started experiencing this a little early, around 7 months. he stopped napping, wouldn't sleep for more than 2 hours at a time at night, and would consistently be awake from 1:30am - 3:30am, screaming. </p> <p>I threw all training out the window and just nursed him to sleep, held him for naps when he got exhausted, let him sleep in our bed when it got super bad. I think we're in the clear now at 9.5 months and he's getting his old habits back without me having to do much :) </p> <p>my suggestion would be to not worry about developing bad habits, and just go with what works at the moment. take that with a grain of salt however, as I never sleep trained and we are still happily nursing to sleep every night and some naps every day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-814454 Tue, 28 May 2013 23:10:11 +0000 googly-eyes 814454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: @zippylef: @MerryC: @FutureMrsMcK: thanks for your stories. The last time dd was this unhappy (major separation anxiety!) she was a newborn and I couldn't cope with the ppd and feeling like a failure.. This time at least for now I have my head on straight. I can see she wants to be her normal self, she gives these half smiles.. But I can't leave her alone and walk out of the room or she gives this MISERABLE cry. And she grabs at the crib and yanks it and its just so sad. Anyway it helps to hear it's normal!</p> <p>@TurtleDoves: @scg00387: I got lucky and LO skipped major previous sleep regressions... Idk if this is truly a sleep regression or only a fussy period. I hope it's the latter but they're all wrapped into one at this age it seems! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-814443 Tue, 28 May 2013 22:49:00 +0000 immabeetoo 814443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: haha I was thinking the same thing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-814439 Tue, 28 May 2013 22:45:33 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 814439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wtf you guys.......please tell me this is a joke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-813889 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:37:27 +0000 lovehoneybee 813889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, I feel ya. </p> <p>E is 9.5 months old and we've been struggling the past week or two. Naps aren't SO bad...he fights about half of them, but they're actually stretching longer (from 40 minutes to 1.5 hours). But nighttime sleep is kicking my ass. Until a few weeks ago he would go down fairly easily and wake up 1-2 times a night (I was fine with this, it was usually before I went to bed and/or right before I'd get up). </p> <p>Now he screams when I try to put him down. Thrice in the past week or two he's had these hysterical screaming fits at 2 or 3 am. Like...nothing will calm him but the boob (and he's not hungry, we tried a bottle). And even once he's calm and sleepy again I'll put him down, he'll sleep for like 15 minutes and then stand up and scream again. Last night I only got MAYBE 2 hours of sleep TOTAL. I've reverted to trying to nap when he does. </p> <p>I don't know if he's teething. He's not fond of my poking in his mouth, but he has a well-baby visit so hopefully his pedi can tell us for sure. He's also hitting/on the cusp of hitting a few milestones, so I'm sure that plays into it. I just hope it ends soon...I can't sustain this level of sleep for much longer. We're just doing anything we can to survive it. I'm definitely worried he's reverting to old habits (being nursed to sleep) but it is the ONLY thing that's worked. I even tried co-sleeping, but he's too distracted by...well, everything.</p> <p>Anyway, you're definitely not alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-813888 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:37:20 +0000 twinmama 813888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We had a beautiful window at month 7 when we were out of the 4-5-6 month sleep junk and before the 8-9-10 started, lol. Waking a ton at night, cosleeping bc kids wouldnt go back in their cribs, 30 min naps, cranky overtired messes of kids. We sleep trained and night weaned at 10 months on the nose and saw a rapid improvement. I think ours just needed help to come out of it, and we got lucky with the timing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-813884 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:35:58 +0000 loveisstrange 813884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>God yes. From 8 until 10 months old. Teething, growth spurt, sleep regression, wonder weeks, developmental leaps. They all happen in this short time and it really throws them off. </p> <p>C stopped STTN. She was fighting naps and cranky all the time. Awful. Luckily, it passed and shes normal again now, it was like one night she fell asleep and woke up her old self again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-813866 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:28:59 +0000 Weagle 813866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. It was awful, but mainly for naps. Then one day she woke up and it was over. That day she literally started reaching for her crib at nap time. Crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/8-9-10-month-sleep-regression#post-813861 Tue, 28 May 2013 16:27:30 +0000 googly-eyes 813861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did your lo go through this? What was it like?</p> <p>My dd is suddenly crying so hard every time I put her in her crib. I've had to resort to the swing two nights this past week, but she slept pretty well once she was down, albeit for shorter than usual. (Pleeeasse let that continue!)</p> <p>She is also definitely teething, but I'm not sure it has to do with that because it happens even when she's had tylenol and doesn't seem to be biting/bothered by her gums.</p> <p>I'm afraid to do anything about it other than let her cry awhile and check in on her, try for naps later, etc. because I don't want to develop bad habits, but I feel so bad about it. :( </p>