https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 14:36:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-sleep-regression-1#post-478217 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:18:25 +0000 eastportbride 478217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought we were getting there with longer awake times but over the past few days she's been crashing around 6 instead of her normal bedtime of 7-7:30. I'm sure part of this more recent restless sleep is returning to her routine with our nanny, instead of mommy and daddy at home over Christmas/New Year. The other part may be that she is hitting a milestone and physically developing a lot. She is really pulling up and cruising around on our furniture a lot now, so maybe she needs more calories? Feeding her when she is actually awake and crying at night seems to help get her back down. Unfortunately, though, the screaming mimis come back about a half hour after she gets back down.</p> <p>I agree--just when you figure things out the rules change. So frustrating! This is also a kid labeled by our pediatrician as an "ambivalent eater." Until about a week ago, she really did not have any significant interest in food and wouldn't cry or otherwise signal that she was hungry, so we've always had to feed her by the clock and keep trying if she wasn't interested at that particular time (which happened often). Last week at her 9 month visit the doctor recommended transitioning her off of formula and starting 3 meals and 2 snacks per day, reducing bottles to 4 oz or less at comforting times only (morning wake, before naps, before bedtime). Of course now she can't seem to get enough to eat, and prefers the bottle over solids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-sleep-regression-1#post-478172 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:06:09 +0000 NerdBee 478172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eastportbride: sympathies! I don't have the exact same problem as you but my LO's sleep has been getting messed up lately. He will be 9 months in a week so I was wondering if there was some sort of regression going on. </p> <p>He used to take two 1 hour naps and sleep 11-12 hours overnight. Now he wakes up anywhere between 2-4am crying and wont go down until fed. Actually last night, he wouldn't go down even after being fed. I had to rock him to sleep which I haven't done since he was 6 months. He's also fighting naps and bedtime now. *sigh* Just when I thought we had it figured out, he changes the rules on me again. </p> <p>Do you think your LO might need longer awake times? I'm experimenting with longer awake times with my LO today. He went down without much of a fight for the first nap. We'll see how it goes for second nap later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-sleep-regression-1#post-478113 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:47:53 +0000 eastportbride 478113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KayKay--same thing keeps happening to me, which is why my sleep quality is so poor. I'm sure that there are times when she is not actually moaning, but I am hearing them in my head because when she is in fact moaning, it is so constant! We have a monitor and have turned it down all the way--she is right across the hall so when she is actually crying, I still hear her. But I'm still laying awake and cringing at the moaning &amp; groaning most of the night. Hoping this is just the 37 week leap! Thanks for the sympathy--right back atcha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-sleep-regression-1#post-477993 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:03:07 +0000 KayKay 477993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@EastPortBride sympathy! LO is 36 weeks and, although still going down easily, is doing the same moaning/whimpering all night. I checked on her 3x last night, and she was never awake...but the constant crying out was keeping ME up! I eventually closed our bedroom door and turned on the fan to drown it out -- only to hear phantom baby cries in my head. *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-sleep-regression-1#post-477943 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:43:36 +0000 eastportbride 477943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the past two weeks my daughter has seemed to be in a mini-sleep regression. She is just 9 months, and this might be coinciding with a Wonder Week (37 week leap, as she was 2 weeks early), but I'm not sure. She has almost always been an amazing sleeper (with the exception of an awful 4 month sleep regression which we finally solved by sleep training using the Ferber Method at 5 1/2 months), but began fighting us at bedtime, then waking several times per night, and now moaning/talking all. night. long. Ferber doesn't really seem to apply here--She isn't awake--unless the moaning continues for a long time and then she will wake herself up, but the constant "screaming mimis" are keeping me awake and sounding like nails on a blackboard. I'm exhausted, frustrated, and feeling super guilty for feeling like this. Not sure whether we just have to wait this out or if there is anything we can do at this point to help her (and us) sleep more soundly. She seems exhausted during the day and isn't lasting as long between wakeups/naps as she had been at 7-8 months. </p> <p>Suggestions? Sympathy? I'll take just about anything at this point! </p>