https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 14:54:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months/page/2#post-2535303 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:12:22 +0000 BabyTsMom 2535303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Sorry to hear it! Luckily, our phase lasted about a week or so and went back to normal. We did let him CIO for a couple of nights. It was hard, though. I really could never figure out what it was! Hope yours is just a quick phase, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2535236 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:38:56 +0000 twodoghouse 2535236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To an extent, I think we just had to wait it out, although we did some things that maybe made a difference in the long run. One was that we adjusted their eating schedule so they were eating dinner later. They were at a point where they wanted to eat dinner at 5 pm, but weren't asleep until 8, which was such a long time to go without eating! Now they eat dinner around 6, and we offer peanut butter toast before bed. We also bumped up their nap (from 1 pm to 12:15/12:30ish). If they make it to 3:30 I wake them up. If I let them sleep till 4 like they used to, they just can't settle down to sleep by 8. They've been sleeping really well the last 2 months, or so? But it was a rough 6 weeks where sleep was nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2535224 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:24:18 +0000 Tanjowen 2535224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Gah, toddler sleep hell! If it helps, mine is sleeping well again. We settled on doing what it took to get him to fall asleep in his own bed, and if any wakeups before midnight too, but after midnight he came to bed with us. Momma had to sleep. And "doing what time took" meant sitting in the hallway outside his room until he passed back out.</p> <p>We also did a high protein snack right before bed, such as a spoonful of peanut butter. After a month the night wakenings lessened and then stopped. And he then decided he liked reading in bed and quit screaming at bedtime. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2535216 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:18:31 +0000 LBee 2535216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: @LovelyPlum: @BabyBoecksMom: @Tanjowen: @Mrs. Yoyo: @BabyTsMom: OMG HELP!!!!! I think my kid is broken. He is waking up in the MOTN again, he is fighting bedtime (and now naps as of today). We are bringing him into bed when he wakes-up. I'm sure that's making matters worse. Please tell me it gets better. How long does this last? It feels like it's been years. </p> <p>20.5 months (and to put it into context how damn tired I am, I had to google "How old is my kid" to calculate how old he is because I couldn't remember)</p> <p>ETA: He's still missing bottom canines (has had top ones for months) so I feel like it can't be molars? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2447351 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:28:44 +0000 Alba4 2447351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Right after our son turned two he started fighting bedtime and waking up in the middle of the night and getting up super early. We were wondering if we had to re-sleep train him! Luckily it was a phase and now at almost 2.5, he is back to his normal sleep routine. (Fingers crossed). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2447320 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:15:01 +0000 twodoghouse 2447320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: @BabyBoecksMom: @LovelyPlum: I think we might be dealing with 2 year molars with A too. She's been grabbing her face and saying "ow" quite a bit. One of the very back gums is hugely swollen, but nothing is poking through. I'm hoping it eases up soon because she is having a really rough time with short/no naps and bad night sleep. Of course Blake is sleeping incredibly well, but it's sort of wasted because Alice is sleeping so poorly. Mama's tired! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2447041 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:43:02 +0000 LovelyPlum 2447041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: @BabyBoecksMom: 2 year molars plus back to back illnesses have made sleep tricky recently. I'm hoping that she's back on track tonight (KNOCK ON ALL THE WOOD). Last night was better, but the few nights before? I'm starting to wonder how I made it through the newborn days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2447007 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:23:14 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2447007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: Sunday night was rough and C woke every 5-30 min, even though I moved her to our bed and held her. Turns out, she is having a really rough time with her 2 yr molars. Last night, she woke at 11pm and then I gave her Tylenol and Benedryl (with the pediatrician's blessing) to hopefully help her through the pain at night. Seems like it worked ... we'll see how tonight goes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2446999 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:18:19 +0000 lemondrop 2446999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: @twodoghouse: Lots of 3 am wakeups the past few weeks. C did the same thing at the same age. I let E cry longer this time around 😪 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413869 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:19:20 +0000 twodoghouse 2413869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: We've done sleep training to go to sleep on their own before, so that part is sort of like riding a bike, I guess. It's usually one night of crying for 30-45 min at most? So that's not too bad. DS just rolled ove rand went to sleep last night, but it took DD awhile to settle down. We put her glowing seahorse and some books in there with her, but she immediately threw them out of her crib so it didn't help at all. Middle of the night is chaos, though. We've never been able to do CIO in the MOTN because I just can't handle the crying. We're still fresh off of night weaning in the past month, so that's hard too. I've been going in and rocking them, then putting them down when they are calm and settled, but it still takes DD several tries or an hour of crying to fall back to sleep on her own in her crib. Naps are just ridiculous, but I'm trying to just get 45 min at least. A couple months ago they were sleeping 2.5-3 hrs for their nap! It's just an endless cycle of being over tired and sleeping badly, then being grouchy and not going down for a nap, then being grouchier and overtired for bedtime again. We've moved bedtime up a ton (they used to be asleep by 8, by now we start the routine at 6:20 or so, and are in their cribs settling down by 7:15). That's helping some with the early wake ups at least. I'm just tired and want to get some rest too, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413851 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:12:35 +0000 Tanjowen 2413851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: We've been doing the whole "sit in the hallway and tell him it's okay " for 4 nights. He's still waking up every 2 hours screaming for us. We are both at our wits end and I hate the idea of CIO because he is extremely stubborn but might have to go that route. How did it go for you??</p> <p>@LovelyPlum: yep, we are tired of fighting it and he winds up in bed with us, which is only making things worse. This is like having a newborn again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413832 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:01:36 +0000 LovelyPlum 2413832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: @babybysurprise: @twodoghouse: 5 nights of 3 am wake ups over here again with my 21 month old-ugh. We finally sleep trained to go to sleep about 6 weeks ago, and while it was awful, it helped a lot. Now we just need to get these MOTN wake ups dealt with. She wakes up screaming for her daddy, with her stuffed animals and blanket in her arms ready to go to see him in our bed. I've been too tired to fight it, which I know doesn't help. Hoping it's just a phase!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413810 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:42:59 +0000 twodoghouse 2413810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: @babybysurprise: We're right there with you with my 20 month old twins! DH was home for 2.5 weeks over Christmas and I think that made it harder because they were used to being rocked all the way to sleep for every nap and night time while he was home. Now it's back to normal with just me with them and it's not going well for naps. Like DD went three days this week with no nap. 😳 We've resorted to CIO which I hate doing, but I'm going crazy with them trying to skip naps and the ensuing grumpiness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413795 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:34:41 +0000 babybysurprise 2413795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following...we are in toddler sleep hell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2413749 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:03:15 +0000 Tanjowen 2413749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Bumping this thread because we are in toddler sleeping hell. Did CIO work or did your LO eventually settle back in to sleeping normally? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2371948 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:28:32 +0000 gracecat 2371948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Whatever happened w/ CIO? Did you figure out what happened to his sleep? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2371941 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 03:17:24 +0000 matador84 2371941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep is awful over here too! My 21 month old has never sttn, wakes typically at least once per night and wants to get up and play. I was just up with her from 145 and put her in her crib at 210 and she has been screaming for me! It's awful! My son won't sleep in the same bedroom as her because she wakes him up and now he's crawled into our bed. Ugh!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2371897 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 23:36:35 +0000 BabyTsMom 2371897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Sooo, how long did this phase last? My 18 month old has started refusing naps and bedtime like a beast. It's so shocking bc he's been a pretty great sleeper until now. CIO is so much harder when they're older!!! Hating life right now. Please have some good news for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2296640 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:46:21 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2296640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, we had a couple good nights, and then back to more of the same. Soooo I reluctantly started CIO tonight.</p> <p>It took an hour for him to pass out (10 minutes of whimpering, the rest hard crying). DH suggested it, and then 45 minutes in he decided it was too much and almost went in. "But he's calling for you," he says. Um, YEAH. That's why I haven't wanted to do this until now!!! </p> <p>Cross your fingers ... I'm sure there will be at least one lengthy MOTN crying jag, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2295417 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:54:02 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2295417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting point on language explosion. He's been a later talker but I'm definitely starting to see an uptick in words lately. Maybe this is the start of that, and the sleep is related. </p> <p>@QBbride: He has never napped more than a couple hours, but these days usually no more than 90 mins. </p> <p>Yesterday I actually bumped him back to two naps so that 1) he could catch up on sleep and 2) he could make it a bit later at night because he was with a sitter until 8:30. He napped one hour in the morning, two hours in the afternoon, and went down at night without protest and slept ALL NIGHT. Today we went back to one nap, no protest, just under two hours. Tonight it did take a couple of tries to get him down, but he gave up the ghost pretty quickly. So, so hoping that some of this has simply been due to being OT and that he'll stop if he's getting enough sleep... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2294756 Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:58:42 +0000 sailgrl18 2294756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad to see this seems to be a phase. We are going through it with DS 20 months right now. But he has climbed out the crib and we are trying to keep him in it a little longer so I'm afraid to resleep train. Some days I can leave the room and he only cries a little but days like last night I ended up having to rub his back until he fell asleep and I could leave the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293336 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:05:04 +0000 Rockies11 2293336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this happen right around 22 months. It seemed separation anxiety related. She would run away at bedtime and would cry and cry when we put her to bed. I did her bedtime routine really loudly with Elmo, and she would sort of hover near the door, then I would crawl chase her, which she liked. When I put her to bed she would sob, and I would say things like "mommy and daddy are here and we're listening to you" and "mommy will come and get you as soon as you wake up in the morning". She would cry for awhile and then fall asleep. It took a couple weeks, but she went back to normal after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293276 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:43:50 +0000 Alivoo01 2293276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS went through this. He would go down easily, but staying asleep was the issue! It started right before he turned 2 and still on going. Some days are worse than others, and some days, it's okay. He recently had a word explosion so I think that was a huge factor because his sleep did improve slightly. Hoping he'll resume STTN soon because it's killing us with all these MOTN wakeups like he's a newborn!</p> <p>Good lucky to you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293110 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:46:35 +0000 daniellemybelle 2293110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At this age, I don't think CIO is actually so bad because they can totally understand what you are telling them. When she has rough nights I just hold her and get her to calm down and then look her in the eye and say, "It's time to lay down in your bed and go to sleep. Night night." She will protest but she 100% knows the deal. If she gets hysterical I will go back and do the same thing. Usually it only takes one night of this to reset - unless she has an ear infection. Have you been to the doctor to rule anything like that out? Ear infections often happen after illnesses and they bother them a lot when laying down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293070 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 02:44:38 +0000 PurplePeony 2293070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is 21 months and we've been dealing with crappy sleep for a month or so. We went on a trip to see DH's family in mid-late August (10-hour time difference) and that certainly didn't help, but it started even before that. It just wasn't this bad before. She's definitely having separation anxiety lately, plus a rough transition to a new classroom at daycare, plus a cold and possibly some teeth coming in, topped off by a language/skill explosion. So I have been reluctant to press the issue because I think there are just too many things going on in her little world right now...but I miss easy bedtimes and I REALLY miss STTN. I have no clue how I made it through the newborn days if I'm this tired now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293059 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 01:07:09 +0000 gracecat 2293059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD had a terrible sleep regression at 24 mths which lasted one month. She was sleeping like a newborn, waking up every 1-2 hours. Then one day for no reason it stopped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293044 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:30:30 +0000 QBbride 2293044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: how long does he nap for during the day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293038 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:25:06 +0000 lamariniere 2293038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm relieved to see this thread, my DD is 21 months and doing the exact same thing with crying when going to bed and waking up at 5 or 5:30! What has worked the last 3 nights is talking to her about how she's a big girl and big girls don't cry when they go to bed and we ask if her big brother cries when he goes to bed and we let her see him in his bed and say look, he's in bed and not crying and he's a big boy and going to sleep. The first two nights she only cried a little bit and last night she didn't cry at all! Not sure what to do about the early wake ups though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2293009 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:48:47 +0000 akcoffeebean 2293009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: we're at the tail end of this and it stinks. We cosleep so some of the circumstances are different. We found adding a nightlight helped him fall asleep. He never needed one before but adding it helped us go from a 2hours at bedtime battle to a 30 minute routine. </p> <p>The early wake ups disappeared on their own after about 2 1/2 weeks. We're still fighting eighty billion middle of the night wake ups though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-gone-to-crap-at-22-months#post-2292956 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:58:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2292956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the 18 month sleep regression late at about that age. It ended and DS went back to sleeping normally. But it took a month. </p>