https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:12:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2377218 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:09:05 +0000 lemondrop 2377218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first never had it, I didn't know it was a thing. My second woke up a few nights a week for a few weeks, so I just brought him to bed until he was over it. He started STTN again and doesn't have any lasting bad habits at 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2377208 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:03:30 +0000 BabyTsMom 2377208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: Yeah, supposedly the 18-month regression is a bad one! :( I haven't come up with anything helpful! My LO isn't waking motn but he was waking up really early and CIO wasn't helping with that. So we resorted to holding him for an extra hour or two of sleep!!!<br /> Luckily (knock on wood), I think we may be turning a corner. I hope you do, too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2376691 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:37:47 +0000 mrsrain 2376691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyTsMom: so far we are doing periodic checks at 5/10/15 minutes. I also turned on the night-light feature of her sound machine. I checked with my mama group and it sounds like we are all going through this! Have you come up with anything that helps? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2376545 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:00:46 +0000 BabyTsMom 2376545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: sorry you're suffering through this too!! How are you handling the wakeups? I hope she settles quickly for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2376194 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:37:31 +0000 mrsrain 2376194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah, I'm 6 months pregnant, too. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2376192 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:37:02 +0000 mrsrain 2376192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this just started for us! She's been sttn forever, and suddenly bedtime is a nightmare, she's waking in the wee hours screaming (but clear to us it's not night terrors).... Feeling a little helpless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373963 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:01:56 +0000 MrsSRS 2373963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was awful. Multiple wakings, hours of rocking, cosleeeping...and I was pregnant. Then eventually it ended and when he asked to rock we said no and it was suddenly fine he was just asking out of habit and we resumed sleeping like sane people. It lasted for a few weeks and I thought it would never end and with the new baby I would never sleep again. Stressful! But it was fine, just had to run its course. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373899 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 06:49:45 +0000 erinbaderin 2373899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyTsMom: It went really well, actually, but we sort of led up to it for a few days. When we found out I was pregnant again my husband slept on the floor of B's room for 3 days - holding his hand the first night, and then moving further away the next two, and then we committed to it and sat outside the door shushing him until he fell asleep for the next two nights, then he was ok. He still cries when we put him to bed but now it's like one cry, one yell of "Mama! I want out!" and then he lays down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373834 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:04:51 +0000 BabyTsMom 2373834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: omg, a few months??? So in your experience, you didn't create any long-lasting habits that were harder to break? That's my biggest fear....He'll go to sleep ok if we hold him! But god forbid I put him down! But I'm not about to hold a 25lb kid all night! On the other hand, this sucks sooooooo bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373311 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:28:48 +0000 LovelyPlum 2373311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyTsMom: ummm, last night was not really "dealing." We were coming back from travelling, and my DH almost lost his shit. Also, she's in a crib in our room, so that makes things complicated, ie kinda hard to CIO. She usually ends up with us in bed until she falls asleep, then we move her back to the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373295 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:23:02 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2373295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think ride t out means you do whatever you can to deal! It lasted a few months for us. We had a wonderful sleeper before and we have a wonderful sleeper after. It was really tough and we were in his room a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2373286 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:18:31 +0000 BabyTsMom 2373286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: oh man! so sorry.....<br /> @LovelyPlum: what are you doing when she wakes up motn?<br /> @erinbaderin: yeah ours was sick and one night of holding him (due to frequent puking) seems to have started some unraveling?? How did sleep training go at 19 months-did it take a long time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2372795 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:24:17 +0000 erinbaderin 2372795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh God, the 18 month sleep regression. Ours started at 17 months. It coincided with him being sick so we got into some bad habits at first (holding his hand until he fell asleep, going back in his room when he woke up) because "aw, he's sick!" and by the time we realized he wasn't sick we were screwed. We kept hearing ride it out too, but we also kept hearing "Don't start any bad habits" which we had for sure already done. We had to re-sleep train him at 19 months for nighttime and for naps we still (23 months) hold his hand until he falls asleep (partially laziness, partially because it's only 2 days a week and he's fine at daycare, partially just because it only takes a few minutes and he's so cute). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2372790 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:21:36 +0000 LovelyPlum 2372790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My child was never a good sleeper before, so this might not help much. But I wanted to give you some commiseration. Our 19 month old is not sleeping well at all. She STTN from 14-17 months, then it went downhill from there. She naps well at daycare, but is on and off at home. Within the last two weeks, she's been going down better, but she now consistently wakes up around 2-3 a.m. I thought we were getting better before Thanksgiving, but last night was hell. I know teeth are part of it, too.</p> <p>I have no answers, but only hugs. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2372786 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:19:35 +0000 ElbieKay 2372786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 18mo sleep regression (which coincided with our purchase of a king sized mattress AND a week-long vacation where we all shared the same hotel room) resulted in our son winding up in our bed every night around 2am. We still do this at almost 21mo.</p> <p>I feel your pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-the-18-month-regression#post-2372755 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:04:52 +0000 BabyTsMom 2372755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO went through this, please chime in. My 18 month old has sttn since he was 5 months old, we have a solid, consistent nap and bedtime routine and times, etc. We Ferber'd at 4 months for bedtime and it wasn't so bad. We've never experienced precious regressions so I feel like this is hitting us with. vengeance. He's done great until, BAM! A few nights ago he started wailing as soon as we'd start putting on his pjs, trying to drag us to the door, hurling his books.... we tried holding him till he was calm and sleepy but he'd get pissed once he was in the crib. after a few tries, we gave up and CIO. we've CIO<br /> for the past 3 days and he's still pissed. naps are not better. Probably worse, since he actually refused to nap at all yesterday. I'm in sleep hell! What happened to my good sleeper? he's sleeping less because he cries so much before falling asleep and has been waking up early. </p> <p>So, if you went through this regression, please help a mama out!<br /> 1. How long did it last?<br /> 2. What did it look like for you? is my description similar to your experience?<br /> 3. what did you do during the regression? If you didn't sleep train/CIO, how did you survive the regression? </p> <p>I keep reading that some people just "ride it out," but I don't know what that looks like. to me, that means having to sleep next to/with him on the floor or rocker all night, and holding for naps. I just don't want to start any habits now that will be harder to break later. The only thing is, we have no other option but to re-sleep and nap train, but man is it ugly. Those lungs on an 18 month old! Besides, he's been an independent sleeper for a long time so I want to believe that he'll do it again! </p>