Madeline slept through the night from about 2-5 months. Then sleep went to total crap. We've been waiting it out but now she's close to 9 months and is up at least twice a night.
Please tell me there's still hope it'll get better with no interference from us... 
pear / 1823 posts
Noooo! Please don't tell me there is a 9 month sleep regression! If we regress any farther, we'll all be awake 24/7 
I keep hoping it will just get better, too. Maybe some day?
squash / 13764 posts
Lo was up 1-2x at that age I think. It did get better--he started dropping to mainly 1 around 10/11 months and then sttn on his own at 13 months!
pear / 1517 posts
Horrible... We had the good run around the same time you did and bad sleep until I finally had enough and night weaned at 1 year...
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@mrsbookworm: fingers crossed for both of us!!!
@hilsy85: I hope we see some progress like you did!
@Beyond2: ugh. Not what I wanted to hear!!!!!!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
She has been STTN since 6 months. But at 9 months she was waking up at 5-530am. An hour to hour and half earlier then normal. Got better and now she is back to doing it.
honeydew / 7303 posts
@sslm: our sleep was awful at 9 months. She was waking 2-5 times a night, sometimes for hours on end. We endured until we couldn't stand it and sleep trained at 11.5 months!
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@yellowbird: not encouraging... Haha. That sucks!!!! What kind of sleep training did you do?
pomegranate / 3398 posts
Shit lol A is just now 9months and after her third ear infection and second cold under her belt and two teeth she is waking A Lot. And most of the time she wakes screaming. We are sleepy in our house for sure.
pomelo / 5621 posts
9 month old sleep sucks. This week he has decided 4:30am is a great time to be up for the day. He was waking 3-4 times a week ago and as much as that sucked at least he was in bed 12 or so hours.
I'm hoping this is short lived and he starts sleeping longer/better.
In his defense he is teething and hitting a bunch of milestones, but this mama is tired.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
We had a great run from .3-5 months, traveled at 6, had a good time again til about 8.5 months and then a month long sleep regression. We've had ups and downs since.
bananas / 9118 posts
9-10 months was crap, crap, crappity, crap for us. His general outlook on everything was fairly crummy too, I think he figured out that he didn't have to just go along with everything and had discovered a bit of independence. It passed and other than a few small speed bumps he has been pretty darn enjoyable since then.
persimmon / 1223 posts
9 months wasn't the best but we had been dealing with wake ups since teething started... Our 10 month old just magically slept through the night last week a few times and we are hoping that it go back to that being the norm.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Went through a WW a couple weeks ago and was waking up at night to eat. Lasted a week and a half maybe and then she started STTN again on her own. I didn't re sleep train but I would if I had needed to!
pomegranate / 3895 posts
I posted about this yesterday: http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-fresh-hell-is-this-9-month-regression
Last night was actually better though - just one wakeup at 3:30 and then slept until 7!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I have no advice.... Xander was sleeping 7:30 - 5:30 at 9 months. He did a couple weeks right around 10 months where he was actually sleeping 12 hours, but now he's back to waking at 5:30.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
We moved T to the crib on Sunday night after two weeks of HORRIBLE sleep (like, frequent wake ups, and wake ups that lasted 3 effing hours, and waking up at 6 instead of 7:30). I have tendon damage or a pinched nerve in my arm from sleeping with my arm above/under my head for co-sleeping. So we decided thats enough.
We are in debate about how many times she woke up last night- but I think I fed her at 10:00 and 4:00 and then pulled her into bed with me at 5:00.
I really hope it starts getting better. Night weaning seems so hard and freaks me out. I think I can talk my husband into waiting a little longer, but now that she is in the crib she wakes him up too- and he doesn't get to sleep in with her like I do.
honeydew / 7303 posts
@sslm: we did extinction. Luckily she was ready and it wasn't too bad. She started sttn the first night, thank god!!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
He started consistently going without a night waking. He slept 7-5 and naps were 8-9:30/10 and 1-2:30 with the occasional 4:30 car or stroller cat nap.
honeydew / 7687 posts
@Silva: ouch! FWIW when I decided to push back the feeding (gently) he decided to STTN if I wasn't going to feed him t midnight. Hope you find the same!
9 months was when he first STTN in his entire life. Sleep has been fine since them, 11-12 hours with wake ups only for teething or sickness.
pear / 1672 posts
At 9.5 months, she STTN, but like others she wakes up before dawn around 5:30.
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
At 9 months, DD was (finally!) sleeping 7:30-4:30/5:00, nursing, then going back to sleep until 7:00/7:30. That one wake up was really wearing on me, though, because I was having a hard time falling back asleep. At 9.5 months, we night weaned. Took 3 nights, DD never really cried - she'd fuss/play/whine for about 10-15 minutes and then put herself back to sleep. After night 3, she slept 7:30-7:30.
A few weeks ago (at 11 months), she started edging her wake up earlier, so we moved her bedtime up. Now she sleeps 7:00-7:00 with no issues.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
@scg00387: she is still in our room, and I really believe we aren't going to have much luck until we move her....working on her bedroom but it won't be ready for a little longer. And I'm a little hesitant to move her, she has slept in my bed her whole life! A crib across the room already feels far away!
I've got no clue how to night wean. When I feed her at night my breasts are pretty full/engorged, and she empties them. I know she's eating a lot, and it seems cruel to just cut her off, if thats when she's still getting in a substantial amount of calories. I'm wishfully thinking that maybe now that she's in the crib and not nursing on and off all night long, things will start to space out more.
pomegranate / 3895 posts
@Silva: I hear you on the hours long wakeups...what the heck are those about?!
As for night weaning, K isn't night weaned yet and I'm hoping it will happen on its own, but I did see a MAJOR change (until it all unraveled last week...) when I bumped her solids up to 3x/day - not sure if you're already doing that.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@yellowbird: That's awesome!!!
@heartonastring: We just made the bump to 3 meals about a week ago... maybe that will help? She's started eating a ton more too. I'm not quite ready to night wean if she still wants to eat... but I know she doesn't need to eat 2-3 times, that's what's frustrating. Once I could deal with.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
She just started last week being able to stand up in her crib, but she can't get back down, so that's probably not helping her ability to self soothe herself back to sleep!!!!!!
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
@heartonastring: we have been doing 3x, and she seems to eat a lot- although some days more than others. She eats exclusively finger foods, so sometimes she just plays around (ie throws it on the floor).
she is definitely nursing less (well, its consolidated into 2-3 feeds) now that she isn't in our bed. And yesterday she nursed a TON during the day, so I'm hoping maybe she's going to start transitioning away from night feeding on her own.
honeydew / 7687 posts
@Silva: I forgot you room share... hope you can get your nusery done soon! We all sleep SO much worse when we room share on vacation, etc. He is so happy to come home to his own crib/bed!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
looked up A's 9month update on my blog and this is what I had written:
He sleeps 7-630ish nurses and sleeps again til 8 or later. He naps usually 2x a day for an 1+ hr. He eats 3 meals, 2 snacks, nurses 4x a day.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
@mrsjyw: here's what mine would say: goes to bed at 7:15, is awake 0-3 times before 2 am, then awake again at 4, then 6, then between 7-7:30 she's up for the day. Naps 2x30 mins. Eats 3 meals of solid foods. Nurses 6x not including the night feeds. Ugh.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@sslm: so sorry...i hope she grows out of it soon! i've heard 9 months is ac razy time for development/sleep/milestones!
pomelo / 5326 posts
@septca: my LO has the 4:30/5 wake up to feed and goes back to sleep til sometime between 7-8. Like you, I can never get back to sleep!! I was thinking of letting her cry/fuss it out then, but she's only 5 months. Had you just had enough at 9.5 months or did you think earlier was too young? I know she can do it because before she turned 4 months, she had slept straight through a few times.
Sorry to thread jack!
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