18 month sleep regression (at 16 months)

[LD1978]

I posted about naps going awry the other day but it's all gone to pot now! My trusty mate Google tells me there's an 18 month sleep regression which can happen from 15 months. I think we are having it

My perfect sleeper now screams when you leave the room and is in hysterics! Naps are pretty much non existent now and she keeps waking and screaming in the night.

She actually sounds like she's scared bless her! I just want to deal with it in the right way as I don't want to cause more sleep issues. Right now I'm trying a bit of everything to get anything to work!

Last night she went down ok, woke at 11 til 2 (we tried going and holding her, laying on the floor, chatting from our room to her) and each time we left she was screaming. We tried leaving her for a bit too! She eventually went off at 2am (with the room talking) where she slept til 4 and we gave in and put her in with us.

I'm concerned I'm not being consistent and don't want to make things worse but can't function on no sleep either. Any tips ladies?

Ps people like fliss I take my hat off to you, I am ruined after one night ha ha!

 

[flisstebbs]

Haha thanks! It is misery not sleeping. We are a month into bad sleep again and it's killer. Especially in Tri1.
Our regression has been a bad stretch of teething including a random molar coming in and this week a combination chest infection and vomiting bug. There's always a reason now for us but doesn't make it easier.

After trying all the sleep training in the world I've become a fan of the "do whatever you need to" in the short term and it's always got back to her sleeping on her own all night eventually!

 

[Pumpkin9]

I definitely don't think there's a right way. We had a bad patch for pretty much 3 months with teeth, Illness, growing and a think a leap and I probably broke every rule in the parenting books - particularly don't bring them into your bed.

But after all that he's back to sleep through the night and self settling! Go figure!

 

[LD1978]

Your right ladies - I think just do whatever! She screamed before bed last night and I was bad mummy and left her. Popped in for cuddle but didn't pick her up and spoke to her from our room so she knew I was there! She went down after 30 mins and slept 12 hours. Just gone straight down for a nap woohoo! Long may it last!

Do I really want to keep trying for number 2 ha!! X

 

[Pumpkin9]

I feel like that sometimes then I see a baby or listen to people talking about being pregnant and my hormones rage lol