Such a thing as an 18 month old sleep regression?

[H16]

Hi ladies,

As the title says really - is it common for 18 month olds to sleep regress? It seems that in the last 2 weeks my daughter has taken to waking up in early hours of morning crying, refusing to go back to bed for 2 hours or more etc. If I give her a cuddle she will go to sleep on me but as soon as I put her down bam she goes mental. Tuesday night she was awake from 12.30am until 3am when she finally was in such a deep sleep putting her back in cot didn't wake her and then tonight she has been up since 2.30am and it is now 4am and I have just had to give up and put her back in cot to cry it out. She has just stopped crying after 10 mins but can still hear her moving around and I feel like a right meany but at nearly 6 months pregnant I actually need to sleep myself lol. Even worse she will then get up for the day by 7am full of beans despite the big disruption in middle of night. I have done all the usual things of giving her water etc in case she is thirsty but it seems she is just going through some weird phase rather than waking due to being thirsty etc. Not sure if it is a normal age to have sleep problems or if she is feeling unsettled due to me being pregnant or something?

Any experience or advice would be much appreciated

Sorry for the long post and thanks if you are still reading lol x

 

[Emily0505]

Cam has gone through phases of waking in the night.

Would last a few days/ couple of weeks and then just went back to normal.

Hope she settles for you hun.

XX

 

[hayes]

My friends little girl went through this at about this age n at first because it was so unlike her to wake they thought she was ill or scared etc but when it carried on they just kept putting her back to bed n saying no it's not time to get up n she wud cry but in the end it just stopped altogether.

Michelle.x

 

[H16]

Thanks hun, good to know I am not alone! X

 

[Ella1979]

You're definitely not alone! Our almost 18 month old is doing similar. He used to settle down for the night really quickly, now we have a whole evening of on/off crying and screaming. Some of it must be the hand foot and mouth he's now got, but it's been going on a few weeks now. Nightmare! Especially when you're used to them sleeping well!

 

[cheekybump]

yea theres defo a sleep regression. my ds has been going through this for nearly 2 months. its not every night he gets up, but some nights he does and then it will take about 2 hours to settle him. sometimes he goes back to sleep quicker. hes slept through the past 3 nights, but i know he will prob get up again at some point. he normally gets up 2-4 nights a week xxx