8 month regression

[mowkey]

The last few weeks have been terrible. She is a dream during the day. I love love love this age. All of the expressions and mimicking and trying new things. She eats whatever I give her. She's loving and caring and seriously the best baby.

Until night. And then she is something else. Angry, crying, jumping and stomping on her crib. Violently pulls my hair while laughing. Making snow angels between me and H, kicking the crap out of us. Crawls to the end of the bed and threatens to crawl off. Singing all hours of the night. It's crazy.

[britbratjf]

No. But she's never slept wel. Is it terrible to say DD1 is my favorite? She never had regressions. I mean she always had 1 wake up until I weaned but it was nothing like the hell that DD2 has put me through.

[uclameghan]

We've noticed increased wakefulness/restlessness here too and he didn't even have much of a 4-month regression. We noticed a big growth spurt and increased verb alizarin and a few other skills lately so I'm hoping it settles back down. Mostly cuz, fuck, I'm tired.

[rnchloe]

Yep! It's been on and off for a few weeks now. Waking up every few hours and being and being up from 3-5 AM. She just hasn't been able to get back to sleep once she wakes up.

I am hoping we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.... Last night was the first time she's sttn in probably a month. Prior to this regression she was almost always sttn maybe crying 1-2 times for a paci and back to sleep in minutes. Hugs to all going through this!! It sucks!

[London]

Naps here have been really difficult. It is hard to get her to stay asleep longer than 30 minutes, which makes for long days and a cranky baby.

I have resorted to a lot of newborn coping mechanisms. More nursing, even if it's just for comfort. Wearing her instead of having her in the stroller. Carrying and bouncing around the house. I try to remind myself that teething is temporary. It does make me grateful that we did sleep training because I know she has the skills to fall asleep/fall back to sleep, once these other factors (motor skills, teething) are over with.

[southernpeach89]

Callie isn't quite 8 months yet but I feel like her 4 month sleep regression has just continued into now lol. I think I can count on one hand her sleeping through the night in her own room since 4 months. Naps have been awful too, she will only have a good sleep in her car seat or stroller. Never in her crib.

[PamBeeslyHalpert]

Shut up shut up shut up!
We just got a "normal" sleeping schedule again... If he starts a new regression I'm gonna die

[sdfonz619]

Fortunately, I'm not experiencing violent hair pulling although, neither MW nor I have much hair to pull. Naps are definitely shorter and require Mila being held, night time is the absolute worst when we go to transition her to her crib. If she is sleeping she almost instantly wakes up and from there fights going back to sleep for at least an hour. We were trying to "sleep train" but that has pretty much gone out the window since the scream crying, no matter what we've tried, is unbearable. MOTN feeds are easy for the most part and she usually falls right back to sleep when she is finished making transitioning her to her crib fairly easy. caitost21, I've read the same thing that this regression coincides with a leap that last anywhere from 4-6 weeks and wish it were all lies!

[sdfonz619]

May 19, 2016 10:09:55 GMT -5 PamBeeslyHalpert said:

Shut up shut up shut up!
We just got a "normal" sleeping schedule again... If he starts a new regression I'm gonna die

FX it sticks!

[London]

May 19, 2016 10:09:55 GMT -5 PamBeeslyHalpert said:

Shut up shut up shut up!
We just got a "normal" sleeping schedule again... If he starts a new regression I'm gonna die

Don't stress if things are going great for you. Every baby responds to developmental milestones differently, you may not find your sleep schedule gets affected.

[eliza040502]

Our night time sleep is okay this far (knock wood) but naps suck. After we trained, he went down with little to no fussing. Now, he will cry for thirty plus minutes. Checking makes it worse. I think he just passes out from exhaustion. We have tried shorter awake times, longer awake times and nothing helps. It seemed to hit the minute he learned to sit up. At first, I'd catch him sitting in the crib clapping (very cute). Now, he sits himself up and wedges himself in a corner and cries. It's heartbreaking.

[ladymary11]

This thread is the scariest thing i've read in weeks.
B turns 8 months on the 26th...
I'm now hearing the Jaws song in my head.