Comments on: Sleep Regression, or Growth Spurt? Or Both?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:19:14 +0000

In reply to Rose.

Hi Rose,
Thank you for visiting The Baby Sleep Site! I’m sorry to hear you’re struggling so much with your son’s nighttime sleep. Based on your comment, we would need a little more information about what’s going on to help. Would you please send a brief summary of your son’s eating and sleeping schedule to us at contact@babysleepsite.com, and a little bit about what’s happening at those night wake-ups, so we can get you some resources to help? We look forward to hearing from you. Please hang in there!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:13:03 +0000

In reply to Regina Frey. Hi Regina, I'm so sorry to hear you're experiencing some new sleep troubles! I'm going to ask our client relations team to reach out to you so we can get you some more help. Please hang in there!

By: Regina Frey

Regina Frey — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:44:38 +0000

My Daughter is 18.5 month old. We had a personalized plan and we‘ve been working with Nicole when my daughter was around 1 year old. She used to wake up 7-8 times at night, crying and looking for a boob. We have been threw all possible regressions, teething, growth spurts. After working with Nicole we had a success and my daughter learned to fall asleep without breast in her bed. We could also extend feedings and instead of 5 night feedings we had just one and one in the morning. But in the last 3 weeks everything went other direction and my daughter stared to wake up every 1.5-2 hours looking for a breast. She got 3 new teeth but I guess this is not the only reason! If I would not breastfeed her, she cries hours long until she gets it. Than she falls back asleep until next round.. We don’t know what to do with her, I planned to stop breastfeeding soon but I don’t see any way to do it! I tried to extend feeding but she gets so upset, screams and she can do that for a very long time! Please could you advice something?

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:58:44 +0000

My son suffers from severe reflux and a diary/whey protein allergy that wasn’t discovered until he was 10 months old. He is now 16 months and I am struggling with two things – him going to sleep on his own and as of recently waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to self – soothe (not sure what is going on) any advice would be helpful

By: Neosha

Neosha — Sun, 19 May 2019 03:23:32 +0000

In reply to Michelle Gauvin. @Michelle - Thank you for reading and for sharing with us. It definitely can be difficult to tell a sleep regression from a growth spurt since the "symptoms" of both often overlap especially around 10 months of age. It sounds like your little guy is learning new skills AND burning through lots of calories during the day, both of which can cause more night waking and the sleep regression triggered by these milestones. The good news is that this is generally just a phase that lasts a couple weeks before it passes and we often advise not to develop a long-term habit for a short-term phase. If you find you'd like more support during this time, please consider reaching out to our Client Relations team for more guidance. Hang in there, and please keep reading!

By: Neosha

Neosha — Wed, 15 May 2019 04:44:56 +0000

In reply to Dan. @Dan - Thank you for reading and for sharing. Kiddos do tend to sleep more and eat more when going through a growth spurt. If you're worried at all about what you're seeing from your little guy, don't hesitate to reach out to his nurse or healthcare provider for feedback and direction. Hang in there, Dan!

By: Michelle Gauvin

Michelle Gauvin — Wed, 15 May 2019 01:09:43 +0000

Hi. My son is 10.5 months. He’s always been a good sleeper and napper. We avoided the 4 month regression. A few blips here and there but nothing major. We have a strict bedtime time and routine. According to the wonder weeks app we are in the middle of leap 7. He is army crawling and standing and pulling up the whole day. Last week he barely napped – 2×30 min per day and would wake up screaming bloody murder. Nights were ok. Last 3 nights BOTH naps and bedtime have become murder. He also is ravenous. I have no clue is it’s teething molars, growing pains and a getoerh spurt, separation anxiety, regression, or what? We gave him Tylenol two nights and he slept ok. Thoughts?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 11 May 2019 01:47:39 +0000

Our son is soon to be 5 months old and his whole schedule is in disarray: He used to take 3 naps of 1 to 2 hrs long during the day, and eat 5 times during the day only. He used to go from 8 pm to 6.30 pm with no food, only waking up in the early morning with or without being able to sleep again soon. This week he has been eating every two hours, wants to eat in the early morning (4 am), some days takes a huge 3-hour nap or no nap in 4+ hours. We would not think much about it but he gets very cranky and cries a lot. This morning he ate 7 ounces more than what he is used to, and before going to bed, vomited a lot! Getting the kind of worried here.

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:07:42 +0000

In reply to Manuella.

Hi @Manuella, thanks for writing to us. I’m so sorry you’ve been struggling with your daughters sleep, but I do hope I can provide encouragement that it’s not too late to help, for sure! 6 months is a great age and she will still be able to learn how to sleep better and you can help her go through these transitions (perhaps it’s a growth spurt, teething, could be lots of things so I won’t try to guess here). You may want to first download a free guide with have with tips to help your baby sleep through the night: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
Now, at 6 months she still may need to be fed 1-2 times at night so know that if that continues to happen while you implement tips from the guide that that is an okay and age appropriate amount of wake ups.
If you need more help beyond a free guide, I’d HIGHLY recommend working with one of our incredible sleep consultants. They will look at a full sleep history of your daughter, what your parenting philosophies are, and they will craft a specific plan for you and support you through it. Here is a link to read more about the different services we offer: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
If you have any questions about that, we’d love to help so just let us know or email us directly anytime at contact@babysleepsite.com. I hope that helps!

By: Manuella

Manuella — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:57:08 +0000

Hello, my baby daughter was never a great sleeper, specially at daytime. I’ve been tracking her progress since birth and she has managed to reach the 9 hour straight at around 3 months, but that only happened twice! She has also managed to fall asleep on hew own a few times, but that is also rare. I also track her wonder weeks, and that seemed to match with her worse/better periods. Now she is 6 months and her last leap was over about a week ago. She seemed to improve for 2 days but things got pretty nasty after that. She is cranky all day, refuses the solids I’m supposed to feed her, spends the whole afternoon sleeping and nursing nonstop, is waking every 2 – 2.5 hours at night and sometimes asks for the boob at night (I had already night weaned). Could it be a growth spurt? It has been going on for 6 days! Her 3 month growth spurt was similar but didn’t last that long! I’m desperate!