[Megamus]

In addition to his normal night nursing, last night Xander spent three straight hours (1:30-4:30) practicing crawling (and talking) all over our bed. He would start in his sleep and then keep going once he'd woken himself up. Sometimes it would look like he was dozing off, or I would nurse him back to sleep...and then it would start ALL OVER AGAIN.

Can anyone relate? Any other 8/9-month sleep regression stories?

Soooooooo tired.

 

[rzberrymom]

This article really helped me understand what was going on at that age.

When my DD started practicing skills at night, I played dead--if I was laying perfectly still she would usually resettle herself within 15-20 minutes, but if I engaged her at all, tried to resettle her, tried to nurse her, etc. we were up for 2-3 hours.

 

[Megamus]

Oooh that's a good tip! I automatically tried to help him settle again. What ended up working was putting him in the side-carred crib (which he never sleeps in anymore...not since he learned to roll out of it) and playing his glowing seahorse for him -after that he FINALLY scooted over to me and nursed back to sleep.

I'm going to bed now (at 8:30) to get a head start on the sleep situation...hopefully he'll get through this phase fast -it's totally a milestone thing.

On the bright side I'm very proud of him for learning to crawl!!

 

[medijupiter19]

Just wanted to chime in... my sis had a son in May of 08, call him Xander, and have some fairly challenging sleep issues. They also call each other Mama bear and Papa bear. I had to check your blog to make sure you're not actually my sister. Crazy coincidence!

Good luck with your sleep issues. My 9 1/2 month old has had difficulty staying asleep in the first part of the night. After around 2:30am, she sleeps the rest of the way through. Two nights ago was the worst, with her waking four times between 10:00pm and 2-2:30. This was a significant change from her fairly predictable 8pm, 11pm, 1-2am, 4-5am schedule. I told my fiancee the next morning that I couldn't even gaze lovingly at her for that final feeding because I was so frustrated and I didn't want to give her angry vibes... I've reminded myself that this is a small part of our lives and I will soon miss our twilight nursing...

Sorry that I don't have any solutions for you. You're in good company, though!